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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1930
Page
7
An elderly observed case notes a child improved by California Fig for constipation feverishness and low energy. The anecdote cites Drs recommending the product to relieve ailments and boost appetite with a sweet breath and clearer tongue. It warns readers that the genuine product bears the California name.
Home room 107 reports the election process for six weekly officer nominations with the preceding leader’s guidance. Officers include president and secretary with duties, rosters, and roll calls. sixth grade sections each elect a section president and secretary. Also notes music and geography class activities and a tax sale notice for Washington County Iowa dated 1927.
Eleven relatives attended a twelve week dinner last Sunday in honor of a milestone. The piece notes multiple local visits and gatherings including Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kepiart with Ina and son Aisin, Mr. and Mrs. Gams ton, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wagner and family, and others. Charles Anderson was injured by a hog while ringing wea last Friday morning and is recovering. Howard Linder of Iowa City spent Tuesday night at the J. F. Linder home amid a round of Sunday visits by Kephart and Benson families staying with Frank Kephart.
Seventeen World War veterans from the 51st infantry and 88th division, with their families, gathered for a reunion in Centerville Park on Sunday October 12. They plan an annual gathering with next year’s meeting in Ottumwa on the last Sunday and Monday in August. Attendees included Carl Amine and family of Brighton, Jack Firino and family Ottumwa, William Reinhardt and family, Hale Mo, Clarence Kittle and family, Pred Callen and family, Chester Comer and family, Levi Anderson and family, Hugh Scannel, Harris Lasson and family, Paul Simmons and Mr and Mrs Harry Miller, and others from Bussey, Knoxville, Fairfield, Newton, and Centerville.
In Downing Missouri a group of friends and relatives, including A J Rey and J D Laws, gathered to welcome home a soldier from the 41st Infantry Camp Dodge unit. The unit departed for France August 14 and sailed via England to Liverpool arriving August 28, 1918. They landed in France September 3, 1918 and returned to the U.S. May 41, 1919.
Community program at Cedar Center school features a candy social and hot lunch Tuesday evening. Teacher Zella Wiles 208 Bethelehm Co. Also mentions a meeting in Le ndory and a west coast event with Ney Yard’s vonte star.
Vague OCR fragment notes a meeting of the teacher association scheduled for Tuesday at an unspecified location. No further names or details are readable.
An evening health program was announced for October 4. Details are sparse in the readable text but indicate community health outreach is planned with potential attendee guidance and program highlights.
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