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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1937
Page
8
Mrs Ruth Norris reports that the M E Church men will host a waffle supper on Thursday. Funds raised will support church programs and local missions. Residents are invited to attend for a meal and fellowship.
Reynolds era community notes from East Sunset and Ainsworth recount social visits. Miles Stout and Wanda dined with Edgar Stout near Washington. other local families hosted dinners and visited relatives across nearby towns. Several obituaries and health updates appear alongside routine social moves.
Dold Bros and Gleede Dold plan to put up ice this week measuring from nine to ten inches thick. Several locals sent thoughts on the weather and recent incidents. John Hesser of Iowa City died, with funeral at the Christian church in Brighton.
A fresh photo shows Elaine Barrie Barrymore, the Ariel in the rumored Ariel and Caliban romance, as she files for divorce from John Barrymore after two months of marriage. She accuses him of mental cruelty tied to her acting role currently in rehearsal.
A description of the lock stitch machine noting the needle eye near the point and its mid nineteenth century appearance. It mentions Elias Howe of Massachusetts patenting a needle combined with the lock stitch in 1846 and describes the needle moving horizontally rather than vertically as in modern machines.
The article traces cafeteria development to Los Angeles in 1905 while noting multiple similar dining formats existed in New York and Chicago well before and suggests a broader early adoption of self service meals across major cities.
Homes from the Victorian era showcased elaborate decoration with gables fancy cornices wide and narrow bays round bays and half octagons and hexagons reflecting lavish architectural detail of the period.
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