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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1921
Page
6
Mr and Mrs Harry P Evans travel Saturday to Kansas City for a Thirty-Fifth Division reunion and American Legion convention. Mrs Evans attends the Legion Auxiliary convention as a member. they stay with relatives during the visit.
A crowded weekend hosts sales at H. M. Ward & Co and York Store with discounts up to 50 percent on garments. Residents visit relatives in Davenport, Ainsworth, Columbus Junction, Des Moines, and Sioux City while local figures like I. Rothschild attend state and national apparel meetings. A new ten pound boy named John Richard is welcomed by the Bauer family. A Taylor electric clock donation is installed in the Washington Methodist church auditorium.
Relatives of Harrison Podder report they reached Las Vegas Arizona by noon and plan a stay in Williams Arizona. Hebner's offers a reinforced cement burial vault for 65 dollars. Mrs L A Jones and her three children return from Oskaloosa after visiting her mother Mrs J M Larimer. Miss Betty visits grandmother for about two weeks. Auctioneer P J F Macon of Washington Iowa advertises. H J Ward Co promotes a big money saving Yellow Tagesnale. Mrs A Motet and Mrs G Motet travel to Iowa City after visiting Tom Dempsey. Petition signers urged to attend Farmers Union meeting November 2 at Pleasant Plain school house. Mrs Harry Phillips returns to Davenport with Vera Lovelett and Ray Ruplinger. Onyx Rings added to stock with attractive prices. Miss Florence Moots of Muscatine spent the weekend at the Dayton home.
Weather bulletin notes an 8.25 score for blues and hogs, with fair skies tonight and tomorrow. Cold air follows tonight’s conditions as temperatures dip.
Miss Nina McCleery teaches in Keota and visited her parents over the weekend. Miss Mabel Borman from Parson's College also stayed home for the weekend. L F E Griffith attended the national American Legion meeting in Kansas City with notable figures like Vice-President Coolidge and Generals Pershing and Foch. The Crawfordsville American Legion plans a meeting Thursday night in the real estate office. Mrs A J Stites and Mrs A G Lease hosted a G T club Halloween party at the Stites home with jack o lanterns, ghosts costumes, rock games, sandwiches, pumpkin pie and coffee.
Notes on Epworth League installation at the newly organized M E church with prayers for good works. Local social items include visits from James Robertson family and Mrs Daniels' Illinois relatives. A chicken pie supper and bazaar is planned at the church basement November 8 at 7 PM. Also mentions muddy streets, a Northwestern Advocate program, stock shipments to Chicago, and a light rail strike resolved for a year.
A boy received a whipping from his mother after his face was blacked. The event lasted about an hour, drawing sympathy for the boy’s discolored appearance.
The first printing press in New England was set up in Cambridge in Law. The earliest works included the Free man's Oath, an almanac for New Wineland, and the Psalms. By 1710 Boston had five presses, and many pages were produced across the region.
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