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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1923
Page
5
The piece reviews a sermon by Rev. C. P. Jones titled How Christians are known. It relays Peter’s healing action and the value of giving beyond money, emphasizing personal salvation as the primary driver of social reform and Christian conduct.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday for James Miller at 3 pm with Dr W W Bowers officiating and Jesse Miller choir directing. Private interment followed at Elm Grove. Samuel Harper’s funeral was at Crawfordsville Presbyterian church Sunday at 1 pm, son of the late Capt James Harper. Burial for Marcellus Nicola took place Sunday at Schrocke cemetery with Rev M R Regan officiating.
W J Duncan traveled to Columbus Junction after the death of his sister in law Mrs J J Duncan at 63. She died after influenza developed into pneumonia and heart trouble, leaving husband two children Lew of Cedar Rapids and Virginia Barnard Muscatine and three grandchildren. Her 89 year old mother lived with her along with a California sister and two brothers Iriste Jennings and Orin Jennings. Funeral set for Tuesday at 2 30 with interment in Columbus City.
Mrs Milan Shields hosts cabinet members at her South Marion home. Sabbath school class at First United Presbyterian met at the church with a post gathering spread before a missionary music meet. Charm School guests gathered at Ralph Livingston’s country home. if roads fail, FE Morrison residence will host. Wellston Social Club met April 19 at Ferne Davis’s. Luncheon served as Mable Griffith and Belle Palmer presided. Will Augustine attended. Women’s Missionary Society met with Mrs Shields. papers on India and The Negro in America given. carpet rag sewing for soldiers followed. attendance strong. Cover Dish club dined with Mr and Mrs R H Willits at South Iowa. yellow and white decor. bridge afterward. twelve members present. Riverview Women’s Club met with Mrs Charlotte Hesseltine. one meeting monthly. dress form crafted. short business session. luncheon served. next meeting with Mrs Mable Nicola. Rural Women’s clubs hosted hard times party. Lincoln Bartholow’s vacant farm house hosted guests. Ernest Carlson and Mrs Elmer Cherry joked about clothes. prize given to poorest dressed. games and stunts enjoyed. weenies buns and coffee served in tin cups. sixty attendees. F P Randall family reunion on North Town Avenue. first in ten years. noon dinner prepared by Mrs Randall with meticulous care.
In the afternoon Max Kurtz, a son in law from Moline, took many pictures. Then a good supper followed and guests departed in the evening. Out of town visitors included Mr and Mrs A Randall of Hutchinson Kansas Mr and Mrs George Randall and daughter Geraldine of Sigourney Iowa and Mr and Mrs J Max Kurtz and daughter Caryl of Moline
Louis Jones and Frank Bandy endured a grueling drive from Osceola to Chariton and Albia in bad weather to retrieve the remains of Mrs. Mary Mickle. The Studebaker and hearse faced deep mud and steep hills, nearly stalling at several points, before reaching Albia and then Oskaloosa. They reached home tired but grateful to see familiar Iowa land again.
One of the heaviest shiploads of wild animals to pass the Suez canal arrived in Hamburg from India. The cargo included nine young elephants weighing over five and a half tons, seven tigers, Indian leopards, black panthers, Tibetan bears, monkeys and birds.
A sample quotation from Mrs. Horace Tremlett's Anybody's Husband appears, noting that a poor spinster cannot remain platonic with a rich bachelor. The line reflects social tensions over wealth and marriage in turn of the century fiction.
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