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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1920

Page

5

Mother's Day program announced in Riverside

Riverside May 7. Peter Barnett of Cedar Rapids visits old friends Edna Griffin and Henry Griffin. Auto dealer Melo Havel remodels showroom. Mothers Day program at Methodist church features duets, recitations, solos and choruses. Local dignitaries attend district Sunday school convention. picnic follows.

Riverside Peter ,Barnett Cedar Rapids Edna Griffin Lone «Free Henry Riverside Savings Bank Melo Havel Fred Mace C. A. Schnoebelen Hawkeye Lightning Rod Company John Frank Lee Workman R. J. Alfred Bolo Marie Frank Thelma Hahn Solo Mother Machree cProf Jess L. Tomlinson Merle Krebssmas Putan de Biereus Edythe Ingram Martha Rathee Collier Philip Kneisel Mary Iowa City Charles Weider

Brighton Notes Echo a Week of Moves and Events

Mrs. Mattie La Grille returns from Muscatine after a family visit. Mrs. A. D. Sutherland of Gillette Wy on a travel stop from Bushnell. Mrs. Bell Spohn and Mrs. Ada Fry plan short visits to Winston and Spooner then Portland. Rev G M Anderson to preach near Chicago. Mothers Day program planned. no evening service. Ed Arnold family moving to Washington. C C Heacock to occupy their house. A. S. Sturgeon arrived from Silverton to visit sister Mary Snyder. Co C Thomas departs for Chicago. Evangelist Stemple White spoke at the club house. New road to cemetery approved with Earl Barnett. Open air Brighton band concert next Tuesday under Cleve Dayton. A son born to Mr and Mrs Clarence Brown May 4. A son born to Mr and Mrs I V Farrier May 3. Commercial hotel to stop meals after May 8. will be a rooming house. Co C Thomas trades Sunset home for Henry Ballard farm. Charley Stone and Anson Brinton swap residences. Miss Helen Stever elected to teach math at the high school.

Bell Spohn Ada Fry Winston Town Spohn Spooner Wis Brighton Cleve Dayton Clarence Brown I. V. Farrier Commercial Co. C. Thomas Sunset Henry Ballard Ballard Charley Stone Anson Brinton Helen Stever Fairfield

Crawfordsville Social News May Visits and Travels

W A Harper of Washington visited Crawfordsville yesterday. Hugh Davies returned from Chicago with stock shipment. Mr and Mrs George Maxwell of Washington visited friends here yesterday. Mrs Fred Sipe traveled to Iowa City to visit daughter Lucile who attends college there. Lois Davidson went to Indianapolis Friday with Ora Hays and others. Mr and Mrs T J Nicholson returned home Saturday from a week with relatives in Waterloo and La Porte City Iowa.

Crawfordsville W. A. Harper Washington Hugh Davies Chicago George Maxwell Fred Sipe Iowa City Lucile Lois Davidson Mediapolis Ora Hays George Yeager J. T. King Oma _ Strain Lillian Holmes T. J. Nicholson Waterloo la Porte Cry Iowa

Eureka Church Gets New Sunday School Established

Rev W H Slack preached at Eureka last Sunday afternoon and organized the Sunday school A republican caucus met at the township house last night Rev Slack will lecture at the Eureka church next Tuesday evening May 11 Joe Rich and Leonard Graber from Crawfordville visited W A Beenblossom home Wednesday evening

Eureka W. H. Slack Township House Joe Rich Leonard Graber Crawfordaville W. A. Beenblossom

West Chester and Ainsworth News Roundup

Local items report stock shipments to Chicago and social visits by Lee Craig Mildred Munson and others. School programs praised and farming notes predict a week like last for corn planting. Obituaries note Grover Neiswanger’s death while others visit relatives. Italy’s food restrictions worsen.

Debaters Sought For Senate Race In Ruthven Iowa

Farmers in Palo Alto and Clay counties propose a joint May 27 debate between Republican candidates Smith Brookhart and A B Cummins at Lakeside Electric Park Ruthven Iowa. Brookhart accepts. Cummins has not yet replied. A Farmers' Jubilee will also be held that day attracting many farmers from the two counties.

Colonel Brookhart Iowa Brookhart Cummins Senator Cummins A. B. Cummins Washington, D.C Clay Palo Alto Lakeside Electric Park Ruthven United States Senate Col. Brookhart F. J. Tishenbanner

Doctor Convicts Hen to Rooster Then Seeks Hen Lesson

In a Saturday note we mention a Chicago paper tale of a doctor who transformed a hen into a rooster and suggest reversing the trick would better his business. Rev Druse delivered two fine sermons Sunday for Mother's Day. Spring remains backward and flowers seem scarce. United Presbyterians held Sabbath services, though the preacher’s name is not recorded.

Chicago Druse

Lawyer Reunites Couple With A Gentle Scolding

A New York lawyer tells of a wife seeking separation after a brief marriage. She explains she loves her husband but he shows little trust or inquiry into her whereabouts. The lawyer advises the husband to return home and scold her for unexplained late hours, reuniting the pair. Also, artist Bo Milton loves Inga Sanderson, but his trust wavers after he sees her with another man entering a residence at night at the Fox tonight and tomorrow.

New York Bo Milton Inga Sanderson the Fox

Betts Bill Signed Making False News a Misdemeanor

Albany May 8 The Betts bill making it a misdemeanor to furnish false news to a newspaper was signed by Governor Smith today. Assemblyman Charles H. Betts Republican of Wayne, the introducer, is publisher of a paper at Lyons.

Albany N. Y Betts Smith Charles H. Betts Wayne Lyons

Catarrh Treatment Promoted By S. S. S. Ad

An old advertisement urges readers to abandon sprays and douches for catarrh and try S. S. S. The copy claims the tonic treats the disease at its source by cleansing the blood of germs. It offers free medical advice from the Medical Director at Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.

Swift Laboratory Atlanta Standard Oil Company Indiana

Government funds and House vote on clerk allowance

A Washington clerk was described as calling the government one hundred million dollars. The House then approved a ten thousand dollar vote related to the matter.

Washington House

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