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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1938
Page
6
The community shares meals and visits across Harmony Wellston Keota Ainsworth Beatrice Nebr. Columbus Junction Richmond Riverside and Muscatine with numerous families hosting relatives and friends for Christmas dinner and weekend stays. Names include Hotle Baker Mayer Fulton Graff Wolf McGill Meredith Edwards Patterson Nicholson Seiely Booth Turnipseed Wepner Winn and many others.
Liggett & Myers unveils Chesterfield ads for 1939 praising a unique blend of tobaccos. The campaign touts mildness and good taste with endorsements by Hal Sime, Veloz and Yolanda, The Flying Wallendas, Marilyn Meseke, Rockettes, George Brent, Olivia de Havilland and John Payne in national newspaper and magazine spreads.
Wellman schools closed for a week of vacation after a December program schedule. Teachers and local residents, including families from Mason City Lone Tree Traer What Cheer Fairfield Cedar Rapids Hayesville Dysart Mediapolis Huston Chicago Detroit and Des Moines, hosted and visited during the Christmas break.
The 1853 New York World's Fair showcased new threshing machines including E. S. Snyder's two horses labor-saving device capable of threshing and cleaning 100 bushels per day. Hathaway's combined threshing hulling and cleaning machine claimed to thresh and clean 600 to 800 bushels of wheat daily.
In Cape May New Jersey a historic brigantine J B Kirby sailed in 1860 under Capt Hiram Godfrey who died of yellow fever in Cienfuegos Cuba. His body was shipped home in a cask of rum to pass quarantine by the mate Mr Beading.
Fragment mentions Wings of the Navy and other items of national note. Context hints at a roundup or editorial highlight of defense or aviation topics without specific events or details. The readable line suggests a broader feature rather than a single story.
Columbus Junction and surrounding areas report numerous Christmas travels and reunions. Harold Tisor arrives from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station to spend the holiday with parents, while visitors from St. Louis and Chicago join local residents for festive gatherings. Officers of Columbus City lodge No 107 Masons elected. installations set for January.
A Ringhals spitting cobra, called the African banded neck, rears like a cobra and spits venom at tormentors. The poison, though not deadly, can blind temporarily, especially when aimed at the eyes from six to eight feet. Zoo keepers wear goggles during handling.
A century old book of prescriptions states the common strawberry is a natural dentifrice. Its juice dissolves tartar encrustation and leaves the breath sweet and agreeable without any preparation.
Neighbors attended a Pleasant Ridge school program and a church Christmas program in Pleasant Hill. Families hosted and shared Christmas dinners across many homes including the Witting, Kephart, Caldwell, Pratt, Sigafoose, Gamon, and Henderson households with visitors from Washington and Rock Island.
Ainsworth residents share a festive period with relatives and friends from Kansas, Illinois, Iowa and beyond. Charles Mahin, Amy Ruth Mahin, Jean Dewson, Frank Mahin, Bova Mahin, Paul Mabie, and Jean Mahin join the Mahin household for Christmas.
Lane Morgan came back to Clay on Friday after a nine month vacation in California. Mrs. A. J. Morgan visits relatives north of Richland. Mr. and Mrs. Connell Morgan host. Mrs. Viola Morgan and Mrs. Myrtle Jones spend holidays with relatives in Richland. Clay school pupils held a Christmas program and community supper Friday evening.
Mr and Mrs Kessie Beenbloeser and family joined a family dinner at the Glenn Beenbloeser home Monday. Clyde Lamber attended a dinner at William Waeser and Everette Lew's family likewise visited Charley Adams home near Dell. Mary Lewis returned home for a weeks visit with Arlene and Maxine Lamberter spending vacation with grandparents William Wasson and family.
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