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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1925
Page
6
Mrs. Ethel Flynn traveled by morning train to Keota after a one night stay with relatives. She will inspect the Keota chapter this evening. The local page highlights charming children's hats, some trimmed with Mother Goose characters. H. I Ward & Co.
Community notes from Washington report a new awning at Graham store, new assistants Edna Morrow and Culver at Clark & Enslin, and daily meals at Mrs. Cherry’s. Bishop Quayle’s death in Baldwin, Kansas, prompts regrets and reminiscences of his long service. Local residents, medical visits, travel, and various house moves fill the page with neighborhood updates.
The Literature Department of the Fortnightly club met at Mrs. Frederick Eastwood’s home for a discussion and readings from Alaska by Mrs. Fastwood and Mrs. Gibson, followed by social visits and a chicken dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. George Brown. Sunday marked Lewis Bakers’ sixty first birthday with family visiting and a noon meal.
The Delta Alpha class and the Young Womans Missionary society plan a bake sale on Saturday March 14 at the Washington Cleaners 283. The boys choir from their church will rehearse Wednesday at o'clock. Miss Dale Ebner of Haskins is visiting friends and shopping here today.
A brief fragment describes beautiful blond maidens of the Mid Aleres valuing a necklace of opals. It hints at ornate adornments and a belief that certain ornaments protect against loss, though the language is unclear and appears damaged.
March term jurors named for Washington court include Mrs. Rose McArtor L. F E Grifith F e Beaimer J F White Dave Weingarden and F K from Wellman all drawn for the upcoming term beginning Monday in Washington.
Mrs. Florence Stanton Kalk, niece of Mrs. J. Wilson, awarded the distinguished service cross for work with orphans at Urfa in 1922. Her son Stanton Kalk died heroically in the sinking of the destroyer Jacob Jones in World War I. Kalk led evacuations to Aleppo and later organized schooling and trades for hundreds of orphans at Sidon and in Mesopotamia.
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