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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1920
Page
7
Local notes from West Chester dated Sept 13 cover Rev. Joe Hanley preachings at the M B church and health, community. Visits, school and parade plans, K of P picnic, football fund drive, births, an accident, travelers, and booster messages for Wellman and Stryker Maplethorpe efforts to promote the 8. S. M. Manufacturing Co. community progress.
Wm Marsh and Maynard Hites left for Des Moines to attend Drake University. Mrs Frank Welliver and Lola left for Oskaloosa to enter Penn College. C C Gray is in Texas on a business trip. High school is selling tickets for the winter lecture series starting with the Hippie Concert Co. program Friday night. Several business people attend the Krebs lectures in Washington this week.
H G Moore of Kansas City died after a stroke three years ago. A banker in Wellman for over thirty years, he retired eighteen months back and moved with his wife to Kansas City. He leaves a wife, daughter Mrs Dr Moth of Council Bluffs, Ia, and one grandchild. Wellman hosts Settler's Day events on Sept 16 with Judge DeGraff of Des Moines among speakers.
A fragment notes line of fire extinguishers and top dressing. Details are limited, but the mention suggests a focus on equipment placement and maintenance in a preparatory or industrial context.
Louise and Addie Wallace spent Sunday afternoon with Irma and Delpha Black. Several locals attended a ball game at Rubio on Sunday. H. Y. Frank and daughter Myrtle and Mrs. Maude Wallace were in Keota for a forenoon call. Levi Bales and family from Richland visited their daughter in Valley. Arthur Conrad and wife called Thursday. Myrtle Frank visited her sister Florence Sheets on Friday. Ethel Churchill and two children joined. A Belter stayed with J. E. Deal on Saturday night and Sunday. Gene Diggs of 76 township spent Sunday in Valley. Pfeifer siblings and Gwen Givens visited Arthur and Ruth Meyer after Sunday school. H. V. Frank visited Washington Monday. Bert Givens’ sister from Richland visited over Sunday.
CLAY CLAY Sept 14 The Farmers Union met at the school house Monday evening. Attendees from here joined in the Fall Festival at Keota Tuesday. Several local students attend schools in Brighton Richland Pleasant Plain and nearby towns. A large crowd watched Clay defeat Antioch at the Penn Two picnic but storms scattered spectators as the sixth inning neared. Local residents Della Neal Russell Reed Mary Robinson Geneva Woodford and Dave Miller hosted and visited over the weekend.
A concise reflection on how insights from private economy mirror those from empire, suggesting shared challenges and truths. Emerson’s maxim implies governance and fortune require similar wisdom, discipline, and foresight for both domains.
Scientists at Spencer Kellogg & Sons claim to have perfected a tasteless castor oil. The oil remains 100 percent pure with unchanged strength and curative properties. Children can take Kellogg’s Tasteless Castor Oil unknowingly as castor oil, with sizes 15¢ 35¢ and 66¢ advertised.
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