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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1923
Page
5
Titus Iowa notes Franklin Center School resumes after a holiday break while students prepare for semester exams. Local families report visits, new goods, and community events including a play titled Aunt Sophronia at College and a basketball double header against Pleasant Plain.
Jan 4 rubio items report improving illnesses led by Mrs Leheigh recovery after Ottumwa visit. Nordyke siblings return to Ames. Marie Laithly aids ill kin in Oska Josa. Owen, Kerrigan children cared for. wood sawing, hog shipment to Ottumwa. Helen Vandyke and Charles Kessler wed in Des Moines. Leppert plans sale. Van Gabby hosts duck roast. Richland Neil Callister installs furnace at schoolhouse.
Mr. and Mrs. John Blaum hosted relatives for dinner. Marie Timmons and friend from Iowa City stayed over weekend at Cy Timmons home. A turkey New Year’s dinner was held at Sam DeLong home for Oscar Moothart Jim Schulty Amanda Schulty Mary Timmons and Frank Wilson family. Wellman visitors included Mr and Mrs Mort Emden and Hoyt Gardner who underwent appendectomy recovery. Gen Bishop of Wellman and the Flynn and Gardner families visited Wellman and Harris McGugin home.
Mrs. Mary Jiynn stays with sister Mrs. Will Booth who is seriously ill. Alta and Dora Farrier are on the sick list this week. Mrs. E. W. Farrier has a badly condition noted in this week’s report.
Jan 6 notes indicate Mrs. W. D. Booth is improving after illness and a baby boy was born to the Booths New Year's. Caregivers include Misses Martin and Longer under Drs. Stewart and Wickham. The Morrow and Hines families move to Washington. Various visits, school resuming, and social events with neighbors and Pilotsburg L. A. S. planned. Community activities include radio evenings and a New Year's Eve program. Mrs. Eunice Scott returns to school. several families send holiday oranges from Florida.
Mr and Mrs J B Brier announce the arrival of a 9 pound daughter born Thursday January 4 at their home. Betty B to be her name. Hicks has gone to Fairfield.
Mrs A T Brown of Washington and Mrs Lou Cochran of Coppock visited relatives in town. The 7th and 8th grades hosted a skating party at McKee pond. High school basketball teams traveled to Olds for games with Olds High School. W Huston attended the Farmers Mutual meeting in Washington. Mr and Mrs Lee Lease and Mrs John Lease visited in Washington. Eva Gormly returned Thursday from Waterloo where she spent vacation with brother Clarke Gormly.
Pasquale Fusaro and his son Albert completed cement work at the new Crawfordsville school and left for Des Moines. A Red Cross meeting elected Mrs P Lauber chairwoman Mrs Lois Rhea vice chairman and Mrs Minnie Sprague secretary treasurer. Leo Mak spoke at the high school on banking.
A series of nine talks by a prominent organizer is praised for usefulness to the community and students. Mrs Homer Bell and her son Charles return to their Neponset area home after visiting her parents. Word from Iowa City says Miss Talma Sipe is slightly improved. neighbors fear for Elmer Hooper near Olds as his condition remains very low.
Rural Route No 5 itemizes visits and local movements. McCaleb family shared New Year dinner at Waterhouse Chace. Nelson Woodford called at Rob McCaleb’s. Mrs Riegard returned from Dale Moody care duties for the new boy. Florence Conrad and daughters Hazle and Bessie visited C W Jackson in Eureka. Glen Davis visiting sister near Ainsworth. Will Conrad left for Floris Town to deliver a horse to Floyd Black. Geo Frain owns a new Buick. Wesley Engle and Effie Porter attended Chas McKinstry's home gathering. M B Jones away on business.
In Pleasant Hill on January 6 a period of sickness touched neighbors. Mrs. Howard Baker and children visited her parents near Wellston. Earl Kephart family joined Alice Hessetine in Washington for New Year’s. Roy Kephart family visited Elmer Kephart in Washington. Bryan Swift family and Will Caldwell shared New Year’s Day with the Swifts. Howard Witting family visited Bryan Swift Wednesday. The infant son of Fred Kephart was buried at Pleasant Hill Thursday. Sympathy to the bereaved family. Lester Macon sold corn to C E Herring.
A practical non skid rug attachment uses a rubber coated netlike inter liner fastened to the rug underside. It clings to polished floors and prevents slipping without tacks or anchors.
Iowa cigarette smokers contributed about 921 605 dollars to state coffers in 18 months under the new tax law. Revenue averaged 49 429 dollars monthly in the first half and 54 720 dollars in the latter six months ending December 31 1922. Enforcement arrested 104 violators with 96 convictions and 53 dealer permits revoked.
The piece argues New York ends in success or failure with little in between. The review highlights the film Lights of New York, a Fox production arriving at Pax Theatre, presenting two stories in one about city life and its temptations. It praises the drama and warns of life’s perils.
The fragment notes an early railway and a 1767 iron rail line laid in England. It emphasizes life’s quality over length, ending with a reflective query on meaning and longevity.
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