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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1923
Page
5
Keota and nearby Keokuk County items cover funerals for W. D. Bamford in Oskaloosa and Mrs. W. C. Is in Washington, Singmaster horse wins from Iowa to Illinois fairs, church and school events, youth and missionary talks, and community notes on clubs and marriages amid a busy fall schedule.
Mr and Mrs O R Williams of Iowa City visit daughter Mrs BE V Humphreys in Washington. Griff Humphreys and son Fred were among Wednesday visitors. Five loads of stock were shipped.
Mr and Mrs Nate Benson and sons and Miss Rosella Wieca motored to Washington Thursday. Roy Thatcher was elected a delegate to the Farmers Union State convention in Des Moines last week. A benefit play for the union drew $75.30 at the door with total receipts of $94.00. praise for the home talent performance is voiced. Numerous locals are listed visiting, delivering, or hosting in Kalona, Richmont, and Creston. notes include illness, harvest reports, and church or neighborhood remarks.
Jim Baird erects a new silo and Joe Wright reports silos filled last week. Frank Lepar assists harvest of soybeans while Theo Orez unloads feeders at Verdi. Dan Hessltine’s barn is struck by lightning and blocked. Frank Melinsky aids Geo Duke in building a right of way fence. Jin Baird and others load Jerseys at Washington.
Ainsworth Iowa October 1 Mr and Mrs Hugh Hall of Davenport visited Mrs Fred Jackson Friday. John Morrison remains very ill after weeks of sickness and Iowa City care. The Hall store room auction failed due to two mortgages making the price too high. Mabel Sands and Wanda Spessard visited Washington relatives over Sunday. Audley Gault of Washington visited his brother John Morrison Sunday night. Nellie Hoyle resigned as telephone operator.
Mary Beatrice Kennedy the first operator to bring the smile to the voice recalls 45 years at the switchboard now working at St Elizabeth College as operator and chaperone. She notes tougher times in the eighties with near riots over service and remembers inventor Alexander Bell and Edison visiting the exchange.
The Ripley Surrey parish magazine notes no wedding in over six months and asks who will break the dry spell with a forthcoming ceremony.
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