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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1923
Page
8
Local briefs record visits and travel among residents. C J Griffin of Ackworth and Mrs Frank Edworthy hosted relatives. Mrs Latta and Mrs Winters dealt with illness. Miss Eleanor Walker, Miss Florence Babb, Miss Nelle Ryam, and Miss Grace Applegate are noted for teaching or visiting. Rock Island freight house will close on Decoration Day except for morning perishables. Ainsworth school ended Friday.
Numerous residents from Wayland Keota and surrounding towns spent Saturday in Washington.Ed Bambrick Evelyn Robertson and other locals joined Davenport trips. flowers, fabric discounts at Crail's. several families noted travel to Ottumwa Keota and Des Moines for errands and visits.
The Union Barber Shops of the city will be open on March 29 until 10 p.m. and closed on the 30th. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Brinning and daughter Celesta with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Miller and son left for Florida in the Brinning car, taking in points along the way. Nice worries for sale at the County Home. Call 242 Black and leave your order. Mr. and Mrs. Bonno Kinzel and his father John Kinzel of Marissa Illinois and sister Mrs. Katie Sehulty of Wendy, HL are visiting Geo Heil and Mrs Heil. They expect to return to Illinois today, as Mr. and Mrs. Gonne Kingel are on their honeymoon.
Local items list visitors and residents in town including Miss Bell Smith Davenport and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Fry Havre on business. A sale at Putnam's features voile waists 50c, morning dresses 1.48 1.98, sizes 26 38 42. Wolf Floral Co advertises peonies and roses for Memorial Day.
A London Mail item describes Alen Lt. Chelsea offering home cooked meals delivered to homes. Customers choose from a la carte or table d’hote options, with a boy delivering on a bicycle and presenting the requested dishes.
Civil war veterans of the G A R will gather in front of the courthouse Wednesday morning at 30 minutes past to march in readiness for the procession to the cemeteries.
Hugh MecCleery announced ushers for the Graham Decoration Day gathering on Wednesday afternoon. Selected volunteers include Henry Bailey Theodore Bailey Clarence Miller Durand Ross Robert McGugin William Boice Henry Eicher and Charles Lytle.
At supper father asked Buddy how he did with arithmetic that day. Buddy answered with pride that he nearly had as many correct as wrong, saying he “Lad almost as many examples right as I had wrong.”
The beech is hailed as rugged and sturdy with dense, beautiful foliage that enhances roadside landscapes. A noted drawback is its smooth white bark, inviting initials to be carved, as described in the book Trees as Good Citizens.
A description notes holes in Roquefort cheese created by machinery to admit air and enable mold growth, achieving the cheese's characteristic flavor.
The excerpt notes early spring flowers like yellow aconite and snowdrop greeting the speaker. The imagery hints at a coming season and a towered company associated with D. EB. Ward, suggesting a promotional or decorative context rather than a news event.
A neighbor tries to teach a three-year-old Mother Goose rhyme but the child, Don, does not respond. In despair, the narrator notes the child lacks learning and gives up. The fragments suggest a casual, humorous domestic moment reflecting a caregiver's frustration.
A poetic reflection on friendship love and piety urging secrecy. It frames these virtues as sacred toys best discussed only in intimate moments of firm confidence and mutual understanding.
A fragmented note urges self reflection after a blunt admonition to stop blaming others. The speaker hints at personal change and a rustic remedy, suggesting a gesture that could improve mood. The text reads as a colloquial, rough remark with no clear event or identities.
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