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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1922

Page

5

Rivalry Heats Up For Washington High Meet At Ball Park

Four class teams enter a crowded field for Saturdays home track meet at the ball park. Freshmen sophomores juniors and seniors bring 45 entrants with key point prospects for the juniors and seniors. Preliminaries begin at ten o clock with finals at 1 30 pm admission 25 cents adults 15 cents children. Washington plans workouts at Ainsworth today and declines an invitation to a State Teachers College meet on May 6 due to a Town City date.

Washington High School Ball Park Dickinson Ainsworth Ainsworth Consolidated Washington State Teachers’ College

State of Washington Admitted to Union

The state of Washington was formed from Oregon territory and admitted to the Union as a state February 22, 1889.

Washington Orecon ISB Unum

Local Ads and Chicks From Aditorials and More

Elmer Mason notes his wife kept 200 chicks but after a neighbor hosted two evenings 187 remained. Fiber Silk Serfs priced 2.50 3.00 4.89. Canaries four eyes at home. Coats wraps capes priced 12.50 to 45.08. All wool suit 26.00 or 35.00. Homespun 15.04. Corsets fitted by graduate fitter. Children capes in big demand. kiddies prefer shiny styles.

Elmer Mason

Auxiliary Benefit Nets 170 From Fox Theatre Show

Mrs J J Crail reports the American Legion Auxiliary event The Old Nest at Fox Theatre raised 170 after film, ads, and overhead. A check for 179 was issued to Susie Edgington, kept for the Auxiliary and bake sale proceeds to aid disabled veterans and patriotic work.

J. J. Crail American Legion Auxiliary Fox Theatre C. A. Pratt Legion Auxiliaryi Susie Edgington Knoxville J. B. Cyail George Brinton Carlton Wilson Ed Grayson Ralph Minick Fise Clara Eagle Commercial Savings Bank Pratt

Trains 11 and 12 Reported in Fatal Texas Collision

Local inquiry confirms two Rock Island trains No 11 and No 12 collided in Texas early yesterday. Reports say four trainmen were killed with earlier notes suggesting a pead-on downed meeting in Missouri.

Rock Island Missouri Texas

Card of Thanks for Leander Lovelett Family

We express gratitude to Washington friends for sympathy after the death of our husband and father Leander Lovelett and thank the Christian church for the floral tribute. Mrs. Anna Lovelett and Children.

Washington Leander Lovelett Christian Church Anna Lovelett

1923 Auto license plates here today

1923 license plates are in hand with the county treasurer and deputies to avoid delays next year. Plates will be yellow on black, bearing the number 93 used this year in Washington county, with 4700 in the shipment, an increase of 100. Nearly four thousand cars are registered and more will join as delinquents pay up. New registrations come in daily and this month may exceed March totals. Already 27 new car licenses were issued this morning.

Washington County

Funeral of Leander Lovelett Held Here

The funeral for Leander Lovelett was held at Jones and Mel Kinney parlors at 2 p.m. He was born September 11, 1867 in Lone Tree Iowa and died April 10, 1922 at Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids. He married Anna Kephart on December 25, 1888 and leaves four children Glenn Beulah Donald and Arnold and a daughter Maxine. one son Harry preceded him. He also leaves a sister Mrs Harry Philips and four brothers Peter Frank Charles and Albert. Pallbearers Included Harley Albert Elmer Noel Whar Phillips Cloyce and Al Horsey. Burial was in Woodlawn cemetery.

Leander 4Ovelett Jones & Mel M Kinney Lovlett Hen Sptember Lone Tree Lewa Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids Iowa Anna Kephart Glenn Warrloo Beulah Elkhart Donald Arnold

Oklahoma Boomer David Le Payne and early settlement clashes

David Le Payne, originator of the Oklahoma Boomer movement, led the first colony of Wilte wen before the territory opened for settlement. He was arrested and expelled, and multiple settlement attempts were blocked by troops. He died in Wellington, Kansas, in 1884.

Oklahoma David le Payne Oklatoma Wilte Wen Oklahermou Wellington Kan

When the Heart Stows and Revival by Injection

A description notes injecting a small amount of adrenaline into the heart to restart a stopped heart. It claims some persons deemed dead have been revived when the injection is given quickly into the left intercostal space near the sternum.

Imaginative road trip prompts a cure for restless driving

A reader asks how to curb imagination while driving as the trip spoils the experience. W.8S and W. S. Reister & Sons advertise cash purchases of cream eggs and poultry with no price changes for Friday in Washington.

Mental Laziness and Progress in Civilized Thought

An old prover notes the value of careful thinking to advance invention and civilization. The piece argues that mental laziness hinders progress, urging people to train themselves to think out the best ways to be and do.

Lnvention Todmey Hunan Libel

Bright little girl asked to report Bible verse

The bishop asks Pibel if she can report a Bible verse. She answers able, and the exchange centers on quoting The Lord is my shepherd. The Florida Times Union notes the moment as a small church scene.

Florida Thues Union

The Role of Diet in Building Body Tissues Across Health

The article explains how nutrients from food support bone and teeth, muscle and nerve development, and tissue formation. It notes the diet influences cell composition and regulates body processes for overall health.

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