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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1939
Page
6
The page notes a sacred Sunday concert in Central Park and a new road outlet to the Reisten ce plant on East Third street. It lists weather changes 45 degrees, vacation visits across Indiana Iowa and New York, many family trips, minor injuries, legal notices and public works plans including underpass drainage and widening North Second Ave.
Saturday entries show Roy Brobst and Ray Palmer both undergoing procedures at Washington. Mrs Dale Booth and Roger Duane dismissed. Omer Hochstetler and Jimmy Hardin discharged. Fulton Donahue admitted. Mrs Bruce Hanna admitted. Ray Palmer dismissed. Martin Fritz admitted. Edna and Lucille Lockett admitted for injuries. Victor Blattner welcomed a daughter born Monday at 8 45 p m. Walter Barnett admitted. L J Nelson dismissed. Junction note of tonsillectomy. multiple local names and places appear.
World War veteran Lester Davison died at his Brighton home on Monday morning at age 43. He served in the war and lived in the community. The obituary notes his passing and requests friends to send condolences.
William Louis Smith aged 99 known as the oldest resident here died at his East Third street home on Wednesday morning. He had lived here since 1882 and is survived by his wife, Dorothy Luithly McCaleb, married January 6 1876, and other family. Fred Geisler aged 97 died at his Muscatine Iowa home after a fall that fractured his hip. He married a sister of George and Frank Stewart in Washington, who died years ago.
Amboy notes a weekend of visits as residents and relatives travel between Columbus Junction Cedar Falls Washington Burlington and Winfield. Calls at the Dan Griffith home and gatherings at the Rodger Colthurst Glen Owens and Bruce Hanna homes are reported along with hospital and celebration attendance.
Historians note calico, the flowered or printed cotton cloth of India, in use before the time of Christ, highlighting its long history and cultural significance.
A Des Moines report detail shows the average Iowa taxpayer must file or pay taxes about 146 times in the 1939 40 fiscal year beginning July 1. Months are ranked by tax activity with January as the peak, while April is the cleanup month and February and March are lighter.
Tyrone residents hosted and visited relatives including Josephine Sinemaster and daughter in Washington. Mrs Otto Sheetz and family attended Dale Carris home gathering near Packwood. Keota teacher Lyle Conklin to teach Tyrone next year. Other local activity and a bear note about tree climbing.
Kalona residents report recoveries and family visits with Mrs. Elias Hochstetler recuperating at home after hospital care. Carolyn Fry stays in Iowa City with her aunt. The community notes barn raising at Lewis Yoder farm and a new baby girl for Paul and Esther.
Washington Lodge No. 26 meets first Friday monthly with W M Ray Cox and A W Yard as secretary. Train listings show multiple daily passenger and freight routes, including Golden State Limited and Californian services, with times and stops at Washington, Knoxville Branch 420, and Davenport to Kansas City local. Agency contacts include L Woodlander, Q F Anderson, and W Co Bell detailing arrivals, departures, and mixed trains daily except Sunday.
Rev William M Nichol Jr of Washington Iowa will inherit a fifth of his late father Rev William M Nichol Sr estate once a life estate ends for the widow Leanora Nichol The elder Nichol a former missionary in Egypt and long time pastor of Second United Presbyterian Church Brooklyn died November 24 1938 leaving about 9000 in assets The will was filed for probate in Surrogate's Court in New York City
The outlet from Lake George flows into Lake Champlain via a short creek in the St. Lawrence basin. It narrows at the outlet and drops about 230 feet per mile, with cascades and a 30 foot abrupt fall at Ticonderoga.
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