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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1920
Page
3
The residence of Mr and Mrs J Eh Lemmon on East Washington Street served as the location for another event as reported in local notices. Additional details are limited in the fragment, but the setting and names indicate a continuing series of social postings from the Lemmon family.
The Afternoon Bridge Club held its regular evening gathering with about forty guests. Mrs Walters Wilson and Berle Corbin won high scores in two hours of bridge, followed by a two-course luncheon of chicken pies. Women sat at their own table, men excluded from luncheon, amid chatter on fish and politics. Helen Wilson returned from Ames, with guests Belle Daugherty and Jay Cproatt of Iowa City. A fifty cent assessment funded the club charity.
Fifty Daughters of Isabella gathered in Sunset Park on Wednesday evening June ninth. Mrs Agnes Thompson Miss Mabel Whittaker and Miss Kathryn Flynn organized three decorated tables for a communal picnic with sandwiches baked beans deviled eggs potato salad olives pickles ice cream cake and coffee. Members from Kalona Keota Richmond Riverside and Washington attended. After supper younger members enjoyed park amusements while older members prepared to pack up. At nine o'clock many went to the Graham to see a movie and then returned home praising the gathering.
An ad promises immediate relief from catarrh with Hyomei inhalation. It notes money back if it fails and directs readers to Lemmohs Pharmacy for purchase.
Elm Grove Cemetery urges drivers to stay on designated driveways and avoid corners and lots where damage has occurred. Residents are asked to use rubbish cans and not dump waste in the grass to keep the grounds clean.
Wanted by a young couple with no children. Rooms should be furnished and suitable for light housekeeping. Call Journal office. Lost small open face gold watch. Return to Journal. For sale a heifer calf. Call 633 Green.
Government seeks men and women 125 and up for railway mail clerk posts in Iowa. Salary 1600 dollars, experience not required. Free details available from J Leonard former Government Examiner at 1274 Suit able TM Hidg Washington DC 10017.
Kilgen factory in St. Louis has shipped the pipe organ for the new First United Presbyterian Church. The organ is expected within a few months and should be installed by an expert from the factory, with dedication to follow. Chairman Oak W. S. Eldridge notes delays due to workers and materials but hopes for completion by early next year. The instrument, a high priced addition, will enhance church equipment.
Suburban 10 acre DeBord Specials listing near Washington offers a modern seven room house in good repair a large hog and chicken facility plus a corn crib cement feeding floor and tiled hog tight fences. A choice property not to be missed near Washington.
The Afternoon Bridge club plans a Thursday evening gathering at the Lemmon home on East Washington Street. The Philathea class meets Friday at Mrs Erdébkhart’s home for social time. Cyrus Chapter 183 R A M schedules a Friday convocation with petitions and elections. The Nineteenth Century club meets Saturday at Mrs Homer Darbyshire’s. Fortnightly members traveling to Des Moines for a rail fare rate must contact Mrs David McLaughlin. The W R C hosts a Sunset Park picnic on Flag Day with family contributions and potluck. Junior W W G will meet at church with an unusual program. D A R meets at Sunset Park Jog Cabin for a program and luncheon. Heat expansion caused brick paving upheaval in the alley south of the square yesterday afternoon.
Classified notice offers a Ford touring car for sale in first condition with contact phone 727 Blue. Includes a brief line indicating item quality and the seller's call to respond.
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