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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1919
Page
8
A called meeting of Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M will be held Tuesday April 22 at 8 pm for work in the second degree on several candidates. A large attendance is desired. 6612 L Lb Langworthy W M.
There will be a regular meeting of Damascus Shrine U. D. Thursday evening April 24 at 8:00 at the Commercial Club. All Shriners are urged to attend. 6713 Mrs Eva L Young W H P
Those purchasing fruit or pickles from the Baptist ladies Saturday leave jars at Lemely's grocery.
An article notes the elder Dumas produced volumes weekly in a remarkable literary pace. The claim highlights his sustained output and suggests a phenomenal writing habit observed by observers of the era.
Local brief items include Carl Combs butter fat 60c, Deans dining, and bus calls via No. 1. Reports mention George Bickford’s Muscatine business trip, Ruth Leet visiting Monmouth, Cora Allen’s Letts visit, Mazie Stewart’s trip to Charter Ohio, Rev D J Masson’s return from Delphi, Susie Edgington resuming Iowa City schooling, J M Finney’s Garnett visit, and Thompson Weidner selling brown and black kid oxfords at $5.00 to $7.00. Other notes cover John McCulley’s Winfield home return, J A Mooney’s extended visit, Vera Wolfe’s Davenport return, L L Brookhart’s Des Moines legislature trip, Lucile Forgey’s Des Moines clerking, Lincoln Barnett’s Washington visit, and baseball score calls via Western Union. Whiting injured in a Sunday auto crash continues hospital care with no new dangers reported.
Advertisements and brief notices from the Evening Journal note cookie shops and shoe dealers, a chiropractor and pharmacy promotions, a radiator repair shop, hair loss remedy guarantees, telegram updates on a son’s safe overseas arrival, piano lessons in Washington, Edison phonographs, and recent property sales with move dates.
Illinois moves to launch a historic road program with about 85 million dollars available for the next two years. The 60 million bond issue and federal funds will fund paving the 4,800 mile state system and key federal aid routes from Chicago to the Iowa line and to St. Louis by Springfield. County programs rise to feed the state network as work begins despite detours and congestion.
The listing advertises a solid leather workshop item described as durable and long lasting. It notes price range from 8.75 to 6.00 and credits Thompson & Pe oy as the seller.
The orange on a plate near the Levoy chapel door on the Sunday after Christmas is a probable survival of a Nell Gwynne custom. Historically the orange-girl gave alms and an orange was placed on the plate as alms were distributed in her memory.
A hard boiled sergeant berates a civilian recruit when he fails to respond to the drill command. The officer’s fury peaks as he shouts dress right while another man quips about earning $90 a month.
A brief maxim notes that having an open adversary is preferable to a perilous hidden ally. It frames clear opposition as simpler than deceptive friendship, emphasizing caution in choosing trusted associates.
The funeral for Stanley Melinskie was conducted Monday at 10 a.m. at his parents home on East Jefferson Street by Rev. J. M. Hartigan of St. James Catholic church. Burial followed at Elm Grove cemetery with many floral tributes. Pallbearers were four of Stanley's school chums Lyle Duffy Raymond Shelangoski Leo and Leonard Marie.
The Melinskie family thanks friends relatives and neighbors for kindness and sympathy after the loss of their son Stanley. They also thank everyone for the beautiful floral offerings from Mr and Mrs Jos P Melinskie and daughter Helen Marie.
Nita Belle McKeon, an authorized agent, advertises magazine subscriptions available through clubs or single subscriptions. Call 50 Red after 5 30 p m or write in care of Journal to receive a list of club prices.
A small amount of platinum is placed in aqua regia to dissolve. After heating for several days the liquid is evaporated gently to honey thickness. Water is added to form a usable solution. A dozen drops platinize silver. The setup uses a glass beaker covered with a watchglass and warmed in sand to control heat.
A dated reflection notes that every man carries an instinct to dodge and that this tendency can lie dormant until he becomes a taxpayer showing how tax time awakens the dodger in many.
Call for a Grand Lodge special session to confer the Grand Lodge and Post Official Degree and hold a school of instruction in Washington on April 24 1919. Past Grands must present Past Grand Certificates and dues receipts. others need a jurisdictional request. The program includes 10 a.m. degrees 8 p.m. work and a 10 p.m. banquet with a 19 21 22 23 committee.
The passage notes Puritan front names such as Puritanic Names and others like God-reward and Weep-not reflect a Puritan jury era. It playfully contrasts these serious given names with the difficulty wives and sweethearts faced in finding suitable nicknames for such men.
A reflective piece describes dependability as gathering virtue in the human soul and guiding daily conduct. It portrays reliability as a guardian presence and elevates ordinary character with inner beauty.
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