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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1948

Page

7

Herings Speak On Radio Show In Havre

Mr and Mrs Lisle Hering attended Cedar Rapids calls and spoke on a program hosted by Dean Lampshire on station WMT Mrs Lena Mason Clyle and Margaret were Olds callers Sunday The Albert Zieglowsky family visited Evert Westen Jesse Stout and others hosted meals and oyster supper events at various homes across the area including Muscatine and Washington Hector Wittmer and family visited Burlington and Quincy relatives Over weekend tripters and dinner guests appeared at several homes as noted.

Lewis Hering Havre Lisle Hering Cedar Rapids Dean Lampshire W.M.T Lena Mason Clyle Margaret Olds Albert Zieglowsky Evert Westens Jesse Stouts John Wallace Muscatine Forrest Mullen Mason Everet Westen Larry Mary Jo Dave Richard Wayne Wittmer C. Wittmer J B. McConnehley Edna Witting Washington Will Richards Clarence Richards Jesse Stout Elbert Elmore Elmore J. B. Connehey C. D. Cooper Ida Berry Brighton Virgil Wittmer Burlington Dwight Wittmer Quincy

James Funeral Held in Ottumwa

James, a 78 year old former railroad switch man, died Sept. 27 at his daughter’s home in Laramie Wyoming. Funeral and graveside services in Brighton and Ottumwa are noted with survivors including his wife, two daughters, four grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.

Edna Crile Brighton Charles James Ethel Cordner Laramie Wyo Ottumwa E. E Voss James Lydia Manifee F. W. Messer Fairfield Carrie Lemley Nellie Engel Cedar Rapids Luella Taylor Russell Lemley Joe Kelly Baby Grinnell Kelly Harold Coop Shenandoah Ruth Edwards Lloyd Welsh Mt. Pleasant Betty Davisson Yakel Dies

Origins of automatic vending traced to Graeco-Roman Egypt

Historians date automatic vending to about 2090 years ago in Graeco Roman Egypt. Hero of Alexandria described a coin activated lustral vase in his Pneumatics used to dispense sacred water for worshippers who paid five drachma or more. Hero's writings are dated between 150 B C and 250 A D.

Egypt Hero of Alexandria Hero

Fred Fiseles Spends Evening with Floyd Stovers

Fred Fiseles spent Sunday evening in the company of Floyd Stovers, sharing time and conversation.

Fred Fiseles Floyd Stovers

Mushrooms grow as cultivated crop since Louis XIV era

An auction ad notes a 228 acre farm near Brighton and Washington to settle the L. C. Dunbar estate. Heirs of L. C. Dunbar and executor F. A. Dunbar are involved. Auction starts at 1:34 PM, location six miles north of Brighton, eleven miles southwest of Washington, and 144 miles south of Grace Hill.

France Louis XIV L. C. Dunbar Brighton Washington Grace Hill F. A Dunbar

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