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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1925
Page
3
The senior class totals 94 students with 47 boys and 47 girls. Dorothea Thompson will be valedictorian and Merrill Robb salutatorian. The list names graduates and contributing staff, with the senior play set for May 21-22 at the high school.
About forty Washington boys practice at the YMCA gym under Physical Director Richard Davis. A May 25 and 26 show will feature high bar, parallel bar and tumbling acts. Proceeds fund gym equipment improvements for the YMCA facility.
Weather today in Parkersburg is unusually warm for April with thermometers between 50 and 85 degrees. The city notes this may be among the warmest April days on record for the area.
The Malays of today use a water clock as a timekeeping device. This ancient apparatus is a small bowl with a bottom hole placed in a tulb of water, sinking in a fixed amount of time.
Thursday and Friday May 1 and 22 the Clarence comedy by Booth Tarkington is chosen. Rehearsals have been in progress for some time at the local theatre with actors preparing for opening night.
Captain Crail of Troop D, 113th Cavalry, leads upgrades at the west town rifle range to boost facilities. New platforms, underbrush clearance, and repairs aim to surpass previous standards. Mounted drills start next Wednesday and will continue through warm weather as new and existing troopers train for the regimental camp.
At a Leoni Beatty post meeting plans were discussed for a Washington based American Legion building with four permanent headquarters. A committee will investigate, report later, and consider purchasing one of two business district properties. The article notes government plans to issue 506 million pamphlets on heroin as a rising national concern.
Prof Harold Montgomery will depart from Washington high school to lead the vocational course at Maquoketa Iowa starting next August. The move offers higher pay and a chance to build the program from its start.
Wayland Iowa April 22 The Farmers State Bank failed to open this morning with a state banking department examiner in charge Heavy withdrawals caused the closing A plan is being developed for Wayland Savings Bank to assume liabilities and deposits with no loss to depositors.
A cluttered local column lists bargain hosiery with colors and sizes at A E Atchison shop, coats by reduction from H J Ward and Co, and a fish dinner at Mrs Cherry's. It notes visits by Mr and Mrs W T Trotter of Ainsworth and Roger Sherman returning from Monmouth College, plus Keota residents Mr and Mrs Clark Pulver in Washington.
Martin Glantz was arraigned before Justice D C Kyle on keeping instruments for making intoxicating liquors. A still was found in an attic on his Washington Iowa border farm owned by Jay White. Deputies found mash and evidence of a booze operation at his former residence nearby.
John and Jesse Winja workers at the G. K. Geek restaurant intend a western automobile jaunt starting soon. They will stop in Blair Nebraska for a while then move west toward the Pacific coast with plans described as flexible and spanning weeks or months.
Assessors prepare a delinquent dog owners list to be printed by May 11. Payments due by May 9 without publication cost or penalty. From May 10 to June 1 pay regular fee plus 30 cents publication cost. On June 1 the County Treasurer will collect regular fee, publication cost, and a $1 penalty.
Des Moines reports 1924 death rates per 1000 residents with Fort Dodge at 211.5, Waterloo 213.6, and Cedar Rapids 214.7, while other cities show higher figures including Sioux City 225.6 Davenport 231 and Iowa City 788 in a release by Dr. Rodney P. Fagan health commissioner.
A famous Bond Street lace house, once supplying delicate ruffles to London dandies since the 1700s, shuts its doors as the old aristocracy fades and machine-made lace satisfies the nouveau riche. A small ad hints at its closure.
An underground river named the Kauxbelles has been discovered beneath Mont Blanc. It features cascades and grottoes and is believed to be the source of the Seine and rivers flowing through Germany Switzerland and Austria.
Liberty circulates with a limerick contest to boost sales while Reisters promotes a ration release. The Journal gains papers sold but the note asks Mr. Elder to stop, accusing him of benefiting regardless of effort. The piece marks Washington Butter as organizer.
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