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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1920
Page
7
Dr and Mrs A M Cowden of Washington spent the day here yesterday at the owners home. Mrs M C Delong of Washington was a visitor yesterday at the home of Mr and Mrs I L Huber. EB Davis returned home yesterday morning from a visit in Chicago.
Coppo ck area residents gather for Thanksgiving visits and family events. Families mentioned include Frey Hedrick Merchant Pen son Hutchinson from Oakville, and Nelson relations. Baby Richard Everette arrived November 20, weighing seven pounds, with local households hosting relatives and caregivers.
Mrs Allie Jeffers visited her parents the Stickleys from Davenport. Richard Stevens returned from Cedar Falls for Thanksgiving. Maynard Hites resumed duties in Des Moines. J B Simpson went to What Cheer for his sister’s illness. Margaret Lawrence Fullerton arrived from Columbus Junction to attend her mother’s burial. Mrs Lawrence died Saturday and the funeral was held at the Baptist church. Clayton Richardson visited Eldon with A Clark. Mrs Henry Thompson returned from the funeral. Mrs Burton Wheeler visited Washington. Edna Newell Ray and her mother visited the Elmer Warnock home over Sunday.
The entry logs multiple car trips totaling 352 miles in a Fordmobile at 22 mpg and 36 gallons used for a 755 mile jaunt, plus reflections on gasoline use and a gift to John D. Rockefeller. It covers sermon notes, mission meetings, a funeral for Price Snider, and memories of Maple Grove school life with sparse pupil counts.
The J C Rockwell Sunny South Company a clean humorous colored show comes to Graham Theatre on Thursday December 2 featuring a 20 member cast with song dance and a concert band. A Noon parading novelty the act promises lively humor and bright music free from vulgarity. A different section includes railroad safety proposals with disk stop signs and crossing rules urging safer behavior. Between 4000 and 5000 trespass deaths reported yearly underscore the need for these measures.
Mr and Mrs Philip Vanerus and their young daughter Adrienne arrived back Saturday after a trip and were greeted by family in Brighton.
Reports from Brighton note two recent fires with one house heating through shingles in the basement. The Gale Heacock family fled smoke and underfloor damage, moving to a nearby home for repairs. Measles strike several residents including Mrs. Mattie Woods and Mrs. Ferry Adkisson. A local gun club held Thanksgiving shooting, Velda Hall visited Des Moines, and W H M S members gathered for annual Thanksgiving services with extended family visiting parsonage.
John J. McDonald, a switchman in East Cedar Rapids, says Tanlac relieved chronic indigestion and boosted his weight by twenty five pounds. He reports improved appetite, kidney function, reduced back pain, and resumed ability to work brakes and switches. Tanlac is sold by Sherman Bros. in Washington and Mac Gugin Drug Co. in Weinan.
Eileen Percy stars in the William Fox comedy Beware of the Bride directed by Howard M. Mitchell. The new farce, from Edgar Franklin, follows Mary Emerson a bride who attends a masquerade alone and enacts a riotous chain of escapades with two former suitors risking bloodshed and divorce while her husband is away on business.
Washington November 30 campaign to pass statewide laws for grade crossing protection. The Association of State Railway and Utility Commissions held its annual convention and a special committee urged warning signs at every grade crossing with approach signs at least 300 feet from the rail.
The board of supervisors awarded a graveling contract for eight and a half miles west of Chapin at 80 cents per yard for the first mile and 48 cents for each following mile to R E Carr of Ames. Carr also lands a one and a half mile project east of Geneva. A second contract near Sheffield goes to O J Stackhouse at 83 cents for the first mile and 46 cents for each additional mile, totaling about 17 000 dollars for Chapin and Geneva work and around 4 000 dollars for Sheffield.
A series of special meetings will be held at a New Haven church starting Sunday morning December 5 and continuing for two weeks. Rev C E Diddington will preach each night and all are cordially invited to attend.
An eminent actor-manager recalls a clergyman father who warned him to stop his son John from acting. The son pursued the stage anyway. The father follows theatre crimes by underlining newspaper reports and sending them to the manager.
Universal City buzzed during filming of The Girl in Number 29 an adaptation of Elizabeth Jordan The Girl in the Mirror. Frank Mayo battles a band of thugs while Bull Montana plays the ruffian in one of the era's most realistic screen fights. Mayo showcases peak conditioning and masculine grit.
A December lesson outlines Jesus parables the Wheat and Tares Mustard Seed and Leavened Meal. It details the sower the Son of Man and the Devil and compares tares to false doctrine with the harvest of the righteous in the kingdom. Includes notes on the Mustard Seed growth and birds lodging and on leaven as evil influencing doctrine.
A Pusey interpretation of Jesus teaching that nothing is too small for God. It asserts God numbers every hair and records every pain, tear, secret wish, and prayer, all seen by the Father and guided by His hand.
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