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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1924
Page
8
Government test of permanence shows RED TOP studded steel posts lasting 29.6 years. They claim pure etect makes them cheaper than wood. White Yard Co promotes the product while local residents travel and visit. James Daniels and other locals are noted as guests and visitors in nearby towns.
Mrs. Guy M. Knox and her father Jerry Curran expect to leave Tuesday for Piedmont California, Mrs. Knox's home and Curran's future residence.
Mrs A B Dittmars left for Denver Colo to live with daughter Miss Maude Ditmars a history teacher and librarian at Women’s College Denver They will rent an apartment near the campus Mrs Perry Davidson also left for West Chester on business. A L Hall of Indianapolis is visiting friends and conducting business. Mr and Mrs Frank Weston and daughter travel from Wellman to Kansas City to settle there with a stop in Stansbury Missouri to visit friends.
Advertises anti insomnia mattresses claimed to end sleepless nights and greedily lull customers to sleep. Mentions a price of 10.30 per hog and notes cloudy warm weather in the copy.
W T Trotter of Ainsworth visits Washington today while Mr and Mrs Roy Huber and their son from Columbus Junction spend last evening with friends en route to Wellman to see Mrs Roy Durlan. Miss Mildred Kafka of Pleasant Plain visits friends. Mr and Mrs John Dodd drive to Davenport for the day. Charles Proby returns from a week hunting trip in Minnesota. RED TOP steel posts offered by White Yard Co. Rev W G Thorne moves household goods to Guernsey after a conference transfer. Mrs FE Morrison heads to Des Moines for the D A R Regents meeting. Burrel Keck returns to Fond du Lac Wisconsin after brief visit with his parents.
Mrs J W Abrams leaves Peoria after a week at her sister Mrs R H Walker. Mrs Addie Kiesey and son Billy visit Grinnell and Des Moines sisters. Dr L M Gribney is to return for another year as Grace Methodist pastor in Des Moines. Mr and Mrs John Widmer visit from Wayland, with J N Harriman of Farmers State Bank in town.
Mr and Mrs John Drallar of Richland and guests Mr and Mrs James Herrin of Brooklyn are callers in Washington. T W Harwood enjoys a few days vacation at Excelsior Springs. Miss Elizabeth Sherman has entered Rockford College. Mrs James Redd and daughter Elizabeth visit relatives in Oskaloosa and Kansas City where she teaches. Mrs Geo Barr and family visit Miss Nellie Loder. Loder and Barr families are related. J S McElhinney returns from Chicago business trip. Dorothy Ward travels to Ames State College then Iowa City. Opal White shops in Washington from Crawfordsville. Mr and Mrs Edd Peterson of Olds shop in Washington.
Friedrichshafen reports Maximiian Harden, once a frequent air traveler and friend of the late Count Zeppelin, secretly smoked cigars aboard a ZR-3 dirigible flight from Friedrichshafen to Lakeshurst. Despite warnings to abstain, Harden lit a cigar during a storm, prompting Commander Dr Hugo Eckener to demand the cigar go out or he be removed.
Announcement notes the July wedding of Merle Arthur of Green Bay and Stella Marcelli of Chicago. Arthur, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Arthur, was raised in this community and now works at a Green Bay garage. The couple will reside in Green Bay.
The article notes strict orders ban smoking on all trips and assert Harden was barred from entering any dirigible of the Zeppelin company, reflecting tightened safety protocols after a prior incident.
Seattle, Sept. 24. An ordinance to add 18 men to the police department was placed on file by the City Council amid broader national political activity. While Mayor Edwin J. Brown attended the Democratic National Convention, Mrs. Henry Landis, acting mayor, dismissed the chief of police.
The efficiency committee proposed eighteen men to aid cleanup as Mayor Brown reappointed the former chief. The council ignored the committee’s recommendations and ordinances aimed at ending rooster crowing and dog barking at night and morning. Sheona
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