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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1920
Page
7
Correspondents report on visits and relocations in Crawfordsville Iowa Aug 9. Residents travel to Illinois Nebraska Idaho and Missouri for family ties teaching jobs and leisure. Local clergy and Mrs McCleary influence community as Dr Taylor returns from surgery.
In Valley Valley on August 9 residents recount a busy weekend of family gather ings and social visits. Local households hosted relatives from West Chester Washington and Keota while neighbors shared meals and aided threshing crews. A Sunday school address by F W Rasche of Burlington drew a small crowd amid unfavorable weather.
Aug 9 Henry Weidner returns to Brimson after a week with uncle Henry Hyde and relatives. Isabel Neal spends weekend at Columbus Junction with Raymond Elmore family. Mrs. Van Brolliar of Cedar Rapids and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dayton of Des Moines visit the Dayton home. Ella Woodford from Washington visits Brighton friends. Mrs. H D Bower and children Mina Ada Margaret and Glen return from a month with relatives in Delta. Mabel Robinson leaves Thursday for Dubuque to visit Ida Schmind and Bernice Riddle. Mrs Fred Madden of Norton also noted.
Wellman Rebekah lodge No. 391 entertained the Washington Rebekah Thursday for the eighth annual convention. The state president Mrs. Margaret Schechter and secretary Miss Elizabeth Mathena attended with instructor chair Mrs. Julia Tierney. Over a hundred members gathered at the I.O.O.F. hall for talks, reports, and a picnic dinner. Local events included visits by Roy and Durian, Tom Stamp, and Homer Rockwell, plus plans for a Washington county fair and a new central office for the Wellman Telephone Company.
Mrs. Cecil Wilcox and two children left for Ottumwa after visiting her sister Mrs. Clarence Young. F. E. Young and Charles Rodgers headed to Kansas in the latter’s car. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Robertson went to Chicago. Mrs. Myrtle McCleary returned to Fairfield after days with relatives. Samuel Shannon and family from Bowling Green, Mo., visited en route to Washington to see relatives. Mrs. Gust Lundquest of Olds stayed overnight at the F. E. Young home. Ralph Moorhead moved to Des Moines for a magazine position. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Tomlinson and children of Sioux City visited Jess McCoy’s. E. L. Davis, Eben Davis, BE. B. Franklin, and L. H. McFarland with families were visitors in Washington yesterday.
Haskins Ebner and families and friends such as Loran Hazen Geo Ebner and Mrs Welliver dined together then picnicked by the river but fled home after a shower biting mosquitoes. Others visit Washington Riverside Iowa City hospital news includes Quinns and Boyds with grandchildren. Lightning struck Sammy Leffler's house Sunday afternoon causing damage while residents were away.
An advertisement touts Kellogg's Tasteless Castor Oil as a pure, laboratory-filled product from Spencer Kellogg & Sons. It claims the oil is identical in strength and purity to the traditional castor oil but without the nauseating taste, suitable for children, and sold in clearly labeled Kellogg's bottles in three sizes.
The Ebner family and their son Ralph spent an afternoon in the country with Harry. Geo Ebner remains laid up with lumbago for a few days, his father visiting Saturday. Zene Edwards’ daughter Mrs C E Breene and family from Newton arrived last Thursday for a two week visit. Dan of near Gladwin, Charlie Hazen and family of Washington, and Mr and Mrs Walter Nicholson and kin from southwest of Washington attended Sunday. Mrs Will Forner was ill Friday night and Saturday but improved by press time. M E Ebner and family of Washington left Tuesday for West Union to visit Clyde Sands. Fred Sands and son visited last Thursday at Geo Ebner’s home.
Mason City records show 31 intoxication arrests in July and 67 total by police. Chief Thomas Lock notes home brew has surged amid Prohibition, with makeshift stills found by Sheriff Marsh. Stills use raisins potatoes corn and other sources. bootleg price ranges from six to forty dollars per gallon.
Two wolf dogs defend the body of General Ravenshaw, a British officer, as he perished while attempting to reach the settlement, fending off wandering elephants in the South African wilds near Port Elizabeth.
Noted actor Bryant Washburn stars as Jack Temple in the Paramount Artcraft version of Mrs Temple's Telegram at the Fox Theatre Friday. The farce follows jealous spouses, mistaken identities, and a rooftop encounter as Jack fakes an ailing friend to explain his absence, leading to comic chaos in the Temple home.
Schleswig ends years of forced union with Germany and is officially reunited with Denmark after King Christian signed the treaty on July 9. The agreement marks a historic shift in Nordic borders and sovereignty.
A Universal drama shows a girl rising from slums to a better life then faces renewed danger. Anne Cornwall stars with a supportive cast as Virginia wins an escape through work in a millinery factory and a hopeful romance amid unfolding hardship.
An indignant wife accuses her husband of talking about wandering the neighborhood while he waited for breakfast. He retorts with a quip about a river meander staying in its bed, highlighting a light domestic spat over sleepy morning routines.
A fragment from a Washington Star quote puzzle cues with the line I saw your merchant sign in a quick stop. It hints at a humorous domestic remark about a wife buying things to please her partner.
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