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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1921
Page
7
The Wellman area greets visitors and locals with news of travels and gatherings. Susan Morrow of Cheyenne visits J. B. Carter and Ed Morrow, Ralph Hamilton attends a hog sale in Williamsburg, and many Neighbors attend football games and auctions. The Wellman Rebekah lodge meets and plans winter work while residents move houses, farms, and take up new ventures.
A October birthday gathering for about 40 was hosted by Mrs. Walter Jarrard and Mrs. Ezra Wittmer. Prizes were won for best dressed in hard time clothes. The event featured Jack O lanterns, corn, oyster stew and popcorn, with a lively crowd and social visits from relatives and neighbors.
Farmers gather corn as J H Witting delivers a horse to Mt. Pleasant. Mrs Daniel Conrad of Woodriver Nebr visits daughters Mrs Schlatter and Mrs Wenger who hosts a dinner for relatives. Various neighbors listed with social visits, church services, and a lecture by Rev J W Kirlener on Oct 20. Stringtown school closes to help husk corn.
Mr and Mrs Geo Alexander dined with Mrs F M Smith on Tuesday Rev and Mrs Hanna visited Monday B D Twinam shipped hogs to Chicago Win Eyestone family visited Herman Twinam family Leland Maxwell a Cedar Falls student spent weekend at home Fred Spangler and Isaac Black visited San Diego relative Soldier reunion in Washington Delbert Maxwell visited Mediapolis grandparents Twinam and Nickelson Muscatine visitors Will Mayhew and son Rodney visited C M Maxwell Veil Maxwell returned to school after four week illness
Donald Smith reported a car stolen from the center of Washington Saturday evening. The vehicle was recovered Sunday in the southeast part of town with two tires missing.
In New Haven on October 17 Mr and Mrs Bert Smith and family and Mrs Belle Waterhouse and son Ira from near Brighton MF and Mrs James Combs and family and Mr and Mrs Marion Smith spent Tuesday evening with Mrs Frank Smith and enjoyed an oyster supper. Lily Nicholson has been quite sick recently. Mrs Katie Hart returned to Burlington after a week here. Mrs Frank Smith entertained many friends including Bert Smith and family Ira Waterhouse Walter Sheets Caroline Sheets Marion Smith and Della Neal.
Mrs. Tom Randall of Washington spent Wednesday night with her son and family Roy Randall. Mrs. Will Caldwell stayed a day last week at Bryan Swift’s home. Roy Randall and son Charles spent Friday night in Washington with his parents. Mrs. Charlie Kephart and Mrs. Ed Simmering visited Ode Ferguson last Friday. Clarence Randall and daughter Cora May were at Roy Randall’s Saturday night. Charlie Kephart and Ed Simmering shared Sunday at Walter Gardner’s. Bryan Swift and son Bernard visited Will Caldwell Sunday.
A family narrative describes a father's stomach trouble worsening until quitting work. After using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, the father recovers weight and strength and resumes work within a month. The ad claims the remedy clears halts inflammation and mucus of the intestinal tract and offers a money back guarantee. Lemmon's Pharmacy markets the product nationwide.
Miss Mabel Crooks returns to Monmouth College for work. Elwyn Davidson comes home from Iowa City. Mr and Mrs Leo Mak and children visit relatives in Iowa City. Mrs J F Buxbaum and piano pupils plan a Thursday recital at the Presbyterian church at 8 o clock with Irene De Lorg and Mrs Lanone featured.
A reflective line from The Fleur de Lis notes hope in humor during pain. It comments on resilience and character with a playful contrast between those who laugh at trouble and those who endure it.
A Boston Transcript household writer notes things ripen quickly in heated atmosphere and parries suggestions of romance with the line that love grows fast. The quip emphasizes the fast pace of affection and passion in relationships.
Health ad promotes Vinol as a tastier cod liver oil alternative free from oil and gentler on delicate stomachs. It claims Vinol supplies cod liver elements plus glycerophosphates and vegetable iron, touted as top tonics, with testimonials and a money back guarantee from Sherman Bros. Drugists in Washington Iowa.
The Golden Snare directed by David Hartford and released by Associated First National plays two days at Fox Theatre starting Thursday. Star Lewis 8. Stone reprises the Royal Northwest Mounted Police role alongside Ruth Renick with Wallace Heery Melbourne MacDowell and others. The film centers on Sergeant Philip Raine’s Arctic pursuit of Bram Johnson and the rescue of Celie, with dramatic use of husky dog teams and snowbound photography.
A compact excerpt from Israel Zangwill’s The Grey Wig presents aphorisms on love money and vanity. Witty lines include Love is blind and marriage is never blind and Money is time with the millionaire as sole Methuselah. The quips critique social disguise and financial luxury.
A Chicago couple tours the public library in Boston with a light exchange as they pause outside and glance inside. The dialogue emphasizes a quick interior look and a casual plan to proceed.
More than a dozen American trained workgroups headed by experts will head to Soviet Russia to assist in industrial rehabilitation. The Society for Technical Aid to Soviet Russia, led by Fedor P. Wilga, says units include shoe makers clothing workers builders and welders with tractors and power machinery. The group stresses nonpolitical aims to boost technical exchange and claims to act independently of Soviet controls.
A new stenographer impresses with rapid shorthand but misreads a business letter. Her dictation results in a comical misrendering of terms like freelance, August, fee, lunch, and offer, illustrating the perils and humor of early machine shorthand work.
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