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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1925
Page
2
The Ainsworth W.ER.C will hold its regular meeting on Thursday April 8 with a large attendance urged. The Parent-Teacher Association meets at the Heights building Thursday afternoon at four o'clock to elect officers and collect dues.
U and E Club will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. J Maxwell, 44 The Reading Circle will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. W A Gibson. West Chester Baptist choir to perform an Easter cantata at the church Sunday evening. More announcements forthcoming.
Notice lists: Ladies Aid Society of First United Presbyterian church meets Friday at 2 30 PM at 4405 Notic chapter J Po BO with Mrs Hoyd Berdo. also a school of instruction led by Mrs Ethel Flyran Thursday at 1 30 PM at the Masonic Temple with covered dish supper at 6 50 PM. Rebekah club hosts at Mrs J T Schulty Thursday afternoon with sewing buttons and attendance notice.
Report claims Brazilian and Bolivian natives identify a sleeping black anaconda as emitting a loud snore called the dormidera or snerer. Eyewitness accounts describe the sound as a deep resonant rumble heard at night.
Hogs receipts 24 000 moderately active with top 13 45 and bulk 150 to 225 pounds averaging 13 20 to 15 40. cattle receipts 10 000 yearlings steady heavies slow and steady to weak with best heavies 11 40. sheep receipts 15 000 fat lambs mostly steady with good to choice 82 to 85 pounds 15 50 to 16 00 and best at 16 50.
Official live stock estimates released in Chicago list 15 000 hogs 8 000 cattle and 12 000 sheep for tomorrow.
A brief reflection cites Jacinto Denavente on authorship noting real immortality lies in future works that keep a writer alive beyond their own published texts. The idea values enduring influence over personal renown and seeks perpetual cultural presence.
County Auditor of Washington Iowa invites sealed bids for bridges and culverts due by 1:30 p.m. April 24 1925. Each bid must include a $2500 certified check payable to the County Auditor and a 100 percent contract bond from a responsible surety approved by the Board of Supervisors.
Chicago prices list multiple grains and meats with varying quotes. Wheat had no sales while corn futures mixed with values from No. 2 to No. 6 grades. oats, rye, barley, seeds, and lard market lines are provided with numeric ranges and percentages.
A group of Washington Presbyterian women joined the 47th annual meeting of the Women's Home and Foreign Mission Societies of the Iowa City Presbytery. The convention opens yesterday and runs through Wednesday morning with an attractive, practical program. Mrs F W Eastwood serves as Secretary of Literature and appears on the program alongside Mrs John F Genso of Seoul Korea who brings messages from the foreign field.
The readable portion mentions a person in Los Angeles with emphasis on home field. The rest is fragmented and lacks verifiable details to extend into a full item.
Miss Helen Cunningham Miss Maurine McLaughlin Miss Isa bel Lemmon and Miss Alice Bingham join a Grinnell College led tour aboard the steamship Berengaria. They sail from Montreal on June 30 visiting France Alsace Italy Switzerland Belgium England and Scotland with Prof Paul F Peck guiding.
Market rates listed for butterfat test per pound at 38 cents and fresh eggs per dozen, hens by weight 20 cents or 16 cents, various poultry and poultry byproducts without complete totals, plus hides and other items. Several lines are garbled or missing values and some entries refer to old market terms.
Mary R Benedict of Kewanee Illinois says after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash she regained health, bore two children, and now handles all chores. She urges daughters be given the remedy at womanhood to strengthen them and praises the medicine to others.
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