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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
3
Bo Oral of the Good Fellows Club reports about 300 community members joined by payments from under 4 dollars to 15 dollars. The distributing committee has secured 160 family names slated to receive Christmas dinners, with privacy of recipients protected and deliveries planned after dark where possible.
Mrs Jo e Wolfe received word of the death of her sister Mrs Ed Kuhn at Harlingen Texas. She was about fifty five and had been ill for years. Born Ella Schilling in Washington she is survived by husband daughter and three grandchildren. She is remembered by locals as Miss Ella Schilling.
Miss Mae McNamara, a student in Chicago, is spending the Christmas holidays with relatives here.
A box of books games and toys was sent today to Perkins hospital for crippled children in low City. The gifts came from Kathryn Montgomery county superintendent of schools and a list of local donors includes Josephine and Margaret Fedderson William Robert and Vir ginia Shannon Laura Lucille Littlefield Mary Juliet Lemmon and many others.
Announcements advertise a Prairie Flower church Christmas program Friday evening with a tree and welcome. A Christian church Christmas program is set for Thursday evening with cordial invitations. West Chester Baptist church hosts a Christmas cantata The Christ Child next Sunday at 7 00 pm with a full choir and a cordial invitation. A Common Laborers meeting is requested to have full attendance next Monday night by order of the president.
Auction of the Gardner 320 acre farm located one mile north of Red Ball Route near Haskins three miles north of Ainsworth Iowa takes place Thursday December 80th 1920 at 2:00 pm on the premises. Referee J. W. Teeter.
Agricultural notice restricts hunting and trespassing on the Ed Flander property also known as the Mart Easley and George Foster farms. The warning applies to all adjacent parcels under the same ownership.
Postmaster A R Miller says the Christmas business at the local postoffice may smash all records. Staff at the government building handle huge incoming and outgoing mail as rushes began Monday and continue nonstop. Large piles of packages await delivery and distribution may run late despite workers efforts to stay on schedule.
A high school gym basketball double feature features the local American Legion team against Columbus Junction’s Legion five tonight. The Junction beat the locals at their last meeting, and the home squad aims to even the score, aware the task is tough.
The Volunteer Rescue Army asks for clothing shoes hats and other wear for those in need. All work is charity and items given are distributed. Call 417 Green or visit 429 8S Third Ave to request help. Major and Mrs Sneath are officers in charge.
The county home festively decorates the men’s dormitory with a large tree and electric lights for Christmas. Hundreds of gifts from community members await Santa Claus tomorrow evening. Supt. F. C. Beatty and Mrs. Beatty invite the public to view the decorations before six o’clock Friday evening as the celebration follows at supper.
The local weather report notes a steady temperature drop from 17 to 13 degrees above zero by forenoon with yesterday reaching 85 degrees. Barber shops will operate Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve until 2 p.m. and close at noon on Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Delivery will occur on Christmas forenoon and customers should place orders early. 26438 Deliverymen.
Armenian women do not engage in lace making for commercial reasons as girls are trained from infancy to needlework. The custom spans peasants and elites, with pace making fostered by a love of beauty and artistry as a national trait.
A brief festive verse offering warm wishes for Christmas and the New Year expressed in traditional rhymed lines. The tone is sincere and seasonal, emphasizing renewed goodwill and celebration for the holidays.
John Despennett, a paroled Anamosa inmate, was sentenced to life in prison by Judge Dewey for entering the I. W. Clendenon home with a deadly weapon. He stole a watch and small money, sold it, and was arrested after the jewelry store identified the piece. He is to be sent to Fort Madison.
Robert L. Scott of Linby was arrested in Fairfield charged with the murder of Harry Skinner after a December 9 fight in the Linby store and post office. Skinner fired twice and Scott stabbed him with a cheese knife. Skinner died shortly after. Scott has been confined to bed since the incident.
In a late preliminary hearing before Justice D B Wilson, Scott pleaded not guilty and was bound over to the grand jury with bonds set at 10600. The bond was signed by O E Dickey E D Davis and G Vaughn, farmers near Linby. The case will be before the January term of court.
Harvard University will face Middlebury and Boston University in a landmark double header on September 24. Graduate Manager Fred W. Moore started the plan last year, expecting Holy Cross as potentially sufficient opposition. Middlebury, led by Dave Morey, also schedules Dartmouth and West Point, with a Lake Dunmore training camp preparing the squad for the opener.
A terse note from Oelas News suggests increased pickpocketing linked to profiteering pressures, noting the trend has grown since several months ago and reflects ongoing urban security concerns.
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