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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1940
Page
3
The note recounts a Saturday church service filled with simple decorations and personal touches honoring the editor. It also mentions sympathy for Mrs Winnie Belter and the Grayson family, local weddings, hospital concerns, and several community losses including Charlie Horak and Ed Oetjen.
Mamie Gale Robertson injured in a southeast corner square automobile collision. Journal carrier party at Shannon home had twenty two participants with Bill Stewart first and Billy Shannon second. Awards give Daryl Dodder ten dollars Arthurven Ovan five Homer Jugenheimer two fifty. Ray H. Dean attended his father 93 funeral in Davenport. Mercury dropped fifty degrees Monday night. Frank Jackson honored by Christian Advocate for A Handy Mother poem. County Board values county home at eighteen thousand nine hundred four dollars and fifty one cents. Canned fruit totaling six thousand one hundred ninety two quarts. six hundred fifty nine chickens. one hundred tons coal. one hundred thirty two hogs. Eight inches of snow fell Wednesday evening. William Boice to intern at Charity Hospital New Orleans after medical school. Boston terrier added to pharmacy department described with corkscrew tail. Knights of Columbus secured Harper Iowa charter. new group off to a good start. East Washington street paving meeting convened to urge improvements.
The notice lists several deaths including Anthony Horak of Bohemia who died after an operation in Iowa City. Edgar Dellen Youngman of a Jackson feed store who died by self administering gas. Edward M. Corbett a Sioux City lawyer died of a heart attack in Gulfport Mississippi. Edward J. Harmeier a 63 year old attorney who died of coronary thrombosis. Marie Harmeier sister to Harmeier who died at about the same time. Dr Marie’s wife Edith Van Sickle formerly. Collin Forbes 84 who died at the County Home. The reports note spouses, family ties, and locations across multiple states.
Two petitions were submitted to the city council this week for a soldiers memorial and for a six block pavement project north and east of the water works.
Officers directed new officers elected in the Leon Beatty Post of the American Legion Harold Putnam commander Ora Higgins vice commander Howard Freshwaters adjutant Robert Noonan treasurer
George Breitenbach assistant cashier of the Commercial Savings Bank resigns and will partner with T. J. Dempsey and J. W. Fleeter in the Dempsey Real Estate Co. The move's announced as Breitenbach leaves banking for real estate ventures.
Burrell Foster resigned from the board of supervisors and C GO, Dayton has been appointed to serve.
The County Home inventory totals livestock, produce, furnishings and farm implements at 14605 dollars and 80 cents. The tax abstract shows 724272 dollars and 90 cents to be collected from taxpayers. Kenneth Ross wins a gold watch for best route collection on five routes. The high school cafeteria served for the first time under Miss Florence Wayland. Joe Park and Alois Musil receive naturalization papers from Judge A. Dewey on January 8. Mr and Mrs Carl Roberts and Mrs J B Crooks travel to California for winter.
Vera Alberson left this morning for a monthlong visit in Ohio. En route she will stop in Chicago and spend Sunday with Mary Steck Nena Miller and Hazel Martin.
Joe Wolfe set a Chicago hog price last Friday with John A. Babcock selling at 9.00 per cwt. A fire in the back of the John J. Greer lunch room at the Rock Island depot caused estimated damages of six to eight hundred dollars.
Giesler, formerly with the American Pearl Button Co., will open a new blank cutting factory in a few weeks. He plans to hire between 25 and 30 workers.
Named Bill Clerk Miss Besse Conger of Washington joins the House staff. Twentyeth Century club meets at Mrs. McCall’s home with Mrs. Lewis as president and Titus delivering a declamation. Chilcote and Cook drugstore reorganized, Cook becomes senior partner, Sherman new member. Maud Coffman and Charles Stuart wed at the bride’s parents’ home. Hospital notes report multiple admissions and two births, including Lloyd Edwards daughter and Rev. W. M. Nichols daughter. several dismissals follow.
A meeting is planned to discuss plans for creating a new State normal school in Washington. Win Smouse has been in Des Moines conferring on the proposition.
Fred Nels winger and Minnie Young of Millersburg married January 11 by Rev H R Stark of the Presbyterian church. Anna Daw son resigns as deputy auditor under Auditor John Ingham. Ten bales polecat hides odorized the transfer by C R L and P expressmen from the branch train.
Mrs J M Rich and her twin sister Mrs C W Gohlson marked their 12th birthday at the J M Rich home with a long list of attendees from Mt Pleasant Mt Union Trenton and Albany Oregon. Relatives and friends visited and several guests remained for Sunday activities. George Herzog was ill but improving.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Leon Cov Wellman this morning at 8 40 weighing seven pounds four and a half ounces Dr and Mrs T M Mast born this morning weighing seven pounds one half ounce Mrs Harold Anderson and baby daughter were discharged this morning for their home on Washington route 3 Thursday Mrs Lloyd Edwards and baby daughter Mary Diane were discharged yesterday for their home at Ainsworth Charles Cumming Riverside admitted yesterday for medical treatment Mr and Mrs Maurice Brayton born at 5 25 p m yesterday weighing eight pounds four ounces Eugene Snider Rubio underwent an appendectomy this morning Friday Mrs Frank Rice and baby son Bruce Robert of Washington were discharged yesterday Mable Hayes Washington was discharged the morning Mr and Mrs Clyde Knight Washington route 4 are the parents of a son born yesterday at 2 30 p m weighing seven pounds eleven ounces
Mary Manners reports the death of Mrs. Jay Thompson in Beverly Hills on December 19. Born May 17, 1868 in Winfield Iowa, she married Jay Finley Thompson and had eight children. She is survived by ten grandchildren and several siblings. funeral at Forest Lawn Glendale.
A wide range of local items from Washington County Iowa includes church appointments, funeral travels, school board debates over old buildings, and dedication of new Lincoln Grade School. Events mention Dr. W W Bowers moving to Grace Methodist East Waterloo, hospital births, local officials reelected, and 2632 car license plates issued.
Dr. J. J. Sullivan of Scranton Pa. believed his car was secure with doors locked and his watchdog Boston terrier inside. The thieves pried no door and simply stole the dog.
The camel’s hump acts as a fat reservoir used for long journeys. Its stomach holds water in several chambers for short-term needs, while the hump itself stores fat as a food supply.
A glimpse of golfing culture in Scotland notes that the caddy is typically a young Scottish lassie who accompanies the player around the course. The piece highlights local charm and tradition in the game.
Railway Center Chicago is described as the greatest railway center in the United States, with emphasis on its vast network and pivotal role in national rail traffic. The claim highlights Chicago’s prominence in freight and passenger routes and its status as a key transportation hub.
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