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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1927
Page
6
Mrs M L Orris left for Fairfield to spend the weekend with relatives. Mrs Walter Haight travelled to Ottumwa for the day and planned to return with her husband for the weekend. Violet and Goldie Carbaugh also went to Ottumwa to stay several days at the J Moon ey home.
Miss Margaret Dolittle left this morning for Kirksville Missouri to handle business matters. Her sister Miss Laura Doolittle who has taught in a Mississippi college the past year has sold her Kirksville property and Margaret will sell furniture and manage other affairs. Mr and Mrs Leo Mangold and daughter Maxine returned from Des Moines after a brief business trip driving in their car. Mrs William Johnson of Kansas City returned home after visiting cousins M C DeLong and other friends in Crawfordsville. Marriage licenses issued to Samuel L Stauffer Keota and Anna K Pokrantz Wellman and to Joseph Perez Fairfield and Guadalupe Toledo Washington.
Miss Vera Hunter arrived from Cranston Iowa to help care for Billy Hunter who suffered severe burns and whooping cough complications. The roster of visitors includes William Knottnerus from Rock Island, John Fabrick from Cedar Falls, Robert Burns in Keota, Harold Elwell from Fairfield, Frances and Dessie Riley from Crawfordsville, and Mrs Roll Davis recovering from surgery. Roll Davis also had an appendicitis operation this morning. A L Griffith of Crawfordsville and Mrs J C Bauer visited relatives nearby.
Shoppers from Ainsworth including Mrs Harry Pearson and family, and Mrs Ruth Burt with Miss Grace Hesseltine. graduates attend exercises with Miss Margaret Graves noted as a Sage relative. Residents Mr and Mrs Frank Sage move to Marengo to take over the A and P store, with changes in local management. Senator Brookhart plans Iowa speeches next week. Other residents visit Washington and California, with multiple trips and family visits cited.
Mrs. Nellie McKlintic visits Havre and Wayland after a Mt Pleasant stay. Rev and Mrs Welch depart Paxton Texas to return home after hosting Mr and Mrs Work and visiting Miss Mary Welch. Mrs Goedicke from Los Angeles visits relatives then Muscatine. Fred Morrison travels to Wapello for business. Elsie Moser and Mildred Voss go to Strawberry Point for weekend. Mrs John Howard shirks Waterloo to see husband. Mrs Della Skinner comes from West Chester for weekend with daughter. Virginia Droz visits father Dr A J Droz from Keota. Mr and Mrs Walter Rich visiting towns before moving from Muscatine to Allerton. Mrs A S Simpson returns to Centerville after week with relatives.
An advertisement promotes a medium tan Oxford in a new round toe style for men. It claims extra wear and comfort and highlights a special value price of four dollars fifty cents. The listing is for Florsheim products via A. E. Atchison.
Mrs. Paul Mundt came back from Dixon Tl where her son Harry Mundt underwent an operation and is recovering well. Harry has worked in a Dixon molding shop in recent months and the text mentions local banking and residents with travel plans and schooling details. House moves and family news accompany notes about Alma and Harold Boyd and university plans.
Mrs Frank Haney, a Southeastern Town Parent-Teacher association delegate planning a California trip, has been ill for weeks from a bruise on her left hand that caused infection to spread. She has walked again after about a week and is slowly improving. Rex Beauchamp and Robert Holmes of Crawfordsville visited town Thursday.
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