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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1910
Page
2
Local notices mention Fox and Dewey Props selling empty barrels at the Vienna bakery. Several residents are noted visiting relatives and returning from trips, including Faance Bridger at Richland and Miss Blanche Adams visiting Marg Adda Rickey in Vienna.
Local shoppers are urged to visit Bowman's for half price Wooltex Coats or Suits at 15 dollars from 30 dollar items. Several residents from West Chester and nearby towns are mentioned, with travel notes, moves, and visits including Morri son Hannum Hannum and others. Community notices include a farm loan pitch and travel of families to Winfield for burial remembrances.
Frank Macon of this city and Sami Wilson of Mediapolis visited Winfield Saturday morning for a music gathering at Mr and Mrs Hinkles home. The Hinkle orchestra performed for the guests who enjoyed the courtesy and the three talented Hinkle children.
A list of visitors stopping in the city for brief business or social visits includes David Love Ainworth Seymour Martin Keota Erdley Bell Wellman Joe McClelland Wellman J H Pearson Ainsworth Fred Jordon Cedar Rapids and other residents Mrs John Sampson Sigourney Wilson Dougherty Colton Chicago S D Carris West Chester Lacey Miller Perlee Hattie Pratt Ainsworth William Harding West Chester W A Walker Ainsworth Mrs A D Sanders Keota Clara Pearson Ainsworth L F Harrison Crawfordsville EF Mason Columbus Junction J P Faris Winfield Joe Simerman St Louis Clark Smith Brighton J M Chittum Richmond Er Caldwell West Chester Ralph Clark Nebraska F S Johnson Denver multiple locals attended city events and meetings today.
F F Giesler resigns from the American Pearl Button Company to open a dedicated blank cutting plant in Washington within weeks. He will hire 25 to 30 workers from the start and aims to be in operation by February, emphasizing job gains for the city and renewed local progress.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Neiswanger celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary with a dinner. Invitations issued for the January 19 wedding of Walter A. Leet and Elizabeth E. Newton at the Schultz home in West Chester. The Presbyterian Junior Christian Endeavor society hosts a Friday social at Miss Gladys Varnoske’s home. Rev. S. F. Greer enjoyed a surprise birthday dinner hosted by Mrs. Greer. Miss Stella Meek hosted about forty-five academy students for her birthday party, with games, carols, and a sleigh ride home. A piano musicale at the Sproull home featured Miss Dorothy Latchem and students performing a varied program with light refreshments provided by Mrs. Sproull and others. The program included duets, solos, and orchestral pieces by Latchem, Sproull, and neighbors with a festive mood throughout.
The M. F. A. will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday evening January 11 1910 with installation of officers and initiation. The Young Women's Missionary Society of the First United Presbyterian Church plans a box social at Mrs. Harry Ross’s home on Thursday evening January 18 inviting all members and invited friends.
The Glendale program lists recitations by Beth Wilson J S Wilson and others with titles and performers including Wanda Harvey Ross Galloway and Ruth Harvey. A later note gives January 21 sections, debates affirmative and negative, and entries by Ina McDowell Irma Wilbur Leila Wilson and others. A meeting of the Wilson Hose Company is noted with Joan Dodd as foreman.
Instructions describe inexpensive tooled leather craft from calfskin, costing 30 cents per square foot for six square feet. Steps include pattern copying, tracing on leather, moistening, tooling with a nail set and hammer, leaving designs plain, and possible stitching with a sewing machine to finish edges.
The plume is soaked in a suds of White soap and cold water for two to three hours then heated in hot water for about twenty minutes. A soft cloth dipped in soapsuds removes remaining dirt and the plume is laid on a towel and curled with a rolled cloth. When almost dry it is shaken, wrapped in tissue, placed near a stove and dried thoroughly. If needed the dull side of an ivory paper cutter is used to restore the curl.
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