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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1919
Page
7
Social notes list recent comings and goings in Washington County. Births and personal notices highlight community activity, with names and brief details of engagements, visits, and farewells among residents.
Mrs Pete Christner has been very sick the past month with no improvement. Miss Grace Pangborn visited with Glydas Baar. Will Rich of Newton Kansas visited relatives over Sunday. Mrs Joe Mast and Mrs Arthur Mitchell were Washington visitors Wednesday. William Boshart's sale drew a large crowd and everything sold well. Ben and Vernie Miller were Burlington visitors Tuesday. Stella Rinner visits the Dan Wittmer and Henry Rinner homes this week. Sam Wittmer family and Mrs Peter Witting of Havre were business callers Wednesday. Edwin Leeper family of Pilot Grove visited relatives last week. They plan to move to Mt Pleasant this week. Wilma and Densel stay with grandparents Mr and Mrs William Leeper while Edwing Leeper move. Edith Wenger and Genevieve Hauenstein at Burlington business college spent last weekend with home folks.
Kalona notes list visits by Mrs E R Roup to Wellman and a trio in Iowa City. Marie Jackson and Barbara Miller with Mabel Fisher are among those visiting relatives. George Johnson plans a Minnesota move after closing his Kalona store. Kalona football lost 28 to 6 to Keota. next game vs Wellman. Community mentions include trips by L R Feldman and a few local visitors.
The Christian church in Washington witnessed the burning of notes and mortgages, celebrating debt freedom with a program, a 6:30 supper, and a five piece orchestra. Dr. Holmes of Drake University gave a grand address to attendees, followed by a district convention with local corps members and a Shafer sale drawing large crowds and a $7,000 hoe.
Perry Jones hurls clover for Mr Porter this week while Pearl Phillips and Ben Briley bale straw from Lyon sale. Charles Rhodebeek improves after a pony incident. Various residents build, travel, or host events as Rural Women’s Club plans a Friday social at C W Jackson home five miles north.
Oct K A Funston moved to Brighton. Mrs. George Hiel visits relatives at Marrisa. Mr and Mrs J F E Harvey visit Newhall SD. Will Savage and daughter of Knoxville visit BR Balderson home. Scott Dickinson family at Terry Gowey home. A J L Koch family at John Pflieffer home near Merrimac. J W Brinton and H L Brinton families visit Fairfield.
Miss Agnes Stewart of Struthers Ohio visited Crawfordsville with Mr and Mrs Ralph Smith of Washington and Miss Mary McCall. The high school basketball team and teachers traveled to Olds for a game but were defeated. Mrs J F Buxbaum and Mrs John Lease visited Washington yesterday afternoon.
Keota Kiota reports the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Tallman with the mother formerly Kate Dean of Washington. The community notes visits include Mrs Telva Holmes returning from Cedar Rapids and Mrs Nora Warner moving from Des Moines to St Louis with her son Leo. Funeral held for Arthur Conrad son of Anton Conrad after a horse accident near Brighton and homecoming services in Clear Creek.
A compact electric lantern stands about a foot high and powers a 12 candle power lamp from a winded spring motor. The mechanism includes a generator and governor within a base six by eight inches, suited for camp or farm use and operable in all weather.
Roberta tasted a dill pickle and later at school Miss Bass guided pupils in painting a daffodil. A few days afterward Roberta asked her mother if the pickle was a daffodil pickle.
The Lexington Methodist church hosts a Harvest Home dinner served by the Ladies Aid with about 250 meals. Afterward judges awarded blue ribbons for farm and kitchen exhibits sold at auction, raising over 300 dollars. A ball game between West Chester White Sox and Lexington drew 14 to 2 with Lexington hampered by inexperience.
Mrs Dan Klippfenstein traveled to Davenport to hear Rev William Sunday. Mrs M L Thompson of Belknap and her brother J W Brown ing of Muncie Ind visited friends here and left for Belknap. Mrs Mary J Griswold of San Accacio Colo visited J Purvis and others then went to Winfield. Mr and Mrs David Mitchell arrived from Los Angeles to visit nephew Ross Van Nostrand. Mrs Mitchell was formerly Marie Nostrand.
The Winfield born mayor of Omaha Ed P. Smith escaped a deadly mob intent on lynching him for defending a Black man and seeking a trial. He lies in a hospital with hopes for full recovery as Omaha remains calm after soldiers arrive. The incident caused significant property damage.
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