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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1927
Page
8
Local note states Homer Stephens, piano tuner, is in town and reachable at phone 180. The item also mentions Miss Lucille Brittan traveling to Keota to visit friends for several days. An announcement is advertised on page 7 by Studebaker Garage.
About thirty five young people of the Ei cher church enjoyed a weiner roast at Fern Cliff Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Sutter and son Harry Dean, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Graber and Mable Wenger spent Sunday at L. H. Rinner's. Paul Mast helped Ethan Brooks do some paper hanging Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wenger and family, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Wenger and Jacob Widmer were Sunday visitors at the Joe Wenger home. La Verne Fletcher helped W. J. Ei sher with his farm work Thursday. Mrs. Alex Swan and Mrs. Grace Wewitt of Morning Sun spent several days last week at Rex Swan's. Ir. and Mrs. Lester Krabill and children of Mr. Pleasant, Mr. and Mrs. Noa Richard and children spent Sunday at J. W. Widmer's. Mr. and Mrs. David Graber and son David Allen, J. C. Graber and family were callers Sunday at the Joe Widmer home.
Mr and Mrs R H Lloyd and Mr and Mrs E L Gregory of Los Angeles visit Mr and Mrs L E Nagley in Ottumwa. They travel from Los Angeles to Washington DC visiting old Virginia family homes, report a pleasant trip but complain about Iowa roads with a car laboring through manholes between Os"K"aloosa and Washington. W A Anderson of Washington National Bank leaves for Nebraska due to his father's serious illness. Mrs EK Nichols returns to Coppock after visiting her daughter Mrs Donald Pauls and sisters Mrs CR Stearns and Mrs J W Parron at Ainsworth.
Columns of mineral matter and large stone walls formed by weathering appear in various districts. Rain and shade create towering pillars, with some reaching 60 to 50 feet and others around 400 feet. Large sandstone slabs span landscapes, used in druidical circles and resembling gray wethers.
A shabbily dressed man and a better dressed buyer conduct a quick cash diamond deal near Hatton Garden London. About $5000 changes hands in minutes, highlighting Hatton Garden as a quiet market where stolen stones rarely pass through but where casual cash transactions occur.
The silver sword on Maui's Haleakala crater rim forms a rare spectacle seen nowhere else. Its slender stem rises above thick base leaves to a silvery plume, but mountain goats threaten its survival as accessible locations shrink.
A 1802 British regiment tested music’s effect on horses. A captain rode a young horse that, when the band played, moved to form behind the musicians. The horse followed the musicians with evident pleasure, then returned to the captain when music stopped before guiding back to the head of the company after the band struck up again.
An old English college doorway bears William of Wykeham's motto Do the next thing. Generations of students have found courage and direction by turning from sorrow and failure to do the next best thing.
The telegrapher's twenty fifth birthday is celebrated as the office presents him with twenty five roses. He thanks them and resumes work with his left hand holding the bouquet while his right taps the key. A bystander jokes that he is telegraphing the flowers with science.
The Prairie Center Community Club met at the Carl Zieglow sky home with Mrs. John Green and Mrs. Simpson of Washington as guests. Mrs. Berdell Donaldson and baby plan to move to Indiana, while Howard Wolfe of Monmouth visits. Mud conditions improve and local talk notes recovery of Mrs. Simmering after hospital care.
A Chinese coastal island relies on a single industry soup from bird nests. Nests form a gelatinous structure built by birds in caves repeatedly harvested after each breeding season for export. The island is known as Birds Nest Island or the Island of a Hundred Peaks.
An old tale ties Lord Lonsdale to a Sevres china set stolen in Paris during the revolution. After decades of search three pieces remained missing until a London sale revealed them. Flo sent a friend to bid as the Earl waited in his brougham. He bought the pieces and died that night.
A Thrift magazine excerpt claims a vast buried treasure of 20 trillion pounds lies in American cemeteries tied to historical burials. It asserts universal agreement on the figures and notes ancient Egypt and excavations showing burial of jewels with the dead, including swords and helmets.
Joe Brown, a colored potter at a southern Kansas bank, muses on a million dollars while resting by the river. He declares he would buy pigs and make money as the bank cashier smiles and the judge remarks on the wish.
Mrs Irwing Grover and daughter Chrystal of Winfield visit friends for days. Mrs Marietta Duvall attends uncle John Fleming's funeral in West Chester. Charles Teets' family travels to Wyoming after Edmundson Teets' death. Mrs Ayers of Wellman undergoes serious surgery in Iowa City. condition critical. Numerous shoppers and travelers pass through town from Des Moines Davenport Keota and Dubin with news of births operations and health events.
Two women from Wayland visited the store this morning and bought Arch Preserver shoes and Arrowhead silk hosiery. One woman, a county hospital nurse, praised Arch Preserver comfort and service. The store guaranteed Arrowhead hosiery to the purchaser’s satisfaction.
Arrowhead Hosiery introduces new color options priced at 96 cents per pair. The affordable update targets budget shoppers seeking fresh style in their hosiery wardrobe.
Rev W S Moore of Ainsworth spends the day in town on business. D F Macon of Washington is auctioneer with phone 251 Red. Miss Ida Cavender returns home on East Madison after winter in Omaha and visits in Town City with Aunt Mrs Alice Maas. Mrs Maas and Miss Cavender saw the Passion play in Bloomington Ill. A Sound Bank West Chester Savings Banks with Safety. Mrs J R Kruser and daughter Gweneth travel to Belknap Iowa to visit Mrs Kruser's mother, Mrs Eberline.
Mrs W S Green travels to Winfield to visit daughter Mrs Marian Kipp. Mr and Mrs Bud Fields depart for Davenport for a shop demonstration tied to Buds Garage. Demonstration highlights field of work. relatives in Moline noted. Also hints at local blacksmithing, horse shoeing, woodwork and auto repair in Haskins Iowa.
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