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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1922
Page
7
Local column from Rural Route 5 details visits and travels among families, illness and care in Washington Crawfordsville and Des Moines areas, farm prices and 1895 purchases, spring housecleaning and weather quirks, plus social events at Homestead and community notices from neighbors.
Mrs Will Embree Mrs Frankie Moore Mollie Tierney and Mrs Ferguson spent Thursday with Mrs Stoffer. Florence Gass visited West Chester. Letha Dayton and Raymond Ferguson out of school with mumps. Will Embree in Washington. Embree sawed wood Wednesday. Lucile Strum returned to school after illness. Mrs Knotts with her sister Mrs Oldfield. Mrs Disney sick. Sprague family moved into Clarence Timmins house. So and Sew club met at Mrs Willard Leet. two visitors Miss Ruth Hunter and Miss Ruth Leet from Monmouth on spring vacation. Next meeting with Frankie Moore.
An editorial muses on publishing limits, long distance runners from Navajo reservation schools, and humorous quips about Methuselah and married life. It poses questions about candidates submitting to voters and the partisan primaries’ impact on farm product markets.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Morgan spent seven weeks touring the south and west. Their itinerary included San Banito Texas. a Mexico day. Los Angeles and Long Beach for a week. the Iowa picnic. Santa Cruz with the Bidwell family. San Francisco. and Tacoma Washington visiting the J James family before returning home.
Miss Cecile Nichols of Wayland spent time with home folks. The city election elected Mayor Frank Trump, Treasurer Gleede Dold, councilmen Howard Cochran Gus Volger Ralph Ross Ab Edwards Chas Arbrogast, assessor John Ricks. Will Leeper of Noble visited Friday morning.
Mrs Jim Cherwinker traveled to Muscatine on business and visited with niece Mrs Harry Hathaway before returning home. The Bean Brothers plowed roads this week but rain worsened them. March ends with hope for better weather. Vivian Booth and Hazel Booth shopped in Davenport and visited sister Ethel who teaches there. The K K K club was small due to rain but enjoyed cake fruit and coffee. Mrs C N Mullen is out again after illness. A carload of household goods arrived from Davenport for a Farber farm family north of Haskins. Mildred Ebner Leota Welliver stayed with uncle Loren Hazen. Mrs Mary Schwartz of Fairfield visited brother Carl Jarvis and family. Olive Moore attended the C E convention in Washington with Rev Casselman giving an illustrated sermon and lecture. Mrs Casselman spoke on Girls Whom I Have Known. Chart Stafford and wife sister Grace visited Coneville. Embree family visited. Burr Taylor and Harley Stafford went to Cedar Rapids for medical care. Rev Casselman and family spent evening with Bethel community rs. Myrtle Welliver and Leota, Dan and Duane Agen spent time in Haskins.
Ruth McFlroy returned home from Burlington. Mrs M P D Work of Washington visited. The Woman's Legion Auxiliary plans officer installation April 6 at I C O F hall. Freshman class hosted other students and faculty with a three course April fool banquet. H A Phillips traveled to Davenport last night.
Dr. Hubert Work says Sunday post office closings should be encouraged where feasible and that patrons deserve notice if hours change. He cites religious tradition and the need for rest as essential and notes some smaller offices may abandon Sunday openings.
A quoted line from Uncle Eben humorously notes the worry of unemployment. He satirizes the man who spends half his day dressing for work and the other half cleaning up to quit, reflecting Depression era labor concerns.
About 100 million cigarettes are produced annually in Guatemala with tobacco sourced mainly from native growers and Honduran suppliers. The industry emphasizes domestic farming and regional supply chains to support mass production.
The text portrays a man described as mad and fond of elaborate practical jokes that verge on dangerous, with claims of framing others and jokes that stop short of murder. It notes his habit of targeting others rather than himself and highlights his theatrical, outlandish humor.
Senator New of Indiana unable to travel due to duties broadcasts from his Senate office address to a mass meeting of women in Indianapolis. Using a telephone transmitter linked to Arlington station, the speech is rebroadcast to the audience via voice marginers. Tomorrow night Miss Alice Robertson will address her constituents in the same way.
Iowa Memorial union campaign opens on the University of Iowa campus with John J. Dondore leading the effort. Undergraduates are organizing, freshmen write essays on the unit’s value for prizes, four minute speakers tour student groups, and the fund drive will start soon.
The account says Louis XVI wore tall wooden heels in court to appear regal. He was not tall and used the device to look impressive, leading to the term French heel. The phrase later described a particular style of high heel.
In this county John Holes, a local farmer, was injured when an infatuated bull charged him leaving him needing medical care. The incident involved neighborly tension and the bull named Leston Transerpit, reported by local records.
Des Moines, April 1. The 168th Iowa National Guard will hold a reunion August 19 and 20 at Camp Dodge during the annual encampment. Each company invites veterans of the old outfits to join in messes and camp fires with barracks and blankets provided. plans include athletic contests, dog hole digging events, and efforts to have 100 percent representation, especially wounded veterans.
The Rainbow Society in Des Moines Iowa asks all former members to send their names to G C Haynes president using the Want Ads.
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