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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1919
Page
7
Brief notices from Washington County include personal news on births and marriages, with occasional deaths and social updates. Names and locations appear for residents and area families, reflecting community happenings in a compact notices column.
West Chester updates report Mrs. C. C. Watson’s illness and Dr Hine dale being called. Reid Coakley, seven years old, visits Ainsworth and returns by train. Mrs. Ott visits daughter Mrs H W Luers. Lincoln McConnel lecture Feb 22. Dr J G Henredson ill. town changes ahead with moves in and out. CC Owens family visits. Rev Kendricks preaches for old preachers. J L Coffey visits son in Chicago. J H Dusenberry in Clinton on business. Hog embargo persists postwar. residents attended the Hains sale. Mrs Guy Beckerman visits Columbus.
Maple Grove held a box social bazaar and evening entertainment that drew a packed crowd. Miss Margaret Eglin staged a lively program with ukulele duets, dialogues, recitations, singing and instrumental music as Dorothy Birkey and Margaret Eglin won cake voting prizes. Auction time produced receipts of 54.60 dollars with 34.90 from box sales and 11.70 from bazaar and contests, while support from Dr Hanchette and local attendees bolstered the event.
Maple Grove community notes report Maple Grove good people staying home while Richmond youth enjoy events. Lexington neighbors Ralph Gidfield Rex Stump attended Friday’s Maple Grove gathering. South English visits noted and hog market details include 90 cars weekly, 99 cars per week figures, and losses from aChicago unloading incident. Farmers Shipping Association has ten plus loads of swine bound for Chicago with prices affecting local sellers. Richmond Farmers Union held its first New Year meeting at Richmond Hall with 44 members present. Bad country roads save automobile costs for rural owners, stressing limited maintenance funds.
Mrs. Chas. Abergrast died at her home after a three month illness with pneumonia. A large group of friends mourn her passing. Everette Weaver visits his sister in Columbus City this week. Misses Lillian and Minnie Weaver hosted a rock party for friends on Thursday. Mrs. D. O. Davison traveled to Richland this morning.
Mise Illian Holmes, teaching near Titus, returns home with Vera Harvey for a day. Mrs. G. W. Mast of Washington visits J. B. McCoy’s home. Mrs. Edward Ruppelt arrives from Texas to see her father T. J. Maxwell. Mrs. Etta Douthitt of Kenyon visits Clyde Maxwell. Alfred Nash returns from California. Mrs. Ella DeLong of Washington visits P. L. Huber home.
The flu scare easing with quarantine lifted January 1. Birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Earl Balderson January 15. Visitors Mr and Mrs John Linder of Fairfield. Property scarce as Wm Greesen seeks rental or purchase. Miss Mabel Hinshaw operated on for mastoid abscesses at Ottumwa hospital. Ray Hinsen to Camp Dodge, overseas service, and Paul Harlan home from Camp Pike. Poinsettia club hosted by Mrs Clarence Neville. Womans Club gathering at Mrs Floyd Johnson’s house with sickness delaying return.
Mrs. Charles Shaffer returns from Riverside to care for her ailing mother Mrs. David Wieland. Local residents share visits with relatives including F R Myers and daughter Mrs Elmer Morgan. Army discharge news, travel to Muscatine and Davenport, and auction of Dr Eli Stutzman home appear among community updates.
Marian Bucher and friends visit Fairfield relatives amid seasonal chores in Stringtown. A social ice cream party at J H Wittrings’s residence features games and refreshments. marriage of Bessie Roth to Glenn Klopfenstein announced with Rev Musselman performing ceremony.
Jan 21 brief notes from Ainsworth Iowa report visitors from Rochester and Fairfield. Farmers Union oyster supper at Methodist basement drew about 150 with Lewis Smith of Riverside as speaker. Residents travels include T H Will and Trilby visiting Muscatine and family members in Davenport Columbus Junction Letts and Muscatine.
A. M. McGraw departed for Chicago yesterday driving his own cattle car. The note mentions two weeks in Moines and a return home on Saturday morning.
A Thrift Magazine saying contrasts worry with action noting worry harms health while drifting is worse. It urges rain preparedness with an umbrella and favors the motto Get Busy over Don’t Worry as the practical response to trouble.
The Hampshire quality is highlighted in the Glenn G. Hayes promotion next Friday. The notice encourages attendance, promising value in viewing the offerings and urging readers to come see them.
The piece reflects on how fear and the habit of postponing action limit human potential and raises question about what could be accomplished with courage and discipline. The tone invites self reflection on overcoming hesitation to pursue ambitions.
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