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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1923
Page
2
Oct 27 market notes show hog receipts around 9000 with holdover 6000 and cattle about 1000. Sheep buyers report firm to higher tone on desirable grades while recoiling on some heavy and western stocks. Top hog price 7.65 per hundredweight. cattle ranges vary with yearlings and fat stock mixed. receipts and shipments listed.
Sale dates list includes Oct 30 for L F Woodburn as referee sale of land one percent miles north of Haskins. Oct 20 Bert Sands household goods in Washington. Nov 14 Lord and Son civil actions Duroces Ainsworth.
A telegram informs Mr and Mrs W J Smylie of Ost that they are grandparents of a baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Leatherberry of Peoria Mines Donald McFarland suffered a broken arm playing on teeter boards at school after a Wednesday morning accident Mr and Mrs Lincoln Noble plan to move to Cedar Rapids with their household goods Miles Stearns visits relatives in town W R C helps Marshaltown soldiers with a fruit jam barrel United Press Church women plan annual bank offering Raith Peterson attends Mt Pleasant convention Orphans Home aids Fred Moore’s two younger boys care move to Davenport home
A proverb-like remark notes that giving a child a single doll sparks affection, while gifting ten toys shifts focus to administrative tasks and management roles, illustrating how abundance alters behavior.
A reflective line by J Sterling urges mindful effort and hopeful dreaming before life's end, emphasizing purposeful living and planning even as thoughts wander toward future possibilities.
Brighton and surrounding communities report visitors from Charles City Piqua Indiana Lucas Iowa and Des Moines. church figures Rev R J Cardy and Rev Thompson travel Iowa City. R N Reedy returns with pew motor hearse. new Q B E B society members inducted. farewell shower for Mrs Thelma Knapp. Rex Brier family moving. drill mishap at well site. multiple residents travel or host relatives and guests.
Mrs Louis Cold rode with Marsh to visit Edwin Leeper and family. Miss Kyle heads home tonight for the weekend. A church cafeteria supper Wednesday evening drew a good crowd and strong sales totaling thirty five dollars.
Earl Arbrogast is laid up with a sprained arm. Mrs. Rex Brier and her son from Brighton visited Mr. and Mrs. Ll. BE. Nichols. The menu listed buns, chicken, weiners, pickles, hot coffee, cream and sugar, milk, pie, popcorn and candy. Lars and twenty five cents was taken in.
Riverside residents attended the W R C convention in Mt Pleasant with Mrs Edna Bushek as delegate. Cedar Rapids family and Iowa City guests joined Thursday for the Dautremont Moltet wedding in Riverside.
Wetchester West Chester reports a note from Alice Goodspeed of Chicago describing four sisters who taught at the local school. The writer recalls their wife attending the first term, praising the Goodspeed family's dedication to teaching and the warm regard held for them despite expectations.
Squire Marsh Swallow rails at divorces as he hears Sue Licklider’s side of the Licklider divorce case. He laments women’ temper and dependence on “approval” marriages, urges couples to curb tempers, and jokes about adjusting roles and spending.
A reader laments leaves from a neighbor’s maple trees blowing into their yard while noting hog prices and corn, and praises Roy Gardner for his kindness and frequent visits to church or school with the children.
An editorial voice notes widespread disdain for war's horrors while chemists continually claim praise for discovering more lethal gases, accusing both scientists and advocates of conflicting stances.
Washington citizen Mrs. Mary Dowgall of 615 W See St reports relief from backache and fatigue after using Doan’s Kidney Pills for kidney irregularities. She says the pills cured pain and made her feel better, praises the product and notes price is 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY distributes them.
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