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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1921
Page
7
Mrs H St Porter improves after illness. Neighbors and relatives visit, attend events, and travel to Columbus Junction Ames Malcom and Keota. Harvest weather aids corn, with many households hosting gatherings, funerals, and hospital visits. Trustees discuss bridge project finances as county and township share costs.
Sunday October 23 Rally Day at the New Haven church drew a large crowd to hear Rev. Unthank of Keota. Four prizes were awarded including a rubber dolly to Virginia Snyder and a Bible to Mrs. John McKinstry.
Mr and Mrs George Marshall Stanley Marshall and Miss Goldie Lion attended to Fort Madison Saturday. Mrs Frank Parcell of Fairfield spent a few days at Wes ley Hendricks. Mrs Martha Black of Richland visited at Henry Ruby home. Charley Dickinson Ruth Dickinson L H Johnson Tillman Viola Ira Johnson to White Institute Salem. Bessie and Cora Printon left for Cleveland after visiting John Brinton home. Line Waterhouse returned to Floris Monday. They came to attend the
Rural Route 5 reports a quiet week with neighbors visiting kin and attending dinners and suppers. Social visits include Hannah and Loren Luithly with Aunt Dorothy McCaleb and trips to Washington with A R Conrad, plus several local family gatherings at the McCaleb Dow Palmer and Leacock homes.
D C Griffith of Wellman visited Crawfordsville with relatives while Nettie Hays of Washington also toured the town. The Crawfordsville 1st and 2nd boys teams defeated Wyman school 32 to 0 and 34 to 3 respectively in front of a large crowd. Olive Moore of Haskins returned from Topeka and Excelsior Springs after a visit with Will and Harry Owen, and inquired about former Haskins residents.
C S Tenney 45 of Cincinnati Iowa is jailed on charges of attacking schoolgirls from his district. He cannot post bond and faces a preliminary hearing in Cincinnati Justice Court Thursday afternoon. Tenney, a former Cincinnati superintendent and itinerant preacher, travels to nearby churches. Mayor Studiivant notes he has a wife and three grown children in Des Moines.
Local residents travel between Washington and Mt. Union with visits to ill relatives and social events. Mrs. Cary Brown of Mt. Union welcomed a newborn daughter as Grace Foster assists, and several families host guests or run errands. The Haskins school plans a box supper and Halloween program while neighbors share day trips and neighborly care.
Mrs H H Goodwin of Dukedom Tennessee says she was weak nervous and run down before using Vinci Vinol. A friend recommended it and she reports rapid strength restoration. The ad urges other run down people to try Vinol with a money back guarantee and a $1 per bottle price from Sherman Brothers druggists.
Muscatine reports a labor rebound with factories hiring both men and women. Sash and door firms seek more workers while corn huskers find jobs scarce due to a lack of applicants. Welfare office notes mostly partially disabled job seekers. Bank clearings for October are predicted to surpass any month in 1921.
Cedar Township公开 notices require all bills to be received by November 1. Clerk Milo Shalla issues the deadline and directs that no payment after that date will be accepted.
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