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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1931
Page
6
Miss Wilma Paul and Ora Huggins were married on July 21 in Crawfords ville Iowa. The note adds BURNTONE for sunburn relief and a brief weather forecast of fair skies and partly cloudy Tuesday with relaxed tones.
Local notes report Mr and Mrs Elmer Pugh and family visiting in Williamsburg Iowa. The Widmer store advertises a broad sale with suits priced from 14 85 to 28 85. In Central City Fred Reid ferries a group of girls to camp. A West Chester accident leaves Charles Scott and relatives bruised but safe. Omaha theaters offer free overnight hay fever relief with cot sleeping in temperature controlled spaces.
Mr and Mrs Joe Simmering and son Norman and Mr and Mrs E O Harter spent Sunday at Cone Lake. Miss Charlotte Jane Garrison of Chicago, director of the American Hospital Association Library, spent the weekend here with Mrs Margaret Hale Rose.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Harding and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Singmaster of Keota spent a Sunday afternoon with Mrs. N. P. Allendar and relatives in Iowa City. Mrs. Harve Shannon and daughter Martha of Lees Summit Mo are visiting W. A. Shannon and other relatives. Harve Shannon will arrive later this week to drive his wife and daughter home. Methodist choir will hold regular practice at the church Thursday. The church continues its July service break with services resuming next Sunday.
Miss Jessica Milligan and Miss Alice Eighine left yesterday for Iowa City after a weekend at the Orville Elder home. Aileen Milligan heads to Guthrie Center on two week vacation. Mary Briley fills as society reporter. Pressey Frank and two sons departed for Waterloo after four weeks with Mrs. Frank's mother Mrs. Wilbur Miller. R C Watson drove Clyde Page's parents to Sigourney following Clyde's death. YW girls and Y's Men group go to Camp Wapsi Y. Carl Jungbluth family to La Crosse soon. Helen Jungbluth to Central City. Mr and Mrs Chas Keck arrive from Hollywood with Mrs Margaret Sproull’s body.
Crawfordsville notes list Eagle Stamps discontinuation after August 1, while residents and visitors from Muscatine Clinton Davenport and Cedar Falls are recorded. Family arrivals Departures illnesses and recoveries Domestics and travelers mingle with clerical and social updates.
Printing began with wood blocks in China around 400 B C but gained major momentum at the start of the fifteenth century A D through German efforts likely led by Gutenberg as the inventor of movable type. The form printing press helped popularize the idea and credit him with the breakthrough.
Among African tribes twins are deemed dreadful. severe restrictions apply to the mother and children until age six, when they are finally treated as normal. This cultural belief shapes early childhood and family life.
An estimate shows Jews make up nearly four percent of New York City's population highlighting the community's size within the city.
The term fletcherizing comes from Horace Fletcher who urged continued chewing of food to aid digestion, a practice that named his approach and influenced early dining commentary.
Lloyd Rittenhouse of Los Angeles joins Prairie Flower threshing crew led by Thomas Swift at Washington. Oral Norman joins from Lincoln Threshing Co. with locals supplying dinners, scenes include farmers Milford Anderson yield reports, and visits by the Teets and Thrasher families.
A reflective meditation on how grief mirrors personal valuation rather than item worth, noting that attachment shapes sorrow more than objective significance.
Military experts describe the Isle of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands as a strategic Gibraltar-like edifice with ridges and a projecting peninsula that could be fortified to be impregnable by land and sea, a key reason for its purchase from Denmark.
Marion Thompson shows slight improvement after illness. John Long family joins F. E. Young’s 72nd birthday celebration in Olds with six grandchildren present. Oral Sweet trip to South Bend Indiana for business. Finney families from Monmouth and Des Moines visit H. C. Finney in Ainsworth. J. M. Finney to move to Ohio farm. John P. Brown treasurer of Henry County passes through from Cedar Rapids. Universal seat covers offered at sale for $2.25 per set. Coast to Coast Store Cam Building. Cam Miller escorts Virginia Shannon and Charlotte Ward to Central City camp. J. E. Lemmon family plan vacation to Colorado parks. Dress shirts on sale 79c to 1.65 with fast colors guaranteed.
A shooting near a cemetery in Raymonville Texas left two peace officers dead and a third injured. Constable W J Maywood aged 44 and deputy Frank Cisneros were killed while attempting to question a man and a woman in a parked car. Suspects Pancho Chamberlain and an accomplice were being sought.
Mr and Mrs Albert J Franzen and family and Mrs Wald Schmidt spent Sunday at the Amana colony and visited Marengo and Iowa City. Miss Oleeta Stewart returned home from West Chester with James Daniel, Vivian Gray and Esther Rittenhouse. Virginia Law and Mrs Frank Skipton depart for Mingo Spooner Wis and Minneapolis on two week vacation. Miss Josephine Tognotti of Chicago visits three weeks with Alfried Cantoni home. Violet Garrett and Mrs Will Lemon shopped Saturday. R S Borkoski of Brighton also shopped. We want to buy 800 bu Wheat and contract for Timothy seed. Chas J Swift Co Riverside Iowa. Phone 189 Riverside 267 Washington 13713.
Ruth Anwyl visits Columbus Junction today to share news of the Murphs eight and a quarter pound baby boy born last Thursday. Carl Lee Murph is the newborn with family ties and local ties noted in the notice.
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