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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1912
Page
5
Local and personal items list visits and travel across towns including Davenport Holdrege Cedar Rapids West Chester Osceola Ainsworth Muscatine Keota Independence and Albion. Notes cover visits, illness reports on Mack Ackley, teaching assignments, evangelistic work, and shopping items at Bowmans with prices on gowns underwear and sweat ers.
Mr and Mrs Wendell Knauss visited Columbus Junction this morning. Mr and Mrs Win Smouse and Mr and Mrs Claire Dewey returned home from Chicago after several days away. Ralph Bunce arrived from Monmouth IL to spend several days with his parents, Mr and Mrs Lyman Bunce.
A child recounts warm Christmas memories and a troubling dream linked to Aunt Debby and Uncle Ben. The tale recalls helping with mince pies, a plan for hot tarts, and a Christmas spent away from home with a sick Tommy, a weepy mother, and a grandmother’s care.
Special to Evening Journal reports Rev. Clarence Rieh exon admits via attorney that he administered cyanide of potassium to Miss Avis Linnell. The confession follows ongoing investigation into the death.
The Men and Religion Forward Movement opens tomorrow with devotional Sabbath sessions and sermons by local pastors. W M Parsons of Des Moines and Dr John A Earl of Des Moines College will speak to men and older boys at 3 30 PM, followed by mass meetings at churches at seven.
Social activities fill Washington duties with a sequence of New Year dinners and parties. Mr and Mrs Will McCall hosted a large dinner on New Year’s Day with Mrs McCall serving. Miss Lucy Pierce hosted her girl friends at her parents home on North Washington Street with about a dozen attendees. Howard Davison’s sixteenth birthday party at Earl Birney’s featured music by Grace Hopping and friends, plus games and a luncheon. The Pleasant Plains Missionary society and Fortnightly club events are scheduled with dates and host locations, while Frank R Sage urges Christian men to attend the Men and Religion Forward Movement convention and its opportunities.
James Work Jr. laments losing his sled after tying it to a farmer’s wagon and not boarding. He asks the farmer to return the sled, which bears his name on the bottom.
In a suburb a debate unfolds over household staff treated as family. Commuter asks if cooks deserve familial respect while another commuter dismisses the notion, highlighting class and domestic service tensions in daily life.
A reminiscence recalls an old-fashioned father who often invited his daughter's suitor to join a card game. The scene captures social mores and family dynamics of a bygone era.
Iowa City announces Glenn M. Merry, assistant professor in Public Speaking at the University of Illinois, has been named to the State University of Iowa Public Speaking Department. Northwestern and Cumnock School of Oratory graduate, noted debater in college days. An earlier bid by Iowa was blocked by his Illinois contract.
The general physical and mental condition of Rev. C. V. T. Richeson is so unfavorable that his trial slated for January 15 will be impossible, according to his counsel.
A character laments poetry about the moon while arguing there is little poetry left, urging a focus on the harsh reality of life and the final phase of the cycle. The dialogue references Luna Parker-Say and Dusty Rhodes-Gish in a rustic voice.
An Emerson quotation notes that when manners did not exist a gentleman would have invented them, highlighting the value of refined conduct in social life.
Trenton January 6 mayors of New Jersey cities meet to seek abolition of all grade crossings by 1920. The plan calls for a permanent group and a bill making railroads bear the cost, to end fatal accidents from grade crossings.
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