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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1919
Page
7
Social calendar notes include births deaths res dents and visits from Washington County reported by correspondents. The column records local receptions, personal milestones, and notable society happenings in brief notes.
Pleasant Hill reports a Farmers Union 80dal gathering set for Friday evening at the church inviting all members. Also notes visits by Mr and Mrs Cal Heanblossom to Roy Kephart and by Mr and Mrs Will Easter and Loyd Easter and daughter Arlene to Ben Miller.
Sept 23 rural route community items recount visits by Cal and Daisy Beanblossom and Sam Baker families, plus John Jeffries from near Marysville, Tenn., visiting Oscar Gardner and Charlie Kephart homes after a Washington state trip. The note records local hospitality and kinfolk travel.
Sept 26 at Valley with Valley, Valley and Gracehill schools represented despite bad roads. Valley won the banner for largest attendance but Gracehill earned praise for its efforts to attend. Local residents, visits and gatherings noted across families in Valley area.
Rev Watmon of Fairfield preached Sunday morning but rain kept attendance low. Mr and Mrs Green and children from Charles City Iowa, visiting Mrs Green's parents Mr and Mrs John Reed and sister Mrs Roy Swimm, left Monday evening for home. Mr and Mrs Manning of Illinois arrived Monday evening to visit.
A sequence of brief notices records Mr Suhring of Kalona and Van Vleck from the Eclipse on business Tuesday, Mr and Mrs Jim Cherwinker in Ottumwa, and Rev S F E Wallin with M B Ebner visiting Washington Tuesday afternoon, along with a note about time with Mrs Frank Ulrich.
A writer recounts a motor trip with Roy Marr to Washington Avoca and Harlan in Shelby County. They witness a case in Harlan, visit Judge Atterback Des Moines contacts, meet friends in Avoca Omaha and Washington county, enjoy a ball game in Portsmouth, and end back at the Utterback home on the Corn Belt with fond remarks about hosts and countryside.
A protest note or plea surfaced upon my return referencing Job Utterback. The item suggests a strong appeal or grievance connected to his actions or stance, with limited context provided in the readable fragment.
Bri Gardner and H A Hulse, Iowa businessmen, choose Hollywood as a base for a new enterprise at 64654 Hollywood boulevard. They add a realty and investment department joining the existing Hollywood Music Company. Gardner plans to relocate with his family to nearby Sunset Boulevard. Hulse brings choir directing and orchestra experience from Cedar Rapids and Westlake temple roles to manage a musical store with Edison machines and records.
Kilroy Britton present a merry tuneful musical comedy at the Graham Theater for a single night showing Oh Daddy featuring lively songs and comic moments in a one night engagement.
Kilroy and Britton present the musical comedy Oh Daddy with a brilliant cast and stage equipment. Richard C Maddox wrote the book and lyrics, T H Willhite supplied the music, and the show centers on a wealthy doctor and a jealous widow. Prices range from 50 to 1250?
Fairfield May 24 Sept 24 pr H A Mosser pastor of the Presbyterian church here tendered his resignation at the morning service yesterday. The resignation takes effect November 1 and ends a four year tenure marked by rapid membership growth and active church work. Dr Mosser and his wife have been engaged in church activities and he has contributed to Parsons College. A new parsonage was built on West Adams Street during his tenure. He did not state his future plans.
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