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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1912
Page
2
Local notes from route one recount visits and family gatherings. Mr and Mrs Joe Casper and family visited Joe Reiners. Maud McGuire sewed for Mrs Ralph Stewart. Ernest and Fred Carlson took hogs to Chicago with two car loads.
Kalona residents report various routine movements and visits on April 24 1912. Charley Shaffer prepared a foundation in Hills Monday for 8 L Gringer’s dwelling. Mr and Mrs G L Petersheim visited Iowa City Tuesday. John Wagner of Sharon township rode to Iowa City Monday. Miss Ethel Allen visited her sister in Iowa City Monday night. Press Figgins and family visited Washington Tuesday. Emmet Louck traveled to Moline Illinois Tuesday. Mrs John Stober visited relatives in River Junction Tuesday. Perry Dawson and Clyde Sylvester were in Iowa City Wednesday. Mrs F H Kisor and Miss Myrtle Snider were in Iowa City Tuesday. Edna and Mabel Miller from Sharon visited grandparents Elias and Mrs Strickler over Sunday.
Riverside notes from April 28 1912 report Mrs Frank Welte visiting care for her mother Mrs Nicholas Ehl after a fall that broke a collar bone and sprained a wrist. George Waldschmidt and Miss Albina Ehl wed at St Marys church with relatives attending.
A humorous critique of charity, exposing misused benevolence and the dangers of gossip and pretense. It contrasts genuine aid from hospitals and libraries with covert donations, loud fundraising, and false accusations. It argues for less talk and more real help rather than empty free speech.
Mrs. Sam Henry visits her sister in Muscatine. Rehmel family plans Winter Haven Florida home. George Frain hauls hay from Lemley. Sehendle couple visit Gracehill. Mellie Beitel clerks at Beitel store. Tobias Rehmel farm barn project underway. Ladies' Aid meets at Strohm. Beitel family visits Washington for eggs. Beitel sells cabbage and tomato plants. Hanley hauls hogs to West Chester.
Max Keller a business visitor in Ainsworth yesterday. Mrs T E Maxwell leaves for Chillicothe Mo to visit her mother Mrs Johnson. Mrs J H Armstrong returns to Washington after visiting here. Mrs J T Clark Mrs Louisa Williams Mrs Thomas Bennett Miss Delia Fletcher and Robert McCleary travel to Washington today. Mr Davison of Kirkwood AL visits on business. Howard Bowers moves into J B McCoy property today.
Ainsworth reports welcome birth as Mr and Mrs J H Jones celebrate a baby daughter born last evening. Glynn Rowan and sister Mrs Homer Coppock return from Iowa City where their mother Mrs FR J Rowan underwent tumor surgery Tuesday. she was in good shape and resting. H H Kilgore travels to Chicago with cattle. County Supervisor Gault in town yesterday. Mrs FE Coffman of Washington returns home after brief visit with her parents. S W Livingston of Washington was in town yesterday.
A high school team and the Seed House played twelve innings to a 9 9 tie at the ballpark. Rath pitched for the Seed House, with Riverside pedigree, as Glasgow and Pratt contributed in field and bat for the Seed House while Knauss Guthrie Russell Clapper Mathers McLaughlin Mace Critz Wylie and McElhinney acted for the High School. Next, Winfield travels to play the High School Saturday afternoon as both squads showcase solid pitching and defense in a competitive spring exhibition.
Hon Clarence A Buskirk of St Louis Mo will lecture on Christian Science at First Church of Christ Scientist corner Town Avenue and Jefferson Street next Tuesday evening April 30 at 8 o clock. All are invited. Buskirk a forceful speaker delivers an instructive address. Also an ad for Laxative Bromoinine Quinine Tablets notes Druggists refund if they fail to cure under E W Grove signature 25 cents.
Rev J A Glendenning left for Mt Pleasant to attend a funeral. Mrs A P Jeffrey and others hosted a tea for Mrs E W Stewart of Colorado Springs. Keota and West Virginia visitors attended at John Powell's. Ongoing notes include dances, oat deliveries by Roy Fisher, family moves, a dog bite incident, and health updates on Lewis Romine and Sam Henderson.
Chicago artist F. P. Frisch demonstrates pastel crayon work in public at the Caner Music and Art store. He will paint Mt Vesuvius and other scenes in a live show window Saturday evening, attracting local buyers and offering guidance to aspiring artists.
The Odd Fellows announce a special Washington to Oskaloosa train on April 26 at 8 20 AM replacing the May 26 date. Organ members expect a large turnout with many Washington attendees joining the excursion to Oskaloosa.
The Prank Educational Publishing company praised Washington city schools drawing progress after inspecting pupil work. Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Washington were the Iowa cities chosen to receive display books sent for filling by Miss Pleatus Burgess. The company exhibits these books at major national displays. A representative recently inspected Washington drawing work following the books’ dispatch. Burgess is noted as an exceptionally capable instructor with classes making remarkable progress.
A Philadelphia judge recalls a southern law school tale about a door marked Push which read Pull as a clever starting point for a speech. The item also recounts a broom peddler encountering a henpecked man and a Georgia chronicle featuring Mose the rider who humorously won a bet on a white paper.
Calh up Phone No 589 lists street and number details for city bus line orders, to be promptly attended to by Frank Rogers.
Miss Edie Bovee will entertain the A B C girls this evening at her north Washington home in compliment to Miss Ruth Wells home from Chicago and Miss Marguerite Cherry of Oklahoma City Oklahoma.
A damaged excerpt depicts a speaker praising the skill of exploiting others, noting the target’s race and asserting the efficiency of theft and misappropriation. The tone reflects racial stereotypes and a defense of predatory behavior as a social skill.
The Baptist church brotherhood will hold its annual banquet Tuesday evening May 7 at seven oclock in the Sunday school room with about one hundred men expected to attend. Dr. John A. Earl of Des Moines College will be the principal speaker, following favor able impressions from earlier Washington talks. Local speakers and church friends will fill the program, with good music and invitations coming soon.
Chicago and St Louis snippets report opening market activity on April 25 1912 with steady to higher tendencies in cattle and hogs and sheep advancing 10 to 40 points. Receipts today and yesterday cited across hogs cattle and sheep with price ranges for each category.
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