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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1945
Page
4
A county page column shares community notes from Washington and Fort Wayne. It recounts a death of Margaret Livingston Moses, letters from Stanley Miller in Los Angeles, family moves, social gatherings at Mrs. Michels and Mrs. Rothschilds, and obliquely notes on health and local care. It mentions local residents, births, marriages, school and church events, and neighborly updates.
Dismissals yesterday include Mrs. Amos Graber and son Anthony Edwin of Wayland and Mrs. Joseph Deutsch and daughter Juanita Helen of Brighton. Cal Duncan and son Joel Calvin of Columbus Junction discharged for Robert McFarlane home. Norma Kindred and Dave Yoder of Kalona underwent appendectomies Saturday. A son weighing 4 lb 10 oz was born to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Stoutner of Keota at 6 27 p m. Milo Janecek and wife of Keota welcome a daughter 7 lb 2 3 4 oz born at 5 52 this morning. A seven pound 12 ounce son born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul TeBockhurst of 521 West Madison Street at 4 50 this morning. Judy Arthur of 803 South Fourth Avenue and Scott Kirkpatrick of Keota admitted as medical patients this morning.
The item lists births and hospital admissions in Keota and nearby areas including Forest Brock and Victoria Ann Brock at 520 North Third avenue, plus seven pound four ounce newborns and numerous patient transfers. It also mentions Phillip Barret visiting from Springfield and commentary on corn borers and home grown produce.
Howard G. Richardson resigns as chair of the old age assistance board while new well drilling is completed at the county home. Other items include awards, marriages, accidents, business openings, school moves, Chautauqua tickets, and local notices.
A column critiques social pretensions and joke stereotypes, musing on agents earning a living, male vanity, street glimpses of families, courtship, church singing, aging, gossip, and doctors. It notes health anxieties, gender roles, and fashion like white shoes as conversation starters.
Mrs. Roy Caviness and family from Ottumwa visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. M. C. DeLong. Pvt. Francis Ralston, on furlo, visits Waterloo relatives after training in Phoenix and a pending training move to Biloxi. Pvt. William R. Riley, on furlough from Camp Carson, joins Crawfordsville and Mt. Pleasant kin. M. R. Meek returns from Detroit after surgery to the care of daughter Mrs. G. W. Manussier in Chicago-bound company.
A dense montage reports July selective service registrants Arthur Jennings and Donald Stagner, local marriages including Kathryn Southwick and Kenneth Kos, Rita Miller birth records, and a string of local moves, retirements, and military notes. It notes travel, church events, a carnival, cafe vacancies, and a fatal car collision linked case with Keith Farrier. plus a band concert dedication and a B-2 refresher course.
The Boyd Reed farm 214 miles north of town on a gravel road was sold to Charles Rickey of Pitotburg for 275 dollars per acre. The property totals 84 acres.
The Nicola and Harmon store showcases an architects drawing for the Nurses Home. The proposed two story building is estimated to cost about 40000 dollars.
Flowers for Chautauqua will be supplied this year by ECW Fleur De Lis Rural Womans Monday Bridge Just Us and Navajo Clubs.
A hail storm damaged corn fields mainly southeast and southwest of Washington. Rainfall reached 0.58 inches and the low temperature dropped to 49 degrees, the coldest day of the month.
Wibert Molison of Malcolm Iowa begins work as county agent here. The current agent Harold Montgomery has moved to a position as agent in another county.
Burglars stole five dollars in currency a watch valued at fifty dollars and two gold fountain pens from the Henry Weigmen residence on West Third street. An attempt to enter the James Casey home next door was made.
Over in Iowa City a huge parade is planned with more than 100 attendees. The group will be accompanied by Mayor J. D. Glasgow and city council members, promised to be the handsomest delegation from any town.
The Washington band led by W. H. Langenberg has been invited to perform at the college event. Additional details on date and venue were not provided in the accessible text.
A woman set a basket on a ledge after buying from other stores and later told her sister they would have green corn, but the sister denied any green corn in the basket. Eugene Schneider was summoned to South Dakota last night due to the death of his brother's wife, Mrs. George Schneider.
Wayland man aged 56 died Monday at home after a lengthy illness. Survived by wife Lucy Slagel, wed in 1998, daughter Mrs. Blanche Wyse and son Fvr Gerald Boshart now in the Philippines. Clara R. Thomas, 59, died at Washington County hospital after a long illness. Two sisters Florence of Washington and Mrs. Fred Gahr of Aurora Illinois, five brothers Milton Merle Jesse Thomas of Mt. Pleasant A E of Keosauqua and H Thomas of Burlington also survive. Burial was Friday with interment at Mt. Pleasant.
Roscoe Franklin Ramsey aged 58 of Washington died after a fall while removing wires to a chicken brooder in his yard. He broke a pole and later died in a Fort Wayne hospital. He married Carrie McGaffey in 1907 and worked 25 years for Rock Island railway. Burial at Pittsburg Iowa Fort Wayne Indiana. Margaret Livingston Moses dies at 24 in Fort Wayne hospital. will be buried here Sunday at 3 p.m. at U P church. daughter of S W and Alice Livingston. Mrs Kate Richardson Calvert City Kentucky is a Washington woman aged 81
A historical note explains in 1829 New England society assessed male status by whaling activity. Those who assisted in killing a whale received a certificate declaring them worthy to dance with the wives and daughters of good citizens.
The elderly widow, formerly Flood, died at her daughter’s home where she had visited. She lived in the area for 75 years. Her husband Harve Richardson had predeceased her. She is survived by four sons and a daughter.
Cloyd Denman Hunt of San Gabriel California husband of Bertha Ball died at his home after ten months illness. He had visited here. Mrs Hunt is sister of Mrs Ab Anderson.
A late summer practice applies complete fertilizer or nitrogen to many vegetables as they fruit or grow roots. This side dressing often pays for itself by boosting plant vigor and crop size. Let the plants guide the need for extra fertilizer.
Kale is an easily grown vegetable with quick rewards. Seeds sown in late April produce usable leaves in a couple of months. Planting can continue until August 1 for fall harvests. Kale is hardy and with corn stalks or straw to deter rabbits and provide shade it can be used through winter.
Colorful root vegetables offer more vitamins than white varieties and help counteract acidity from bread and meat. Pod vegetables provide notable benefits, especially tomatoes, which are rich in healthful vitamins and alkaline compounds.
A wartime Oppien regulation in Rome during the Hannibal conflict capped female gold at one ounce and prohibited women from riding in carriages within the city. The law remained in effect for twenty years before repeal.
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