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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1929

Page

6

Christmas Exchanges and Club Meetings Across Town

The article catalogs a flurry of holiday gatherings. Pythian Sisters elect officers Eva Davison and others for the year, with a December 17 pot luck and Christmas exchange planned. W A B club, B P club, Harmony club, R S P H club, Sunshine Community club, St James P T A and Eureka Ladies aid are shown hosting dinners, talks, games, and exchanges, with guests and new members noted. Santa distributed gifts at Rev Eastwood's class supper, and a Christmas tree theme appears at several events.

Pythian Sisters Eva Davison Sarah Heilwick Dot Wells Olive Campbell Vida Louck Emma Jones Jennie Jugenheimer Bessie Harvey Emma Wolf Harmony Club Lauder Kennedy Nelson Thompson T. M. Harvey G. M. Wylie Sunshine Community Club Washington Frank Dittmer Elizabeth Koehler Bertha Klopfenstein Dittmer Will Richards Hilmen Illinois Ehme Koehler Mike Flynn F. W. Eastwood Herman Twinam Ruth Miner Francis Eicher Mable Hunter Santa Claus

McGuire Memorial Service Set for St James Church

The December memorial service for Father Owen J. McGuire will be at St James church at 10 o'clock with Right Reverend H P Rohman as pontificator. Deacons, arch priest, preacher, master of ceremonies, and acolytes named. public invited. Next Sunday Holy Masses listed.

Owen J. McGuire St. James Church H. P. Rohlman Father McCann Newton Heller Keokuk William Hannon Muscatine Father Courtney Victor J. Walsh Ottumwa Father Foley J. Welsh West Liberty Thomas Lawlor Colfax Thomas Wolfe Kinross Father Schoenfelder Wilton Junction Thurifier Father McGuire Decker Keota

Christmas Tray Decor Features Holly Wreath and Candle

Mrs. S. P. Finch notes a Christmas color theme on trays with a holly wreath and small red candle. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs. George Hopping.

S. P. Finch George Hopping

Regular Presbyterian Choir Rehearsal Friday Evening at 7 15

Community notices list church activities and meetings including a Regular Presbyterian Choir Rehearsal Friday at 7 15 in the church. Additional items note W M S gathering Tuesday at 2 30 at Mrs Hampsher s home and a booster club meeting moved to December 11 at Mrs Martin Whittaker s home.

Royal Neighbors M. W. A. Hall Oracle Carrie M. Wilcox Gertrude Walker Addie Harmon Ida Harmon Mikie Kos Marshall Jessie Mangold Inner Sentinal Iva Davidson Outer Sentinal Mae Miller Mrs. Norton Thursth R. H. Hampsher Martin Whittaker C. W. Busby East Washington Street

Konjola Restored Health for Waterloo Woman

Mrs. Catherine Caughron of Waterloo credits Konjola with easing long stomach trouble, headaches, nervousness, and insomnia after many medicines failed. She took eight bottles and reports better digestion, renewed vitality, and overall improved well being. Konjola sold at Geo. L. McDaniel drug store in Washington and by leading druggists in the region.

Catherine Caughron Sycamore Street Waterloo Washington Geo. L. McDaniel Drug Store

Kruschen Salts advertised as fat banishing daily remedy

An ornate Dumont style advertisement promotes Kruschen Salts for weight loss with a daily half teaspoon dose in fat water, claiming cleansing, toning, and a “Kruschen feeling” of health. It sells an 85 cent bottle at Lemmon's Pharmacy lasting four weeks with money back satisfaction.

Lemmon’s

Care of Cut Flowers

When you receive cut flowers immediately cut the ends of the stems and place in a deep vase immersing half the stem in water. If wilt appears, cut the stems, change water and place them in a cool closed room out of draft. In time you will see them revive.

Fine Chrysanthemums Named Mistletoe Varieties

The latest chrysanthemum variety named Mistletoe comes in yellow pink and white. All colors show a frosty appearance over the base shade, justifying the name.

Lamps of Learning in Antiquity

In Greece and Rome the dim smoky lamp appeared early as a shallow dish with a handle and a wick spout. Made of baked earth or metal, its wick used tew or cloth. Used mainly by students and teachers, these lamps symbolize learning.

Greece Rome

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