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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1938
Page
3
The Brigade pays tribute to Mrs. Wis Klein and neighbors in Arlington celebrate community life. Reports tell of visitors, church ladies hosting charity sales, a model cabin exhibit, and recent marriages. Local families like the Ragans and Oskaloosa movers are noted along with health updates and a big circus week in town.
George Kessel of Brighton aged 48 died at University hospital Iowa City. Wayne Sharpe, 44, former Mason City resident, died of a heart attack. Amelia Catherine Hauser Klein, 82, widow of Lewis Klein, died at home. Betty Pringle aged one, daughter of Mr and Mrs Leland Pringle, died of cerebral hemorrhage. Karl Kephart, 53, a Pleasant Hill area farmer, died after illness. Owen G Wilson, well known insurance man, is noted.
A collection of witty observations from 1898 notes on bread crust, fish bones, hatreds called things, suspicion, spectacles, reading benefits, church use for business, and buying on time. Each quip reveals common sense and social quirks of the era.
Reports from the county hospital note multiple births and dismissals. Roderick Stewart and Renals Roberts welcomed a son and two mothers, while Richard Fisher and Holland Mac appear with a newborn, several patients were admitted or discharged for treatments and procedures, including appendectomy and tonsillectomy.
Wednesday and Thursday notices show multiple hospital moves including dismissals for Donald Gingery Alice Arnold Mrs A D Geret Riverside and Edward Petratz with baby, and admissions such as Dora Pfeiffer Keota for appendectomy and Darrell Swift Washington R1 for medical care. An emergency operation on George Beck Kalona is reported along with a birth at 8 55 p m weighing seven pounds for Robert Nicola Riverside.
Former Washington resident dies at Lake Okoboji on Monday. Funeral services were held in Omaha, Nebraska, where he and Mrs. Wilson lived. He was sixty eight and spent much of his life in the area.
Obituaries note the deaths of Mrs. BHD Rinner of Wayland and Mrs Roy Johnson Vinsorima Ingeham John son of Brighton both on Friday and Wednesday. Mildred Schwartz Dozzi daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Schwartz of Wellman died in Boston July 9 and is buried in Masonville cemetery. Mary Eckels eighties died at home on West Second Street after a February fall. she was daughter of James and Emma Kekels and survived by three sisters and a brother.
The W. R. C. of Washington planted a tree and will dedicate it next Sunday afternoon as a memorial to Leon Beatty the first Washington county soldier killed in World War I. Elizabeth Wallace ten died after an appendicitis operation at University hospital. Nearly seventy five attended Pleasant Hill church ice cream social. Golf contenders Lemmon Wells Gibson and Eicher remain in the handicap tourney. Jake Figgins killed by lightning near Kalona. J C Penney manager Kid Conner vacationing in Wisconsin Lordsville. Iron spring west of Washington noted for local Indians ailments. Barnum and Bailey circus announced for July 17. First Presbyterian church calls Rev John Calvin Abels. he preaches in Moscow Idaho.
Longtime justice of the peace in Washington from 1886 to about 1916, Squire Riley was known as the marrying squire who guided many couples to wed. Born in Ohio in 1830, he married Eunice Hunt of Crawfordsville and later Elizabeth Hancock of Quincy, Illinois. The obituary notes he had a strong personal touch with every couple he united.
A circus keeps tight control over paper tickets with a system marking missing sheets as NG. When a ticket is found, it is returned to the circus and may be refused at the door if invalid. The piece ends with a wry line about fooling everyone except the circus.
Mrs J A Henderson died at her daughter’s home at 7 30 pm on July 13. She was eighty years old and came to town in 1854. The notice notes the town of Washington Iowa and historic events tied to July 15 marking early county settlement and the first church service in a jail log cabin.
A memorial piece recounts Leon Beatty son of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Beatty born 1895 who died in France July 15 1918 as the first Washington County soldier to fall in World War I. It notes his enlistment in Company K 168th Infantry and that his death prompted the formation of the Leon Beatty Post of the American Legion. His funeral was in 1921 at Woodlawn Cemetery with many local mourners.
Citizens seek word on Clayt Neiswanger after he does not appear in local rolls, with newspapers citing fallen lists as the only public trace and noting his home is unlisted. The absence fuels concern while officials and families await confirmation.
Yesterday afternoon the Washington Bogey Co. fired a wagon burr loaded with powder and anvil, creating a loud blast that shattered a Wagon Co. window and damaged Baird and Corvette’s screen across the street. The blast left an indent on a door, passed through corn meal, and rattled the floor. Dave Donovan is adding a 50 foot extension to Phoenix Hall, including large movable second story doors to create a root-garden like summer assembly space.
Matthew John Redlinger has been assigned to a company at West Point along with 431 other students. The Redlinger family from Philadelphia includes Mr. and Mrs. Matthew J. Redlinger and siblings Frances and Anne, visiting for the occasion. The notice lists multiple local events and travel plans including a VFW Memorial Concert, the Waggoner Gowey reunion, and a Sunset Park log cabin open day. Reverend Theodore C. Meibohm and family plan a vacation departure, while Joe Falk visits his mother in Chicago.
A busy Washington County week features marriage news, diversions, and local developments. Divorces filed in Muscatine noted for J Z Hinshaw and Alda F Hinshaw, while community events include a four week playground tally of 3245 attendees and a tuberculosis clinic at Washington County hospital. Local property trades, home painting on East Main Street, and visits from relatives and travelers add to a mosaic of civic and social life.
The text notes that hot weather would return after a spell of cooler days and grand nights, describing the pleasant but short-lived cool period and the enduring appeal of the nights.
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