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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1922
Page
5
A long society column details numerous Christmas dinners and gatherings in Washington. Families like Hendersons and Lindberghs host relatives from Iowa City to Montreal with turkey, goose, and plum pudding, plus festive trees, exchanges, and photos. Santa visits, orchestra dancing, and Interchurch efforts to aid the needy accompany the season’s social fabric.
The American Legion meets in club rooms in the evening. De Molay dances at Benest Beatty’s home. Ladies Missionary Society of West Chest?r Baptist meets with Mrs. Frank Pierson. Rotarians entertain children in the evening. Scout Troop 1 meets at LeRoy Pratt’s home. Cooking Club and husbands hold a Christmas dinner and tree at Miss Maud Hott’s. White Shrine meets in afternoon. New Year’s ball at Commercial Club in the evening. Gridiron Club hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Simounse. Methodist Women meet with Mrs. J. A. Y. Ashby. The piece closes with singing old-time carols and memories of community spirit.
Science reports an experiment with sixteenth to twenty fifth generation GOO white rats from the same litter. Close inbreeding produced no deterioration, challenging expectations about genetic decline in highly related lineages. The study notes this is an observation and may not generalize beyond the test subjects.
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