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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1938
Page
6
Franklin Center residents recall a yard scene during a nature study lesson. A bull snake enmeshed a rat near a corn crib, then swallowed it. curious pupils disrupted the escape, causing the snake to retreat before exiting the scene.
July report from Young America notes Tennis Hunter and Lakin Bartholow averaging 50 bushels an acre. The Steve Crawford farm threshing ring began Monday with oats at seven dollars per bushel. Local families and visitors from Minnesota to Ohio attend picnics and dinners around threshing season.
Community threshing along July 14 to July 19 featured a father and son crew at the J. H. Baird home with twelve working together, averaging about fifty bushels of oats per acre. Local relatives and visitors gathered for reunions and picnics, with multiple families attending and extended kinship noted. No accidents reported during the run.
Tarkio College in Tarkio Missouri will send its male quartet to perform Tuesday evening at the United Presbyterian church in Crawfordsville. The event invites all community members to attend. Virginia Miller returns home from nursing at St Luke's in Cedar Rapids for a two week vacation. Willis Wittmer visits from Cedar Falls summer school. Local school repair work includes interior painting window frame fixes and paving south of the schoolhouse.
The article notes bacteria differ in oxygen use. some die in oxygen and only metabolize when oxygen is supplied by surrounding chemicals in their growth medium, affecting their growth and survival.
Edd Widmer leads threshing at Stringtown schoolhouse with work starting Monday afternoon for Ernest Jones. Community members attend funerals and visit kin across Stringtown. Mrs Edd Rinner’s funeral held at Center Chapel under Rev Shook. locals offer sympathy.
SHILOH July 22. Local residents report visits and travels including Harry Donaldson helping his grandfather L bs Donaldson with hay, Warren Donaldson visiting Donaldson kin, Fred Kephart family calls, Esther Swift with grandparents, Sam Lambert clan visits Clyde Lambert, Been blossom family gatherings, TFetter reunion at Sunset Park, Minnie and Marie Landau visiting Orville Caldwell, Roland Armstrong and Roger Allen outings, Marsh family in Washington and Coppock, Sam Lambert welcomed guests from Cedar Rapids, Mary Nicholson ill, various trips to Rock Island and Chicago market discussed.
Mrs. Wm Chmelar hosted a noon meal for eleven threshing men in a garage after their home burned and the family moved to a new garage with screened windows. She cooked on a nearby range while the four threshing-household helpers rested, and water boy Wilford Greiner earned note for staying on the job.
At an ice cream supper hosted by Roland Armstrong and Floyd Wagner Mrs Floyd Wagener helped cook for threshers on Wednesday Dale Faris and Jean Sigafoose drove their uncle Walter Coppock to his home in Shenandoah returning Tuesday evening Mrs Coppock and her son Billy joined them to visit relatives.
Columbus Junction officials announce a $70,000 allocation approved by the joint treasury post office committee for a new post office site and building. Pos tal officials expect further details in August and credit Congressman K C Eicher for securing the funds. The local post office raised to second class status last year and currently serves three rural routes, with space constraints noted.
Walnut residents note Ed Colton baled clover hay from the field on July 22. The item lists social visits including Glenn Miller, Harold Hunston, Ralph Chorpening, Daniel Guest, and others in the Walnut area.
Mrs. Joe Te Bockhorst cooks for three threshing crews in Salem aided by her daughters and a neighbor. John Shalla Jr and Clem Shalla operate threshing outfits on south and north ends of the run. Visitors from Aurora and Lone Tree called at the Shalla home. illness noted for fd Shalla.
A long list of neighbors and relatives visited homes and shared meals from Tuesday through Monday. Names include Shalla, Hamilton, Hanson, Fisher, Bond, Sheetz, Fagen, Oscar Crawford family, and others from Kalona to Mason City with various visiting and luncheon activities noted. Threshing and harvesting work began in a ring Monday at the Dave and Ernie Temple farms and more combining planned this week.
Mrs Walter Sheetz and Caroline visited Sunday afternoon at Mrs Frank Smith’s home. Mrs Emmett Zaiger of Washington spent Friday through Sunday with her parents in Tyrone.
Regular meeting details for Lar Westbound Washington Lodge No 20 led by W M William Mohland and secretary A W Yard. Train arrivals and departures listed for Golden State Limited, Californian, Local, and other trains with stops at Washington and Knoxville Branch No 430. agents C B Q and Anderson note schedules and Sunday exceptions.
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