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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1928
Page
3
Fourteen H. J. club members and two guests gathered for an all day session devoted to making two mother lo ose quilts. A noon dish of food and a simple ranch lunch were shared, coffee served by the hostess. The group plans another gathering in two weeks.
The Wesleyan Home Missionary group and Priscilla club schedule meetings with hostesses and dates in September. The P T A opens at Junior High on September 25. Sunshine community club plans a needlework meet with a salad recipe roll call. Prairie Flower Mission hosts an all day quilting event with a pot luck and a tea towel project for the nurse’s home.
The B and P club gathers at the Y community room for dinner at 6 15 PM on September 26 with guests or excused members asked to notify secretary Thcia Patton by 7 PM. The Brama department of the Fortnightly club meets September 25 at 7 30 PM at Miss Lois Brown South Iowa Ave. West Chester Pythian Sisters meet September 25 reports omitted last time will be presented. Washington Lodge 26 AF & AM examines candidates September 25 at 8 PM full attendance requested. Bethel young folks plan to repeat the play Ruth in a Rush at o clock.
Woman's Relief Corp hosts third ward social and K of C regular meeting scheduled for Tuesday September 25 with date change from September 27. Parent Teachers Association meets at Junior High Tuesday September 25 at 7 30 PM with High School band music talk by Dr W W Bowers and teachers reception. Ladies of country club invite husbands to pot luck supper Wednesday 6 30 PM. Sunset Circle meets with Mrs William Hinton Wednesday afternoon September 26. K of P regular meeting this evening. By order of C C.
A widow sued for damages after her husband, an organ printer, was killed by a truck. The jury found for the defendant, ruling the deceased was grinding his organ on the wrong side of the street, negating liability.
The Detroit News notes the alphabet likely arose about 4,000 years ago via an Egyptian hieroglyphic tradition taught to a Semitic inventor. Romans then adopted it from the Greeks, who borrowed from Phoenicians who earlier drew from Semitic peoples of Syria and Palestine.
Mentor Magazine details the horn book, a four to five inch wooden reading aid with a paper page showing the alphabet and syllables, the Lord’s prayer, and a horn cover read with crosses. The piece notes its rarity and the idea that early Americans valued religious texts as much as tools of learning.
The Ladies of the Christian church will serve a chicken dinner at the church on Thursday September 27. Funds raised will support church activities and programs.
An editorial argues that investing in fire prevention is wiser than buying firefighting gear. It claims no fire causes damage before it starts and stresses proactive measures to avert blazes.
News reaches Crawfordsville of the marriage of Leila Edgar second daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Edgar to John R Elliott of Superior Nebraska the couple wed recently in Phoenix Arizona and plan to reside there. Nearby travel includes William Tracy visiting Linden Ul with his wife and several residents visiting relatives and attending church services across town.
COLUMBUS JUNCTION Sept 24 The cantaloupe season closed this week with 35 carloads totaling about 250 000 melons shipped to the Chicago and St Louis markets. The fruit came from seventy acres and more than fifty workers were employed daily at the Walford brothers fields in Conesville.
The report lists a Salemd presbytery meeting with Rev. K R Roberts as moderator Sept 21 22 in Salem Welchchurch. Columbus Junction football beat West Chester 25 to 0, next game at Lone Tree Sept 29. Visits include Dr Emma J Neal and Verde Vearick of Cedar Rapids. Community and 4 H programs scheduled with Ralph Lowe Letts and O G Herbert Des Moines on the program for Louisa county religious education.
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