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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1910
Page
5
Local shoppers flock to Rothschilds and Bowmans for half price coats suits and holiday gifts. Residents visit family, attend the Fair sales, and seek discounts on furs undergarments and dolls as Christmas preparations boost business. Multiple residents travel to nearby towns for visits and errands while shops extend hours until Christmas.
Several residents returned from travels including Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Otto from Davenport and J. F. Simpson from Monmouth Illinois. Mrs. H. L. Parrott and Charles Brown visited, while Rothschild's advertised Mentor underwear and Uncle Tom Cabin show. Pp. L. Huber of Crawfordsville Imprint also visited.
A tired poor man sleeps at a wood's edge and fairies drop bags of magical gold at his feet. He uses it to help his family and town until greed makes the coins turn to lead when spent selfishly. The tale ends with him learning to do good to keep the gold lawful.
Local notes announce the musical comedy Dan Cupid booked at the Graham on December 12 with Danish violinist Axel Skogeaard set to perform December 6. Other items include farm trades near Havre and Marion Iowa, plus society updates and embossed stationery promotions.
Mrs. J A Y Aehby plans a post noon gathering for the Priscilla club. Misses Jennie Ellen Smith hosted a sixteen lady Presbyterian social on West Main. Ruth Winter and Vera Rogers host a pre nuptial party for Miss Helen Anderson honoring her upcoming marriage to Caughey Wesley Fouthwell on December 14. Mary Lemley and Ruth Brindley staged a plate shower for Miss Thora Duke, with a two course luncheon and a pictured history tribute. The Kings Daughters circle met at Odessa Darbyshire’s home for scrap book work and a ten cent social. The Methodist Ladies Aid Bazaar raised about 140 dollars after selling quilts and bags at the south church room. Mrs John Jay hosted a miscellaneous shower for Miss Duke at West Madison with a red and white luncheon backdrop.
A reflection on how fear sorrow worry disease dust wind and other adverse work influences erode childhood beauty, noting that no era remains pristine as life wears on according to the Loudon Daily Mail.
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