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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1925
Page
2
John Robertson and families, Ellsworth Brumback, and neighbors frequent the Keota and Washington homes. Huskings, cattle shipments, school programs, and parish visits mark a busy weekend and week in West Chester and surrounding areas.
Columbus schools will dismiss Wednesday evening for the rest of the week. Examinations covering the second six week period were held this week. Miss Besse Hall of the Y. F. U. Presbyterian church of Columbus City attended an executive committee meeting at Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Buser of Conerville are the parents of a daughter.
The local post office will observe a holiday schedule Thursday with no delivery. Banks also will be closed. Concord girls' club meets December 5 at Miss Jeasie Foster’s home. Verle J. Lovelett of Coneaville wed M. C. Swailes in Iowa City with Rev. Wilford C. Keeler officiating.
George Peterson of the Letts community is among Louisa county corn growers sending an exhibit to the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago from November 28 to December 6. He competes in the single ear and ten-car Reed's Yellow Dent classes. Roy Cline travels to Peltrami Minnesota to visit his ill grandmother at the home of her daughter Mrs. Hull Bradley. Mr. and Mrs. Earl McKean of Muscatine and Mrs. Rollo McKean of Nichols visit the Albert McKean home. Lloyd Stultz visits from Washington D C with his parents. Jessie Foster goes to Washington for her cousin Miss Mehel Godwin and George W. Nelson wedding. Concord township girls club bake sale Saturday to fund a short course trip to Ames in December. Catherine Burrows, five, injures hand with a hatchet at home and is taken to Hershey Hospital, Mascatine. Mrs O M Cavin travels to Cedar Rapids to visit relatives.
The fragment notes that a daughter accompanying Mrs Fred Winter traveled to Waterloo to visit at the Philips Taylor home. The sparse text confirms a social visit involving named individuals and a specific location.
Fred Spangler and Silas Fink hulled clover this week. A R R Smith hosted a family dinner Sunday with Mrs F M Smith of Washington and several local families attending. George Maxwell and wife of Washington visited neighbors. Everett McCall missed school due to illness as farmers husk corn in fair weather. Frank Heesseltine spent time caring for his ill mother.
The Fox Theatre opens a two day run of Seven Days, a bright comedy adapted from Avery Hopwood and Mary Roberts Rinehart. Lilyan Tashman and Creighton Hale star as a recently divorced couple caught in constant misadventure, with a visit from a rich aunt and a smallpox quarantine adding chaos. Cast includes Lillian Rich Mabel Julienne Scott Hallam Cooley William Austin and Tom Wilson.
The Officers and Teachers Conference of the United Presbyterian Sabbath School in Ainsworth met at Mr. and Mrs. A E Sands home on Friday November 20. Mr. McCrory presided as Mr Beal and J Brad Craig discussed commendations and criticisms from the Bible School secretary who visited in October. Craig suggested adding associate superintendents including Education and Evangelism Finances and School Activities which the school had already adopted and names were set for three officers Mrs I K Beal Robert Acheson Mrs Roger Colthurst. The Library committee reported progress toward books and a room and refreshments followed.
Local column recalls a windy storm that dried corn and a bakery opening. Farmer readers mention husking toward Thanksgiving, cattle shipments by Joe Wright, and price notes from Florida relatives. Plast ers’ wages reach $15 daily. Al vine Nebergall earned $11.80 for a Chicago carload.
A five year old blurts out that after playing with the Goodwin children he has the measles and asks his mother if he can eat as much candy as he wants since he will be sick anyway.
W. J. Masson as administrator of Martha Jane Crawford estate will hold a public sale on December 19 1925 at 2 PM at the property in Washington Iowa. The sale covers Lot 10 in Block 1 Southwest Washington Add to the City of Washington, by order of the District Court of Washington County Iowa, with Macon as auctioneer and Bailey Baldrige as counsel.
Poultry and animal prices listed for Washington markets include hens and springs by weight with varying rates for size and breed. Poultry deemed sick or crippled has no market, while other items note specific per pound values and a fixed price per horse hide.
Closing out sales announced for December 9 December 2 and November 28 at multiple locations. Jonas Seibert Wellston Iowa Mrs Ed Knox 714 West Monroe Street R O Wilson 412 mile north east of Keota and Char Lenninger Jersey and Guernsey cow sale details provided.
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