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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 11, 1923

Page

8

Local shopping notes and social visits in Richland area

Richland notes list Frances Kron visiting the Kron home while Lemmon’s Pharmacy promotes a metal lunch box special and Parisian Sage hair product. Local residents Gailord Waymack, Durand Ross, Dale Holland, Earl Schnoebelen, and families visit Cedar Rapids, Los Angeles, Fort Madison, and Reynolds. C. A. Kron, P. R. Baldridge, and others are mentioned with church hall events, Coe College plans, and various shop sales at Wilson’s and H I Ward & Co.

Local notes. shoppers and travelers fill town life

West Side visitors Dougherty Bros and Ward callers in town while Richard Maxwell leaves for Ann Arbor to attend college. Miss Wandalene Neiswanger sails to Saganaw for school. Mr and Mrs Harbaugh and Mrs Barbour visit from Minneapolis. Numerous shop notices, sales at Lemmon’s Pharmacy and Ward millinery, water bill reminder, and travel plans span Davenport Ottumwa to California.

Garth H. Dbevel

Local Notes From Washington Iowa Area Shops and Colleges

Items list miscellaneous activity including E V Simons sharpening knives at Wilsons Shoe Store. Asa Morris leaves for Coe College Cedar Rapids with Cloyce Dusenbery. D F Macon auctioneer in Washington Iowa. H I Ward Co advertises wool dresses suits and cigars while Nell Ryan heads to Penn College. Dawn Missouri visitors return home. Cigar deals and silk fashions promoted as prices likely rise.

Davis Back Coolidge for Nomination as President

James J. Davis director general of railroads voiced strong support for President Coolidge at a Des Moines visit. He described Coolidge as cool and informal in handling business and recounted a candid resignation offer and the president’s quiet response. Johnson Brigham compared Coolidge to Grant noting similar deliberate manner.

Associated Press Des Moines James J. Davis Coolidge Davis Harding

Sanitary plumbing urged for home comfort by Wilson Heating Co

Sanitary plumbing is a necessity in every home. Call in and let Wilson Heating Co. help plan your plumbing. Mr and Mrs Cecil Shanlep who stayed with J C Fields left today for their home in Washington Kansas. Regular meeting of Albert M Huff Camp No 268S W Veterans tonight at G A R rooms at 8 p m. Business of importance. Come C A Neiswanger Com.

Wilson Heating Co Albert M. Huff C. A. Neiswanger Com Cecil Shanlep J. C. Fields Washington, Kansas

Transportation Facilities and Vehicle Counts

A recent statement cites 55 250 passenger cars owned and in use by American railways with seating capacity about 2 270 000. The country has 9 000 000 motor cars with seating capacity of 47 000 OOH.

American Railways

Handel's Messiah Composed In Twenty Four Days

The article notes Handel wrote the Messiah in twenty four days and described its music as the language of angels. It cites his reflection on perceiving Heaven and the great God after completing the work and mentions the Hallelujah chorus.

Handel God

Iowa farmers organize boards under warehouse loan act

Des Moines reports fourteen Iowa counties have formed local boards to implement the warehouse loan act. Preliminary work continues in other counties, with loans tied to farmers storing grain in their own warehouses to avoid dumping on poor markets. Debates on a state tax-structuring question accompany livestock valuation figures showing a net reduction.

Associated Press Des Moines Towa Cassidy Polk Wapello Appanoose Palo Alto Monroe Humboldt Webster Harrison Cedar Hamilton Kossuth Calhoun Mahaska Dallas

Carnation to Build Large Condensing Plant at Waverly

The Carnation Milk Products company plans a major condensing plant at Waverly in Bremer County, Iowa. Delaware County, cited as among the state's worst for infected cattle, has 57 percent of breeders backing tuberculosis eradication petitions under the recent law. Three years ago infected cattle imports ruined several fine herds, though the county still yields substantial hog revenues.

Carnation Milk Producta Company Waverly Iowa Bremer Delaware County General Assembly

County Agent Arranges Limestone Purchase for Farmers

County Agent Obye negotiates with a local company to supply agricultural limestone to Cedar county farmers at a surplus price. The material may benefit alfalfa trials sweet clover and red clover lands and, with phosphate, for feeding purposes. Small lot availability encourages farmers to test the product.

Obye Cedar County

Nutrition courses begin in five townships under Alma H. Jones

Five Washington county townships Clay Brighton Cedar Seventy Six and Lime Creek organize nutrition courses led by Alma H. Jones nutrition specialist from Iowa State college. The tax question will be the sub.

Washington County Alma H. Jones Iowa State College Clay Brighton Cedar Seventy Six Lime Creek

Tama County Farm Bureau Feeder Calves Sale Set in Traer

Tama county farm bureau schedules November 12 sale of 2000 Hereford feeder calves and yearlings at Traer. James W. Pendry, county agent at Toledo, offers to provide farmers with detailed information on the sale.

Tama County Farm Bureau Traer James W. Pendry Toledo

Ohio dairy co operaratives handle half of state production

The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation estimates that about one half of the dairy products in Ohio are marketed through cooperative organizations. Ohio has nine cooperative bodies with approximately 46,000 farmers participating.

Executive Council Farm Bureau Federation Farm Bureau Iowa Federation Secretary of Agriculture Cassidy Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Ohio

Largest cat yield reported in Emmet County by Ernest Shannon

Ernest Shannon reported the largest yield on his 16 acre plot in Emmet County with 72 bushels per acre by machine measure.

Emmet Ernest Shannon

Ambition and Effort Outweigh Luck in Victory

A reflective line notes that persistent effort beats lack of effort, though winning is not guaranteed. It contrasts the man who tries with the man who does not, emphasizing that striving increases chances of success even when outcomes are uncertain.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Ming Toy China Constance Talmadge Aimusation FOX Mildred McLaughlin Hazel Stewart Eunice Acheson Monmouth McElhinney Drug Co Arch Oxfords Wilson's Frances Kron Richland CC. A. Kron H. I. Ward & Co Gailord Waymack Cedar Rapids Coe St. James Hall Earl Schnoebelen Richmond Los Angeles California Petter Shoes Wilson’s Durand Ross Dale Holland Coe, College Atchisons Fort Mrs P. R. Baldridge Son Reid Dubuque C. H. Gather Home Lemmon's Pharmacy Tith Tim A. S. Wood C. A. Wood Reynolds Illinois Will Crozier Ilinois New York Dougherty Bros West Side Square I. W. Ward Winfield Richard Maxwell Ann Arbor, Mich William Quinn Ward Millinery Lemmon’s Pharmacy Wandalene Neiswanger Saganaw, Mich T. ‘T. Harbaugh Jennie Barbour Minneapolis Colorado J. A. Worksey Agency F. & M. Bank Mabel Dankward Ward Store Kenneth Koff of Wayland V van Ess Money Lemmon'’s Pharmacy Wesley Engle Genevieve Peterson Ainsworth R. M. Smith Davenport Tos Joe Trotter Kansas City Washington T. C. Pease University of Illinois J.R. Maxwell Lyons Cafe M. J. Redlinger Beatrice Raymond Redlinger Betty Margaret Oskaloosa C. R. Widmer Albany Oregon J. J. Roth Esther MacGugin Alma Brindley Miss Brindley Chicago Miss MacGugin Cleveland Lyons Laura Doolittle Ruth Brown Lake Champlain Boston Miss Brown Clyde V. Brown Schmoeller Bros Blair Venice Lyons Bakery and Capr Maurice Tourner The Isle of Milton Sills Anna Q. Nilsson Walter Long E. V. Simons Wilson's Shoe Store Asa Morris Coe College D. F. Macon Cloyce Dusenbery la Preferencia Hugh Tudor Dawn, Mo EB. Bd. Morris Nell Ryan Frank Nell Penn College H. L Ward & Co Beal Mt. Pleasant Stuart Hotel N. D Curtis Ross Penn Gaylvania Kentucky Indiana Iowa Coals John Shields & Sons Wittrig’s Orose Amile Hetter Homes James W. Davis Wilie Long Board of Assessment Farmers’ Organization Frudeger White House St. James Parish Mr. Hall McNamaras
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