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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1919
Page
7
Prairie Flower Meetings Grow In Interest And Power
Attendance rises as Rev. A Lilieraurk of Galesburg Illinois and Mr and Mrs M G Wilkinson of Perry join evangelistic efforts. Services run nightly at 8 and a Sunday program includes men and women meetings in church and schoolhouse with several visiting pastors from Washington Wellman Keota and Keota areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Flower
A. Lilieraurk
Galesburg
M. G. Wilkinson
Perry
M. R. Regan
Washington
Doig
Wellman
Bienneman
Keota
Welch
Miss Mabel Keener Hosts Farewell Party in Crawfordsville
Mabel Keener entertained a crowd of boys and girls at her Crawfordsville home Saturday afternoon with games and treats including ice cream cake apples and grapes. The gathering served as a farewell party before Miss Keener plans to attend school in Illinois this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Mabel Keener
Mabel
Illinois
Nan Creswell
W. S. Gardner
Chicago
Burlington
J. A. Boatman
P. H. Hayley
Jack
G. W. Kortwright
California
W. K. Wooley
J. F. Buxbaum
Will Cochran
Coppock
Turgeon
Bertrand
Clarence Young
Cedar Rapids
Henry McCoy
Irene
Marie
Ottumwa
BE. B. Franklin
Washington
Hattie Covert
Pemberton
Local News From Kalona and Surrounding Areas
Kalona and nearby towns report social visits labor day trips and family travel. Mae Snyder travels to Nebraska and Colorado to see her sister while Made Howard Lella Woods visit Gertrude Yoder in Iowa City and later Dr and Mrs Kisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Mae Snyder
Nebraska
Colorado
Howard
Lella Woods
Gertrude Yoder
Iowa City
Lottie Dunlap
O. H. Dunlap
Muscatine
R. 8. Rogers
Wm. Grady
Wm Wells
Washington
Eliza Hasty
Fred Howard
Ar. Marie Jackson
Lois Hosthettler
Manning
Iowa
A. N. Grady’s
Marjorie Adams
C. L. Rogers
Des Moines
Noah Stutqman
Kalona Visitors From Across The Midwest
Oklahoma guest and Charm Ohio visitors came to Kalona to visit friends. Cedar Rapids and Montezuma guests stayed at the A. N. Grady home while Dr. and Mrs. Feldman returned to Ames after a two week visit. Arthur Illinois and Pueblo Colorado visitors joined locals for weekend and weekday visits. Misses Dayton and Dierdorff toured Oakville and Burlington with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Kalona
Kime
Charm Ohio
Lucile Schnoebelen
Ralph Shillig
Cedar Rapids
A. N. Grady
E. J. Hesselschwerdt
D. Feldman
Ames
Jerry Yoder
Arthur
Illinois
Dorothy Brown
Pueblo
Colorado
O. H. Dunlap
Michigan
Leona Hesselschwerdt
Muriel Moore
Montezuma
William Hesselschwerdt
Hugh Dunlap
Pella
Iowa
0. H. Dunlap
Dessal Dayton
Winnie Dierdorff
Oakville
Burlington
Local notes from Young America and vicinity
Sept 3 items report visits among families in Lion City Clinton and Letts. People travel to Keota Burlington Monmouth Mil ford and Winfield for visits and events. The aeroplane remains a local attraction as school nears start with Miss Ruth Vincent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young America
Wade Meyers
James
Joanny
John
Joal
Lion City
Illinois
Charles Cherry
Sam McKee
Missouri
Elmer Cherry
Clinton
Howard Eldridge
Junction Fair
Charlies Cherry
Meyers
Briley
Ruth Vincent
Lloyd Humston
Raymond
Burlington
Lloyd
Milford
Iowa
Bailey
Winfield
Phillips
Tressa
F. Bailey
Frank Pringle
Keota
Hulse
H. B. Porter
Helen
Monmouth
Ilinois
Letts
Frank Dittmer
Edgar Porter
J. M. Bickford
Local Notes From Ainsworth and Area
Ainsworth notes include the Trotter couple returning from vacation, Dr A L Alcorn and family departing for California, moving day for Hugh Hall and R S McKernan families, school enrollment at 125 pupils, and Rev J A Kennedy of Chariton presiding at Koehler Martin wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Alcorn
California
Hugh Hall
R.S. McKernan
Hall
McKernan
Mr. McKernan
J. A. Kennedy
Chariton
Koehler-Martin
Emmitt Clark Returns from Sigourney Parade Honors
Emmitt Clark attended the Sigourney Home Coming on the 1st and 2nd and helped build Bruns Seed Company’s float which won first prize in the monster parade. About fifty floats competed and the winning entry will be shown at the Oskaloosa fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmitt Clark
Sigourney
Bruns Seed Company
Emmitt
Oskajoosa Fair
Country schools reopen across Washington county districts
Rural schools in Washington county opened this week with sizable enrollments. Most districts began on September 1, with a few starting August 25 or later. County superintendent Kathryn Montgomery released a list of teachers for out of town schools, noting some positions pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Kathryn Montgomery
Lime Creek Township
Bunker Hill
Ladie Reif Center
Melvin A. Yoder
Daytonville
Blanche Norris Ing
Zephyr Milter
Surprise Valley
Myrtle Dawson Union
Ous
Carpenter Wassonville
Gladys Crone
Gating meat may affect kidneys warns health ad
A health ad warns that eating less meat can reduce uric acid buildup and kidney strain. It promotes Jad Salts as a remedy to flush and normalize kidneys, claiming it prevents backache, headaches, and bladder irritation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saya
Terrifying discomforts from skin diseases
A medical ad claims severe skin diseases stem from blood disorders and promotes S. S. S. as a lasting remedy. It touts fifty years on the market and offers expert advice on individual cases from the Swift Specify Co department in Atlanta, Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SS. S
Promes
Swift
Paradoxical quip about a man in a hole for missing an opening
The Boston Transcript cites a paradoxical line joking that a man is in a hole because he cannot find an open ing. The remark plays on wordplay about openings and holes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
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Erings
Ainsworth
W. T. Trotter
Pleasant Plain
Salem South Prairie
Wanda Harvey Ibeol
Lucile Reiner
Carrie Davis
English River Township
CNS
Lulu Saur
Maple Grove
Mabel C. Stagner
Middleburg
Elizabeth Yegry
Palestine
Gertrude Keifer
Pleasant Hill
Gertrude Lahey
Snake Hollow
Bessie Leffler
Richmond
Bessie Kiefer
Vera Saforek
Irmina Schmoebelen
Oak Grove
Mary Bashnagel Waeey
Pauline Shebanek
Loretta Streb
Seventy-six Townships
Gladys Dunbar Hopewell
Cecile Bowen
Francis Perrin
So Tain Ak
Juanita J. Hand
Mary McKevitt le Hank Ee Tenddwek
Lela Powell
Pleasant View
Rosella Stewart
Cedar Township
Dicanonian
Bems
Bonnie Cassady J Center
Vera Crone
Dayton Grove
Hagist Landscape
Mauree Applegate
Lexington
Grace Emde Summit
Velma Maplethorpe Prairie Flower
Christa Jackson
Abetirn
Clara Faulkner
Jackson Township
Pearl Glassburner Dugus
Edith Reed
Fairview
Mary O'Connor
Grand Prairie
Doris Wilcox
Cnoancue
Martha Thrasher
Living Lake
Center Enterprise
Indian Creek
New Haven
Highland Township
Maude O'Conner
Amelia Schmidt
Bessie Podaris
Lorena Young Rowena Leffler
Bessie Swift
Ruth Foster
Helen Risk
Dutch Creek Township
Bertha Grady Effie van Sickle
Emma Dusenberry
Mayme Walker
Thelma Page
Nelle Stevenson Valley
Emma Sint
Franklin Township
Antioch
Cedar Center
Grant Harmony No
Nash Pleasant
Belle Jay
Mary White Banks
Margaret Bauer
Wiebrie Brewer
Ruth Lehrer i
Norena Kracow
Jesse Richardson
Washington Township
Myrtle Rouse
Hazel Tucker Doe
Edna Chilcote
Laura Eisele
Nondas Richardson
Sadie Rohrer
Edna Lobin
Eva Godwin
Crawford Township
Stringtown
Lillian Holmes
Richmond Town School
Lillis Griffith
Loretta Walker
Edna Genkinger
Mildred Adams
Helen Kussart Pe 2
Enid Annas
Black Hawk
Greenville Pleasant
Val Rubio
Rubio
White Hawk Clay Ind
Brig Indian Creek
Oakland Riverside
Walnut
Mario
Jessie Doddle
Cecile Pauls Ann
Delis Saar
Elma Vachaw
Florence Horton Frances Meacham
Reil Hanna
Alma Corpman
Myer Fredlansky
Verne Aaya
Gladys Barra
Kathleen Bruty Anbesten
Marsh
Leona F. McNeese
Grace Pangborn
Marguerite Bruty
Faye Dankwardt
Edward Chalupa
Achilles
Oregon Township
Iowa Fair
Oskaloosa
Eva Oncet
Oes
Buick Sedan
BUICK
Tucker & Eicher
Lowa
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