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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1918
Page
6
Local residents submit notes on community happenings and events across neighborhoods. The reports highlight daily life, small incidents, and local activities, reflecting the pace of town life and neighborly concerns.
Brief items from Washington County report introductions and departures, births, deaths, and notices. Names and places appear with local color and everyday events, highlighting community updates and personal milestones.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Sigmund return from Des Moines area after month with relatives ill with influenza now recovering. Local residents and guests share Christmas meals and visits including the Sew and So club meeting with plans for January 30 at Mabel Sigmund’s home.
Mrs. Harry Straba and Miss Hilda Kos shopped in Kalona. Frank Whitmire Ernest Kloppfer and William Lintz were discharged from the army and are at home. Wayne Lintz of St Ambrose College returned home for the holidays.
Charlie Faulkner and wife visited the Warren Matthess home on Sunday. Everett Young sold and delivered a load of hogs to West Chester on Saturday. Mela Shalla was a Washington caller Saturday. Henry Matthess visited Kalona on Saturday. Mrs. Lessa Timmins and daughters Phyllis and Mary Timmins entertained at the Warren Matthess home last Tuesday. Mrs. Will Anderson helped care for the Don Davis family who have the flu. Joe Shalla’s have a new piano player Mela Shalla and wife spent Wednesday at the Warren Matthess home.
Stringtown records a quiet Christmas with cold weather and drifting roads from the prior storm. The funeral of Mrs. Magdalena Graber took place Saturday at Bieber church led by Rev. S. M. Musselman. Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Goff welcomed a baby boy born Saturday, November 21. Mr. and Mrs. BR Schantz and Rennie visited the Mast home in Noble on Sunday.
Jonathan Graber recovers from a serious flu illness. Miss Viola Schantz helps with housework at the K. W. Golf home. Ed Bieber and family join J. F. Wittiig and children and Mrs. John Wittiig for Christmas dinner at the KF. G. Rich home. Sherman Gingerseh visits David Schantz. Stringtown had no school on Christmas day. No new flu cases emerge. community nears normal. Helen Graber slowly improves. P. R. Schantz transacts business in Washington Monday. No Nicker church services due to pastor's absence.
Mrs L B Reed left for a Christmas visit with relatives at Deep River Iowa. Harry Holmes of the U S Navy is home on furlough. Corporal Warren Morgan is home after honorable discharge from the U S Army. S Woodford left for Canning North Dakota to visit son Arch and family. I A Caldwell returned from Fremont Iowa after a brief visit. Miss Ethel Reed and pupils held a Christmas program at Greenvale school. Miss Gertrude Reed visited Ottumwa. Lieut Ray Woodford visits friends at Ames and Cedar Falls. Hypeh Gassaway and Davenport family visit T J Gassaway home.
Crawfordsville notes say Lillian Holmes left for Washington Saturday to begin a teaching assignment near Grace Hill. Misses Jacoby Shafer and Fellmer also returned from Washington to start school, with Mrs. Griffith temporarily replaced by Mrs. Hayley. Funeral services for Wiliel Cummings were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. W. M. Covert. pallbearers named.
West Chester reports Mrs. Harley O Loughlin delivered 255.84 dollars of poultry to McFarlane Co. on Friday. McFarlane notes about 1000 dollars of poultry and eggs sales this year. Other items include cattle shipments to Chicago by Chas Johnson and A W Dayton, hog embargo continuing, and local visits and farm activity including butchering and lard production.
Relatives including Mr and Mrs J A Huston and Basil Huston of Olds attend services. Will Fishburn and Mr and Mrs Van Syc of Winfield and Mr and Mrs Zinge of Olds also present. Quarantine ends and services resume with a union service at the M E B church. Mrs Henry Hagie has influenza and Mrs Jack Fletcher is ill.
Mr and Mrs Frank Moore mourn the death of their infant son born Friday who passed away Saturday. Several visitors including W H Ross and family Letts and H B Miller of the Great Lakes Training Station returned home after visits. Mrs Fred Franklin and two children left after visiting her parents. Mrs W R McCreedy also departed for a visit with her mother. The Gray family returned from Centerville after Christmas visits.
Mrs Bessie Schackner of Wellman visits her mother here while Chas Schackner brings her over. A rabbit hunting tale amid snow and mixed reports about a wagon load of rabbits and a Red Cross drive in western Kansas. Miss Jennie Lilja returns from Cedar Rapids to resume teaching. Wesley Coffey visits his grandfather in town as Miss Edna Munson from Des Moines stops by for Christmas. Owen Brumback heads to Des Moines for nine months at a business college. Influenza reportedly absent at this time.
Preparations are nearly complete for the annual farmers institute at the commercial club rooms in Towa City starting January 15. Notable speakers include A. E. Kepford on tuberculosis, J. F. Sparks on acreage yields, Rex Beresford on livestock, and Dr. Steelsmith on sanitation.
An advertisement promises relief from eczema, blotches, ringworm and rashes using Zemo. Sold at retailers for 35 cents or 1.00 for a large bottle, it cleanses, soothes and quickly heals most skin diseases. L. W. Rose Co. Cleveland offers the product.
E Whitley of Webster City will speak on farm loans and reconstruction. D Y P Hogan, president of the Federal Land Bank of Omaha, will speak on Farm Loans and Reconstruction. Harvey Ingham of the Des Moines Register and Tribune will speak on Agricultural Reconstruction. Short talks will be given by various local speakers. Poultry shows in Burlington Og kaloova Columbuse Mt Pleasant yield large exhibits totaling 85 829 in value. Read The Evening Journal.
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