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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1919
Page
7
Chas Johnson returns from Chicago with cattle shipment. Numerous town updates cover deliveries from Davenport and Cedar Rapids, shop sales, farm chores, and social events. Residents attend plays at Majestic theatre and praise local talent. A theft of cream at Park Hotel is reported with lingering local curiosity.
Miss Helen Jones dined at Witstaford home and attended the Eicher Sunday school convention. Neighbors gathered for services at Eicher church at 2:00 PM. The Misses Schrader Swift and Lauderman visited Will Saville's. Tom Nicholson and sons began filing for Silas Caldwell. Earl Kephart and others visited Homer Kephart. Edgar Myers joined Earl Kephart for Sunday evening. Mrs. Sam Baker and baby visited her parents John and Mrs. May. Pleasant Hill school closed Friday with Miss Laura Isley teaching.
Everett Young and family visited Palmer Babcock on Sunday. Miss Ruby Peterson and Roacoe Anderson were entertained at Ed Testroet's. Mrs. Warren Matthess and baby Charlie visited her mother Mrs. Tom Schulty Saturday night and Sunday. Mrs. Lyle Oldfield visited Wellman Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Mela Shaila attended a family reunion honoring Will Stransky back from France. Frank Fleming was a Wellman visitor Monday morning.
Kalona paper notes visiting Iowa City residents Mr and Mrs Frank Stransky and Mrs J E B Wella from Wellman spent time in the area. Mrs Pearl Vondraska of Victor, visiting Ira and family, returned home after seeing her mother Mrs PD H Beck in Katona. Mrs Charles Nichols of Cordova Alaska joined Mrs G W Beck. Dr C B Oldaker traveled to Wellman for professional business. F H Skola returns to Parmers Savings Bank after a vacation, noting some rest benefits.
L. G. Shaver of Iowa City visited Kalona on Tuesday. Mrs. Dr. Feldman of Ames spent the week visiting at the Hesselschwerdt home in Kalona and traveled next to Montezuma to see her brother Charley and family, then to Brooklyn to visit sister Mrs. Cc. G. Sykes.
Mrs Lyall Moore returned Monday from a week with her mother in Rubio. W A Leet sent a shipment of his cattle to Chicago and came back Tuesday. Mr and Mrs S K Statler stayed Saturday night with their son Walter. Mr and Mrs W C Embree attended the funeral of Mrs Smylie in Washington Friday. Mrs W E Leet returned home Friday after an operation at the county hospital. Mrs A E Knotts hosted the Lexington WFS on Thursday afternoon with twelve members and guests present.
A baby girl arrived yesterday morning for Mr and Mrs S J Stites. Thomas Smylie of Washington visits relatives in town. Will Fordyce from Washington spent yesterday here. Dr and Mrs J A Kennedy and Mr Iseminger of Ainsworth visited yesterday afternoon. B M O'Brien of Gravity Iowa spent the afternoon in town.
May 13 in Noble Noble the boys and girls Sunday school held a Mothers Day program enjoyed by all. The Marion township Sunday school convention met at the Ficher church with strong township representation and a fine program. Visitors included S C Wittmer and family Selene Wittmer of Havre and Otto Frey Dan Nebel and William Reshley in Washington Monday evening.
Riverside defeated Iowa City 5 to 2 as Keisey of Washington starred at third base with strong defense and Whitehill and Riegler combined on the mound. Iowa City managed only one hit, Riverside touts a promising start, and a Muscatine game looms next Sunday at Riverside before a large crowd.
Fern Reynolds stands trial in district court for complicity in the murder of her baby. Judge Otto presides as the jury remains to be secured and County Attorney Hamilton doubts a noon jury. Fern Reynolds sits with her father and mother as proceedings continue.
A carload of Cogswell North Dakota yearling ewe lambs arrived at Hibbing marking the start of a program to transform St. Louis county into a major sheep region. A second shipment of 500 lambs will head to Virginia Minnesota soon, with more to come this summer as sheep farming aims to take firm hold by fall.
In Keota Iowa during a short span May 9 to May 14 three residents died. Mrs M F Resler formerly Catherine Rankin was buried in Keota after services in Humansville Missouri. Burton Randolph died in O'Brien county leaving a large grieving family. William R Charlton longtime Keota resident died May 9 after a fall causing a fatal injury. Funeral services were held for each at local churches and homes with burial in Keota cemetery.
Spencer, Va, May 14. Spencer was awarded Post No 1 of the American Legion in Iowa as three former army officers dispatched from Des Moines with Council Bluffs guidance. They traveled by auto to Carroll, then boarded a train and beat the document to Des Moines by chartering a fast taxi.
Des Moines reports show several counties planning road paving elections under a road law requiring a 10 percent voter petition. If approved, federal aid and automobile money will cover three quarters of costs with assessments on districts near proposed roads. Debate centers on education, financing over up to fifteen years via county bonds, and prioritizing county roads alongside city districts.
The Cedar Rapids Republican warns that liquor makers may shift to candy bar and lunch bag production, fearing a new moral and social danger. The piece imagines bingeing on sweets leading to madness and family violence, questioning if prohibition may curb such effects.
A brief cultural note from the Marshalltown Times-Republican describes someone making fudge on a gas stove in a kitchen. The snippet hints at domestic scene content within a local paper.
The passage instructs cleaning rusty steel by removing rust from the parts and letting the steel rest in that state for two or three days. It then advises wiping dry with clean rags and polishing with emery or pumice stone. For very rusty items needing high polish, rub the article with nine little stick lime.
The old time remedy Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound is advertised for darkening fading gray hair. A downtown druggist touts the product as giving natural, even color with one strand at a time application. It claims to restore a youthful, glossy look though not for disease treatment.
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