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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1919
Page
7
Washington County communities receive short items on births deaths and comings and goings. Local letters note residents and events in a concise roundup style typical of neighborhood news sections.
Mrs Bogue travels to Oskaloosa to care for her sister and invalid mother. Families visit Joe Augustine home and local residents return from Camp Dodge and Ottumwa trips. A mutual telephone company is organized, moving plans proceed, and flu affects Hopewell neighbors with several improvements reported.
Miss Emma Walker returns to her Ains home after visiting relatives over Sabbath. Mrs. W. J. Keiper accompanies her. Mrs. Alva Cooper and daughter Erell visit in Washington. Miss Mira Shafer is ill and out of school. F. E. Young and Jesse Curtis relocate within town as a meeting with Rev. W. F. Huxford is rescheduled to Thursday.
Rural Route No Four reports on the Bishop family moving to a new home near Cra He and note Mrs Emil Kellerhalls of Noble. The short item records local residents relocating and household changes in a communal notice style.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Baker are the proud parents of a baby girl born last Saturday morning. Mrs. Charlie Kephart and daughter Daisy, and Mrs. Emil Kellerhals visited Monday at the Frank Kephart home. Rev. Hunt spent Saturday night and Sunday at the Charlie Kephart home. A. B. Carr shipped cattle from Havre Monday.
Richmon d March 8 News update reports Clem Escher’s illness improving or uncertain. The Victory Girls held a February 27 box social that was financially and socially successful. Community activity includes social events at parochial school and Z C B J hall, and weather causing school delays. Names mentioned include Joe Speracek Leona Schillig Blecha and Vera Saforek. Proceeds from a candy social at Fairview School support a French orphan.
Lester Hanon and family relocate from State Center to the Tom Brady farm vacated by Blaine Emry. A. J. Morgan attends a County Engineers and Supervisor conference in Ames. Miss Gertie Carter travels home to Ollie. Josephine Caldwell visits from Ainsworth with Ruth Morgan. L. A. Caldwell and son Bob relocate stock to a farm near Ainsworth. Huch Gassaway named telephone manager for Pleasant Plain Telephone Co. and will move there with family.
Kalona residents and friends are noted visiting in Muscatine Cedar Rapids and Riverside. Oman visitors include Mr and Mrs Whi Ledman Mrs H O D Page and Mrs Roy Snider with son Allen. Roswell McKimmey an old friend from Lebanon Mo stayed with the Brown family, while Noah Miller and family left for Indiana after months in Kalona.
A narrator recalls a rural Dublin cross road scene with a squire at a store and a salt barrel, a laughing tramp reading a fence sign, and a house visit where a daughter says her father is busy with “words.” The piece mentions a martial band entering and local humor from past days.
Chicago reports that over twenty nine thousand licensed drinking spots in six central western states Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Missouri Kentucky and Ohio will shut as wartime prohibition takes effect. Many will convert to soda shops cafetarias or drug stores. Ohio saloons face May 27 closure with Chicago politics and historic bars noted for their scale and notoriety.
A brief notice records a talk at the Work School literary event led by H A W. The item notes attendance and the focus on reading and writing, reflecting a community gathering centered on literature.
Des Moines prepares a reception for the 366th regiment of the Ninety second division returning from World War I. A parade, musical program, and Coliseum speeches are planned with regimental band and choir. General Kaliou will direct demobilization at Camp Dodge.
A witty remark in Des Moines Review notes a statistician could reveal how arriving early to trains often results in waiting for late departures. The quip highlights inefficiency and irony in station routines.
Des Moines reports Iowa bituminous coal mines run an average of two days weekly due to railroad quotas and mild weather. J C Lewis says railways buy about 70 percent of state coal, with some lines sourcing in Illinois. Many miners left Iowa, roughly 14 000 remain earning about ten dollars for two days work as production falls and bonds are sold.
The excerpt argues against defining riches by sensual means and asserts that all fleshly wealth will perish like weeds. It claims only love, truth, beauty, and their divine fellowship endure, worthy of the undying soul’s effort.
A Swiss investigator reports copper's color shifts with refining. Copper distilled ten times shows a pale rose tint, while gold’s yellow hue appears more intense under similar processing.
A family actor on a professional call is interrupted by a dog named Johnny who humorously reacts to the moment. The dog's actions elicit a whispered remark from a physician observer, noting the dog’s clever timing and expressive mood.
A fragmentary note recalls the dedication anniversary of a grand church begun about 1450 in Rome. It mentions St Peter’s largest Christian house and a dome reaching about 485 feet, with Michelat noted for redesigns and topward lifting of the structure.
A guidance note suggests sending a brief cheerful sympathy message to ill or convalescent friends. It emphasizes expressing regret for illness, wishing well, and keeping notes short and kind as a proper custom.
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