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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1926
Page
6
Mrs. John Lease and daughter traveled from Crawfordsville to spend the day shopping. Coal and Wood Phone 8, White Yard Co. Mrs. Donald Smith returned to Havre after visiting yesterday with Mrs. William Mohland.
Local notes report Mrs. Newton Wilking of Crawfordville shopping yesterday and Doctor Frey visiting Washington on May 3 for a week. Mrs. R. R. McKee hosted by the Henderson Walkers. Miss Jeanelle Lemmon from Burlington to spend the weekend with her parents. D F Macon auctioneer Washington Iowa listed. National Take a Picture Week promotion at Phillips Drug Store. Elizabeth Welch, Monmouth College student, visits sister Mary Welch. Glick sisters from Davenport perform Charleston at Legion carnival. Mrs. F. W. West to return from Burlington, trip with daughter. Clarence Logan and Willard Hunter to Burlington for weekend visits. Matrimony on a big scale referenced for Fox Monday.
About 100 to 200 gorillas remain in the Congo Belgian big game sanctuary. The species faces extinction as populations shrink due to habitat loss and poaching.
A Thrift Magazine warning business leaders that wasteful workers consume little of the total funds. prudent thrift education could yield substantial gains for companies and the economy.
A sales pitch touts the Royal Electric Cleaner as a device that traps dust in a small black bag rather than moving it to furniture. The ad offers a home demonstration upon request.
A quip about whether seven wives are old fashioned or new fashioned is aired in a humorous line on Fox Monday. The remark plays on social norms and women's roles in a light entertainment context.
Mrs J C McKay and Milburn attended a Packwood Iowa concert at the Methodist church. Dorothy Clark visits Iowa City with cousin Cleo Jones. Multiple residents visit, shop, and travel to nearby towns. Bluebeard jokes and Mother’s Day reminders appear amid festival progress and fundraising totals across Crawfordsville churches.
Mr. Leon Mayer and his daughter Jennie entertained a group of gentlemen in style, sharing a fine European inspired evening Monday.
The item reports 177 marriage licenses issued in 1876 with 354 couples, and notes a corn price around 20 cents affecting marriage rates in Britain and locally. It mentions Jas A Harwood reviewing boot and shoe markets for his South Side store, planning bulk purchases, and hints that Jan Harwood may return soon with two companions as winter moderates.
A rambling local column details a Keota party night with Masons and Odd Fellows and their spouses dancing and dining. It notes purchases of scales, a Florida winter trip for Isaac Bryson’s family, a New Year hop by the Imperials, and the first recorded New Year calls by Washington residents with multiple households hosting callers and treats.
Philip Shrader estimates local building costs in 1876 at about 75000 dollars. He notes the best structures include the school house Bryson's block on the Town House site Benz hotel Dr Chil cote dwelling and brick additions to Wm Blair and C H Wilson Co stores along with many timber framed buildings.
Eastern papers report 4 600 737 passengers rode the Cen tennial narrow gauge cars without accident. A noted near disaster involved J M Den ney of Iowa who attempted to pull aboard a stumbling woman weighing 375 pounds to his 185. They think he should have taken some one of his.
John Mather has changed Wilson Jr.'s entire stock of stores and moved it to John H. Chilcote's old stand opposite the post office. John is a professional tinner and at home in the business with skilled workmen and guaranteed results. He is noted as one of Washington's cleverest young men and deserves patronage.
Philip Shrader wins the contract to build a U P church, 50 by 34 feet, in West Chester for 2096 pounds. The caucus nominates the city ticket: Mayor J A Henderson, Treasurer J A Thompson, Solicitor C J Wilson, Assessor J L Terry, and ward councilmen. Eleven high school seniors graduate with speeches, music, and certificates presented by Prof. Lewis to a crowded house.
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