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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1921
Page
3
The Good Fellow fund is growing rapidly with strong committee support and near the needed treasury total. Tomorrow canvassing ends and baskets will be prepared for distribution. Donations may be sent to J B Crail J E Bovee George Breitenbach or R H Willits.
County offices suspend publication on Christmas Day marking a holiday observed by many institutions. No Monday issue will appear as the county over observes the day.
On Friday evening December 23 at 7 45 o clock Zeredatha Council No 21 R and M will hold its regular meeting with business petitions to act upon and annual officer election. Immediately after Washington Lodge No 26 AF and AM will confer the Second Degree on two candidates. Good attendance requested. 652
The Rock Island freight house will observe Christmas Monday with limited hours for essential deliveries. Local freight trains will not run, and only minimal service will be available.
A woman enters a Washington store and the clerk offers help. She says she is just looking around. The clerk quips that that is what they all tell them.
Washington defeated West Chester 45 to 8 in a high school gym practice game. Washington missing Freshwaters struggled with shooting while McGugin filled in. second unit outscored Chester 9 to 1. W Bauer led West Chester with 12 points including two field goals and four free throws.
Washington business circles plan to observe Christmas Monday with closures across banks courthouses post office and stores. No Journal will be issued that day.
Mrs. A. A. Beenblossom learns from sister Mrs. J. K. Benn of Portersville that R. Benn died Sunday after a two year illness. He once lived here and long resided in California. He spent youth on the Jackson Township farm. Survived by wife Nancy Looney, two sons and two daughters. Howard Benn is a nephew.
A social afternoon at Miss Maurine McLaughlin’s home featured Miss Constance Brown of Washington DC visiting for holidays. The Rebekahs hosted a 200-guest Christmas banquet with a large program for children, decorations, and a Santa Claus appearance, making it one of their most successful parties.
The Washington public square looked festive after cooperation among the improvement league city administration and local business men. Small evergreens lined the square while electric lights in red white and green glowed attractively. A larger central Christmas tree added to the display, though few people were out due to slippery sidewalks. More will view street decorations and store windows tonight and Saturday.
The Rebekahs hosted an annual Christmas party reveal that unveiled the engagement and marriage of Naomi Ruth Foster to Earl Calvin Galloway. The wedding occurred at Rockford Illinois on December six with a single ring ceremony at the home of the bride’s relatives. The bride, a Washington native and 1918 high school graduate, wore a silver gray tricotine outfit and posed with flower garb before a luncheon and dinner at Hotel Nelson.
A reader recounts receiving a Christmas card and expresses happiness about their ongoing good wishes. The message notes repeated well wishes and the approaching Christmas season with appreciation for the sender.
J P Faris of South Marion Ave died last evening at his home after a year long illness. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 30 pm at the home conducted by his nephew Rev SS EB Greer. He was born September 25 1849 in Washington county Indiana and had lived in Des Moines and Washington counties. Survived by wife Martha and daughter Nellie plus five grandchildren and one great grandchild. He was a former member of Reformed Presbyterian and United Presbyterian churches.
The narrative centers on a Mrs Galloway and her son, a brave World War I veteran and farmer, who will reside with his wife at the Galloway farm in Living Lake after February first. Friends wish them happiness and success as they split time between both families' homes.
Family expresses deep appreciation for kindness shown after the death of Patrick H Dayton and thanks for the beautiful flowers. The Children.
A new Cosmopolitan Paramount film Proxies stars Norman Kerry as Peter a former convict who goes straight yet faces a hold up to protect his benefactor from a con artist. The drama unfolds in a palatial home with Peter as butler and culminates in his proving himself a real man despite a tainted past. Zena Virginia Keefe supports in a sympathetic role directed by George D. Baker from a Frank R. Adams story.
Mr and Mrs Ray Turnipseed of Wellman were seen shopping in Washington today.
Des Moines Capital urges readers to recognize that W H Halpenny was not indicted for the car crash killing two sisters of charity. The paper stresses the grand jury found no basis for indictment and calls for preserving the reputation of a respected citizen amid lingering doubt.
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