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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1912
Page
5
Numerous short notices from Washington County include residents visiting relatives in Chicago and Cincinnati, travels to Muscatine and Ainsworth, and plans to move businesses. Local companies Hartman’s Ice Cream and Vienna bakery advertise products, while J W Morton and J K Beal discuss pensions and cattle sales. Community events cover church and school activities, bank bids, and a Des Moines convention forthcoming.
New York reports merchants note slow business due to cool weather yet changeable taffeta fabrics draw shoppers. Designers tout chiffon and changeable taffeta for dresses, one piece gowns, and decorative coats and wraps with corded ottoman silks and fresh bag styles, while color pairings in black blue and green gain popularity.
Col D J Palmer received word of the death of Julian Richards a well known Iowa correspondent at his Waterloo home. Richards 55 years old. Cause of death not advised. Funeral set for Monday afternoon.
Estella EK Plopper, department patriotic instructor of the Womans Relief Corps, requests observation of Peace Day on Sunday May Mth. Pastors of churches invited to speak on peace and arbitration in sermons and all soldiers and corps members urged to attend services. Order of Pres. Patriotic Instructor. Womans Relief Corps No. 45.
The Rev W J W Rees, pastor of a large Washington Methodist church and a delegates to the Minneapolis conference, will preach at the Washington Methodist church tomorrow morning and evening. He is described as an eloquent speaker and will likely draw two large audiences. Miss Edna Klein, a local Washington girl, has served as a clerk in Rees's church.
Quotation on enduring youth through curiosity and inquisitiveness. It states that a woman remains young as long as she keeps interest in gossip and scandal, and claims she is past her prime when that interest fades.
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