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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1925
Page
8
Local news item roundup from Washington Iowa with visits, trips, and social notices. Mentions visits to Columbus Junction, Kalona, and Muscatine. travel for evangelistic meetings in Andrew. attendance at a Red Cross convention in Ottumwa. family and social visits. a thrift sale and upcoming October events. and business notices including a creamery move and stock remedies.
Mrs Campbell McCartney and baby returned home to Moline Saturday night with Mrs Harry Murphy visiting for a week. Miss Katherine Vogel visits Harper to see her ill father and attend Aunt Mrs Nick Alltenhofen's funeral. Various family visits noted, and Crail's offers blanket sales with substantial reductions on blankets and Indian robes.
Mrs Clara Mingo of Oakland visits at the home of Mr and Mrs Brewer on South Marion Avenue Miss Mary Irwin of Muscatine visits her mother Mrs Naneete Irwin Mrs Harry Kracaw of Mt Pleasant visits son Everett Kracaw and relatives R A Conner and sisters Minnie and Etts plan to break ground on a West Main Street bungalow Mr and Mrs Ed Davis to move to the Crewe home on North Iowa Avenue and the Bostwicks to move to the Sage home at 627 East Washington St The Presbyterian Ladies rummage sale last Saturday drew a large crowd raising seventy four dollars for the treasury Donations of garments were appreciated and helped the response to families in need.
Guy Carleton and Milborn M Kay spent Saturday evening in Iowa City. Miss Pearl Gutshall returned to Elmwood after visiting her parents. Mrs Minnie Glascock and daughter Ada of Hannibal Missouri visited the Warren Glascock home. Mrs R Sanders visited Kapta for the day. Harry Rice came from Iowa City to spend the weekend with his mother. Mr and Mrs Brown of Dentonville Arkansas visited two weeks at Iola Kansas. Larry Macon returned from Cedar Falls with Ernest Welch for the weekend. Alex Dawson came back from a two week business trip to Saskatchewan. Mr and Mrs R P Taylor of Cedar Rapids spent the weekend with Mrs Taylor's mother, Mrs T L Montgomery.
Mr and Mrs Fred Coffin and daughter of Coneville visited the Will Dunham house Saturday night. Merle Wilson Ted Duke and Joe McConnell left Sunday for Cedar Falls after spending Sunday here. Merle has been elected ye leader and pledged to Xenho fraternity.
Mrs L B Patterson is reported ill at her home on West Main street with neighbors noting her condition.
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