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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1912
Page
4
G W Hobson appeals to the public, boasting several thousand dollars spent on high quality watches diamonds silverware and leather goods. He asserts prices stay low during the holiday season and invites potential customers to join hundreds already satisfied.
Orion Lodge No. 75 Grand Lodge dedicates a new hall at Keota on Monday night. A special train departs Washington at 6 45 p m. All K P s gather at Castle Hall Friday night at 8 30 o clock to perfect arrangements by order of committee J A Y ABHBY C.
The high school art exhibit is now open for public viewing with evening hours from 7:20 to 9:30 and daily afternoon hours 8:30 to 5:30. Each evening at 8:15 a short talk will be given on a related topic, tonight by Miss Burgess discussing St Ian dens in American Art and related works.
Dr. Wm. Sadler warns colds that linger can be serious and Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is recommended as a reliable household remedy for coughs and colds for both children and adults. It claims to avert serious result and cure quickly with no harmful drugs. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertisement.
A sequence of gatherings fills the town social calendar. Merle Johnson’s surprise birthday at Mrs. W G Stewart’s on South Iown Avenue honors age with candles and dinner. The Minicks host a yellow and white shower for Pansy Minick and future bride Rolland Bond with tea towels and a three course luncheon. Congregational social at First Presbyterian includes musical performances and refreshments. Horace Klaiss and Resacca Tucker wed at First M E F church parsonage. Rock club hosts a pleasant evening at Will Dupuis’s home with refreshments. Upcoming events include a Younger Dancing Set party at Eagle hall with chicken pie supper and handkerchief sale, and various meetings at local churches and lodges through December.
A mosaic of voices recounts lineage boastings and sly humor from varied eras. Harriet Canfield probes ancestry as a Judge column hints at social history, while a goose carving and a minister’s praise reveal celebratory meals and gentility. A Cleveland office scene and a grade school joke round out a collage of American wit and memory.
The War, T. A. will meet December 12 at 2 30 with Mrs Della George. Devotions: Psalms 51 4 All sin is against God led by Mrs Corette. Members will study the constitution.
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