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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1924
Page
5
Crawfordsville notes Milton Davidson has returned home and works at Williams & Edwards while Mr Edwards visits Chicago. Edwards' mother arrived from Wales for a son's illness in Chicago. Local high school baseball opened with a 13 to 0 loss at Wyman, its first game of the year.
The Courtney family held a large birthday meal at Jake Courtney home with 32 attendees including C V Courtney Bloomfield F A Courtney Arthur Brookhart Everette Garrett Calvin Courtney and others from multiple towns. Visitors and moves are noted along with local weather and tomato ripening concerns in Rubio.
Miss Hattie Rickard spent Tuesday night with Bessie Ferguson. Miss Dorthy Disney was a Washington visitor on Saturday. The So and Sew club will meet with Mrs. George Ferguson Thursday afternoon. Pauline Gardenner spent the weekend at the Will Flynn home. Mrs. Chas Thrapp and Mrs. Daniel Rohrer visited at Mr. Hall's Monday afternoon. Mrs. Orvis Ferguson and Mary Katherine spent the weekend in Washington. Mr. James Walker is visiting in Virginia.
Sept 23 report notes multiple families visiting relatives at the Luithly and Cook homes. Kayla Luithly and others mention travels to Ottumwa, Keswick, Keota, and family gatherings over the past week with varied visits among William Ireland Willis Morrow Hoyt and Eugene Hoyt.
Mrs A N Eower returns from Washington after visiting brother Joseph Rowan as baby Paul Armstrong arrives Monday. Mrs Carl Osborne and son Donald Hoyle return from California for health reasons while Osborne plans to join later. May Lamb returns home improving after hospital stay. Virginia Moore sustains seven stitches from a merry go round accident at school. Leslie Lord and family visit J M Lord’s family from Minnesota as Maud Bronson remains ill with care from Hugh Hamil and sister for Josiah Harding. The Ainsworth correspondent is teased at the state fair where Joe Utterback mistakenly spots a non pilot in the aeroplane traffic cop scene.
A collage of wry comments on candidates festivals and public life mixes jokes about hay pitches and beauty contests with notes on unions elections and quirky facts. Notables like La Follette McAdoo Ruth and Dublin’s 112 year old bachelor appear in a humorous roundup of political and social miscues.
Professor Peter Kozloff reports in URGA Mongolia the discovery of numerous skeletons and many human remains suggesting Mongolia as a possible birthplace of humans and origin point for much of animal life. He lists 25 quadruped species 15 birds over 100 reptiles and insects numbering in the thousands. He recalls earlier tomb discoveries near here linked to Chinese emperors and princes and references Roy Chapman Andrews of the American Museum of Natural History.
Cotter residents undertake varied tasks from property moves to hay baling. Des Moines visitors and Cotter church events appear, with notable mentions of families and a scarlet fever case. George B. Stapp reports a new Ford sedan.
Forest ranger reports a three day trip in the Mount Silliman region where a lake larger than any previously known in Sequoia National Park was found. The discovery has been compactly named Crater Lake.
Washington County Farm Bureau notes widespread smut in wheat affecting yield and seed quality. Dust treatment using copper carbonate is discussed, with emphasis on applicability to wheat not barley or oats and guidance from Dr. Porter. Seed corn storage andLate-season seed concerns are outlined with practical steps and warnings.
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