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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1913
Page
5
Local notes report the Associate Presbyterians did not hold their traditional New Year dinner this year. Other items mention visitors, travel and college plans, including Luella Shaw returning after holidays at Congress Hotel and various locals traveling to Monmouth and Keota.
County officers chosen last November were sworn in this morning at the courthouse. Changes are few as V A Sigler becomes county clerk with Edna Purvis as deputy. Howard Benn and Etna Dawson continue in auditor roles. J A Squire becomes treasurer with Marie Shearer deputy. Ruth Latta fills recorder, Kendell deputy. Sheriff McCarty retains deputies G W Wallace Minnie Conner coroner G W Hay and county attorney A Dewey all reappointed. Board of Supervisors begins annual settlements, with W A Gibson sworn in as a member.
A provocative remark prompts discussion about age perceptions. The quote suggests that some view thirty as an infeasible prime, sparking debate on women's aging and societal expectations.
Daddy tells a story about Nellie and Nat choosing gifts for their mother. Nat buys a woolly dog but plays with it until it looks shabby. Nellie selects a gilt music box with a dancing figure, since their mother loves music. On Christmas they present the gifts and receive a warm kiss.
John Martin Sessler died this morning at 11 10 at 529 West Third street after a long illness primarily from heart trouble He was born March 14 1829 in Frommern Württemberg Germany came to America 1847 worked in farming hotel business then learned stone masonry and followed it for fifty years He lived in Washington about forty years and was well known to locals He married Juliana Weisenburger in 1850 and had nine children eight living others include John Miss Mary Mrs Julia Saffell Emma Mrs Kate Heal Miss Ida Morton and Charles Sessler all listed with residences and trades Funeral arrangements not yet made He was a Lutheran and leaves a large family portrait of a sturdy immigrant life.
A burglar questions a guard as a companion emerges from a window. A woman responds that the resident is away and says they lost nothing, in a brief, clipped exchange from the local newspaper snippet.
The post office department announces a special four denomination commemorative stamp issue for the Panama Pacific Exposition. Sizes are about three quarters by one and one sixteenth inches in green 1 cent Balboa face, red 2 cent Gatun Locks, red 5 cent Golden Gate with ships, and dark yellow 10 cent Discovery of San Francisco Bay showing the discovery party.
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature on each box. 25 cents. AdVERTISEMENT.
Today at the home of Mr and Mrs Al Cocktin east of the city the marriage occurred between their daughter May and Mr Charles Rothlinsberger of Remsen Iowa. The ceremony followed with a social reception and generous well wishes from local friends and relatives.
The Farmers and Merchants bank building in Washington shows rapid progress with the south wall finished to the roof and the west wall expected to close in soon. Interior work will follow, with occupancy likely by early March as bricklaying advances in the mild winter.
The text notes a long standing debate among church scholars about angels on a needle point, a favored topic of scholastic quarrels as scholasticism declined between 1300 and 1450 A D.
A playful exchange notes a wife preserving and a husband asking about the feat of a daring swimmer. The remark hints at a pun on currants and currents with light humor.
A contemplative note on life and death arguing that reasoning about existence meets the same fate for both fool and philosopher as death refrains from discrimination. The lines hint at mortality’s impartial treatment beyond beliefs and intellect.
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