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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1938
Page
3
Busy hometown social page with news of Mrs Eicher leaving for Washington DC and renting furnished lodging, updates on the Morrow family sorrows, health concerns of Mrs Walter Williams and Mrs Knecht Little, and community happenings including homes, visitors, and local events. Also covers Judge Dewey’s former residence remodel, store room at the square, and a farewell party for Mrs Eicher with decorations and support from friends.
Obituaries record the deaths of Mrs. John Cray at 68 after a six year illness from a cerebral hemorrhage. Mrs. A B Jones, 74, widow of Alfred Jones, died at Oakdale sanitarium. mother of Keith Jones of California and Arnota of Mt. Pleasant. one daughter is deceased. Dr BE M McConaughy, 69, famed dentist, died after a lingering illness. survived by wife, son William, daughter Mary, Cathryn, and Mrs. Helen Chandler. other family noted. Edward Widmer, 44, Wayland World War veteran, died from threshing machine injuries. wife Fdna Boshart survives. Eight children listed for Dorothy Joan Dunbar, 12, of Brighton. Community notes share social visits among local families and a celebration with judges and guests from Winfield and Des Moines, reflecting local ties.
Red Cross ladies from Cedar township held a flower sale in the park last Saturday night and cleared over 25 dollars before evening.
Ralph Shannon driving to Minneapolis stopped at Oelwein to drink at a soda fountain where old friend Julius Sodini waited on him. Shannon notes Sodini operates a fine soda fountain and luncheonette but lacks a beer license.
A reflection on music as the oldest form of expression, noting birdsong predates human speech and the wind in ancient fern forests contributed to the earth’s coal beds. It frames music as a universal, primal force connected to natural history.
Saturday at the hospital Mrs. Hugh Morris was discharged for home in Ainsworth. Mrs. Cecia Geret discharged for Riverside. Dismissals include Warren Stewart Washington George Beck Kalona Mrs. Cloyce Godwin and son Lockridge Mrs. Lewis Prymek and son Ainsworth route 2 Mrs. Roderick Stewart and son Keota rt 2 Mrs. Frank Manning Peppock and Wes Custer Washington parents of a daughter born 1 50 p m Saturday seven pounds fourteen ounces. Betty Stoutner Keota major operation. Wilma Kelley Wellman Route 3 major operation. Aubrey Reicherd Frank Faulder Barbara Coffman Keota accident patients admitted. Tuesday Leona Jones dismissed. Cardona Ott Keota major operation T J Sorden Keota tonsillectomy.
The column recalls ten years ago events in Washington including Mrs. J. W. Patton breaking her hip, a large bi monthly Country club dinner for 225 attendees, and Fred Neiswanger securing crushed rock for club lanes. It also notes Rooster Day pricing by Gibson Produce, Francis McCoy’s eastward vacation, a Han nibal Kiwanis join, a small fire at Mrs. Mary Martin’s flat, Esther B. MacGugin becoming president of Cleveland’s Woman's Advertising club, and a humorous nod to Bearded Bryan politics and bigger army prunes.
Thirty years ago Ralph Junkin and partner Hout purchased J. W. Wooley’s moving picture business and renamed it the Merry Widow Theater. A large Barnum and Bailey circus crowd filled the tent on July 17, 1908 despite heavy rain, with estimates from 7 000 to 15 000 attendees.
Tom Schilling has gone to Rubio to establish a camp taking various fishing utensils. His family plans to join him once he is well established, signaling a temporary relocation for outdoor activity and family reunion.
The Brindley and Eicher families camped a week at Fern Creek. They used long fishing poles to reach across the creek and considered fresh spots to fish from the hilltop.
The Democratic of First Illinois district praise Roll Organ as their choice and express intent to vote for him. Also notes cheerful civic events and local youth talents, church attendance and a busy social week with a musicale, luncheon, thimble bee, circus and moving pictures.
Mr and Mrs Ray Tracy will not renew the Colanso hotel lease and intend to exit the hotel business. Mrs Boyd B Berdo a Hollingsworth estate trustee says no firm plans have been made. The lobby may become a retail store and the space may have housed the Wilson dry goods store in earlier days.
Local Colenso hotel operators Mr and Mrs Ray C Tracy relocate five years of hotel goods to the old bank building in Ainsworth for storage amid community sympathy. Community notes report weddings, civic events, school openings, and local appointments across Washington area.
Villa Gilchrist recounts Washington memories from 65 years ago with humor and detail. She recalls Civil War arrival of her brother, schooldays under teachers like Maggie Axtell and Aunt Polly Ashby, graduation at Music Hall, and daily life in covered wagon days with fashion, lamps, and parlor life.
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