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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1909
Page
5
Community notes from the Navy area recount weddings, visits, illnesses, and travels. Emma Havenstein attends Ida Havenstein wedding near Columbus Junction. others visit relatives in Ainsworth and Burlington. Includes church events, school term start, football results Kalona 21 Iowa City 0, banquets, funerals, and upcoming lectures.
Miss Florence Deaton hosts friends at her sister Mrs. Dr Sexton's West Madison home. Mrs Howard McCleary to entertain Rose club Thursday afternoon northeast of the city. Miss Elenor Bailey honors her eighth birthday with a West Main Street dinner. Mrs Marietta Duvall and James Williams marry at Brighton at noon, with reception at the Bolon home and guests including Mr. and Mrs. Dick Gudgell and daughter Susie. Golf Club dinner at Rothschild store. Missionary Society meets December 3 at 2 30 p m with Miss Mary Parker. P E C Chapter 3 meets Thursday at 2 30 with Mrs Ola Miller. Poinsettia Club to meet at Mrs Sherman Crone’s tomorrow. M B A holds a 10 cent social at Mel Anderson home December 2. Fortnightly club meeting December 2 at 3 p m at Academy chapel to discuss National Purity Congress and related topics. all interested women invited.
Joseph Yoder returns from Colfax. Joan Durst to serve in the store. Mr Varney to return from Des Moines where he cared for Mrs Varney's father. Pavilion stockholders to meet December 7. Grady buys Wandby’s meat shop interest. Wandby family plans to move. Jesse Bunker visits sisters Mrs Huff and Miss Marion. J W Yoder loses a valuable horse last week. W O Loughlin hosts company for Thanksgiving. William Walters of Eddyville visits Rev Moore and family. Mrs J Shilling at Riverside recently.
Nov 30 reports Wm Hollen’s visiting Denver and Denny Decker planning a new residence. Moberly named section foreman. L C Schultz and wife visited Woolson friends. Charlies Morgan from Oneida Illinois visits daughter Mrs I E Grant. No school at the Irview schoolhouse for two weeks. Weather hinders travel as Rev Charles Hall of California, a national proli worker, is mentioned.
Our holiday stock of brushes arrives with a premium selection of bristle goods. These items were chosen for beauty workmanship and superior quality. Shop now for personal use and enjoy an exceptional variety not seen again this year.
Mr and Mrs O W Schmitter and two children return from Queen City Missouri visit. M Beliel announces a public sale on Tuesday and W T Weaver on December 1. O W Schmitter travels to Washington on business. Walter Nordyke and wife and Fred Hannah and wife travel to Chicago for the International Stock Show.
F. G. Sands and wife and son Rex left Ainsworth for Davenport yesterday morning. Mrs. A. E. Sands with two children Dorothy and Neal returned home after visiting Mrs. Audley Gault in Weldin Indiana. N. A. White also departed for Davenport yesterday. Miss Hattie Smith of Glasgow Indiana arrived last evening to serve as telephone operator for M. L. Miller.
The surveyors for the proposed interurban line between Iowa City and Ottumwa reached Keota Monday evening and on Tuesday surveyed the route through the town. The project aims to connect major communities with electric rail service.
Crawfordsville reports show Clyde Clemens and his wife from Longmont Colorado visiting his mother Mary Clemmens for the holidays. Allen DeLong returns from Colorado with grandfather Wim Randall. Several others arrive or depart for Washington Des Moines Keota and Columbus Junction as news of travels and visits fills the day.
Mrs Joyce of Claremont New Hampshire reports a year ago she bought two bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy which cured a long standing kidney trouble. She calls it a grand good medicine and recommends it. Lemmon's Pharmacy.
The corkscrew movement develops all arm muscles from shoulders to fingertips. Stretch one arm overhead and twist from the shoulder, creating a spiral curve. This method strengthens and shapes the arms, praised by a famous actress for its refinement.
A burn treatment described uses Carron oil a mix of equal parts limewater and raw tin seed oil. It is said to be safe when applied liberally and covered with cotton batting rather than absorbent cotton.
Residents and visitors mingle as families travel from Ottumwa Keota Davenport and Columbus Junction stopping in Ainsworth. The House of a Thousand Candles troupe heads to Knoxville for tonight's performance. Market notes report heavy hog shipments and high prices for Washington area buyers.
How to fry scallops selecting yellowish meat not white. Soak white ones in cold water to bleach and swell them then rinse quickly and dry. Dip in a cooked salad dressing mixture, roll in bread or cracker meal, and fry in hot fat or oil. Serve with broiled bacon and tartare sauce.
Heat a pan of cold water and place a vessel of milk in it. When the water boils remove it and add a teaspoonful of soda per quart of hot milk. Bottle the milk and cork it. Treated milk stays sweet for twenty four hours in hot weather.
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