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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1948
Page
6
The guide suggests treating rust or tarnish on fabrics using lemon juice or a 10 percent acetic acid solution. It notes these agents can help remove discoloration from textiles without specialized chemicals.
Washington OS Co promotes end of semester activities and local graduations with optimistic forecasts for job markets. A short local anecdote recalls a mushroom killing and a fishing tale by Sam McCleery. Also mentions hotel guests in Alberta and urges readers to visit the company for motor tune ups to improve efficiency.
Westminster Iowa May 24 the last potluck supper drew a large crowd. Mary M Henderson received a traveling clock as a going away gift and prizes were awarded for attendance spelling and books read. The school will not reopen this fall and monthly meetings will continue as a community club.
Bruce Cowden recalls Washington's first automobiles, noting Wilber Miller owned a Ford runabout and drove the author on a warm evening. He mentions Dr. Will Terry with a red Ford, Detroit test jokes about tiny cars, and Miller introducing the town’s first motor driven hearse and the first gasoline ambulance before 1912.
Mrs J R McCreedy of the Three Quarter Century club marks a birthday today. Birthday wishes also go to Stanley Lemley of Wellston, J N Phillips, Ruth Marie Blattner daughter of Mr and Mrs Victor Blattner, Dr F G LiveSay, Francis Eugene Beliel son of Mr and Mrs Francis Beliel, Mrs Daisy Huber Crawfordsville, Frank C Mayer Wellman, Jerry Lee Pickering son of Mr and Mrs E B Pickering. Mr and Mrs Howard Freshwaters celebrate a wedding anniversary.
In a reminiscence from Mrs. Speer, connections to Washington County’s earliest settlers are traced through Moorhead, Morton, Berdo, Babcock, Wilson and other clans. She recalls the Mount House built in 1845, the Plains church and Puddleford school, and notes descendants still reside in the area. She laments the centennial celebration of the Mount House in 1945.
West Chester reports visits and travels of local residents. Walter Bauer and son Fred returned to Iowa State College in Ames after Fred attended his sister’s graduation. Rev H W Munster visited on his way to Chicago and then Malcolm. Robert Renshaw, nephew of R C Ferguson, will coach at Cherokee Iowa this fall and plans summer study in Phoenix Arizona.
The Evening Journal lists publisher Elder Shannon Co editors and staff in Washington Iowa. It notes afternoon publication, second class matter, and addresses circulation rates by carrier and mail including monthly and yearly prices with terms payable in advance.
The notice lists weekly livestock auctions at Whittaker sale barn on Fridays, Midway Sales Co in Columbus Junction on Wednesdays, Kalona Sales Barn on Thursdays, Ollie Livestock Exchange on Tuesdays, Ai Dollar Sales Co in Sigourney on Mondays, and a May 31 opening sale at Fairfield Sales Company near Fairfield on Highway 34. The Fairfield sale is a night stock sale at 8:00 with earlier miscellaneous items.
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