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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1919

Page

7

Comings and Goings in Kalona Local Socials

Kalona notes list visits from Adolph Schneider and Mrs. Palmer Davenport visitors Edna Allen returning from Chicago. Dr. Foster Des Moines visits Roy Sommers. Gunden family Davenport and Brecht family Mango Iowa visit. Enfield returns from Minnesota and school moves for Welte children. Fosdick home from Iowa City hospital. Welte family Burlington visiting. Ward Shafer discharged from overseas, now Cedar Rapids. Mrs Brinton and children KC visit. Brighton Stars invited to Richland. Brighton baseball prep for Sept 11 game with Wayland. Ivar Nord family from Alta visit. Miss Wicoff and Miss Hall take posts. Williams move near Brier.

Kalona Adolph Schneider Davenport Kaona BE. L. Palmer Near Well M. J. Starr Edna Allen Chicago Foster Des Moines Roy Sommers Jacob Gunden Rends H. E. Brecht Mango Iowa Fred Te Bockhorst Wm. Enfield Minnesota Minneta Dale Welte Hilton Riverde L. R. Fosdick Iowa City Fred Welte Burlington Wilbur John Robert Ward Shafer Camp Dodge Cedar Rapids Ed Brinton Kansas’ City Brighton Astern Stars Richland Wayland Ivar Nord Alta Charles Arnold Mary Wicoff Dublin Hall California D. F. Williams Brier

Young America School Opens Amid Small Enrollment

Sept 8 notice from Young America reports Miss Ruth Vincent leading a class of seven pupils. Rural Women’s Club met with leader ve. Rhodebeck on textiles. Visitors Geneva, Ary, and Alice Hunter. Local families and neighbors hosting guests, farm news, and community events including a tractor on roads and a farmers’ picnic.

Young America Ruth Vincent Rural Women's Club Claud Rhodek Ve. Rhodebeck Washington J. Anderson Will Marie Marie Frank Marie Celestine George Dempsey Davenport Ed Swift Aughter Ethelreda Hedrick Charley Rhodebeck Claude Ernest Carlson J. N. Phillips Claud Flynn Riverside Elmer Cherry Clinton

Brighton Clergy Attend South East District Convention

Rev and Mrs George Anderson are in Ottumwa this week for a South East District convention. A son was born to Mr and Mrs.

Brighton George Anderson Ottuma

Brighton Social Notes Include Travel and Visits

A. Laird Woodford and Glen Beau plan a trip to Grinnell on Friday with Mrs. Woodford joining to Oskaloosa. Mrs. Cora Slater and her son stayed at the Lloyd Jones home last week while Tillie Farrier visited Mt. Pleasant. The L. B. Reed family attended the County Home picnic and several locals spent Sunday at the A. L. Borkoski home. Belle Brinton will teach in Grinnell after leaving Friday, and Esther Freytag visited Eugene Ingham.

Brighton A. Laird Woodford Glen Beauchamp Grinnell

The Greater Misfortune Plato Quotation

An attributed aphorism notes that ignorance is not the worst evil but that great learning misapplied by bad training yields far greater misfortune. It emphasizes caution about education without virtue. The passage reflects classical philosophy on knowledge and ethics.

Plato

Unclear Motion Picture Musicians Readings

A cautious canvass of motion picture show musicians yields no identification of the composer of the dish Pag. The office reports it cannot determine the author from the available information.

Seizures seizing cures for social disease prompt warnings

Federal officials report 450 seizures of so called remedies for social disease under the food and drug act. The bureau of chemistry warns these preparations are fraudulently labeled and dangerous, with false claims of cures and definite timelines. The piece also mentions church revival notes and evangelist Nelson with services and topics.

Washington, D. C Bureau of Chemistry Department of Agriculture

Evangelistic Meetings At Prairie Flower Draw Crowds

Harvey Lawson leads singing as Billy Sunday preaches at Prairie Flower church with the Rada family and Mrs. R Teets in the Prairie Flower orchestra. Evangelist Nelson speaks four times and plans a repeat next Sunday drawing a large crowd including a packed school house of women.

M. L. Dewey Wellman A. Liliemark Evangelist Nelson Christian Fellowship Nelson Nsr H Theston E. A. Anderson Harvey Lawson Billy Sunday Mr. Lawson Rada Prairie Flower Mr. Nelson

Love is Love at Fox theater features Ray and Fair

William Fox presents Albert Ray and Elinor Fair in Love is Love at the Fox theater next Friday. Advance reports praise the comedy duo and describe Gerry Sands and Polly Ann Kerry roles as well suited, with a Sunshine comedy to follow.

William Fox Albert Ray Elinor Fair Fox Theater Gerry Sands Young Ray Miss Fair Polly Ann Kerry City Wilson

Newton to Build Mary Frances Skiff Memorial Hospital

Newton reports a $160000 hospital project to begin soon with $100000 from Verne W. Skiff. The Mary Frances Skiff Memorial Hospital will have fifty rooms, use the current city hospital as a nurses home, and include expanded grounds.

Newton Verne W. Skiff Chicago Mary Frances Skiff Hospital Skiff Jay Clark C. P. Axtell H. B. Allfree F. L. Maytag The Newton Hospital Association A. H. Bergman A. E. Hindorff H. C. Korf

St Louis Beckons With Warm Welcome For Wilson

Des Moines gave President Wilson a heartier greeting than Columbus and similar to Kansas City in size. St Louis and Kansas City hosted larger audiences due to bigger halls. Des Moines drew a larger crowd than Columbus, as reported by press traveling with Wilson.

Des Moines St. Louis Wilson Columbus Kansas City

Washington County Evening Journal Briefs

Local updates from Washington County evening edition cover community notices and brief events across towns, including public meetings, school activities, and local milestones reported by the daily.

Evening Journal Washington County

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