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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1925
Page
6
Local society notes cover Rebekah lodge gulal meeting plans to ship fruit to Mason City, Susan Coffey Auxiliary of West Chester Methodist church activities, New Haven Baptist Church Church Night plans, and multiple club notices. Readers are invited to upcoming meetings.
A collected list of club and society notices for November events. Items include O. Club meetings on Wednesday afternoon at four, Ladies Aid bazaar and bake sale on November 25, Home Economics department gathering November 10, West Chester WCTU meeting November 7, New Haven social union all day work meeting November 10, and Presbyterian church bazaar November 21.
The article recounts Iowa’s 18th legal hanging to occur in Scott County when Harlan (Gabe) Simmons is executed by Sheriff Frank D. Martin. It details prior hangings, notes a record of multiple inmates hanged at once, and recalls the earlier history including the first murder trial in Dubuque under an elm tree.
Miss Mae Swift teaches at Riverside spent the weekend at her home here. Miss Hazel Songer of Wyman visited Saturday night for Sunday. Miss Cora Porter of Fairfield shopped in Washington Saturday afternoon. Mrs. John Buchanan and son Rex of Crawfordsville shopped in Washington Saturday. Louis Eagle continues to improve at home and is now up around the house with better speech. Martha McCreedy returned from Cedar Falls for the weekend with friends Grace Kane, Frances Carpenter, Ross Galloway, Millard Horton, and Gaylord Coffin from Lake Andres, Rock Rapids, Waterloo, Lime Springs, and Conesville respectively.
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