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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1912
Page
5
Local and personal items fill page seven column one with short notices. Visitors include an Eardley Bell business guest from Wellman and St Ambrose students Martin Whittaker and Frank Casey. Many residents travel to Boston and Chicago while others shop and attend lectures and church events.
An editorial discusses whether men or women should educate girls. Proponents for men argue their broader, more logical influence broadens girls' minds and boosts study, while supporters of women cite tact and sympathy. The Pittsburg Dispatch is cited.
The New York Evening Post questions whether laws regulating prize fights can make pugilists ladylike. The Courier-Journal notes a preference for the pugilist over a ladylike man in such debates.
In a northern tale a poor Norwegian man shares his last wheat with starving birds. After their feast the birds guide him to a miraculous gold coin treasury, teaching gratitude and divine mercy as his family gains lasting fortune.
A party of young ladies of the Younger Set will host a leap year skating party tomorrow evening at the roller rink. A quiet social scene unfolds as neighbors recall anniversary joys and recent gatherings across nearby farms and towns.
Announcement items show Navajo club hosting at Mrs Harrie Horne home Wednesday afternoon. Twentieth Century Reading circle meets with Mrs J H Stewart Thursday evening. Eastern Star holds first regular meeting of the year Thursday January 11 at 7 30 installation of officers and other business. Lillian Kunath W M Myrtle Be Bragg Secretary. Propere Homesteaders call for 8 o clock meeting with full attendance urged.
National boot and shoe manufacturers meet in New York to weigh a possible fifty cent rise. Officials say no vote will be taken this season, but raw material costs may push prices next fall. Attorney French warns against Sherman act violations if prices rise.
The American woman’s foot is growing larger as more women work and take up tennis golf and walking. Size two is nearly obsolete with sizes four and five more common, reducing pinching shoes. The trend is seen as part of changing fashion and practicality, with conservatives unsure if the change goes too far.
Suburban neighbor notices a very shortsighted woman and her gardener husband each morning at the garden bottom. A daughter confirms a scarecrow stands where she mistook her husband, resolving the misunderstanding with humor.
The piece denies that higher shoe prices stem from advertising over capitalization waste and extravagant methods. It argues advertising raises demand and allows large factories to undersell rivals that do not advertise.
The Ladies' Aid Society of M. F. E. Church will meet Friday at 2 30 P M. at Mrs Lewis Kleins home due to cold weather. The meeting is a thimble bee and members should bring their own work with full attendance urged for important business and tasks.
At a recent meeting of the First United Presbyterian church session the following officers were elected Sabbath School Superintendent G. S. Beckerman Assistant Superintendent T. J. Mc Kihinney Secretary Blanche Gordon Treasurer Earl Eldridge Chief Usher Harlan McCreedy Chorister Carrie Hamilton Pianist Lucile Miller.
A boy named Harold tells his mother about meeting a new neighbor labeled as a feller. The mother notes Harold was half an hour late for school. Harold retorts that the new kid never goes to school at all, living next door.
Mrs. Gertrude Downing Jones of Wellman died at home after gall stones and appendicitis surgery. She was 29, wife of Dr. Harry J. Jones, with daughter Elma surviving, and her father John R. Downing and brother Dr. L M. Downing also listed as survivors.
Des Moines report from the state health board records sixteen hundred deaths in Iowa for November and introduces a new feature recording deaths from automobile accidents.
The funeral for John Goode is set for Thursday at 2 30 p m at the Washington hotel. The three daughters from San Mateo California are due to arrive tonight.
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