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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1912
Page
2
June 6 reports Master Delmar Steninger with a fractured left thigh from a Wednesday game. Numerous social updates cover visits, illnesses, weddings, church events, and travel of residents in Wellman and nearby areas, including gatherings in Washington and Cedar Rapids, plus local construction and road work notes.
VELYN and Jack toil daily in their gardens hoping to win a town prize for the nicest plot. Sallie plants flowers with heartfelt wishes for family and friends, shares them with neighbors and hospital patients, and dreams of fairies helping her garden thrive through loving care.
Mr and Mrs Roy Waggoner visited the Wilber Beenblossom home Friday evening. J B Eckerman was a caller in the neighborhood last Tuesday. Mrs John McCall traveled to Crawfordsville Tuesday. Laurene Moore teaches music nearby. Ed Harvey of Washington visited last Tuesday. Art Long and Norm Pratt drove about 80 miles visiting Wyman Crawfordsville Havre. About 110 attended a Friday Crooked Creek fish fry. Mrs Elmer Collins of Washington visits the Ben Miller home. Mrs Melvin Spencer of Ainsworth visited John Putman Friday.
Miss Jean ette Robertson and pupils held a candy social on Friday at South Prairie Flower Rural Route 6. Le Gory O’Loughlin and Miss Fern Palmer gave humorous and paper readings. Votes for prettiest girl went to Miss Mazie Palmer after a large cake sale, raising 18.25 with cake worth 9.10.
Crawfordsville residents share visits and moves. Florence McCleary returns from Winfield while Mrs. Loot visits at Chris Harper home. Samuel Donahey aids Walker family move to Billings Montana. Roy Brown and several others depart for Washington after visits.
Hallowed by memory and tradition the Te Deum has for over a thousand years been a defining hymn of Christendom. It was chanted at Clovis’s baptism and sung at Victoria’s jubilee as well as after Agincourt and Waterloo during great national moments of thanks and triumph.
A Chicago Examiner tale portrays L. O. Brindley of Washington Illinois as a Roosevelt supporter reacting to Taft steamroller pressure at Roosevelt headquarters. The piece criticizes how parties and papers tout moral effects to sway public opinion, urging honesty in political expression.
Children’s day observance at the Presbyterian Sabbath School celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary of the missionary work of the Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work. Superintendent Cloyce Dougherty spoke on the Board’s work and the Sabbath school’s role in spreading the kingdom. An offering supported Sabbath schools nationwide.
Lawrence Long age 15 and Harold Pancoast age 15 drowned when a Chaddock school outing boat capsized on the Mississippi near Quincy Illinois. Lawrence was the son of C C Long formerly of Washington and had attended Chaddock school since moving to Quincy last year. Funeral arrangements were to be announced with services expected Thursday and relatives from Washington attended the tragedy.
Fifteen of Dorothy Latchem's pupils performed at the J L Brookhart home with a varied program from simple to challenging pieces. Notable titles include Duet Cavalry March Love's Golden Dream Nearer My God to Thee Sextette from Lucia and The Mocking Bird. The event showcased careful instruction by Miss Latcher and featured performers Murrell Miller Oneita Palmer Virginia Wallace Tuttle Maud Gammon Gladys Lohrer Nellie Schiebel Harriet Dougherty Romola Latchem Jeannette Smith and others. Invitations issued for the B E O annual banquet at the Methodist church tomorrow evening.
Knights of Pythias Orion lodge 75 requests full attendance Monday June 10 at 8 pm to receive the hospital committee report on furnishing a room for Washington county hospital. Presbyterian executive commission meets tonight at 7 30 in the church. Navajo club host Mrs Sherm Brindley Wednesday afternoon. Washing ton lodge 26 AF and AM calls a 7 30 pm June ith to work on third degree. M B A’s meet Tuesday 8 pm with Cedar Rapids convention report. Household Economies department Fortnightly postponed one week. W L I C society hosts ice cream and strawberry social on Baptist church lawn with homemade cake ice cream and strawberries. Everyone welcome.
J W Lemley led the weekly Eagles hall meeting on Hindrances in church work. He urged greater Bible study and Sunday school attendance among men and cited insincerity as a hindrance. Other speakers included Sage Brinton Cowden Alexander Yard and Hunter.
Mrs. George Lord died after a brief illness late Saturday night at age twenty. A baby born Saturday morning also died Saturday afternoon. Funeral held at United Presbyterian Church led by Rev J A Glendenning. Survived by husband, father T D Woodburn, three sisters and a brother. niece of L F Woodburn of Washington.
Dr. W. S. Athearn of Drake University lectured this afternoon at the high school on Heads and Whats in Them but could not finish. He is asked to repeat part of the lecture tomorrow after Professor Mahannah completes his talk. The program begins at 2 10 and Athearn will speak immediately after. A strong interest from Washington is noted.
A marriage license was issued today to Joseph H. Wolfe and Miss Amy K. Allen, formalizing their union in a civil record retained by the county clerk.
A concise quotation noting that what is truly best is near at hand yet often overlooked, while remote or difficult aims are overvalued. The idea emphasizes self-reliance and practical wisdom drawn from Longfellow.
The A O U W and K P held Decoration Day exercises yesterday. Members went in procession to cemeteries and decorated graves. The day was ideal with large attendance and ceremonies completed in a pleasant, orderly manner.
A terse note on irony contrasts money with access to liquor, reflecting a harsh social reality where those with wealth can purchase drink while others struggle to survive. The fragment hints at a broader critique embedded in the periodical citation Fliegende Blaetter.
Chicago markets report opening prices for hogs and cattle with heavy receipts and steady to higher tones. Hog and mixed classes show ranges from 7.15 to 7.70, cattle receipts around 15,000 with bids rising, sheep steady, while weekly totals and Saturday leftovers are noted.
The report lists July and September figures with rib and wheat estimates. It records rib values 10.52 in July and 10.65 in September and notes hogs around 16,000. Wheat is estimated at 31. The source provides terse commodity and livestock markers without complete context.
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