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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1929
Page
7
Area clubs schedule gatherings at Mrs. Frank Casey Mrs. Arthur Wylie and other hosts with sessions starting Wednesday at 2 p m and Thursday evenings. Socials include a ten cent church event and a thimble party at Wallace school with refreshments.
Morning pass information notes trains daily except J C McKay.
Mrs A J Morgan reports visits as Mr and Mrs R L Mc Caleb travel to Floris for a weekend with Mr and Mrs W H Davis. Ida Isenhower spends days with Mr and Mrs A J Morgan. J M Stone a patient at Jefferson county hospital. Milford Poliren and wife welcome a baby boy Thursday. Nelson Woodford hosts relatives from West Chester Sunday. A car of hogs shipped from Sannard and Stannard to Keidsburg market Thursday. Indiana coal unloaded at Clay recently. Bruce Robinson returns from Chicago. Fall festival attendance from Clay at Washington. W H Morgan of Bagdad California visits brother A J Morgan. George Woodford spends Sunday at home. Guy Ross hosts relatives from Newton Sunday. Cedric Wolcott and Daryl Roberson play football in Fairfield with Burlington team Saturday. Floyd Orr of Ottumwa visits A J Morgan Sunday.
West Chester hosts a fall festival applauded for crowds bands and a smooth parade. Carl G Voorhees wins the drawing as Route One locals noted the event’s strong Washington county turnout amid rain and a growing elevator project by H W Luers and Co with visitors Clark Nelson and family from Mankato and Marian Elizabeth Nelson visiting at James Nelson’s in Kot.
The school election Saturday voted 156 for and 107 against a new building, yielding a 49 vote majority. Farmers praise the fall festival in Washington as residents share news of local events including a minister’s reception at the Methodist church on Monday evening September 30. Adolph Tanner exits chicken farming for ducks, recalling a past goat venture in Iowa City. Augustine and Boyer shipped stock to markets Sunday night.
Evangelist C G Cole and Mrs Cole with son Clif ford will hold a revival at the Christian church Sunday Sept 39 under pastor Rev T M Walton. They come with a strong record of success across the United States and Canada. Mrs Cole will direct music and their son plays multiple instruments. The meeting will continue for several days.
Two weeks and close Anniversary Day of the local church on October 6. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Mantz of Cedar Rapids with Mercy Buckley Mantz of Omaha visited old friends and the cemetery. Harry Mantz, early Keota settler, ran a jewelry store and clocks kept in Keota. Sumner Mantz and Loftus Mantz, brothers of Mrs Mantz, live in California. L. W. Palmer and wife visited their daughter Kea in Des Moines pursuing beauty culture. A son named Stephen Douglas born to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ross on September 14. Methodist aid held a successful cafeteria dinner and supper. Officers elected: Mrs. B. B. Brown president, Mrs. Ella Stewart VP, Mrs. EF. J. Wickpatrick secretary, Mrs. Vivian Helsener treasurer. Keota represented at the Washington fall festival. J. Everett Levien won a silverware box.
The text notes that the first real silk seen by the Western world came from India around 274 A D. It contrasts ancient fabrics with modern silk, describing older textiles as heavy and uneven, and compares cotton cloth to fine linen in texture.
Mothers learn the value of Phillips Milk of Magnesia for soothing infants digestion and easing colic. The mild laxative helps with constipation and sour stomach, and a teaspoonful replaces half a pint of lime water in formula. Free information book available from The Phillips Co. New York.
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