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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1918
Page
6
The article urges mothers to provide early language and math training at home through stories finger plays and counting games. It lists suitable books and simple sewing and concentration activities using household materials and notes the importance of avoiding fear in stories and letting children choose or tell stories themselves.
Christmas stockings for French relief must be turned in by December 5. Donations include 104 dolls among five boxes shipped by the Kooking Klub and items from Bethel Lutheran church and various contributors. Iowa stories note Miss Josephine Garden winning the Iowa baby beef title with Iowa Venus and her livestock activities at the University of Iowa.
Charley compares himself to his twin cousins who look alike and stay clean. His mother scolds him for looking dirty while the twins look neat. Charley quips that they only need to see each other to know how they look, since he has no one to check him.
Mr Tracy R Phillips and Miss Merjorie Hebner wed November 30 at seven o clock in the evening at the groom s parents home in New Sharon with Rev Beebe officiating A luncheon followed served by Mrs Glen Garner The couple plan separate moves with Mr Phillips stationed at Camp Dodge and Mrs Phillips returning to Washington to her work before he resumes his drug business in their city The Journal extends heartfelt congratulations and best wishes for a happy future.
Inventive method to preserve spiders' webs uses an ember spray of shellac on the web then the web is pressed onto a glass plate and sunlit to set. Dried plates are stored in a cabinet for long term preservation.
Mary E. Rice of Flandreau SD and Grace Altshuler of Iowa Falls were elected editor and business manager of The Hawkeye, marking the first time women hold these posts in the junior year book. The 400 page annual averages four to five thousand dollars in accounts. Rice has journalism experience.
A reflective line from Nina Lerrey Duryea quoted in Harper's Magazine considers the road’s meaning. The image of an East Indian figure peering into a cathedral door evokes timeless questions of purpose and faith.
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