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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1927
Page
6
Mrs C N Easter of Davenport after several days with Mr and Mrs M D Work goes to Crawfordsville to spend time with relatives and friends.
The town welcomes a Friday noon opening at the National Bank building new location with a formal opening planned for Wednesday at the Blue Bird Cafe. M. A. Younkin of Monmouth Illinois visited Family Shoe today. Lyle Frey returned home to Katona after several days here with Thenas. Mrs H A Pauls travels to Burlington to visit son Seelie Pauls. Dr and Mrs Fred Reid and Frederick toured the eastern states and Cleveland. Frederick suffered a bout of whooping cough abroad. Mr and Mrs W T Carson return from Princeton visit with Mrs Carson’s mother. Frances Coppock remains seriously ill at home of daughter Mrs Howard Signépore. Mrs F W Hamilton of Crawfordsville visits Cephas Dodd and sisters Rube Blake and Jessie Jacobs.
Mrs John Elgar travels to Crawfordsville to visit relatives for several days and attend the Crawfordsville high school graduation exercises whose class includes her sister Miss Vivian Cain. Mrs Charles Bacon of Oskaloosa arrives for a short visit with her daughter Mrs L F Morrison. Mr and Mrs Liogd Edgar and baby arrive from Morning Sun to visit friends and relatives. Mezzanine Garden advertises as a refreshing place by Phillips and Hiebner druggists West Side Square.
Cyclones and strong winds on Sunday and Monday caused about 200 deaths and hundreds of injuries across several states. The item notes the storm’s severe impact on lives and property, with emphasis on the nationwide toll and ongoing recovery efforts.
Tomorrow May 12 state hospital inspection day prompts Washington County hospital to open its doors from 1 to 5 pm for visitors to inspect the facility and meet staff. Many local residents are listed in attendance notes including Hendricks twins born May 5 and several local families visiting others.
A brief survey of radio station call letters and identifiers includes WBAP Fort Worth WSB Atlanta and others. It mentions letters like W and following bits such as GB S as possible shop marks and references to instrumental music by Walter Damrosch and experimental low frequency lines in Schenectady for the General Electric Company.
Mrs David Ferguson and Mrs John Reeves with son Marion returned to their Havre home last evening after visiting at the home of Mrs Elizabeth Ove.
Washington County Farm Bureau reports enrollments for the market pig club are rising with a June 1 deadline and eligibility for ages 10 to 19. It highlights feed cost records, mineral supplementation’s impact on steer gains, a second Calyx spray for apples, and county efforts to fund T B testing with state and federal aid to eradicate tuberculosis.
Iowa State College Extension Service offers a mailable score card for measuring farm efficiency based on 228 farmers in 23 counties. The averages show wide gaps in yields and returns across crops, livestock, dairy, poultry, and labor use, with top farms outperforming the rest markedly.
Mrs Minnie Stewart of Keota visited the Wii Dupuis home last evening. Mr and Mrs Peter Zimmerman of Cleveland Ohio called on their son Allen Zimmerman. Miss Pearl Gardner of Ainsworth shopped and visited friends in town. Miss Beulah Rich returned from Ainsworth where she had stayed with Miss Ada Woods.
Henry Campbell spent the morning with Mr Pleasant and friends Rex Nickerson travelled to Winfield for a day trip Mrs Martha McCutcheon visited Rock Island with her daughter Mrs Elmer Engman Edith Wenger went to Wayland for business and local visiting Mrs O J Patton returned to Turlington after visiting Lulu Kyle and Mary Kyle in Des Moines A C Townsend returned to Lincoln after visiting Dr W W Bowers family
Mrs W L Kelsey and her son came back from Sutaflo Illinois after visiting at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Vanatta. Misses Pearl Hamil and Clara Shalla left for Crawfordsville to spend the evening with friends and Miss Hamil's parents. A sound bank ad appears in the readable text with West Chester Savings Banks.
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