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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1919
Page
6
A businessman points to an incident at the Rock Island station to argue Washington needs a modern union passenger station with better conveniences. Multiple trains lined up and passengers missed connections as the Firefly slipped to a passing track without notice, highlighting confusion and the station’s insufficient setup.
Announcements list meetings social gatherings and religious events across town. O B S meeting at Masonic Mall April 12 initiation and balloting. Pleasant Hill school pie and candy social April 11. Christian church pound social April 12. Methodist Ladies Raid Society 2:30 Friday. Ladies Aid postponed supper to April 17. Young America school social April 18. Rev W G Robertson to preach April 13. Methodist Choir rehearsal 7 46 pm. Ladies Aid McLaughlin home April 11 2 30 needs needles. Gray school box supper April 15. program by pupils Cecile Belvyilie teacher.
A ten year old student Bihel asks about brine and why fish are placed in it. Athel answers with sudden understanding that Lucy are weed to salt water, showing a playful mispronunciation in a classroom scene.
The Senior Worldwide Guild girls met at the parsonage with Mrs. T. H. Boggess guiding devotional and a motivational address. Home Economics section one of the Fortnightly club met at Mrs. W. J. Brooks to discuss sanitation and city cleanliness with papers by Mary Ott and J. Maxwell. New officers were elected for the department. Mrs. John Jackson hosted Mothers' club with a rainy afternoon of crafts and a planned party at the Schomeller home and a salad luncheon.
Mrs M Hollinger reports on the Portand Convention with Iowa and New York delegates, officers elected including Daggett as national president, gifts from G A R and Daughters of Veterans, and a next encampment set for Columbus Ohio. The event closes with a Philippine carved gavel for the new president.
Cairo officials report soldiers opened fire during disturbances, killing nine and wounding fifty as crowds assaulted the city. Householders also fired on the mob, causing additional injuries. Calm has returned and normal life resumes.
George Bolt of Woodbine a World War I veteran suffered loss of both ears and hands in a shell blast in France. He survived hospital care in Baccarat Vittel and Sandray and returns from Brest to Newport News and Cape May New Jersey for further grafts and artificial hands. Surgeons expect his appearance to be normal after final reconstruction.
The passage explains hens cackle as an instinctive pleasure similar to a dog wagging its tail when pleased. It compares animal expressions with human joy and the urge to sing whisper or dance when content.
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