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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1927
Page
8
Local items report Neil Haney arriving from Chicago to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. Dave Haney. Various residents travel for meetings, graduations, and family visits. announcements include Mrs. R. F. Dawson and Betty Jean to Brighton Iowa for a high school graduation, Mildred Dawson's plans after graduation, and Mrs. J. W. Hammond visiting from Seattle.
The Red Cross manages a massive relief operation for about 340000 homeless people in shelters near the Mirats river valley. They run 66 camps with 200000 receiving aid, 27 planes and 30 radio stations coordinating rescue and supplies from Memphis, with doctors and nurses vaccinating thousands and delivering malaria and typhoid prophylaxis.
Mrs Hillis of Oelwein Iowa formerly of West Chester spent a brief town call this morning and will delay her principal address at West Chester high school commencement exercises this evening. Mr and Mrs Oral Mayo returned from Cedar Rapids where they attended a bakers convention traveling by car until road conditions forced them to leave the car and ride the train home. Miss Lydia Eicher arrived from Iowa City after visiting her brother Heine Eicher and friends and returns from New Mexico where she did social service work now at Santa Fe.
Relatives report the body of Mrs Sadie Millhouse of Chillicothe Missouri will be sent to Keota for funeral and burial. Services are set for Friday morning May 20 at the Baptist church. She had been in serious condition for some time and was a former Keota resident.
The fragment references Cape Agulhas near the Cape of Good Hope with mentions of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans, Canary Islands, and Cape Verde Islands. It notes a distance of over 1,000 miles south of a lake and lists Egypt, Tripoli, Tunis, Algeria, and Morocco.
Local store touts Arrowhead Hosiery with hundreds in stock and guaranteed satisfaction. New spring shades offered at 95 cents a pair as manager E. Atchison assures quality across all merchandise.
Mrs Carrie Blake who has been ill and recently returned from Iowa City hospital was taken to the county hospital yesterday morning. A. W. Pfatzgraf of Chicago visited town on business. Shoppers and visitors included Mrs Ben Bolt of West Chester Mrs Fred Breese of Havre L Bauer of West Chester and Dr and Mrs J Buckley of Ainsworth. Harry Miller returned to Ainsworth after visiting Eden garage friends.
Mrs Taylor Morgan of Jackson Michigan is visiting her brothers B R J and Bb W Harvey and other relatives and friends.
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