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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1920
Page
7
Jan 5 report notes a New Year shooting contest with a $10 entry won by Leo Henry who won again after a reentry. The piece lists local residents attending meals, visits, and moves including Luithlys hosting examiners and various townspeople traveling to Davenport and Richland. It covers a train collision injuring Willard Morrow and a long column of social notices, gatherings, and local business transfers.
Kalona residents report social visits with Mrs Anna Sni der and daughter Mrs A C Durst and family. Miss Evalyn Adams of Iowa City spent this week visiting relatives and friends. Delmar and Russell Reece traveled to Iowa City Monday morning for a
Mrs. C E Herring and daughter Marguerite of Washington and Joe Walker and family of Kalona visited the J A Walker home Friday. W C Embree spent Christmas with brother Forrest in Excelsior Springs. W E Leet family Christmas at Jas Lowash. Eugene Owen was in Iowa City on business. A E Knotts and Mrs Roy Schulty spent Christmas Day with their hosts. W A Leet and family visited in Washington. Wade Ferguson family at Geo Ferguson home on New Year. Sew and So club met with Mrs Lyall Moore. Christmas exchange held and good attendance. Mrs James Waiton joined the club. Next meeting with Mrs Walter Statler to elect officers.
The Misses Rhue Strain Mure Or ris Irene Holmes and Lucile Sipe left Crawfordsville for Iowa City Mt. Pleasant Champaign Monmouth to resume college work. Arthur Orris opened a barber shop. The American Girls closed a lecture course with solos vocals and instrumental numbers including flute saxophone banjo and piano.
The audience showed strong appreciation for the trio's performance of The Corn Stalk Fiddle, with visible enjoyment and attentive reactions throughout the act.
Crawfordsville high school defeated Fairfield high school 14 to 4 on Friday night. Elwyn Davidson suffered a broken nose during the game while the Crawfordsville team secured the win.
Miss Lela Reed returns to Cedar Falls with Irene Helscher and Olive Reed. Mr and Mrs W C Moser travel from River Falls to join relatives. Mr Glenn Hitchcock from Avonlea Canada and his mother plan visits to Barnes City and Kansas City. Census work assigned to Mrs Beatty and Wm C Peiffer in Keota.
Roy Coffman arrived from Canada to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Coffman. He served in the Canadian army in the engineer corps, and it has been six years since his last visit.
The Fox Theater showcased May Allison in Fair and Warmer an Amusing farce based on Av ery Hopwood stage success. Review lauds the clever plot brisk pace witty dialogue and standout cocktail scene as the funniest scene yet written for a play.
The piece centers on two newlywed couples with husbands who seem too perfect or secretly unreliable. Branny Wheeler navigates romance as Jack Wheeler preaches keeping partners guessing. May Allison leads a strong cast including Pell Trenton and Eugene Pallette under Henry Otto's direction.
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