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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1932
Page
3
A reminiscence column recalls Mrs FE N Wright at 98 with vivid memories of family events and kindnesses. Stories span church memories, a proud gown, a fainting spell with a baby, and neighbors in a small town sharing daily humor and care.
A series of comical maxims on daily life and human behavior. Observations cover education, work, humor, manners, and vanity with quips about furnaces, bank books, nursing neighbors, and the habits of both the young and old.
Funeral services for Mrs. FE N Wright were held at the residence on Tuesday afternoon. The service included her favorite hymn Home of the Soul and an amplified address by Dr F C Witzigman. Relatives and friends read poems and shared memories as pallbearers carried the casket to Elm Grove cemetery.
Crawfordsville prepares for the county high school basketball tournament next Friday and Saturday with games including Brighton vs West Chester Kalona vs Crawfordsville Ainsworth vs Wellman and Riverside vs Washington. Semi finals and finals follow with schedule set for Saturday. Local attendees traveled by horse and buggy to a sale due to bad roads while others arrived by car from Washington and later took a train to Havre.
A humorous tale from a small town chronicles a so called battle over manure and a wood cutting job. Teeney belies is said to have escaped after a brief scuffle while George Davis blamed for the quarrel boasts of his pride and recall of the encounter.
A sprawling montage covers Alfred F. Smith entering presidential fray and party reactions. It notes Ruth Judd’s first degree murder conviction in Phoenix and potential appeal. Other items mention Hoover, musical anniversaries, hay fever cures, rat poison incidents, and odd Paris animal tales.
Mr. and Mrs. A W Wombacher have moved into the residence formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. A W Lange at 814 South Iowa Avenue. The couple came from Peoria Tl.
Highlights include Rand clears $206 from a two night home talent minstrel show at the opera house. Death of Mer Browne at eighty, a Burlington business figure. Anniversaries of local groups, Yeomen celebration with 110 served. Lost Maltese cat found. high school inaugurates its first school paper the Orange and Black.
The Academy’s largest class to graduate held its exercises at the Opera House on June 4 1890. Jennie Matthews gave the class address, with Etta Maxwell Clio and Georgia Hay reading poems. Professors and students praised the graduates in a lively program featuring twenty seven speakers and diplomas presented by Prof S J McKee.
A 1982 California letter from Krank Webb discusses snow not lasting, mocking weather, and plans for retirement in Washington. He notes his 1857 birth, a golden wedding in 1882, and invitations to friends Ralph Smith and Mame, with greetings to W. R. Jeffrey’s class.
A man recalls a 25 year old incident after being robbed on a train near Nome. He and a friend decide their next move at a station and the friend asks about finding a Mason. The man ends up joining both the Methodist church and the Masons, claiming harmony between the two paths and noting he now lives well in both worlds.
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