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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1933
Page
3
Rules require letters to Mrs. C. A. Speer 115 West Jefferson St Washington Iowa. Write full name and address clearly on one side only no pencil. Letters are summarized for publication and sources should be given. Contributions printed promptly with answers via the column.
W. M. Beal of 739 KE Washington Iowa seeks data on the Beal family. The piece recalls George Beal and Nancy Sparks who helped at Trenton and tells of eleven children including Isaac Rect and John who served in public roles. Many descendants spread to Guernsey and Henderson counties with Civil War service and long pioneer lives.
The Rocking Chair Brigade reports a spring day at the Elms hotel Excelsior Springs Missouri with lively garden gossip. Notes meals music and local scenes as the writer considers the hotel’s looming summer closure and 3.2 beer nights.
The article profiles Mr I. E. Green of Muscatine recounting his migration from Kentucky in 1854 with his family to Louisa County near Columbus City, his mother and siblings hardships, early farming, and founding moments. It notes his marriage to Nancy Raymond in 1855, four children, six grandchildren, and a long record of sobriety faith and service.
Five local teams signaled interest in joining the Y M C A league. Memorial Day speeches were held at schools though junior high lacked an assembly room. Graduation exercises occurred in Crawfordsville. Weather brings heavy rains, now farmers seek sun. Wedding of Miss Melia Newman and Raymond Patterson in Washington. John Hill injured in a Keota auto crash. Memorial Day programs planned. poppy day set for May 27. Farm relief effort and church activities noted along with band trips and civic events.
Obituary notes the death of Asher F Pay on May 11 in Long Beach California at age 87. Born 1846 in New York he began as Washington Press printer’s devil in Iowa and earned a gold mounted composing stick for typing 1500 cms in one hour. He married Permelia Pond in 1868 and remained active in printing through years in California.
The Washington Democrat’s George Rodman, an auburn-haired figure, was elected lieutenant colonel of the second regiment of melish last week. The duties of the lieutenant colonel are unclear, but Rodman begins with notable manly beauty and prominence in Iowa.
T J Dorgan rented an apartment to a stranger and accepted a supposed $20 bill as part of the deposit. He gave $15 change before discovering the note was a worthless 24 peso Mexican revolutionary bill, exposing a counterfeiting ruse.
An urbane column by Alex Miller offers wry social commentary on hosting guests, gossip, organization management, and the perils of certainty. The piece critiques vanity and etiquette while urging attendees to mind their own business and set clear departure times.
A January report notes zero interments in our cemetery, unprecedented since 1842, marking a notable lull in burials for the period.
STORM LAKE Iowa May 20 P Bert Merchant manager of the Iowa Canning company says the factory will run on a normal scale this summer. Farmers have signed contracts for about 1000 acres of sweet corn and the plant will employ about 150 to 200 workers at the peak of the season.
Death notices include Mrs. Edward Godleve age 67 who died at Riverside home on May 14 and Laura Brown as her maiden name. Also listed is Mrs. Anna Gormly McKee who died in Winterset Iowa with funeral at Crawfordsville, and Harry Kracaw age 68 formerly of Mt. Pleasant with funeral at Mt. Pleasant.
Croshby Mrs. B F Crosby aged 81 died at home on May 17 after 61 years of marriage leaving husband a daughter Mrs Geo Anderson and son Guy Crosby. Jimmie Green, aged one, died in Jet Wyoming from kidney ailment adopted parents. York Mrs Matilda York died at home. funeral services held today.
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