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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1925
Page
5
Long, long ago a town digs a public well for fire use and hopes a church tower clock will discipline town life. Marriages, a builder teardown in 1843, and a concert by Miss Mary McKee's class feature among local happenings in Washington county with praise for performers and townsfolk.
Col Cowles and H. Wilson named to a council committee to procure two sets of handcuffs and one set of shackles for city use. An ordinance regulating sale of native wine and malt liquors was read and engrossed. Street commissioners authorized $2 for a day’s 10 hours of work and $2.50 for laborers with team.
E N Wright sowed 200 acres of small grain on his Jackson county farm. Jessa Brown and son planted 150 acres of wheat with 80 acres in one enclosure. The report notes expanding acreage and shared farming efforts in the region.
A Saturday night gale knocked down a frame dwelling in Washington and pushed bricks from the Second U church wall to the west. It also toppled a U T College building and damaged a U P church, but the courthouse remained intact despite the fury. Citizens lament the destruction and hope for relief.
On Sunday morning April 19 1868 the Moravian church at Grace Hill Franklin township will be consecrated. All friends and well wishers are invited to attend. Rev L P Clewell is pastor. Membership about forty.
In 1868 marriage notices list Vincent Smith of Washington County with Clara Smith, both of Washington County. Also Nelson Vincent were wed by Rev W T Wilson at John Vincent's residence with Isabel Vincent, both of Washington County Iowa. Another marriage shows Henry Stormfelts and S J Cunningham of Washington, Iowa, married by Rev A Conner at the bride’s father’s house.
Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M elected officers including John Chicote as W, A H Wallace as SW, William Guseman as JW, B P Baldwin as Treas, A Kracaw as Secry, Palten as ED, John Wilde as JOS, Wint Clapp as JOW, Irving Keck as S, R W McElroy as JR, J F Wilson as Chaplain and Tyler.
Abe Martin notes the Domestic Relations Club met at Melodeon hall to debate tighter divorce laws and the impact of wedding gifts. Mrs Moots condemns commercial patterns and urges restoring the home on the old love basis.
Capt Sam Mather left Chicago Thursday night with Hale Wilson and Downing. He was robbed of all money from hog sale receipts totaling 2300 and carried about 80 in five dollar notes. A G A R circular fixes May 30 to decorate graves of comrades with flowers.
On May 12 at Daniel Yockeys house Rev W Hi Wilson officiated the marriage of James C Huskins and Gretelda Yockey both of Washington Proceedings noted in local society circles and recorded as a formal nuptial ceremony.
On the lathinet at the residence of the bride’s father Major Smith Mr. Richard Quinn and Miss Lavina Smith are noted in a wedding notice.
An advertising sheet named The Occasional by Billy Chilcote and Billy Gazeman will appear monthly. Local squibs and odds will pepper the pages to keep the paper palatable.
Strawberries priced at fifty cents a quart as Rev W R Cole of Mt Pleasant is slated to preach in the courthouse next Sunday. County Democrats held a convention on Saturday naming delegates to the Mt Pleasant congressional gathering: B F Brown J Rhinehart J Mickey S Watters S J Dunton M C Parker Wm Mc Gaughey Wm Wilson O E Brown J Wiseman.
Crawford Two correspondence notes Captain Allen sold dry goods to R T and T T Mc Call who will replenish and sell cheap. Sam Gardner reports post office renamed from Dedarville to Lexington. A man named Tom D Felts was mobbed and hanged by locals after burglary acts. remains buried in potter's field. Odds and Ends mention church service, jokes, plant potting, Dutch Creek Fourth celebration with a patriotic parade and a day of orations and dinner.
In London a blue bottle fly in a glass tube demonstrated respiration using the Shakespeare katharometer before Royal Society members. The device claims to measure plant breathing, detect water vapor, and find gin leaks in envelopes. Fresh air reset the tube as the insect breathed deeply, while the audience noted the instrument’s readout of air stagnation.
Queensland government operates three traveling domestic science coaches to reach backwoods areas. Each five to ten week center teaches cooking laundry needle craft and housekeeping to about fifteen girls. Riders travel long distances by horseback buggy or foot to attend the sessions and free cook books and hygiene pamphlets are distributed.
Washington reports May retail food costs rose about half a percent from April. For the year ending May 15, overall prices climbed roughly 7.5 percent, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Rev Woods of Talleyrand Baptist conducted services in a buggy in front of the National Bank Sunday evening. He drew a larger crowd than any church in town, sang well, preached well, and his prayer reportedly extended as far as Tom Melville’s on the Sigourney road.
The article chronicles Frank Theodore Wolf from Davenport to Kansas cowpunching to townsite schemes, then to founding papers in Crawfordsville and Fairfield. Returning to Washington he found success with Wolf Floral Company, building a thriving flower and plant business with son Preston, ultimately leaving the newspaper trade behind.
The Order of De Molay closes its contest to pick twenty five members with greatest all around development. Winners to be announced later, then 25 chosen by lot to join the National Leaders Training Camp at Bear Lake Colorado, Aug 27 to Sept 5 with expenses paid. Iowa entrants listed include Curtis LeRoy McAvoy, Bloomfield. Charles Seaman, Cherokee. Wm. L. McCulla, Cherokee. Robert V. Patton, Council Bluffs. Wayne W. Hoxsie, Lyons. Alfred W. Pinno, Spencer. David L. Roberts, Spencer.
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