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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1935
Page
7
A baby born at midnight to Mr and Mrs Bernard Gee may have two birthdays in years to come. Parents cannot decide if the child is a Thursday or Friday baby due to the stroke of midnight birth time.
A Riverside Iowa writer recounts Osage customs observed near Gray Horse Oklahoma. Details cover feast rituals cooking by guests, eating practices, and gifts. mourning dances, burial rites, funeral costs, attire, and the Osage as a leading Southern Siouan group with noted figures in Gray Horse and Fairfax.
Valley reports a daughter born at 5 45 Saturday morning January 26 weighing nine pounds. Named Rebecca Imogene. Mrs Chas Churchill caring for the new parents and helping with the work. Several local families and neighbors visited or assisted with activities and events around Valley including quilting and social gatherings.
In a Tongan fishing-cove romance, Mark and Vanya face moral tensions as their affair grows amid rain storms and island culture. Vanya fears the tropical setting is changing Mark while Loring’s haunting songs echo a life elsewhere and threaten their fragile bond.
Town or Country advertises Our BOOK OF FASHIONS at 10 cents and PATTERN at 15 cents, payable in stamps or coin with coin preferred. Encourages careful wrapping and instructs sending pattern orders with required cash to The Evening Journal Pattern Department in Washington, Iowa.
Regular meeting of Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M held on the first Friday of each month. Fred H Bey Worshipful Master and A W Yard secretary listed as officers.
The notice lists CR LL P Railway time table with eastbound and westbound trains. It details departures arrivals and frequencies including local freights daily except Sunday and passenger trains Apache Golden Star Limited Golden State Limited and connections to Washington Oskaloosa branch incl note about California passenger stops and multiple stations. Train numbers and daily patterns are provided.
A Wednesday evening report notes attendance at a Modern Woodman business meeting and an oyster supper hosted at Rubio.
February reports note visits to Columbus Junction by Mr. and Mrs. G F Trotter and Mr. and Mrs. Will Brown to see former Ainsworth residents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Crawford. Mrs. Ola Hause recovered from appendicitis at Washington County hospital. The Wolfe funeral in Dublin drew the Ginkins families from Wapello and other locals.
Rev W F Ogleton organizes a Bible class weekly at A M E church with meetings in members homes starting Tuesday at H Ry Cray ton's. Handcraft Dept No 1 postponed due to illness and will meet with Mrs Hinshaw Monday Feb 11 at 2 pm. Baptist ladies plan Dutch Market supper Thursday 5 pm. Presbyterian prayer meeting at Mr and Mrs Wm James home Wednesday 9 30 am. Ainsworth chapter O E S meets Wednesday evening. ladies bring sandwiches. Mr and Mrs Harry Ritenhouse of West Chester were in town Monday.
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