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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1930
Page
6
John Shields, a student at Grinnell, spent the weekend at home. The notice promotes light weight, unbreakable vases available in all colors at the Ward & Co basement.
Louise Ewing resumed studies at Parsons College after visiting R. F. Pratt. Ottumwa trip for R. L. Grimes. Walter B. Wilde of Peoria and family back home after weekend with M. R. Meek. Ottumwa guests Martha Sidies hosts Kehioe and Poole families. Hazeltines to Cedar Rapids. Walter Reaney in town for business. Joe Falk and Marcus Mach families visit. Mach sister of Falk. Ainsworth residents visit. Lewis Dunbar announces baby boy born at county hospital last week.
Mr and Mrs J Bernard Walker of Ainsworth announce the arrival of a baby boy born at the county hospital the last of the week The little fellow has been named James. G C Dunbar of Brighton was a business caller here today Mrs H R Crayton returned home this morning after a week's visit at Davenport Clinton Iowa Rev F W Eastwood returned Friday night from Washington DC where he attended the American Red Cross convention His son Walter a student at Princeton NY met him in Washington and accompanied him home for the summer Robert Shields returned to his work at Chicago after spending the weekend at his home Group of Red Men lodge members from Muscatine costumed as Indians were here Saturday en route to Fairfield to install a new lodge Mrs Fred Reid returned from Columbus Ohio where she served as chairman of the credentials committee She visited her sister Marguerite McGugin at their headquarters Mr and Mrs Harold Montgomery were guests yesterday of friends at Eldon Iowa Mr and Mrs I S Woodruff of St David Minnesota visited over Mother’s Day with her mother Ja HF Brown and Mr and Mrs S T Mickey Mr and Mrs D M Bridges and their daughters Edna Ruth Bridges and Mrs Ernest Rouse were here yesterday and Edna and Ruth Bridges returned home with their parents last evening They returned this morning to board the train Mrs BR Casey will entertain the 1X club Wednesday at 8 o clock
The text extols mothers as patient, wise caregivers shaping a child’s future. It honors the maternal role as sacred, universal, and divine, praising selfless acts and urging all to strive to be best for mothers. Ida V. Hough of West Chester and P. G. Widmer of the former Cur Clothes Shop are noted, the latter ill with pneumonia with no change reported.
Rev and Mrs Frank H Gageby of Decatur Ill visited Marshalltown last evening to see friends and attend church services. He serves as synodical secretary of Illinois Presbyterian churches and was formerly pastor here. Betty Custer injured shoulder in a fall from a moving car last week and wears a cast but recovers quickly. Local tailors Schmoeller Bros advertise new spring suits and coats while hosting visiting relatives from West Chester Kalona and Washington.
Listings show sales of frames at low prices in the basement, social notices of Hazel Kracaw’s readings at the Methodist church with free will offerings, visits of Ruth Vincent McKee and Mrs. Wilson Radenoci, plans to Coppock on May 14, and various locals attending events or returning to duties. Notable mentions include Joe Moorhead’s recovery, family travels, and a shoe store opening in Davenport with local participation.
It suggests using Lime Sulphur and Arsenate of Lead for last sprays on shrubs and trees. The note emphasizes late-season care and chemical options to protect or prepare plants for winter.
A readable fragment notes guests Milton Lodge and mentions Mrs Bettendorf returning from Davenport, job ads seek 25 sales ladies and 10 salesmen at Montgomery Ward, and a patient in Keokuk hospital with leg infection. References to new mirrors at H S Ward basement and a Milwaukee trip by Mrs George Navy appear.
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