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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1924
Page
7
A tale recalls a Alaska trip where a fox skin question ends in grim humor about temper. It then notes Hallowe'en Candlemas Day and May Day origins with Druids during Caesar's conquest, referencing pagan rites and human sacrifices in northern England.
Miss Lois Davidson returns from Minneapolis business college for holidays. Families gather for Christmas meals with relatives from Des Moines, Columbia, Mo, and other towns. Local churches hold cantatas and Christmas programs with many youth participants and visitor Miss Lois Edgar.
Mrs Fred Garrett receives generous kindness and gifts for Christmas as the community of Sandy Hook recounts feasts, phonographs, new dolls and buggies, fox hunts, ice harvest talk, and family joy. Neighbors Henry Garrett and Henry Humston are noted for gifts and work while Indian Creek school enjoys a two week vacation and a festive tree program.
L Dodds left Tuesday for Little York Illinois to spend a few days. Irve Gallagher and family Merl Kephart Charles Kephart Ed Simmering and families spent Christmas with the Frank Kephart home. Homer Kephart hosted a family dinner. Ed Simmering and son Charles visited John Simmering Sr. Friday. A large crowd attended the Christmas program at Pleasant Hill Christian church Wednesday evening.
Riverside residents welcomed relatives for Christmas and holiday visits. Lao C. Crig arrived from Cedar Rapids to see his mother Mrs. Frank Crig. Miss Blanche Shradel returned from State Normal Cedar Falls to spend the holidays with her parents. Mrs. A. J. Baschnagel and daughter Joceta came from Ely to visit family. Several others including Miss Mary Hanson Miss Elaine Dautremont and the Flannigan sisters arrived from Dubuque Cedar Rapids Iowa City and St. Paul to spend Christmas with local relatives.
Christmas activities ended peacefully with a center program and tree for children. A fire at the Roy Dawson house caused little damage thanks to quick neighborly response. Local residents and families spent the weekend with relatives and holidays at home.
Use of chromite by American leather and steel industries has made the United States the world's largest consumer of the mineral.
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