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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1919
Page
7
Washington County neighbors share brief notes on arrivals departures births and deaths in today’s neighborhood news. Personal items include visits health updates and social occurrences from local households and residents.
Community updates from Wellman on March 1 include visits by John Hoe fert and Ce dar Rapids family, medical and business trips to Davenport and Iowa City, a Redpath course sale, and a well attended Wellman Rebekah lodge meeting. Local farm activity features hog shipments by O Flaherty and Durian, a big snow storm delaying the passenger train, and social events by the K P and Girl Scouts supporting French orphans. Nearby residents travel between Davenport, Iowa City, and Kalona, with family visits ongoing and a school event at Percy Klockenteger’s home.
Ainsworth March 3 report notes G C Neiswanger and wife left town after selling their business and seeking a new location. Neiswanger is praised as a first class restaurant man and any town would benefit from his establishment. Mrs W H McConnell and baby from Chicago, and her sister Miss Helen are with them.
The narrator recalls a quirky crossroads town in Dutch Creek called Dublin Look Out for the Cross-roads. A store, a barber, a fiddler, and a tailor stood at its heart while boys formed a drum band and paraded. A doctor once watched a road dog fight with amusement, and a stranger’s puzzled question over the sign sparked local wit. The tale ends with a memory of vaccination visits and a daughter’s early interest in the narrator.
D W Griffiths film Hearts of the World captivates with stark realism of French village life shattered by war. The narrative follows two families from peaceful days in 1914 to battlefield upheaval as Britain and the United States join. Graham showings Wednesday and Thursday March 5 and 6 with matinees. no seats over 50 cents.
In a peculiar retelling a man called Tim blames his long walks on advice from his family physician after a meal. He attributes years of wandering to the doctor’s counsel and insists the guidance shaped his life.
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