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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 04, 1921

Page

7

Riverside BirthdaySurprise Marks 79th Among Family Guests

Riverside October report of a birthday surprise at Mrs. Elizabeth Wombacher’s 79th birthday hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rumelhart. The event also celebrated the Rumelharts’ 20th wedding anniversary with a basket dinner for about fifty attendees.

Riverside Louis Rumelhart Elizabeth Wombacher Frank Critz Leo Estelle Clare Capps New Hampton P. Theisinger Sumner Iowa la Verne Knebel Iowa City Dorothy Dautremont Elsie Hahn San Diego California Henry Hahn Sturgis South Dakota John Rose John Streb Florence Dillon Mich Mary Gelhano Joseph Quinn Washington Workman Anthony Veggy St. Mary's Church Rev. Jacobsmeier Germany John Yeasgy John Yeaggy Louis Frank Lawrence Henry John Joseph Yergy Mt. Olivet Walter Yerbury Rock Island Anthony Yeggly

New Haven Social Roundup Sees Family Visits and Travels

New Haven notes recount Mr. and Mrs. H J Cuddeback and Miss Marie Churchill attending the Baptist Association at Ainsworth. Several relatives visit each other with calls and Sunday gatherings at multiple homes including the Smith, Near, Hutt and Snyder households. illnesses keep Mrs Frank Smith on the sick list.

New Haven H. J. Cuddeback Marie Churchill Baptist Association Ainsworth R. C. Wilcox Art Rathmel Clarence Rathmel Alvin Strum Addison Baker Beulah Eunice West Chester Merle Stattler Marion Smith Frank Smith Walter Sheets James Combs Effie Porter Della Arthur Lambert Cora Snyder Harvey Banks Curtis Snyder Harry Hutt Home

Local notes from Stringtown and surrounding areas

The Farmers Union shipped stock from Ola and households moved to Wayland. Neighbors filled silos Friday while Sunday activities included Davvd Schantz with Wiis and Ellis Nickalous and Carl Johnson. A Danville family attended Eicher church rally day. Ethan Brooks sawed wood and Chas Meek welcomed a baby boy born Saturday Oct 1. Mrs Ezra Wenger and son John of Garden City Kansas visited, Mrs Wenger’s brother Ethan Brooks hosted. Mrs Clark Zickafoose was ill last week. Alice Eisom of Winfield helped with housework during silo work.

Wiis Ellis Nickalous Carl Johnson Davvd Schantz C. A. Monson Danville Eicher Ethan Brooks Chas. Meek Ezra Wenger John Garden City Kansas

Rally Day Services at Eicher Church Featured Recitations

A rally day program was held at Eicher church on Sunday with a recital and exercise session in the afternoon. Miss Barnett of Crawfordsville sang a solo and Rev. Robertson of Ainsworth delivered a splendid address.

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Rush Warner visits and family news in Haskins area

Rush Warner travels from Washington to visit his sister Mrs. John Godlove and family then with Miss Mabel Godlove visits another sister Mrs. Frank Embree. The group returns home Sunday afternoon as neighbors report farm work, roof repairs, and local social events through the week.

Ross Leo Farrington Dewey Stevens Dewey Godlove Roy Warner Burr Taylor Grace Stafford Cedar Rapsids Taylors Miss Grace

Downturn in Crude Fails to Cut Gasoline Prices

An Oklahoma summary reports crude in the midcontinent at $1 a barrel while gasoline remains near 21 cents a gallon. Insiders blame price manipulation by majors as independents struggle, with many bankruptcies and reduced margins for refiners and jobbers amid market volatility.

Mid-Continent Standard of Indiana Landis Sinclair Pipelien Company Standard of Indiana Colonel Stewart Standard Sinclair Standard Oil Companies American Petroleum Institute Washington Prairie Pipeline Company United States Geological Survey Oklahoman Standard Oil Oklahoma Oklahoma City

Iowa Federation Year Book Opens for 1921 22 Distribution

The Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs unveils its 1921 22 year book issued by Secretary Mrs 5 J Sayers with forewords by Mrs Thomas G Winter and Mrs E F Armstrong. It notes a new American citizenship department and added committees including drama poetry folklore pageantry and a bureau of speakers while expanding county chairmen to raise federation efficiency in rural areas.

Thomas G. Winter General Federation of Women's Clubs E. F. Armstrong Iowa Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs 5. J. Sayers Jefferson Bal Mrs. Winter Winter Iown Club Girls’ Clubs and R. H. Sylvester Des Moines F. W. Weitz John W Watzek Davenport C. H. Morris Iowa Federation George B. Stewart Ft. Madison C. B. Little Burlington Henry Co. D. Rawhouser New Lonoon J. A. Huglin Fairfled Lee L. G. McKinley Keokuk Louisa H. H. Peck Morning Sur Washington C. W. Me

Weiny Honors Mra. E F in Laughlin Washington Event

Milestones in Laughlin Washington feature Mra. E. F. Weiny celebrated by local residents including Milton figures Laughlin Washington and Van Buren. The brief notes the gathering and recognition of the notable local woman.

Laughlin Washington van Buren, Mra E. F. Weiny Milton

Ship tonnage definitions in marine measurement terms

The text explains gross tonnage as the whole cabling capacity divided by 100, yielding a tonnage in English feet. Net tonnage deducts machinery and crew cost from gross. Dead weight tonnage equals payload in holds, while displacement represents the ship’s weight with load water included.

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