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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1909
Page
5
The column records holiday arrivals and visits across Colfax and nearby towns. Families including Rush, Sands, Spalding, Spear, and Neiswanger are noted with Christmas plans and travel to Des Moines, Washington, Weldon, and Chicago. Several weddings, home visits, and social gatherings accompany weather notes and rail delays.
Will Dorrance’s sale attracted attention on Wednesday. Myers participated in a shooting match on Thursday. Carl Robinson traveled from Riverside on Wednesday. John Davidson received an invitation to his daughter’s wedding scheduled for next Wednesday at Coppock. Guy White arrives from Hammond Indiana. Relatives hear from Des Moines that Lew Matthews is seriously ill and nearly helpless due to animatory rheumatism. Jim Hanley butchered a beef on Wednesday. Grace Van Doran visits relatives in Muscatine. Polton’s bale Dan Eiman’s lay.
Miss Annie Saur visits from Iowa City over the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dawn move into a new home. C. F. Casper visits A Lintz family. Mrs. Frank Eagle and Mrs. John Eagle shop for Xmas in Kalona. Bernard Strabla and mother visit Mellinger home in Kalona. Sleighing and skating attract local youths. J. Huff and Cal Grady, Kalona stock buyers, purchase cattle locally. John Haiss makes a county seat visit.
Birth announced a son to Mr and Mrs W H Snider on December 16 1909. Miss Crone teaches at Riverside school and spent Sunday in Washington. Mart Stones dined with J J Adrian on Sunday. Fred Edwards plans a sale Friday at the Ab Edwards farm. Homer Jarrard visited Dave Davison Saturday. Mrs O B Davison ill with pneumonia. Chas Nicola and Mrs John Bloomquist visited Mrs Davison Wednesday. Wallace Darnell hauled hay from Grant Blick’s Thursday. Miss Ethel Shaffer home for holidays after studying at Fairfield. Mrs Nellie Essley visiting from Des Moines with her parents Mr and Mrs Geo W Donovan.
Dec 24 reports Joy Fry a teacher in Tripoli Iowa returning home to spend the holidays with family and friends. Miss Ethel Allen who is attending...
Miss Estella Parks returns home from Iowa City for holidays. Rev. C. L. Walker preached in Richland. Tracy visits brother Sherd in Richland amid illness. Vera Smith travels to Chillicothe Mo for Christmas. Mrs. Hiram Cooper on sick list. Perd Brier injures eye. seeks Iowa City care. Ralph Tracy attends Washington game. Dick Gudgell visits Fairfield. Luda Thomson at home in Revere. Frank Swisher and Lester Hanlon visit Washington. Rank Meenach and family move from Colorado City to Brighton. Mrs. C. C. Davis visits Fairfield. Mrs. Kisor and daughter Gladys visit Washington. Matt Briar and wife leave for Rock Island. Rev. John A. Brown of Batavia visits siblings before moving to Denver. his son William also visiting. Gladys Nordyke returns home from Richland. grandparents visit. Cleve Dayton of Ringling Bros. spends holidays at home.
Miss Edna Nichols of Coppock and Rex Brier, a barber in Brighton, were married at Fairfield Wednesday by Rev. J. A. Brown of Batavia. Nichols has long worked in Brighton and is well known here. Brier is highly regarded. The couple will begin married life with best wishes from friends across the area.
Crawfordsville notes guests from Missouri and Omaha as Samuel Gordon and Robert Gordon spent Christmas with sister Mrs. T. W. Rickey. Clarence Proudfit joined relatives for a weekend. Rev. and Mrs. Hightshoe enjoyed all their children for Christmas including Luella a teacher in Aberdeen SD R D Hightshoe in Ohio B Hightshoe in Chicago and J Hightshoe at Iowa Wesleyan University. Robert and Mrs. Rhea of Ainsworth visited J H Rhea at his home nearby.
Yale University plans a 1400 seat theater with stage, janitor and library rooms for the Dramatic Association, musical clubs and Yale Orchestra. Proceeds from Dion Boucicault’s London Assurance at the Waldorf will fund the theater. Gifts already total 8500 dollars.
A witty remark attributed to the Philosopher of Folly defines an optimist as a man who can whistle while helping his wife wash up after supper, blending humor and domestic life in a sharp epigram.
The Olympic and Titanic, under construction at Belfast for the White Star line, will surpass the Lusitania and Mauretania at 860 feet in length and 790 feet for older Cunarders. Each hull will house 5,000 passengers, 600 crew, nine steel decks, and luxury flats with private baths. Features include a glass enclosed upper deck ballroom skating rink, a sparkling veranda cafe, and advanced safety systems with automated bulkhead doors, thermostats, electric indicators, wireless, and daily bulletins. Olympic launches next September. Titanic follows a few months after.
Families gathered for Christmas Day dinners at multiple homes, with C H Wilsons hosting a large reunion including relatives from Chicago, Salem, and nearby towns. Other gatherings included the Eicher, Simpson, Bradford, and Taylor households, featuring turkey feasts, music, and social hours.
The Ladies Aid of the Lexington church to serve a free New Year’s Day dinner and hold a bazaar. All are invited to attend. Mrs. Y. Marbourg to entertain the Good Luck Club tomorrow afternoon. The temperance address at First United Presbyterian is postponed. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union holds its last 1909 meeting at Miss Mary Parker’s home with devotional on Malachi 3:16.
The Presbyterian church Christian Endeavor society will hold its regular business meeting after prayer Wednesday evening for the semi-annual officer election. All members are urged to attend.
Nate Jones of this city reports the death of his father Owen Jones after a brief illness. Mr. Jones died on Christmas Day at age 88.
This year’s Christmas was near ideal with a real white Christmas and ongoing snowfall. Santa Claus enjoyed a sleigh route through the country on Christmas Eve, visiting children generously. Local merchants report solid holiday buying, early start, and a strong finish with no last minute rush.
The family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the mother and grandmother Mrs. Doran’s illness and death. Special thanks to the M B A and F A A for the floral offerings. Signed Mrs. Wm. Long, children and grandchildren.
Mrs Jeune notes at dinner that Lord Sherbrooke has one virtue: patient and affectionate behavior toward his wife. Disraeli replies in a deep tone asking if he has ever seen her, highlighting the teasing tone of their exchange in Memoirs of Lady St Helier.
An exploration of the Cyrenaic idea of living for the moment shapes contemporary attitudes toward pleasure and immediacy in everyday life. It frames current behavior as a pursuit of present happiness without enduring obligations or long term planning.
Washington dispatch discusses Secretary Ballinger and colleagues Knox Dickinson MacVeagh facing possible Senate investigations amid party tensions. It notes Garfield and La Follette influences, and refers to Taft, Cannon, and a straw poll showing mixed public sentiment on reform and tariff issues.
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