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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1923
Page
7
Village dispatches from Alley Valley and Brighton detail social visits church events and local business. People drop by homes attend lectures plan parsonage dedication and report travel to Washington Des Moines and Osceola while school and club activities receive notice.
H A Engle and son Alvin were business callers in Washington Saturday morning. Mrs. Caroline Sheets of Iowa City visits daughter Mrs. Emma Linnes and family. Earl Burroughs hauls wood to Roota. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Leacox and daughter Lila of Cedar Rapids stay with S. K. and How ard Leacox. Mrs. Robert Ritz of Cawker City, Kan. comes for a visit with Maggie Engle and relatives. Reisters of Washington buy chickens today.
Mr and Mrs Chas Shalty and Mrs Dell Skinner visited the Orvis Ferguson home Sunday. Howard McCall delivered hogs to Frank Libe Friday. Mr and Mrs Hotle visited the Will Embre home Thursday after Roy Gardner helped Mr Dennison.
Sam De long and family Frank Willson and family Jim Schulty Oscar Moot hart Mandy Schulty and Mary Timmins were entertained at Roy Schulty's. Warren Matthews wife and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gather spent Sunday afternoon at their grandfather A. L. White. Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Fleming and daughter headed to San Diego visiting Kansas City en route. Sam White wife and daughter and Than White visited Ewart Young. Mrs. Clara Sargent visited Wellman at C. C. Gardner home. Al Huber and wife and Mrs. H. L. Huber were Iowa City visitors Tuesday. Lester Disney husking corn for E. B. Young.
Local residents share weekend visits and family updates at Highland Center. Mr and Mrs Joe Krotz Cecil Potter Mae McLaughlin and Russell McLaughlin visited Willie Murphy. Hazel Asken returned home to Washington for the weekend. Miller Endicott and others spent time with Ed Endicott and Earl Steele families.
The Dunbar male quartet and bell ringers will present the second number in the Crawfordsville lecture course on Saturday evening Oct 28. Clyde Maxwell has recovered from cataract surgery in Chicago and plans a short stay at home before the remaining eye is treated. Rev G W Hanna returns from North Bend Nebraska after a two week visit. Sam Donahey of Washington visited town yesterday. Mrs J A Morhead visited Frank McCoy's home in Mt Pleasant.
The Chicago and North Western marks its 75th anniversary in Chicago as Iowa reflects on the road’s role in state development. Iowa gained rail access by 1859 and 1867, with lines to Cedar Rapids and Council Bluffs shaping early growth and town names like Le Mars and Delmar Junction.
Reader notes that mentioning the Journal advertisement assures prompt service. The line hints at a customer response mechanism tied to the newspaper notice. The brief implies an emphasis on ad-driven inquiries and quick fulfillment.
The Associated Press reports in Geneva that the reddening of Lake Morat near Neuchatel, caused by a rare bloom, echoes legends of Burgundian defeat in 1476 and 1914. The event freshens a myth linking blood on the lake to impending European conflict.
Melbourne dispatch reports the new government plans to compulsorily take over private estates to create temporary training farms for emigrants. New arrivals will receive land holdings and there will be special efforts to immigrant boys to Australia.
An inquest into an Arab murderer who reportedly enjoyed "the time of his life" in jail before execution led a English coroner and jury to recommend flogging and a life sentence as penalties instead of hanging.
November Term 1923 in the District Court of Washington County Iowa, James Christy plaintiff accuses Eva Christy of willful desertion since September 26 1921 after marriage on August 2 1914. If Eva Christy does not appear by noon on November 12 1923 default will be entered and divorce granted. Brookhart Bros attorneys for plaintiff.
A simple overhead painting tip uses a half hollow rubber cap slipped over the brush hurdle to catch dripping paint. The cap acts as a drip catcher reducing mess while brushing ceilings.
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