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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1938
Page
8
Wellman high school home economics department will host an exhibit next Monday afternoon from 3 to 4 in the science room. The event invites all community members to attend.
In Washington and Wellman residents aid Mrs Allison Maas finishing a quilt after a finger infection kept her from quilting. Members including Mrs Albert Maas and Mrs Milton Maas contributed while others hosted dinners and helped with farm chores and seeding.
Rubio Ladies Aid works on a quilt at the home of Mrs A J Steinbeck in Rubio. Mr and Mrs Pete Rudolph of Lancaster visited the ill father of Mrs Derby Tuesday. Mrs Levi Van Dyke called on Lucille Coffin at the Charles Dickinson homeTuesday evening.
Glen Sands buys the L. C. James farm of 307 acres near Columbus Junction at 31 dollars an acre. Two farms south, 70 and 129 acres, known as the Ogter farms, sold to Boyd Boysen. James Jones buys the Fin and Addie McGrew farm of 212 acres in Union township northwest of Columbus Junction.
Verdi residents report weekend visits and local club activity. Leslie Gates and sons with Dan Gates spent Sunday at Downey Iowa visiting relatives and bringing Mrs Gates home. Presbyterian Aid unit one met at Stella Latehem’s home Saturday afternoon with several attendees. Junior Fortnightly club gathered Monday evening as did the Presbyterian annual dinner Wednesday night with the Bairds and Lewis present.
Community members gathered at the Haskins schoolhouse for a pot luck supper and program despite threatening weather. Local families noted visits, birthdays, and anniversaries, with several members traveling to Albia and Iowa City for celebrations and dental work.
Mrs. Fred Longer and daughter June spent Tuesday in Des Moines. Mr. and Mrs. Edd Miller and Juanita were Sunday dinner guests of the W. H. Harrison family. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Miller and family visited the Will Spera home Sunday. Mrs. Howard Miller called on Mrs. Martha Gordon Wednesday afternoon.
The Presbyterian congregation in Crawfordsville held its annual meeting after a pot luck supper. Elected or rerlected were F. E. Young as trustee and treasurer, Lois Harper as assistant treasurer, F. E. Young as usher, and several other officers including Doreen Lease as Sunday school superintendent and Mary L. Moorhead as Sunday school pianist. Eicher school play drew a small crowd, and Rh. E. Lease was elected assessor at the town election. Reverend E F Voss to preach at the County Home. Harold Miller and family visited North English, while Mrs Long was hospitalized in Iowa City. Iowa Poultry Producers Market association met. Earle Lihe of Washington spoke.
The Isle of Man, like Ireland, is free of snakes and toads according to local lore and natural history notes.
Palm Sunday to Easter Cantata performed by combined choirs from Kalona Sharon and Riverside totaling about fifty voices with one performance in each town. Local social notes cover anniversaries travels teaching resumptions and family visits across Kalona and nearby communities.
In Pleasant Ridge on April 1, families and neighbors gathered for visitors and local calls. Emil Stalder Fritz and Homer Ernest joined Tony Kauffman. Ben Bruegge Louis Pacani Harold Disney and others visited Milton Smith. Washington callers and papering help also noted among residents.
The article notes plants were central to the lives of early people in the Zion National Park area of Utah. While game animals supplied meat, scientific evidence shows plant foods were the main staple of prehistoric diets.
Police Magistrate Myles A Paige found Carl Krack 27 guilty of more than ordinary disorderly conduct for insulting Mrs Esther Eichel a Jewish wife of a Yorkville dentist after Krack distributed handbills calling for a mass meeting of white gen...
C S Gross reports stomach pains so severe she could hardly work before using Adla tablets. After taking the product, pains vanished and she can eat anything. A three week Adla supply is offered on our money back guarantee from Geo L McDaniel, Druggist.
The passage records a confrontation as a man tells a woman that Germans will drive Jews back to Palestine. Mrs. Eichel called a police officer after the remark. Magistrate Paige notes the danger of racially charged literature and cautions against offending others.
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