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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1919
Page
7
Local clerks and residents report small Haskins school and incidents
Haskins notes describe Cody Nebraska visitors W B Gordon visiting relatives, a fall injury to Dale Cole, and a moved family in the Stafford house. School opens with 21 scholars in two rooms. Lore includes remodeling plans for Faye Cherwinker and Mable Godlove becoming Eclipse Lumber bookkeeper. Rev S E Wallin returns from Chautauqua work and local religious services are announced for next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskins
W. B. Gordon
Cody
Nebr
Mable Godlove
Eclipse Lumber Company
Dale Cole
Will Acheson
S E. Wallin
S. E. Wallin
Eva Ebner
Frank Welliver
Lola
Hazel Booth
Velma Gallagher
Davenport
Business College
Anita Richards
J. Mathers
Ruston
Columbus Junction
Wallin
Crawfordsville Area Gossip and School Moves
Crawfordsville notes list Mr and Mrs C H Sommer and children returning from Pandora Ohio after a visit with her parents. Miss Nina Spangler to Martinsburg Iowa to teach. Mrs J Stites and children and Mrs Clarence Young family visiting West Chester. Ralph Moore returns to Grinnell. Estella Dickson home in Wapello for weekend. Mr and Mrs John Smylie back from Murray Smylie home near Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Sommer
Pandora
Ohio
Nina Spangler
Martinsburg
Iowa
J. Stites
Karl
Matherine
Clarence Young
West Chester Everalll
Drr
Morris
Ralph Moore
Grinnell
Estella Dickson
Wapello
John Smylie
Murray Smylie
Washington
Field elected statistician at Iowa M E conference
The Rev C A Field of the M E church at Muscatine was chosen statistician of the Iowa Methodist conference during its session. Also listed are visits and travels of several local residents including Mr and Mrs L J Trotter and others from Des Moines Galveston Kansas City Letts and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
C. A. Field
M. BE
Muscatine
Iowa M. E
L. J. Trotter
Des Moines
H. W Stickley
Galveston
Tex
Frank ‘Trotter
Kansas City
Centerville Visitors and Des Moines Trip Mentioned
Mrs Hamilton of Centerville visited Friday with her daughter Mrs K Gray and family. Mr and Mrs M L Miller left Saturday for Des Moines to hear President Wilson. Mrs Lee Norris visits friends in Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Centerville
K. Gray
M. L. Miller
Des Moines
President Wilson
Lee Norris
Riverside
Fire destroys Blattner barn and contents near Valley
A large barn on Henry Blattner’s farm south of Valley burned at ten o’clock Thursday. Mrs. Will Brinning alerted the family, neighbors from Keola Dublin Rubio helped within an hour. Loss estimated at 3000 dollars with 1060 dollars on the building and 500 dollars on the contents insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley
Henry Blatiner
Will Brinning
Keola
Dublin
Rubio
Brighton Notes Mrs Fitch visiting Cedar Rapids relatives
Mrs. Molly Fitch of Cedar Rapids visits her sister Mrs Melinda Johnson and other relatives. Several locals travel or relocate this week including Mrs Lake Cassady purchasing the Tom Morgan residence and Mrs Sarah McGuire moving to Mecca California. Community updates mention bank staff change, church conferences, and local visits by many residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Molly Fitch
Cedar Rapids
Melinda Johnson
Will Knerr
Chariton
Lake Cassady
Tom Morgan
Sarah McGuire
Mecca
Calif
Raymond Swisher
Syracuse
N. Y
Albert
Henry Knerr
Strongsburg
Nebr
Cella Spohn
Rubio
Jim Shaffer
Spooner
Wis
Spohn
Miss Bell Brinton
Grinnell
Ida Seeley
Washington
Wayne Houck
H. F. Tracy
The
State Bank
K. C. Brooks
Muscatine
Iown
M. E. Church
A. M. Friend
Marshalltown
P. M. Whitmer
Meades
California
Oskaloosa
Frank Hamilton
Adam Simn
Lutheran Church
Germanville
E. G. Reiber
Chas. Hoover
Wellston Savings Bank
J. W. McDonald
Billings, Mont
Adam Kawosky
Rural Route News Dated Sept 5 Highlights Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Roy Kephart and daughter Velma visited after services at Cal Beenblossom s. Howard Beenblossom and family from Island visited last week. Frank Bart held clever in the neighborhood last Saturday and Monday. Waller Ferral of Eddyville visited with Golia Miller. These bars were in camp together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Kephart
Velma
Cal Beenblossom
Howard Beenblossom
K Island
Frank Bart
Kephart Family Attends Junction Fair. Pleasant Hill Church Holds Meetings
Mr and Mrs Charlie Kephart and daughter Daisy along with Mr and Mrs Roy Kephart attended the Junction fair last Thursday. Rev S M Warren of Keota leads two weeks of services at Pleasant Hill church starting at 830 each evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Kephart
Daisy
Roy Kephart
Junction Fair
Pleasant Hill Church
S. M. Warren
Keota
Local Tidbits From Dublin and Nearby Areas
Dublin notes report W E Augustine delivering a horse to Wellman worth two hundred dollars. McAleb and family spent Sunday near Keota. Augustine and wife attended Mr Hulse’s funeral in Keota. Hay was baled by John Mangold and others then delivered to W C Hoile at Wellston. Several visits and travels among local residents are recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
W. E. Augustine
Wellman
J. B. Mc
Aleb
Keota
Hulse
John Mangold
Mr. Tinnie
W. C. Hoile
Wellston
John Lang
Fisher
Too Many Millions Cartier with Wallace Reid at the Graham
Wallace Reid stars in Too Many Millions at the Graham theater next Monday. A poor book agent inherits forty million from sud den uncles before losing it and finding love then fortunes return to test his happiness. Ora Carewe leads a strong supporting cast including Tully Marshall Charles Ogle James Neill Noah Beery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Wallace Reid
Graham Theater
Mr. Reid
Ora Carewe
Tully Marshall
Charles Ogle
James Neill
Noah Beery
Treasury Certificates Redeemed September 15
Secretary Glass announces that all United States Treasury certificates of indebtedness Series V-K dated May 1 1919 maturing October 7 1919 are redeemed at par and accrued interest on September 15 1919. Interest on these certificates will cease to accrue after that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
J. B. McDougal
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Secretary of the Treasury
United States Treasury
Secretary of Treasury
Senator Brookhart Speaks at Trenton Celebration
The last speaker, Senator Brookhart of Washington, admitted he was not a public speaker but delivered a strong talk on The League of Nations. The address was well received and drew favorable comment from all attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland News
Trenton
Senator Brookhart
Washington
League of Nations
Brookhart
Return of Rev Hughes Highlights War Battlefields Visit
Rev Rh D Hughes returned from France where he spent months with Y M C A work and visited battlefields. He is visiting his mother Mrs R D Hughes at Cotter and was in Columbus Junction briefly Monday. He notes many injuries deaths from exploding shells and that hundreds of German soldiers remain unburied on some fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Safeguard
Rh. D. Hughes
France
OFlaherty Sells 225 Acre Farm Near Wellman
Last Thursday Tom OFlaherty sold his 225 acre farm two and a half miles east of Wellman known as the J H thing place to Peter Eiman for 275 per acre. He takes Pete's 40 acre farm four miles west known as the St Miller place at the same price. Possession is set for March 1 1920. KE D Lewis and Mel Whetstine arranged the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Tom O'Flaherty
J. H. Thing
Peter Eiman
Tom
Pete
St Miller
KE. D. Lewis
Mel Whetstine
Leslie Dunlap Accepts Position With Washington Loan and Trust
Leslie Dunlap has accepted a job with the Washington Loan and Trust Company and will begin duties next week. The Kalona News touts him as one of the best, most trustworthy young men, and commends Jesse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona News
Leslie Dunlap
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Jessie
Osceola Post Office Robbery Tangles Iowa Figures
In 1919 Osceola post office theft included an army discharge and a $60 government check misdirected to Guy H. Smith of Des Moines. The thief used the discharge to cash the check and assume the soldier’s identity, leading to investigations tying to Harry A. Smith and a Washington state Guy H. Smith with farm connections in Minnesota. A separate report notes Mrs. H. L. Penny rescuing her two year old from a windmill tower fifty feet high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Osceola
Guy H. Smith
Harry A. Smith
Guy Smith
Copeland
Walnut
Iowa
Postoffice
Washington
D. J. Quinter
Andrew Wright
H. L. Penny
Little Cedar
Mitchell County
Auto theft law urged as Iowa seeks cross state catch
Iowa sheriffs chief urges a law to curb auto thieves who flee across state lines citing a million dollars in stolen cars last year. The House Judiciary Committee weighs constitutional points as Rep Boies helps push the measure. Florence Robinson seeks divorce from William A. Robinson over his wartime desertion and jail term. Bellevue’s piano factory changes hands planning to produce planos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
John C. Scott
Iowa State Sheriffs’ Association of
Gypsy Burial Ground in Union Township County
In Union township Kossuth county a Gypsy burial ground marks a roadside tent death. A tombstone with Alphonse Guteel sits at a head of grave while Albert Jefferies and a tribal head rest beside. Each autumn the tribe cleans weeds and adds stones shells and carved wood as grave markers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Township
Kossuth County
Alphonse Guteel
Alphonse
Albert
Albert Jefferies
Alphonso
Gutsells
Meeting Sets Des Moines TB Conference Details
Final plans for the Mississippi Valley conference on tuberculosis in Des Moines September 22 to 24 were settled by the Town Tuberculosis Association executive committee. Sherman C. Kingsley of Cleveland announced new early diagnosis clinics to be led by top diagnosticians and estimated 50,000 lives are lost yearly in the valley due to late discovery of the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Town Tuberculosis Association
Sherman C. Kingsley
Welfare Association of
Cleveland
Kingsley
Mississippi Valley Conference
Bruns Seed Company Expands at Sigourney Elevator
Bruns Seed Company has leased the Sigourney grain elevator formerly operated by Frank Utterbaeck in Keokuk County. To free space at their seed house they secured additional room for grain storage and will continue to ship any grain offered. Farmers may call at the seed house one block south of the elevator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruns Bros
Sigourney
Keokuk County
Bruns Seed Company
Frank Utterbaeck
Mrs. Wood Died at 87 Cousin of Abraham Lincoln
Mrs J Wood died recently at Cedar Rapids aged 87. Born in Decatur Illinois she was a cousin of Abraham Lincoln. She lived in Springfield during Lincoln's early life and often visited him at the White House during his presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Wood
Cedar Rapids
Abraham Lincoln
Decatur
Prans Seed Company Float Wins First at State Fair
The Prans Seed company float at the Iowa State Fair 1916 won first prize in its class. It featured timothy seed stucco work giving a silver appearance, with sedan grass cane and other forage crops. The bed displayed corn varieties and shocks from the Bruns farm, covered by alfalfa hay, plus various seeds in pockets and a half bushel display of timothy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prans Seed Company
Bruns
Emmetsburg Newsman Proposes Air Ride Doubled as Court Question
In Emmetsburg the town’s moving picture house owner planned to buy an airplane to offer rides at one dollar per minute, the state standard. Lieut. Donaldson from Milford intervened, told to move on, prompting potential legal action over the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmetsburg
Moving Picture House
Donaldson
Milford
Annual fox chase draws regional crowd at Unieville camp
In southern Iowa and northern Missouri spokemen stage a traditional fox chase at the Unieville camp ground near Centerville Appanoose county. The event runs from September 22 to September 30 with hounds gathered from miles around and various stunts adding to the excitement. Officers include J. H. Strunk Unionville president Ellsworth Bailey vice president and L. L. White Chillicothe secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spoksmen
Iowa
Missouri
Old Camp Ground
Unieville
Centerville
Appanoose County
J. H. Strunk
Unionville
Ellsworth Bailey
L. L. White
Chillicothe
Bruns brothers fund costly two color program print
The Bruns brothers funded a costly two color program print on white cardboard, a premium choice that cost near one hundred dollars. Their generosity and effort to avoid waste are praised in the note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoemecoming
Bruns
Brookhart to Address Burlington American Legion Meeting
Captain T L Brookhart of Washington Iowa has accepted an invitation to speak to the Burlington post members on the evening of September 10. Dr P H Scheefer reports the Burlington post will host the event. Brookhart cannot remain for the community welcome home demonstration that Thursday and must return to Washington for a parallel celebration the same day.
Be on Guard Always Verse on Guard and Door
A brief fragment urges constant vigilance like shutting doors and keeping a padlock to ward off harmful thoughts. It evokes imagery of rust staining a gleaming plow, attributed to an Exchange text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving
Also Mentioned on This Page
Erings
Washington County
al Theatesher
Claude R. Porter
Federal Trade Commission
RK. OD. Hughes
Oplaherty
Jeffries
Ortonville
Minnesota
Florence Robinson
Clarke County
William A. Robinson
Robinson
Camp Waco
Texas
Federal
Leavenworth
Kansas
Florence Hedlaws
Rick
Hedrick
Bellevue
Jackson County
Kelso
Bruns Seed Company Furnish
Formu
W. B
W. B. Forma
W.B. Redusoc
Weingarten Bros., Inc
New York
Chicago
Swift & Company
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