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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1925
Page
8
Local residents travel for court visits business and visits to relatives. Miss Helen Hamilton, Miss Ete Conklin, and Miss Anna Henke head to various towns while families attend funerals and visit friends in nearby communities. Several residents journey to Iowa City Eldon Sigourney Havre and Mt Union for diverse errands and social calls.
Harry Jordan spends day on business in Winfield. Beadle Squire shows exceptional barbering at Circus Sally performances. Local notices mention sales, travels, and visits including Mr John Blattner of St Paul driving home tomorrow by auto.
The man who is unselfish is always the best customer for Tie insurance.
Local items report Mrs J A Embree returning to Keota after shopping, Mrs B E Dale and Mrs Ed Bambrick from Cambridge Illinois, and visits by Mrs J M McCall Mrs Lloyd Swit and others. Family events include births travel updates and a thrift sale rumor noted by First J P church members.
Des Moines resident M W Battenfield of Delaware Ohio was instantly killed and his wife seriously hurt in an automobile wreck at Columbus City Indiana. They were returning home after visiting their son Walter E Battenfield of this city.
Chicago September 30 The great Red Grange of Illinois is in fighting trim for the opening game Saturday with Nebraska. Rich leads the regulars against reserves in mid season form, delivering his famous runs for scores against Nebraska plays set by the second team.
In Los Angeles the signing of the Willis Dempsey heavyweight bout drew little public enthusiasm. Local papers barely noted the event, with breakfast editions today treating it as routine sports news and describing the match as a future prospect rather than imminent.
Iowa relies on Nick Kutsch of Sioux City as a steady back and dangerous passer as the Hawkeyes prepare for the Utah? no Arkansas game. He shows improving gains and the team aims for better defense after a tougher night of practice.
Wichita reports Kansas folk recall the 1874 grasshopper plague that scarred fields and blocked roads while other regions faced new crises. Former Gov Henry Allen notes Kansas pest memory, compares to Argentina, and cites heavy locust trapping and steel barriers. Humboldt bankers form a local agricultural group to discount warehouse receipts under federal act.
A fresh Reed Furniture line was introduced featuring Davenports rockers and lounge chairs. The pieces are described as comfortable and attractive with new finishes designed to appeal to shoppers seeking plush seating and stylish home updates.
Des Moines Iowa Sept 20 Rev Oscar N Olson of Sioux City Augustana Lutheran church warns against splitting churches into sects and schisms and the danger of modernism replacing divine revelation with human reason. He urges returning to spiritual foundations and away from overorganization and worldly concerns.
The French Publishers' Union fixed a nine franc popular price for novels to cover higher material and production costs. The new price replaces the pre war rate of three to three and a half francs, with recent rises to seven and a half. Authors will gain via the updated percentage basis.
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