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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1931
Page
6
Davenport residents Mr and Mrs Ed Pettit and family traveled to attend the funeral of L E Larson. Relatives present include Mrs Larson and another sister, highlighting a sorrowful Davenport connection.
Johnston's fountain showcases a new hot chocolate line, inviting patrons to enjoy rich chocolate drinks this season. The shop emphasizes fresh ingredients and a cozy, welcoming atmosphere for all guests.
Mrs George W Hobson of Boulder Cole visits Washington friends and was once a resident of Washington while her husband ran a jewelry business here. Georgie Larson of Detroit attends the funeral of his mother LE Larson accompanied by Frank Newell. The note thanks Journal route customers for gifts and reports telegram news of the arrival of a baby girl for Mr and Mrs Joseph Brown Clyde of Pratt Kansas. The baby weighs seven pounds four ounces.
Cordelle H Wellman hosted a Christmas 1 o clock dinner assisted by Miss Marion. Attendees included Lloyd Durst and Mrs Durst, John Durst, Thomas D Adams and son Keith, Minnie Jennings and daughter Martha, Blanch Beck of Dub urne, and Naomi Rhodes who returned to Columbus City after Christmas. Mrs Grant Graham hosted a reunion for normal training classes on Saturday December 28 with a pot luck dinner in the pool gym. Stanley M Bush gave a chicken dinner on Sunday December .
The Society for the Prevention of Useless Giving announces its 10th and January Sale starting Friday morning. The ad promises attractive prices and urges readers to review last night’s Journal for reduced prices on many items.
Ten years ago today a North Side entry notes weather details mostly fair Thursday with rising temperatures and partly cloudy Friday. It mentions Nyalypts and Nyal cold ease tablets. references a medicated product claimed to ease head noises and keep you from working.
A Wellman church gathering and family events during the Christmas period featured prayers, music, and a toast program with attendees from Ames, Fort Dodge, and nearby towns. Notable mentions include Kennedy, Cottey, and Wehrle families, along with updates on local health recoveries and a boxing death threat later reported as misaligned with the event.
The text reports a death for brother Will in a Mouser family notice. It mentions Union School hosting a box supper to raise funds for a Vietrola and records, with references to Mr and Mrs Nate Benson traveling to Muscatine and Rock Island on Tuesday. The fragmentary 1921 date appears garbled.
District Five news lists visits and dinners around Christmas. Families such as Humeston, Kyle, Norton, Puhr, Eyestone, Risk, Anderson, Chadwick, Porter, Waldchmidt, Wolf, and Ormiston are mentioned with relatives visiting in towns including Crawfordsville, Brooklyn, Victor, Oskaloosa, and Washington. The message ends with New Year wishes.
A special meeting of state Baptists will be called to consider opening Des Moines University. A committee of four laymen and three preachers was appointed to probe the matter and report. Members include J. O. McCleland Des Moines Frank Sage Washington Iowa Henry K. Peterson Council Bluffs Herman Cedar Rapids Rev Alvin J. Lee Des Moines Rev Warren Ly Steves Waterloo Rev W R Yard Marshall George Sh
A jealous lover opened fire at Albert Suret's apartment in Omaoa early New Year morning, fatally wounding Joseph Gitterl and wounding another. police later contained the scene as investigators pursued the assailant while county wage cuts were announced in Jefferson County Iowa, effective January 1, 1931, reducing pay for several county workers due to low living costs.
George B. Thomas, 65, retired from the postal service in Marion after 31 years as a carrier. He said he wore out 9 percent of his shoes, 300 half-soles and 500 uniforms, with no complaints or errors reported in 16 years.
A quirky exchange in the W Hove Companion features a soup expert declaring a distinction between oyster soup and oyster plant soup. A sour old bachelor retorts that he always eats soup with his eyes open, underscoring a humorous tone.
A Country Home correspondent quips that tombstones are folly and an epitaph cannot alter a closed record. A young student learns spelling with mixed results, while a sharp remark from a girl notes that many things spell nothing despite effort.
A fragment recalls Janice explaining why her eyes are red and her mother cleans rags with ammonia. The neighbor asks about the redness and Janice cites exposure to fumes and a claim of pneumonia in her eyes. The text reads as a diaristic or anecdotal passage with unclear full context.
Fireflies or lightning bugs belong to two genera in the Latpyridae family. Photuris pennsylvanica is common in the eastern United States. They emit a bright soft intermittent light from an organ in the abdomen, likely a specialized fat body that is richly innervated. The light is believed to result from the calorisation of a cell secreted substance.
The legend states pretzels began in medieval monasteries as a reward for children who learned prayers. Priests gave a small cake called pretzels, meaning little reward, and one day a dough strip was folded to resemble folded arms in prayer.
The revival campaign outlines Wednesday Thursday and Friday home prayer meetings led by Rev. D charmers Fulton Rev A A Wing and Mrs Clase with Dr Henke issuing appeals for continued attendance. Ward divisions and captain lists are provided for organizing attendees with Philippians text for Friday morning meetings and maps identifying meeting homes.
Fourteen years after his neck was broken by shrapnel, W. H. Bullivant, a Smethwick veteran, remains alive though a minor jerk could cause instant death.
Community news recalls a quarrel over a seat at Schmoetter Bros tailors and notes ill health of J B steam. It lists residents Macoxington and Centerville plans, a sixty second wedding anniversary for Mand Mrs Coffman, visits of Mrs Lyman Thompson from San Francisco, and LeRoy Tripp leaving Sioux City after visiting J G Maxwell family.
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