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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1913
Page
5
Local and personal items list residents and visitors traveling between Selma Oberlin Letts Des Moines and other towns. Names include Myrtle Martin Ruth Knapp J C Brolliar Herbert Stifel VanSickle Arnold Frame Wood Kellogg Alberson Simpson Wallace Mace Shaw and Rose Minder. Christmas and New Year greetings mix with travel updates and church event promotions at the Methodist church featuring college humorists.
Mrs. Ed Grayson and her son Charles visited Ainsworth today at the home of her sister Mrs. Frank Woods. J. C. Bowie traveled to Ottumwa and will return tonight with Mrs. Bowie and their children who have been visiting friends there.
Local column lists assorted social visits and travel. Mr. and Mrs E D Morrison and daughter visit Fairfield and Morrison’s mother. Ashby and Stier families attend Keota dinner. Hulse hosts L B E family event. Everette Hulse returns from Ames for the minstrel show. Various visits to Bidon, Crawfordsville, Ainsworth, West Chester, Chicago. Mrs. Dewey improves from pneumonia after ten days.
Lawrence Wilson arrived yesterday as a guest at Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Wilsons home and plans to depart later this week for Detroit or Pittsburgh to work for an engineering firm. Miss Josie Lowash returned to West Chester after visiting with her sister Mrs. FE R Van Nostrand. Will McCall left for Chicago to attend veterinary college. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stierwalt visit Ottumwa for two days with Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wilson. Harry Robertson spent the day in Columbus Junction with friends. The Simpson sisters visited their grandfather James Eckles in Verdi. College-bound students Hazel Stewart Lucile Miller and Mildred McLaughlin returned to Monmouth, IL. PAZO OINTMENT is advertised with a money-back offer if it fails to cure certain conditions within 6 to 14 days.
A string of six months of fires in Atlantic Iowa has the town terrified as authorities search for the arsonist. The latest blaze targeted the Turner home with fires started in five locations using coal oil, found in a bottle left at the scene. No suspect has been arrested, echoing a past Avoca fire mystery.
Des Moines Iowa January 1 Miss Fay Hawkins police desk sergeant may be discharged for not being under civil service. The civil service commission will decide after Councilman Fred T Van Liew awaits the discharge order. Hawkins has been cited as possibly the only woman police sergeant and her fate has stirred local opposition.
Yesterday two weddings occurred at the Methodist parsonage with Rev. A S Smith officiating. Etta May Ferguson married John Wesley Reeves as a farmer from the county and dressmaker Mrs Ferguson hosted a four course dinner for fifteen. Eva Wilcox wed Herman Reim at First Methodist church parsonage in a quiet ceremony. the couple will reside in Kremlin Oklahoma. Community life included watch parties, dancing events, Poinsettia club gatherings, and church New Year dinners amid busy social season.
Announcements note the Eagles will host a New Year’s dance at Wagle’s hall on January 1. Also included are a George Eliot quote and an ad for laxative tablets with Druggists refund, plus a humorous exchange about aviation and a skimming machine.
New Year's Day is being observed quietly in Washington with streets appearing Sunday like. Several stores closed for parts of the day and many offices shut. The post office was not open for business.
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