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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1912
Page
5
Local note lists Baseball tomorrow at 2:50 PM between Richland and Washington. The long column covers community notices, visitors, family visits, shop ads at Klein & Warren, hospital fund drive, school events, and upcoming plays. It records dozens of residents visiting relatives and plans for purchases and services across town.
Miss Gertrude Smith hosts Westminster Guild event at her home. Invitations issued for Edith Brinton to wed Leslie Deal on June 19 at 6 PM. Numerous social gatherings mark the week, including travel shower for Fannie Harwood, and a quiet Methodist parsonage wedding for Ethel Waters and Ossion Waggoner.
The Pleasant Plains Missionary Society will be entertained at Mrs. Geo. Foster's home on Wednesday June 5. The Washington Chapter Do A R meets with Mrs. C J Wilson on Tuesday June 4 at 7 30 for annual business. A Presbyterian social will be held this evening in the church parlors inviting all congregation members. Miss Aura Hopkinson of Burlington visits the city. The Ladies League of the Baptist King with relatives at West Chester.
Church members are asked to meet in the lecture room at 2 o'clock to sew rags for the new hospital. Please bring white rags if available. The Mary McElroy Bible class should meet promptly at 7:30 in the Sunday school room at the Presbyterian church by order of the president.
Notice seeks settlement of debts owed to Mart Swilt Yotseod with requests to call the Washington National bank to arrange payment.
A candy social is set for Friday evening at the Landscape school house. A short program will follow, featuring Miss Jeanette Robertson, teacher.
The hymn written by Toplady in 1776 gained wide fame across religious groups. It was translated into three languages by Mr. Gladstone and reportedly requested by the Prince Consort on his death bed.
The text describes making turquoise color by vitrifying ivory, showing no graft, shaping pieces the size desired, soaking in a saturated ammonia copper oxide solution for 14 days, then rinsing and drying. If the color remains too light, the process can be repeated.
A short literary reflection on friendship notes the value of speaking thoughts aloud to a trusted friend as a sign of shared bond and comfort. The piece emphasizes open conversation and mutual understanding within close companionship.
Midgar Martin a student at Iowa State College in Ames returns home for the summer vacation. Harry Montgomery arrived Saturday from travels to spend a few days with his family.
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