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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1925
Page
8
Local residents visit, shop, and attend events in town including rentals, rummage sale preparations, church activities, and college plans. Names mentioned include Mrs John McLaughlin Mrs J F Lambert Ainsworth and Mr A J Wyse Wayland. Various purchases and sales advertised such as Royal Society items and curtain materials with noted price corrections.
Des Moines reports the Carl Hough murder case set for a rehearing before the Iowa Supreme Court. Hough was convicted of first degree murder in Bedford last December and given life with hard labor. He allegedly killed 21 year old Lillian McKenney, with details of the crime and later misdirections described by officials and witnesses.
Mrs. Arthur Hueston returns to Fort Madison after visiting T. A. Jones and relatives. Mrs. Wilson Welliver of Ainsworth visits Washington with daughter. Ben Wallace stops in from Iowa City for business. O F Haight offers new and second hand sewing machines in Washington. Mrs. Walter Fraley heads to Baltimore after visiting her mother. Mrs. John Brownhousen visits Keota. F F Marsh comes to visit Leslie Dunlap. The Pairmont Creamery moves to Johnson's Grocery. cash paid for cream and eggs. Various locals travel to Keota Rock Island Brriington Olds Monmouth Sigourney and Washington for visits and errands.
Cleveland hosts the General Unitarian Conference in October as it merges with the American Unitarian Association. Chief Justice Taft, president since 1915, calls for a display of liberal Christianity. Key speakers include Cadman Holmes Capen and Potter.
Helen Williams heads the University of Iowa College of the Air which uses radio to deliver courses. She says radio courses outperform traditional correspondence, aided by weekly personal talks that keep students engaged. The program began last spring with 76 registrants and only three failing to complete.
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