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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1925
Page
3
Local column chronicles holiday travel and visits across Washington Iowa and nearby towns. Residents including Arthur Birney Proctor Maynard Mrs Clifford Thorne Elizabeth and many others are spending Christmas with relatives. Notices mention shopping, funerals, reunions in Des Moines Muscatine East Liverpool and Chicago with family and friends.
The Rock Island train wreck in Illinois delayed a mail train from the east and caused a backlog at the Washington post office as staff work late to clear the holiday mail. Mail arriving tonight and tomorrow will be held until Saturday due to the disruption.
Mrs. Charles Nicola receives a twelve inch Christmas cake from her brother D N Reed of Los Angeles. Reed, raised locally, sent the cake from California for her December 22 birthday. The cake features ground nuts, red and green icing, holly leaves, and a festive 1865 Birthday Wishes greeting.
Kilgore, district court clerk, notes rising marriage licenses in his first year. The 125th license of the year was issued to Ennis Smothers of Delta and Edna Northup of Washington, bringing the year’s total equal to 1924. Most likely divorces in 1925 will exceed the prior year as court terms have seen many divorce actions.
Des Moines Iowa December 24 Iowa Bankers Association reports an All Town agricultural conference will be held in Des Moines December 29 with delegates from the Iowa Congressional delegation manufacturers business and professional men county agents and farm leaders invited to solve corn marketing issues and discuss unified plans for the Corn Belt including Iowa and parts of ten states.
A physicist in the Department of Agriculture has produced the finest wire, so slender it requires a microscope to see it. The discovery highlights advances in materials science and microscopic fabrication techniques.
A canvas bath house that can be carried to the beach and erected in ten minutes, perfected by a Midi an woman, is proving successful.
Golf is replaced by winter fun at the Washington country club with two new slides for skis and sleds ready on the slope west of the clubhouse. Snow is needed to start full use, but carpenters finished work today and several cars got stuck in the blocked lane while being freed by Jake Wenger's team.
Kansas City dispatch reports Union Station ushers known as red caps guard travelers especially young women. They intervene with suspicious men, verify tickets, and guide travelers, boasting 130 ushers who routinely aid displaced or endangered passengers and face pressure from station management to uphold safety.
About 110 baskets of Christmas dinner are being distributed to needy families in Washington this afternoon. The Good Fellows funded the project, the Methodist church basement provided space, and a women’s committee packed the baskets. Each basket includes a fat chicken and seven other food items. Delayed contributions can still be given to solicitors for delivery.
Crawfordsville December 24 Miss Eleanor Mitchell and Migg Juanita Rees who attend State Teachers college at Cedar Rene return home for the holiday vacation Rev W C Porter comes home from Albia after preaching Sabbath Misses Mabel Crooks Kyle Edwards and Claire Twinam at State University are home for holidays Verle McElroy of Iowa City visits relatives The district superintendent Rev Thomas Osborne presided at a Methodist quarterly meeting and Rev Griffith of Red Oak preached at the Presbyterian church He had previously been a candidate there and was welcomed back but could not stay for the Sabbath service.
In France a traditional ritual on a marriage day has a bride stepping on a broken egg before entering her home to ensure happiness. The custom persists in many households as a luck charm for the couple.
Thousands of junked cars are sent to the New York City dump each year. A large gang of junkmen strip vehicles for usable parts and resale, sustaining a thriving informal economy around the dump site.
Russell Knott visits his mother Mrs St M McQuire in Kewanee Illinois while Arnold Link of the State University of Iowa returns home for Christmas. A dance event features the Sunny Southern Syncopaters at the Armory on Monday December 28 with J M Kelly listed.
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