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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1929
Page
8
William McConaughey came home this morning from Pennsylvania after a short motor trip with his mother Mrs bh Mo McConaughey and Mr and Mrs J Simpson who are visiting relatives in that state.
The notice informs readers that tomorrow is the final day to secure the discounted rate on their electric bill from Iowa Southern Utilities Co. The brief urges customers to act promptly to lock in savings.
Mrs J T Stevenson of London Missouri and her moter Mrs D A Boyer hosted weekend relatives. Granddaughter Mrs Raymond Sites will stay longer. Several local women visited Keota and Des Moines on club and social errands. Neale Holmes visited Richland while others attended Ladies Aid in Washington.
C H Wilson and Mary Maxwell traveled to Mt Pleasant on business. A customer reported finding over fifty dead rats after buying Churchill Rat paste days earlier. A tip promotes F and F cough drops for throat tickle. Weather hints at possible rain tonight and Thursday.
Gladys Peters of Brighton came to Washington yesterday to do some shopping. Mrs Julius Demjuck of Lodi Wisconsin arrived yesterday to visit her mother. Mrs Demjuck is known locally as Beulah Erichberger. Harold Grayson of Riehlane was a business caller in Washington yesterday.
Among attendees at the Cedar Rapids meeting of men from southeastern Town are Harold Montgomery C S Lemmon Dr F W Eastwood James Baird Vernon Witting Griff Humphreys J H Humston and Ree Bratten with Rev W H Parker Rennie Dawson Charles Rothlisberger Charles Wolfe and J W Meyers joining from Bethel church. Loretta Wheelan traveled to Des Moines for a tonsil operation and is due home midweek.
Funeral services for Harlan L. Bennett 69, who died at Stockton Kansas, were held Monday at the United Presbyterian church in Keota led by Rev H W Gordon. Survived by wife Ida Duncan and sister Mrs Sam Pulver of Washington, with pallbearers C R Sturgeon N Newton Bert Wilson I D Shaffer C D Greenwood Isaac Pulver. Local notables noted include Evangelist Cole and family addressing Canton Ohio convention and lasting church revival impact in Keota.
Miss Nellie Manners reports a near fatal crash as a car failed to stop behind a buggy opposite the Mt. Pleasant asylum. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mitchell, Eleanor Kratter, and Richard Kratter were bruised. Rev Bentzinger escaped unhurt. Rex Long injured his right arm cranking a car. Des Moines bound meetings and a Des Moines death are noted.
A couple returning to the Thomson Bros. farm east of Keota plans to begin their Towa winter. They recently spent the summer in California and have two children now of school age.
Elmer Kolosick and Tra Miksch work on a Washington farm building while Glenn Dunbars visits the Oliv er Dunbar home. George Miksch of Gallup New Mexico calls on relatives and friends after a Chicago business trip, with Earl Mikson guiding him through Ainsworth.
Glendale correspondence reports Halloween plans at Spread Wagle School and a general invitation for attendance. Farm bureau extension training occurred at city hall with followup details to be announced in the Journal Watch. Local visits include John H. Koehler of Vernon arriving to visit kin.
Mrs Ira L Miksch reports Wellston residents visiting relatives in Burlington Ottumwa and Muscatine. Families truck hogs pota toes tile deliveries and road work are noted. A new school table and kindergarten chairs were bought for Wellston school while locals plan a return visit home.
Thrift sale on the north side this Saturday draws locals to the square while Mrs. Martha Maxwell Jones and Mr. J R Maxwell hosts in Chicago greet Mr. Cook. Mrs Cyox and Esther Maxwell plan to meet him there. Harvey Carter family heads from Honolulu to New York for about a month before visiting Washington and relatives. Bertha Ellerhorr attends the Pythian Sisters convention in Washington. G A Chilgren of Burlington arrives to join the Daughters of the American Revolution gathering.
New cranberries arrive as Grapefruit stock ripens and are ready to serve. Baby Str 1C ties ripened shipments include small cans. Fresh line of Bunte's hard candies and Pilgrim Cookies unpacked yesterday along with Richelieu Maple Syrup and Sorghum. Country Sorghum for waffles now available for table use.
Mrs Lucy Means of La Porte Indiana and Mrs Minnie Pommert of Greenfield Ohio arrived in Washington to visit Roy Means. A Baptist ladies thrift sale is set for Saturday at Washington Cleaners with proceeds aiding local projects.
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