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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1925
Page
6
The region enjoyed a busy string of society events as groups like the Junior Kich girls basketball squad and Younger Set Bridge Club met for outings and hospitality. Church ladies hosted a special missionary lunch, while bank staff held a steak fry picnic near town.
A. J. Faerbar of Davenport, a leader in the Izaak Walton League, will address listeners on WOC Davenport radio at 6:50 or 10 o clock on Tuesday April 28. The program theme is What the Izaak Walton League Can Do For Iowa.
Old texts claim lark flesh and Io Bohemia eye properties purify sine strength and sweetness of voice, reflecting historic beliefs in animal parts enhancing vocal quality. Modern readers should view these claims as archaic lore with no scientific support.
Notices list upcoming gatherings at Methodist groups including the Young Woman's Home Missionary Society meeting April 27 with Mite box opening and refreshment, Queen Esther Girls May 1 entertainment with Iowa Wesleyan College glee club quartet, and Red Cross and Odd Fellows activities. Also Bible study at Fortnightly Club.
Adrienne Morrison Bennett spent 123 minutes in court obtaining a divorce and $50 000 alimony from Richard Bennett. She plans to fly to Paris in two weeks to console her daughter Barbara who is unnerved by rehearsals for a debut with Maurice Mouvet. Barbara sent a distressed cable pleading for her mother to come. Maurice Mouvet is the professional partner who joined Barbara after Leone Hughes quit Mouvet.
Miss Leda Ritter, previously a second and third grade instructor at Wallace school, was released from her contract by the school board to accept a primary teacher position in East Waterloo. She had been reelected for next year but prefers the new post due to better pay and closer home in La Porte City.
Washington Red Cross invites all members to a 2:30 PM gathering next Monday in the YMCA community room. The session will reorganize the local chapter and appoint officers for the year. The town has lacked an active Red Cross presence though it lists over four hundred members.
In Rua bon Wales the Vauxhall Colliery is taken over by its managers and 700 men independent of owners. The union and industrial circles monitor the three month experiment after owners announced closure due to ongoing losses.
New York April 24 Several thousand high hour contestants across the United States compete in elimination trials for the National Oration Contest to foster respect for the Constitution. The finale offers prizes up to 2000 dollars and aims to broaden civic understanding through regional and state contests.
Sunset Park superintendent appeals for public help to maintain the park this year. Drivers should park along driveways and avoid the grass or sod, and ball players should not throw toward electric light globes to prevent damage or costly replacements.
The quote reflects Montaigne on entertainment and solitude. It argues that nature endows us with ways to amuse ourselves alone while reminding that we owe ourselves to society yet chiefly to our own selves.
Sixty years ago the Press reports a large gathering of leading citizens voting resolutions in favor of building a railroad from Iowa City to Keokuk via Washington Mt Pleasant and Ft Madison. The piece also notes plans for a new two story brick schoolhouse and an ordinance restricting swine and goats in the city limits.
A terse note declines an invitation to a Fourth of July dance in Wagner's Hall. The writer cites re constitutional objections and financial concerns, joking about overlong limbs, oily joints, and a desire to avoid endangering others' coins, concluding with a polite excuse.
The piece recalls a bustling Washington celebration with patriotic lemonade, fireworks, torpedoes, crowds standing all day, music from the Garnet Band and Great Western Band, and chaotic scenes including the destruction of picnic provisions and free fights as night fell.
Heavy roads delayed a planned rural celebration as locals gathered around the square with bands playing and crowds forming. The Cornet Band performed on the square while a Great Western Band toured in odd costumes amid festive hoots and horn blasts.
In Grove crowds attend a gala at College Grove with G Gennett Frey and Rev C Conner giving brief speeches. The crowd enjoys dancing, courting, and a cornet band performs as rockets light the sky.
The week saw temperatures over 100 degrees in the shade with a breeze on Friday and rain nearby reducing heat by Saturday. Corn rose amid the heat while people weakened. Heavy clothing proved a nuisance as sweltering conditions drove many to shed layers and sweat in mass.
Dove Josh Billings laments vanished times of simple food, education, honesty, and modest living. The town reports about 50 business letters sent daily to Chicago and back, with Miss Maggie Curry reopening her school next Monday at her mother’s house north of the M. E. church. terms listed.
Mrs. H. N. Scott opens a private school at the frame school house near Brick school on Monday. Miss Lizzie Marshall opens a select school near Mc Farland and Co store on Monday. Washington Base Ball Club organized with Irving A. Keck as President and Chas Hi Wilson as Treasurer. An older married men group contemplates a rival club to challenge the youths.
Washington April 25 United States Department of Agriculture reports Canadian wheat stocks as of March 1 total about 80.6 million bushels, down from last year though still high historically. Mills and elevators hold about 74.6 million, while farmers’ stocks are at their lowest since 1920, with farm supply to cover spring seeding needs. Deliveries to country elevators for the week ending April 3 were the season’s lowest, suggesting farm stocks are nearly exhausted though commercial channels remain ample for domestic use and moderate exports.
A humorous piece advises brides and grooms to plan church weddings with care. It lists quirky rules such as florist kitchens, new wrinkled best man notes, timing for 4 p m ceremonies, and fathers mingling with guests. It emphasizes decorum and practical details for social wedding events.
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