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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1928
Page
6
Mr and Mrs H H Mc Cleery and children Miss Carolyn Hamilton and Miss Maurine McLaughlin returned from a motor trip to Des Moines noting family travel plans and postal reports of the day.
West Chester Iowa September 25 1928 local items include stock shipped to Chicago building feed mill improvements and frost a four death tally in the Goodspeed family Golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs C C Gardner and plans for a wellman public library highlighted by community support. Carl Gardner celebrated fifty years marriage with open house and Wellman residents recall longtime service to church and town. John Romine leaves for Omaha to study medicine after Keota schooling.
Griffith Humphreys and daughter returned from a two week visit in Chicago and Wisconsin. Simon Wyse of Wayland arrived to attend the Washington fall festival on Sept 27 28 2012. John Waymack and family moved to Davenport then traveled to Florence Alabama for business. Gailord Waymack works at Parker shoe Davenport. Dora Dean of Haskins visited Frank McParlane home and returned home. Ed Gerot Riv eside visiting the Jugenheimer home. Frank Bandy Jr traveled from Moline to Washington to visit family and is playing organ at Le Claire theatre in Moline.
When kerosene stains appear on carpets, books, or manuscripts the recommended method is to sprinkle flour over the article to absorb the liquid. The flour helps draw out the odor and residue before careful cleaning with appropriate solvents.
The most common accident around the house is a broken window. If it happens at your home you can get the glass right here at our store. We cut it to your measure.
Local drugstore McDantel promotes a gin ger ale at the fountain. Weather forecast calls for fair skies tonight and Friday with warmer conditions on Friday.
An exchange telegraph from Berlin reports Germany’s Count Zeppelin will make its first transatlantic flight to America by October 10. Favorable North Atlantic weather in early October increases likelihood of a launch within the window.
The Department of Justice said reports of a secret inquiry by its operatives at the Atlanta federal prison are false. Investigations are routine biannually and no undercover personnel are involved.
A narrator compares outdoor life through seasons, noting spring summer autumn and winter, frost and freeze cycles, and the pep a fresh northwest wind in November brings to a country. Emphasizes preference for varied climate over uniform weather and pride in native winters.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Geisler of Muscatine spent the day visiting relatives in Washington. Mrs. Elmer Thomas of Rock Island visits her ill mother Mrs. Margaret Brown. Joe Falk came from Fairfield to attend the fall festival. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ross returned from Rochester Minnesota where Mrs. Ross was ill. Mrs. Wood of Traer visits Washington for several days as her daughter-in-law improves after surgery. Blair Law returns from Chicago to visit family after being accepted as a student nurse at Presbyterian hospital. Anne Knottnerus visits Rock Island with Mr. and Mrs. William Knottnerus.
Chicago report states deputy internal revenue collector Mrs. Mable G. Reinecke plans to seize assets from notorious figures including Al Capone Ralph Capone Terry Druggan Frankie Lake and Joe Saltis on grounds of fraudulent income tax returns. She describes using distraint warrants to forfeit non exempt property to satisfy government claims and cites diamond studded belts and a 7 carat ring as examples of luxury holdings.
Delia Tools of Sigourney and Mrs. Nick Levien of Harper came to Washington this morning to spend the day. Mrs. George Smith of Parsons, Kansas, is visiting with her sister, Mrs. Margaret Brown, who is ill at the county hospital. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Crooks came this morning from Harper to attend the fall festival. Mrs. E. E. Neill of Keota will visit a few days with Mrs. T. W. Hunter. William Nelson, Mrs. Jennie Gardiner and Mrs. John Carris of Keota were morning passengers for Washington to attend the fall festival.
Local notes list events at the Armory on September 27 and 28, 2012, with residents and visitors including Mrs Lyle Wilcox in Burlington, L B E Rice and daughter Glady of Biggsville, Gwynne Runell from Chariton visiting family, Bessie Brown joining, and Hiram S Patterson of Seattle at the Colenso hotel for the Hiram Scofield estate. Additional items cite Ella Conklin from Keota visiting the Maxwell home, Mrs James Poetrod of Harper with Vera Berg in Washington for business and plans to start a dancing school, Mrs Harry Knecht returning from Davenport after two weeks visiting a son, and various callers and travelers including William Sutherland from Sigourney and L F McCall of Long Beach arriving for a visit before New York business. Further entries note Mrs Joan Greiner and family returning from Rochester, Minn, where she was ill and had surgery, and Mr and Mrs John Calvin of St Paul visiting the McCall home.
Mrs Zear Hinshaw and family visit from Wayland as M R Hinshaw recovers from a stroke. Mrs Margaret Brown recuperating post tumor removal at Washington county hospital. Mr and Mrs Charles Rogers and Mr and Mrs Ed Spanberg of Winfield travel to Washington for the fall festival.
Dr. P L Etter plans a three week absence for a Texas clinic. Iola Pete of Marengo visits Burlington after touring Washington. Mrs C H Paxson of Winfield arrives in Washington to visit Miss Nellie Loder. Mrs J S James and son Richard travel from Columbus Junction to visit Mrs William James. Mrs C Riggs returns to Kansas City after visiting Mrs Mort Bickford. Sterling nears Ph D from Chicago University.
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