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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1919
Page
7
Brief note indicates a call for submissions of news items to the journal in the format of short letters. It urges readers and staff to forward briefs and observations for publication, outlining submission channels and expected content.
Washington County residents report a flurry of social activity with births and anniversaries noted. Personal notices highlight neighborly events and community connections amid ongoing gatherings and church activities.
In Wellman J M Morrow drove the Overland to Des Moines to visit and spend time with Mr. Morrow and Thelma. Effie Hull spends this week at the Jefferson Hotel in Iowa City. A J Sanders seeks a location in St Paul Minnesota. Mrs Henry Foster Mrs Minnie Shafer and George Struble and wife visited Mrs M C Struble in Iowa City. Eastern Star convention attendees include Mesdames Perry Ayers Isiah Oldfield F X Mellicker and Ed Jones in Des Moines this week. Wherle went to Cedar Rapids for higher MasonIC degrees. Dr McIntosh and family returned from their eastern trip. Jas Kabaker went to Chicago and back with Mrs Kabaker and their two sons. Herman to finish this school year in Wellman high. Mrs Thompson visited daughter Mrs J O Ruble in Wapello. Mr and Mrs Tdge Adams visited Iowa City. Mrs Albert Longwech and Mrs Smith visited Iowa City over Sunday. Mrs W P Gardner hosted about a dozen ladies in honor of her daughter Mrs L L Carr of Clearmont.
Carl Peterson returns home from Minnesota threshing. Mrs. Alexander Haverson visits from Delta and will stay with relatives before returning home. The Rowans relocate to the Stotts property now Blaine Pressley’s. Miss Sylvia Noffsinger resigns as city schools superintendent after five years due to family illness. W C T U to hold a fan sale November 1 at the Cooperative Store. Epworth League hosts a Halloween social October 31 at the M E church basement with masked fun and refreshments. Ten cents admission.
Richmond on Oct 28 reports visits by Mikie McCombs and Walter Carl, a two week school vacation, and various local family calls. Families including the Arnold and Vo home groups, Dolies and Lement relatives, and Joe Keiter households entertains guests from Washington and Wellman with multiple local visits noted.
Mrs George and Miss Vera Sa forek with Albert Schmidt and Harry Stumpf spent Thursday evening at Mrs Mary Kern. Mr and Mrs V J Spevacek spent Sunday at John Shalla's. Erskin Sims of Cedar Rapids visited John Patterson Saturday. Wilma Crity and pony fell through a bridge east of town on the way to school last Tuesday. Calls on road funds prompt debate on township and county roads. Albert Hess on the sick list. Miss Hilda Kos aided by sister Mrs Bert Stumpf with housework last week.
The district Sunday school convention for Marion Oregon and Crawford townships will meet at the Presbyterian church next Sabbath at 2 30 pm. The program includes congregational singing addresses by I K Beal a declamation by Juanita Rabenold and Leona Lease a junior department by Mrs Ida Stump a primary department by Mrs N J Lease and Miss Mary Manners a duet by Elwyn Davidson and Bruce McCleery a standard school by Rev Davis a declamation by Mrs Reddington and more. Everyone is invited to attend this meeting.
The library adds titles by Spargo Jones and Moore covering Bolshevism Germanys agents and Christian missions. Phillimore examines treaties and diplomacy while Bleyer surveys journalism. Brocaw Starr offers a car handbook and guides to auto care from Putnam.
Mrs. Davis, mother of 16 year old Geneva Davis, reports her daughter vanished last week. A traveling man claimed to spot Geneva with a musical comedy troupe passing through Falls City. A nearly identical girl was found with the company in Omaha, but officials confirmed she was not Geneva. The family continues to search and hope for her return.
A National Geographic bulletin summarizes correct flag etiquette. It urges lifting flags quickly, not touching ground or trailing in water, avoiding draping over chairs or doors, and using red white and blue bunting for decoration. It notes stage displays and international rules, and explains flag-flying at the Capitol and White House.
Richard Chocter of Harrison county aided the search and believes he saw Geneva on an Omaha street Friday with the mysterious Woman who took the girl away. He pursued but the woman and girl vanished before he could turn his car. The girl's father returned home weary as Mrs Davis nearly collapsed.
A Bronson Alcott reflects on the value of books, comparing them to friends and noting that even after praising the best works, new beauties emerge with every reading. He favors few and chosen titles over broad acquaintance, urging continued presence of these companions.
Dr A F Kepford of Des Moines warned at the Iowa social work conference in Muscatine that profiteers threaten civil liberty and democratic government. He described profiteers as a diabolical instrument alongside demagogues and urged national unity through Americanization and the example of the Man of Galilee.
Mount Pleasant News reports four Iowa colleges plan to petition the Iowa Collegiate Conference to drop Iowa Wesleyan for serious and persistent rule violations. The conference meeting in Des Moines next month may hear charges against Wesleyan’s coach for unsportsmanlike methods this season. Local fans note Wesleyan’s use of disqualified players and rough play against longtime standards of athletic conduct.
Nearly 2000 delegates and visitors packed the Hotel Savery for the annual Grand Chapter session of the Order of the Eastern Star in Des Moines. Grand Matron Mrs. Anna Orris of Fairfield and Grand Patron Mr. B. Shimek of Iowa City attended the opening events. H L McGrew of Mount Pleasant, longtime finance chair, was likely to become associate grand patron but was called home due to his mother's illness.
In Lincoln Nebraska the Nebraska Supreme Court hears a challenge to a Sunday barber ban enacted two years ago by the legislature. The Fontanelle hotel in Omaha is cited as violating the law and a member was arrested. Former Senator Norris Brown argues Sunday shaving is essential to health and guest comfort.
Indianola October 30 two Simpson college students , J Carney Howell of Leon senior and Robert J Pennington Albia freshman class president, slipped on tar via coating as city workers laid paving. They fell into the black tar a local cleaner said fifty five gallons of gasoline were needed to repair the damage.
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