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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1938
Page
4
Gracehill residents and relatives share Thanksgiving meals across Kalona and nearby towns. Families including the Robertsons, Snyders, Williams, Sankeys, and Woodfords visited and hosted relatives from Des Moines to Heber Springs. A piano was delivered to Mrs. John Williams.
Arizona is referred to as the Apache state because it hosts most of the Apache people. The label highlights the strong ties between the region and the Apache communities residing there.
In 1876 Europe had 200 telephones while the United States counted 376, reflecting early limited adoption of telephone technology.
Thanksgiving gatherings in Verdi include Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Baird at the Crandal home in Brighton and visits by Mrs. T. J. Harvey to H. W. Richards. Edd Miller hosted relatives and friends, with Roy Miller and family visiting from Muscatine and other guests including Myron Burrough and the Spera and Puckett families.
The society page reports the marriage of Fox and her partner in a small ceremony. The editor uses the Fox-Chase heading to mark the society note about the couple joining in matrimony.
A teacher asks students to find an illustration of immaterial things. Johnny brings a ruler and demonstrates by asking to let go one end. Both ends have glue, proving the immaterial concept is not clear.
A clipped humorous note mocks married men starting a private home saloon, urging them to let their wives control liquor sales at two dollars for a gallon. it envisions a long-term plan where money flows to the wife for banking, burial, and family security, ending with a moral digression about neglect.
A playful glossary style note defines athlete as a strong person unable to shovel snow or carry ashes while banana peel is a food by product. A horrible example is any problem in mathematics and strategy in the military hides plans from the enemy.
A jumble of clipped phrases appears from a historical page with lines mentioning Tangerine a loose leaf orange and a man at a door. The scene includes a father of fourteen and a piano tuner remark plus an Office Philosopher quip about Solomon.
A Kansas church struck by lightning five times burned down on the fifth strike. The distraught congregation decided the elements had too much influence over them.
A sequence of light quips on marriage looks, aging, work, and social habits. The narrator jokes that an ice wagon weighs ice and ponders perceptions of beauty and late dinners. It notes elderliness and time as a universal source of trouble and endless arguments.
A brief dialogue captures a cashier warning about cashing a check for a brother, underscoring prudent banking and family trust boundaries as voiced by V.O.L.
Mrs. George Bartholomew hosts visitors from Brighton and Keota while many local families share Thanksgiving meals. The Linger Longer club delays its Dec. 7 meeting to Dec. 14. Several households host relatives and friends including the Campbell, Wead, Nayadley and Atkinson families, with trips to Newton and Davenport mentioned.
Mrs L M Hedger of Crawfordsville is in M E Hospital Des Moines and hopes to return soon. Local clergy and elders from two Presbyterian churches attended Iowa City Presbytery in Muscatine with reports of a good meeting. Merle Twinam came home from Chicago stock show with sister Veda for Thanksgiving. Farm Bureau to hold weaving lesson next Tuesday at the school house 10 o clock Irma Jarney of Ames to give the lesson. Mrs W W Twinam aiding ill sister Mrs S W Carrick. Mrs Ralph Howells brother Ralph Wilson had appendicitis operation in Muscatine.
Merrimac note shows multiple family visits across town including Egli Baldo sers and Reschley. The Merrie Makers club will meet with Mrs. Lester Kientz on Thursday afternoon December 15.
Local residents shared meals and visits across Highland Center and nearby towns for Thanksgiving. Guests included Earl Steele and William of Washington, Frank Saladays and James Foster families, Marion and Mount Union visitors, and extended family from Ainsworth to Marshalltown.
Two elderly Richmond residents, Mrs Chittum and William Keifer, died after recent illnesses and accidents. Funerals were held Monday at St James church with burials in Richmond and Washington. The town held its annual Thanksgiving bazaar at Casino Hall with a post event dance.
Shiloh residents record a busy week of social calls and gatherings. Families including Amrine, Caldwell, Lambert, Beenblossom, Wagner, Schantz, Christner, Showalter, Donaldson, Sigafoose, Saltzman, Schantz, Leffler, and Schoonover visited relatives and hosted guests at homes near Brigham Gladwin Ainsworth and Marsh.
Birds known as sand grouse incubate their eggs by sitting on them to regulate temperature. They endure scorching heat on the plains of India, using this behavior to prevent the eggs from cooking if disturbed briefly.
The article notes the great hummingbird as the largest among about 500 species, measuring 94 inches in length, while the smallest hummingbirds do not exceed 2.5 inches.
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