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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1924
Page
8
Local ad from Geo W Stewart Hardware promotes Kennedy radio receiving sets by G E Maceogi. Buyers who purchase a Majestic next week will receive a set of ware free. The message appeals to workers needing three meals and steady work.
Local shoppers are urged to seize the cost on a Majestic Range next week with a free ware set from Geo W. Stewart Hardware. Washington area notices report residents returning home for visits and several community members traveling for family weekends and shopping.
Shockley residing in southeast Washington has purchased the residence property of Mrs. Carrie Blake on East Second Street. I will serve home cooked meals at my flat over the Fair store, starting Monday, Oct. 13. Meals served to regular boarders and transients, Mrs. Ella Cherry, phone 409 Black. 0715 Prof. and Mrs. Harold Montgomery and Miss Della Patton drove to Davenport this morning where they witnessed the game this afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Walter Howard of Oskaloosa visited Washington today with Mrs Nellie Loder as guest. Several locals including Miss Marguerita Forman, Miss Lillian Crone, and Mrs S A Dickerson were shown in transit or visiting relatives in nearby towns. Various residents returned from trips to Keota Marshalltown Fairfield Muscatine and Cedar Rapids while others prepared for church or business engagements in Des Moines Sioux City and Burlington.
Mr and Mrs Ed Lavaca departed for their Stratford Texas home after a two week stay with Mrs Lavaca and Mr Brewer who are siblings in the Brewer household.
Violet Dickerson a 19 year old mother was acquitted of murder in the hold up and killing of Louis Hirsch a storekeeper last November. Her companion Charles Deeffinger was sentenced to death for the killing after being found guilty of first degree murder. The defense argued Dickerson was under complete domination by Deeffinger and testified he beat and threatened her to force her to stand by him.
A wedding will take place Sunday at the center of the new Missouri river bridge in Yankton as part of the bridge dedication celebration. Nebraska pair J. Ek. Cummines of Scottia and Matilda Delarm of Erie will marry at 10 a.m. as a highlight of the event.
Judge J S Dowell denied Ernest Reed's motion for a new trial after his conviction for the Missouri Valley murder of Harry Reel. Reed was sentenced to death with execution set for December 18 1925 at Fort Madison prison.
The Baptist church youth at West Chester presented the pageant Broken China last evening before a large crowd that filled the church. The performance impressed locals and featured a free will offering to support missionary work.
Shellsburg high school won the University of Iowa inter-scholastic cross-country meet with a low score of 21. Washington High of Cedar Rapids took second, University High of Iowa City third, and Iowa City High fourth. Individual winner was Stickrode of Champaign Illinois, with Cozine second and McBaine third.
Doctors F W Mulson and Dean W J Tegters completed autopsy on Irma Caldwell found in the Iowa river near Marshalltown to determine cause of death. They reported to officials but declined to release findings.
Summary of Friday scores shows Fridos tied 6 with Trinity, plus multiple regional college and high school games. Notable results include Buena Vista 40 over Western Union Iowa Wesleyan 7 and Central 26 over Ellsworth 13, with several small colleges and normal schools posting varied totals.
Kansas City Missouri October 18 cattle receipts total about 900 calves 150. Yearlings and steers show gains 25 to 50 cents for handyweight and lightweights while heavier stock remains steady. Prices listed for multiple classes include top yearlings around 11.75 and steer categories from 11.65 down to 10.75 with canners and bulls weaker to steady.
In a bedtime tale, Uncle Ted extols Charles Dawes as a capable American leader. The narrative highlights Dawes’s wartime logistics work, the Dawes Plan, and his role in forming the U.S. budget system. Born August 27, 1865 in Marietta Ohio, Dawes is portrayed as a robust, multifaceted public servant ready to serve in Washington.
Hog receipts around 5 000, steady to weak with Friday’s average. Top hogs 10 65, packing and bulk ranges 7.00 to 18.60, sows 9 50 to 8 75, stock pigs 7 50 to 8 25. Sheep receipts 250, prices 12 25 to 13 54, natives 13 00 top, ewes 6 00, feeding lambs 14 40 to 12 25, good breeding ewes 7 50 to 8 75.
St Louis hay market reports prices for No 1 timothy and light clover mixed and choice alfalfa with bid and offer ranges. Prices listed include timothy 24.00 to 43.00, clover mixed 21.00 to 22.00, and alfalfa 29.00 to 30.00 per unspecified unit.
Kansas City grain prices show wheat No 2 hard 1.40 1.56 and No 2 red 1.53 1.57 with December 1.40% and May 1.44% for wheat. Corn bids include No 8 white 1.09 No 2 yellow 1.09 No 3 yellow 1.08. December 1.00% and May quoted as bid, hay unchanged.
Omaha Nebraska grain prices list Wheat No 1 hard 1.39 to 1.41 Corn No 3 white 1.06 No 2 yellow 1.07 Oats No 3 white 48 to 49 cents No 4 white 47 to 48 cents.
Iowa Supreme Court handed down seven opinions on Friday, reversing two lower-court rulings and affirming the rest. The cases span criminal and civil matters from Henry, Jefferson, Wapello, Union, Lee, Adams, Clark, and other counties, addressing property, foreclosures, divorces, drainage, nuisance, estates, and recoveries.
Blandford in Hardy country ends its ancient Dorset custom as the Wandford Bell will not toll twice daily due to cost. The village faces the option of funding the bell ringer from public funds, with council narrowly approving continuing the practice if taxpayers pay.
Dr John L Nielsen bishop arrives in Sofia from Russia after a tour noting widespread football enthusiasm and athletic vigor in both cities and remote villages. He describes Russian sports culture as growing with modern facilities and robust outdoor activity.
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