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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1921
Page
5
Correspondents of Journal send in news reports from Wellman. The first afternoon program shifts with Wheelock's Indian orchestra performing a full concert and Dr Stanley L Krebs delaying lecture to Monday. Local social and business notes include shopping, travels, shipments of hogs and cattle, and visits in nearby towns.
Aug 12 Crawfordsville reports Will Lease and his son spent the day with Mrs. Mary Lease and noted a sick relative. Mrs. McGee of Washington and Mrs. Gignbar with her daughter visited relatives, then returned home after a brief stop at the gravesite.
Alaskan guests stay at H A Engle home as Mrs Martha Mayer hosts Ladies Aid. Families gather for meals and church visits while others attend aeroplane shows in Fairfield. Marriages, travels, and parish life are noted along with a flying show and upcoming sermon plans. Local families, Woodford, Parks, and Meacham are mentioned with various visits, illnesses, and greetings.
Aug 11 updates show Mr. and Mrs. Leys Chase had a daughter Mildred wage. West Chester visitors stop by Tuesday. Yard and Irene attend family picnic at Sunset park. Herman Twinam heads to Chicago with hogs. Morehead, Twinam relatives dine at D B Twinam home. F M Smith family visits R H Smith in Ottumwa. Pauline Smith returns home with relatives and Merl joins for extended stay. Paul Maxwell heads to Kenyon Minn for corn canning with uncle A G Douthitt. Community threshing group hosts a weiner roast with music by local youths Fielder Ty Koch Elwyn Gardner Theodore Morris and Ernest Myers with Doris Maxwell on piano. Thirty young Presbyterians attend Missson Mission Circle gathering at Dor is Maxwell home. talks on mission reports followed by lawn games and ice cream cake coffee. Ed Richards and Clyde Walker visit A R Smith and remodeling continues. Irene Yard and Mildred Craig visiting Washington today.
Prody Borkoski left Tuesday for New Hampton to attend the state meeting of the Rural Letter Carriers Association. He was accompanied by Frank Clark of Wayland, BE. A. Singleton was taken to Fairfield hospital for kidney trouble operation.
Mrs J C Mathers hosts visitors from Ontario and Illinois while Osage County families attend gatherings. Busby brothers trade farm for White Way Garage with Roy as manager. Local folks travel to Davenport Washington and Ottumwa for shopping reunions and visits. churchgoers note minister’s vacation. Mr Godlove's sixty birthday observed.
In English River drainage concerns heavy ditch taxes loom beside Nichols System costs. Muscatine Co operative packing plant gains support with managers including Mayor Davis and secretary, while farmers are urged to pledge funds. Brains and control rest with Muscatine men guiding the venture.
A mix of letters and observations extols Washington County Iowa and Maple Grove while critiquing urban influence. The author praises rural life, discusses farm to city tensions, and notes a large cattle sale led by Joe Pieper with strong hog demand and bidding from local farmers and merchants.
An unclear authority claims pentone has more calories than some meats and can form an invigorating soup for convalescents. The text adds personal meals with scallions onion soup and steak with onions, ending with a reflecting line about fate.
Mrs. John Sabins of Burlington Iowa reports Tanlac restored her appetite relieved indigestion and gas backed by heart palpitations back pain rheumatism sleepless nerves and weight gain after only a few bottles. Ad cites Sherman Brothers Pioneer Drug Store Washington as local seller. Also notes upcoming film The Last Card at Fol Theatre with Bayard Veiller production starring May Allison and a murder mystery plot.
Personal testimonial claims Mayr's Wonderful Remedy cures stomach troubles including gas colic and indigestion. It is advertised as a safe preparation that removes catarrhal mucus and inflammation, with a money back guarantee. Lemmon's Pharmacy and other druggists are named as sellers.
In a fragmentary note the text contrasts two extremes in humanity and a reference to a Tai or Mengellwady region, mentioning Tegr e fat in seethog and Venety Nied, but the meaning remains unclear and largely unreadable.
The text suggests a dream of meeting someone signals safety and wise course ahead. If the person appears as expected, you are on the right track. if not, it advises reconsidering and changing your plans to avoid folly.
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