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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1937
Page
10
Mrs. Claude Rhodebenk reports Young America school ends Friday with a picnic. Eighth grader Junior Humston tops the class. Families and neighbors from Brighton Keota Waukegan Rock Island and Burlington visit and join in Sunday dinners and lunch outings.
The article urges mothers to prevent constipation by dietary changes using Kellogg's ALL-BRAN. It explains ALL-BRAN absorbs water to form a soft mass that cleanses the system and supplies vitamin B and iron. Recommendation: two tablespoonfuls daily as cereal, or three times daily in severe cases, sold at all grocers and guaranteed by Kellogg in Battle Creek.
Eighth graders from Yeo School took their final exams in Fairfield on Thursday and Friday. Local residents visited friends and relatives including Milton Coffin and family, and several attended Baccalaureate services at Pleasant Plain. Mother's Day gatherings occurred in Washington and Fairfield with numerous family visits.
Walnut school will close Friday with a picnic dinner. Several local families and friends visited and helped with farming tasks as evidence of the community’s close ties. The Walnut Women’s Club is set to meet with Mrs. Howard Miller Thursday afternoon.
A salt dome is a pile of salt and sometimes sulfur and other materials a derby hat shaped mass pushed up through underlying strata, a natural bed for oil accumulation, as described by Literary Digest.
Families at Clay report Mothers Day visits with Mr. and Mrs. A J Morgan and grandson Lane hosting relatives north of Richland. Ollie Morgan from Richland, Edith Griffith from Brilliant, Malcolm Griffith and Allen from Town City join Stan nard home dinner guests. C E Carrie extended an over Sunday visit to the Stannard family as Herman Eagle hosted Washington relatives.
Therion Lowry and daughter Beulah visited the Oscar Lowry home near Wellman. Alvin Strum and daughter spent Sunday at the Doc Engle home. Mrs Artford Richardson and son visited her sister Mrs Glen Little on Tuesday. Mrs Merle Statler and Mrs Marion Smith shopped in Washington Monday. Wilmer Lauderman and Dr L A Baker and family dined with Marion Smith Sunday. Anna Beulah and Warner Lowry attended the West Chester baccalaureate and shared ice cream with Grace Munro’s birthday party peers.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Wentjen and family spent Sunday at Elza Davis home near Bone Prairie Iowa. Mrs Boyd Berdo and son Charles and Miss Helen Klepfer of Washington called at Lloyd Dickinson home Sunday afternoon. Miss Eugenia Dickinson stayed Tuesday night with Miss Edith Miller at West Chester. Gerald Dickinson and Miss Esther Patterson visited in the evening. Mr and Mrs Kieth Wells spent Sunday at Roy Wells.
Juanita Miller and Velasta Musil took sixth grade examinations in Washington. Juanita stayed with grandmother Delia Miller. W R Gamon is a patient at Dr Abbotts hospital in Oskaloosa. Mr and Mrs John Pratt had Sunday dinner with the S B E Shafovose family. Multiple Kephart families attended a Mother's Day dinner at the A K E Kephart home. Howard Caldwell family visited Frank Scranton home near West Chester. Dinner guests included several Beensblossoms, Randle, and Beenblossom families with Warren Graff of Wellman visiting Sunday.
Numerous local families and relatives visited various homes on Sunday. The gatherings included the Anderson Kephart family at Sun day, the Erlenbush and Harvey groups at the Will Haney home in Wapello, and multiple calls to Beliel Gamon and related households. Local attendances also touched Kalona and Pleasant Grove for class reunions and a funeral.
Arteve Lambert is ill and unable to be in school. Pleasant Hill school closes next Wednesday. Elmer Young plows for Clyode Lambert and Fred Kep hard plows for Sam Siga toose. Will Miller loses a cow last week. Mrs Albert Graber visits Washington at her parents home. Co A Bleess sells hogs to Joe Link. The Line Islands are low atolls in the Pacific north of the Equator including Palmyra Washington and Fanning and Christmas Islands. Palmyra is uninhabited but visited for coconuts.
A brief note recalls a pear shaped orange fruit once common, now described as larger than in old times, likened to the size of a cherry and noted for its unusual size and shape.
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