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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1940
Page
3
A rural county column recalls the Harmeier Marie double funeral with Rev Corcoran’s tribute praising honesty and upright life. The piece also notes deaths in Trinidad Colorado and Chicago connections, wedding reports, community activities, a hospital iron lung idea, and local flu concerns.
At the hospital Saturday Co F Adams Wellman was dismissed yesterday. Mrs E A Ralston underwent a minor operation this morning. Monday Gladys Mace was admitted Saturday afternoon for medical treatment. George Fulton Crawfordsville was admitted for treatment of an ear infection. Esther Any Romine Wellman was admitted for medical treatment Saturday afternoon. Mr and Mrs George Means Washington are parents of a son born Saturday at 5 10 p m weighing seven pounds two ounces. Tuesday Mrs E A Ralston Washington was dismissed yesterday. Mrs Mary DeWitt Washington was admitted yesterday for treatment of a fractured hip. Mr and Mrs William Meeks Washington route 1 are parents of a son born yesterday at 3 22 p m weighing eight pounds one ounce. Mr and Mrs Laurel Garrett daughter born this morning at 10 15.
Community items from Washington including births and dismissals at area hospitals, a longtime Rock Island railroad agent Horace W. Russell dies in San Diego, local business changes such as Ray Minick buying the Midway cafe, birthday honors for Mrs. Sarah Beatty, hotel fire at Congress hotel, Rural Route 6 carrier party results, and notes on local cities West Chester and Muscatine libel suit.
News Review reports L M Fisher of Minneapolis purchased the Coast to Coast store from Al Goddard with Wayne Coasts of Storm Lake to manage the local branch. Also noted are property purchases by Edith Beaty, travel tales of a snowbound trip, a knee injury update, and light local anecdotes from the Coffee Club.
Grinnell records a January 18 fire at the Antlers hotel amid frigid weather twelve degrees below zero. The County Home inventory totals 22 297 dollars, up 2 000 from last year, with local briefs on residents, hospital recoveries, and civic events through January.
Community notes cover moves of the Frazier and Campbell print shop to the Dougall building and Ramseyers hatchery setup on East Washington street. Local visits include R. N. McAllister of Des Moines and Donald Rooks’s 1150 mile Farmall trek to Grand Junction. Funeral services for E J Harmeier and sister Mrs J A Marie are recorded, along with numerous social events, illnesses, and school and church activities.
Notice of deaths from January events: Mrs Augusta Poehler aged 181 died at county hospital. she left daughter Mrs Emma Wagner and son John Pehler of Washington. Mrs Nina Pearl Ayres Grady aged nearly 57 died at home in Grace Hill from pneumonia. Also Est Anderson, a former resident, died in Des Moines at 67 after a stroke. she was twice married.
George Hotle 55 died suddenly at home Wednesday about 11. Peter Rueben former Washington man died at Hartsburg Indiana funeral services held here. Mrs La Motte 81 died at home Thursday in Brighton. John Stock former Wellman school principal 32% died at University Hospital Iowa City after illness. Grew Whetstine 72 died at home Wellman Friday after a Tuesday stroke, his second.
A collection of aphorisms on waste baskets opinion people and aging habits. It notes men and women behavior in social scenes and the quirks of memory and storytelling. The pieces reflect common observations rather than a single event.
Mr and Mrs A H Gazeman celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary on Sunday. He will be eighty two next May and she eighty one. Mr Gazeman is described as straight as an arrow.
Twenty years ago hog sale at the old Sanford livery barn drew a crowd as hogs averaged 127 dollars per head. Also reported are marriages in January 1920, a January fire that destroyed multiple Kalona businesses, a taxi accident injuring three, a bond vote for a soldiers memorial, Moose lodge membership growth, and pastor Dr J A Clendenning receiving a Boise City Idaho call. Other notes include a Kansas marriage and an Oklahoma wedding in January.
Har ry Montgomery returns from his Gulf Coast journey after a highly successful tour selling around $100,000 worth of Lund equipment. The trip boosted local business prospects and showcased strong regional demand.
Elected Pres. Ka M. Sproull has been named president of the Iowa State bank at Waterloo and left immediately to assume the post. He departs to begin duties as head of the Waterloo bank.
Harry McCall buys partner Orville Eider's stake in Windsor Grocery ending joint ownership and consolidating control of the store.
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