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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1919
Page
5
News notes from Wellman Iowa detail Christmas visits and travels of locals including Roy Durain Henry Lauser Jessie Longwell and Sadie Topping. The dispatch reports wrecks injuries train accident and community events such as a box social and marriages including Amy Folger and Nick Snider.
Mr and Mrs Fred Schroder spent Thursday in Washington visiting Mrs Schroder's sister Mrs George Kelley Jim Bitting agreed to be aboard Wednesday morning on business Mrs Perry Stephens will live with her daughter Mrs Wim Shaw
NOELE NOBLE reports Christmas week visits including Arthur Mitchell and wife at Dr. Mitchell home in Ursa and Ira Graber of Archibald Ohio visiting Fred Muse home. A church Christmas program drew a large crowd and praise for the fine event. Grace Pangborn enjoys Christmas at her parents near Salem. Mina Roth and Henry Leichty return from Heston Kansas for holidays. Local youths held a party at Wm Krabill home. Glydas Christner of Fairfield spent Christmas with relatives. Ella Schantz visiting from Camanche Iowa. Andrew Rinner and families hosted Christmas guests Louis, Arnold, Edd and Henry Rinner. J S Roth and wife and Ben Roth and wife of Wayland visited Jake Roth home in Washington.
Mr and Mrs John Koch bought a new player piano. Mrs Ode Ferguson and Miss Amanda Ferguson visit relatives in Ft Madison this week. A large crowd attended the Christmas program at Pleasant Hill church. Havre social club met at Mrs Wes Meyer’s with a Christmas exchange and pretty useful presents. Several families spent Christmas at various homes including the Glasgows, Pratt, Chalupa, and Shrader households.
A special watch night service is planned at the Lexington M E Church on Wednesday night. The program includes a praise service from 9 to 10, social hour with refreshments from 10 to 11, and the 11 to midnight closing hour marking the outgoing of 1919 and introduction of 1920. Plan to attend and enjoy the service.
A reflective quotation by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler compares love to summer blooming in a winter garden. It argues that restrained affection leaves character pinched and sickly while love brings natural growth and joy without effort. The passage emphasizes transformative power of love on a person’s inner life.
A young lady at a New Year’s party was asked to sing. The audience formed a phonetic take on the tune and offered a playful misheard rendition with odd phrases and garbled lines.
County Chairman J D Glasgow explains the need for a county wide Red Cross membership drive starting January 15 1920 to support war related relief and social services. He notes reorganized county chapter officers the debt owed to the national Red Cross and calls for strong local participation to clear the county’s war record and fund home service work.
W B Barney state dairy and food commissioner urges forty southern Iowa county agents to mobilize a more dairies and better dairy herds drive. The plan calls for meetings after January 1 with Iowa Dairy association and Iowa State college extension backing. Two or more state staffers will join locals to promote pure bred sires calf clubs and market advertising material.
Advert explains Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound restores natural color to faded or gray hair. It notes easy at home use with a sponge or brush, and promises dark glossy hair after one or two applications. The copy frames it as a cosmetic aid rather than a medicine.
A lawyer for the defense invoked Omar in a melodramatic line about companionship and hardship. The impassioned speech emphasized tender relations between client and complainant, citing a verse about a dog a bone and a hank of hair with a wilderness image.
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