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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1919
Page
7
Washington County social scene notes include births engagements and obituaries. Local families named as relatives and friends share milestones and arrivals with brief home town details and dates where readable.
Eardley Jr and H L Karr visited Ka on Wednesday evening. Mrs Kebaker has been in Jeago the past week. appendicitis operation planned soon. Mrs Hiram Gray left for Chicago to visit son Harry. A whist party hosted by L E Fleming. Cedar Rapids regiment reunion in progress. Various farm sales and relocations noted, including Amos Amish store closure and new stock. Flu quarantine affecting Roy Gardner family and Sprague family. Several residents traveling to Ottumwa and Morning Sun for business and relocation.
Crawfordsville notices report Bessie Ingham leaving for Burlington after a year in town and many locals expressing regret. Other items note funeral attendance for Karal Jeher, church choir additions with two violins, clarinet and cornet, and visits by Mrs. Harry Hagie, Irene Holmes at the University of Iowa, and relatives from Ohio, Westerville, and Washington attending services.
Robert and 1.00 Shaffer were visitors in Burlington Saturday, the town records show a brief social note of their mobility and presence in the community.
The Ladies Aid of the M church will hold a ten cent social at the West Chester church Tuesday afternoon. The column reports a car incident, a farm purchase, a funeral, and local chatter about growth and cement hauling with a loose tire rim incident noted as a close.
A Minnesota tramp who died leaving $65,000 to Sarah Lindley of Nora Springs Iowa is traced after three years. The clerk at a local dry goods store befriended him years earlier and once gave him $2. The will directs the money be paid only after his death and a three year waiting period.
A timeless ethic states fairness sustains mankind and those who break rules lose the world’s regard. The speaker emphasizes square play as essential in both sport and serious pursuits.
The enamel used on Japanese trays and boxes comes from the sap of the lac quer tree. This tree can grow to heights of 30 to 40 feet in Japan and yields the brilliant pigments seen in painted birds flowers and figures.
C F Reavis of Nebraska chairs a House subcommittee examining Army vehicle spending. He accuses the War Department of surplus beyond needs, citing 17 000 surplus motor vehicles including high priced cars. He says deliveries continued until May last and no sales efforts were made. He and colleagues toured storage at Camp Molabird near Baltimore where 11 000 cars sit.
Little Miss Frances Derbyshire celebrates her fifth birthday at her aunt Mrs. James Miller’s home with friends Patricia Keeley and Frances Stitel. Aurilla Mayhew hosts a large church gathering with music and family-style supper. Mrs. B. Knott and R. L. McGuire wed at the Presbyterian manse with a pink white luncheon and their future home in Cedar Rapids.
The Philathea class of West Chester Baptist church held a Friday evening meeting at Lucy Leet’s home. Four new members were voted in and officers for the year were elected including President Mrs. E. Cady and Secretary Mrs. Clinton Walton. Committees were named with Effie Van Sickie chairing membership and Miss Lucy Leet leading the flower committee.
The article notes tunneling is ancient but recent century advances surpass the previous twenty centuries. It cites Theban legends of a 400 foot long tunnel into a mountain chamber and points to rock temples in Nubia and India as evidence that moderns can still learn from ancient techniques and achievements.
A reflective meditation on shaping character through home life and parenting. It urges genuine conversation, tone, and motive to create beautiful, helpful editions of children who will inherit the bounds of today’s ethics, amid an era of unrest and change.
Wapello Lodge No 5 A F and A M marks its diamond anniversary on January 8 1920 The lodge traces Iowa history as one of the oldest with a 1845 charter number 5 A souvenir pamphlet will be issued and an all day session with guests and grand officers is planned Masters of over fifty years will be honored and their photos included.
Little Bess in second grade believed the teacher was always calling for cigarettes. Her mother visited the school to understand the claim and learned the teacher was saying sit here in a giggle lilt.
The piece notes that whistling at work may annoy some, but it is a good omen. It says singing stirs emotions and, even if one cannot carry a tune, helps a person enter more wholeheartedly into service or celebration when others join in.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound is sold at drug stores and reportedly darkens gray or faded hair naturally and evenly. A well known druggist says millions of bottles are sold annually for a lustrous dark look, with noticeable results after one or two applications.
An advertisement claims skin diseases arise from blood infection and touts S. S. as the effective blood cleansing remedy. It promises visible results with the right treatment and offers free medical advice from the Medical Director at 49 Swift Blog, Atlanta, Ga.
The Kansas City Star reports that Ocey Wattles sat in the same seat as the previous night and found the gum under it removed on the second night. He says he is curious who took the gum but does not claim any complaint or offense.
A tip on hanging pictures correctly. Start with the face to the wall, then turn them upright while hooking the wire. This prevents wire twist at the hook and reduces jarring movement from the house.
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