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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1922
Page
6
Little Marguerite Jones turned four with a family birthday cake and small dinners. The West Chester Baptist misprint is corrected and DAR meetings at Mrs. Palmer’s home are noted with reports from Mrs. Dicken and Mrs. Null. Contributions urged for a hospital Victrola and Springfield college.
Advice on cooking efficiency and gas use. It emphasizes sizing flame to need, keeping lids on pots to reduce heat loss, lighting after placing cookware on burner, and turning gas off before removing cookware. Aimed at yearly savings from careful gas usage.
Judge C A Dewey adjourned district court until Friday morning at ten oclock and noted settlements and continuances are likely for remaining cases. The Weekley versus Stephens hearing settled out of court, while Fred Mitchell versus Henry Witt rigg remains before the court with a decision due Saturday at ten oclock.
The second quarterly tea of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society in Methileteoetal hall named delegates for the district convention at Ainsworth on May 2 and 3. Elder statesmen Mrs. Wm. Wilson Jr and Mrs. A. Anderson recall early days under Mrs. Ninde and Mrs. Dewey, praising her decades of service.
Announcement details the Tri-state track and field meet at Parsons College on Saturday April 29. Washington will be represented and high school teams are expected to show well. The Iowa University invitation meet follows on May 6 in Iowa City, with county plans for May.
News reaches friends of Mr and Mrs Paul MacEachron of Techow China that they will sail from Shanghai to San Francisco on May 4. He formerly served as a YMCA secretary here and has since run a boys school in China. The MacEachrons hope to visit Washington next summer.
Miss Lillian Anderson visits Washington this week to enlist girls and parents in nursing as a profession. She notes the nurse shortage and presents the profession’s claims and work details, representing the State University hospital at Iowa and its affiliated Washington hospital.
The text traces Paris origins from a synodal date in A.D. 460 naming Paris, notes Julius Caesar called it Lutetia in 53 B.C. when he set its deputations from Gaul as a united city. It describes Paris as the Murisii capital, a once fortified Gallic tribe center.
A quip credits Christopher Morley with the season's worst pop line. The note observes four women outside a pay car waiting to "bone" the men leaving for a charitable contribution, paraphrasing a wry remark about the car cash and the taulers.
Local societies announce meetings and events for April including Washington Chapter initiation, Beluga Carris and Kerr conferred, Red Cross and Order of Malta candidates. Church groups schedule mission societies teas socials bake sales receptions and Rebekah lodge social events with time changes and host locations.
A tribute praising a longtime presiding officer for her dignity and grace. The message notes her years of service to the church, her strong personality, and the loving memories she leaves for friends and the church community.
Various local club notices list events and meetings for April including a Glendale school candy and pie social on Friday night April 7 with Miss Dorothy Allen as teacher, and several organization gatherings at K of P CG hall and other venues.
A reception honoring the Rev and Mrs J Reade of McCrory is set for Thursday evening at 7 20 at the First United Presbyterian church. A general invitation to all to attend is extended.
In the Cumbria coal field of Wyoming small quantities of gold and silver are reported in coal veins. A similar occurrence has been noted in South Africa where coal seams run through quartzite.
The Dunbar Opera Follies opens at Graham theatre next Tuesday with a nonstop flow of knockout hits. Howard and Williams deliver laugh packed routines while Lorna Doone Jackson and Julie Keith add standout numbers in a high energy revue of opera vaudeville and dance.
Jackie Coogan, adored by Africans, returns in My Boy a two day engagement at the Fox Theatre starting Thursday. The Associated First National release blends humor and pathos with an immigrant orphan hero of six who must earn a living. Claude Dillewater and Mathilda Brundage appear in supporting roles.
A note received by a Roxbury School teacher claims Willie asked about greases and states his adamant and torens were removed. The message, attributed to Toston Tran, uses unclear terms and appears to reference dental work or a prank.
A benefit for the American Legion Auxiliary will be held at the Fox Theater on April 12 13 and 14 with afternoon and evening performances. The film The Old Nest a Rupert Hughes story will be shown and auxiliary members praise its selection. Mrs J B Cratl is general chairman with ward chairmen in four wards and numerous assistants coordinating the event.
A fragment recalls a New York dining misstep at a first class restaurant where a young man jokes about ordering hors d oeuvres. The playful line about starting with those “horse doves” is linked to a public print aside in a Boston Transcript style.
A historical note describes a Borneo wedding rite in which a live hen is waved over the couple and killed. The ritual involves the bride and groom and symbolic blood from the forehead chest neck hands and feet.
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes that others deserve credit for understanding Shakespeare, arguing no one reads it alone and recognizing shared insights beyond a single reader.
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