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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1941
Page
3
A reflective column from the Rocking Chair Brigade recounts traffic near South Second Avenue and East Madison, honors for Esther B. Mac Gugin, and everyday scenes. It recalls old garments in a basement rag bag, memories of neighbors, and updates on Ruth Thorne, Lydia Eicher, and local residents.
The report records multiple hospital entries from Iowa, Keota, Ainsworth, Washington, and Richmond. Patients admitted include Leonard Chandler and Emma Page for medical or surgical care, and Lloyd Sharp for medical treatment. Discharges include Mrs. Arnold Nicholson and Phyllis Ann, and Mary Jane Leary. Several tonsillectomies and a hip fracture treatment are noted among the readouts.
Claude C. Reister longtime Co. C fire chief and Spanish War veteran died Tuesday morning July 1 after a yearlong illness. He was 64 and the son of the late Winfield Scott Reister and Louisa Shaw Reister. Four weeks earlier he attended the funeral of his brother in law Art Minick at Peoria and hoped to attend his sister Mrs. Art Minick's funeral a week later but could not.
A kerosene stove exploded at the Benson home, owned by Mrs. Fred Motts, destroying the house and all contents. Mrs. Benson suffered a nervous collapse. Also noted are a car saved after a garage fire, fireworks at a drug store causing excitement, a young man killed by a train near Wellman, and a summer placement for Chicago children. The column lists deaths, marriages, travel notes, a fountain gift, a building project, cabbage farming, a birthday party, and local civic mentions with multiple named residents and places.
In Washington County the town of Harrisburg faded after founder Nathan W. Burris laid it out in 1855. A brick factory and steam grist mill stood as pillars of early activity, but rapid growth failed as Burris overbuilt and residents did not move in quickly enough. Today only a cemetery and scattered rocks remain, with farmland replacing the town site.
A collection of aphorisms on social behavior and reputations. It reflects on how strangers perceive hometown noise, family ties, public officials, and appearances. The piece observes judgments passed on men with unknown names and widowers, and notes humor and misread intentions in everyday interactions.
A crowded gossip page covers moves and trips of Washington residents including the Hollands in New Jersey, Dupuis near disaster in Iowa City, and many Midwest visits. Weddings, relocations, travels, and local events span California, Florida, Iowa, and Minnesota with community notices and a double weather shift from heat to storms.
Assistant cashier at Colum bus Junction State Bank died Sunday at her brother’s home from a heart attack. She had served with the bank for fourteen years.
Charles H. Hahn, father of a Camp Bowie soldier, died Sunday evening at Pleasant Plain. He was sixty years old.
A humorous aside notes that men’s feet stay the same size as they age while their shoes grow larger. It also observes homemade dresses and hints at the craft of how they are constructed.
Mrs. T. R. Phillips, who recently had an operation at County hospital, is reported to be getting along nicely and improving.
Lake-Esther Hay Bea trice Baird and Lois Brown left yesterday for Lake Okoboji to spend time at camp as High School Y W C A representatives. The note mentions various local business and civic items including a barber shop purchase and a Washington trip by Col C W Brookhart. The John Clegg farm near Ainsworth sold for 66 000 at 200 per acre.
The item recalls Muscatine travel by Musky-Mort Keeley with hush about the trip and a sheriff party including Ernie Norton Hugh Teeter and Charley Davis. Wry notes describe a hay making cleanup, a vivid poem reference, and a wreck near Verdi with Seth Nicola, a Washington County brakeman, killed. It adds theater repairs at the Graham Opera House with scenic artist Flagg and Lewis Wallace updating carpets and foyer canvases.
The passage warns that new carpets fade if exposed to sunlight and notes people pay little heed once the carpet wears. It asserts careful placement and protection are needed to preserve color and quality.
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