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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1923
Page
9
A traveler logged route east of the county detailing many residents and farms in Washington and nearby Louisa. He notes hospitality of farmers, local kin, poultry and cattle operations, and social ties, with sketches of households, crops, and family histories.
Clarinda Iowa April 27 A letter bearing only The Best Mother in the World Clarinda Iowa reached Mrs Adelia Hallock mother of 12 children and grandmother to many after traveling half a world from Dr H H C Hallock Shanghai written on his birthday The woman believed the title and accepted the epistle with joy and pride
Poetic excerpt attributes Coleridge reflecting on war and humanity. Discusses the dual presence of beast and devil versus angel and God within a man, noting that evil may be conquered but not wholly destroyed in life.
A London society woman provides luxuries for her lekinese dog and plans to raise it to act like a child. She includes special meals and toys as part of a fashionable trend in Britain.
Fragmentary lines describe a group of ten dying while their wives are away from home and mention last words and an exchange. The text hints at a domestic or theatrical tableau without clear names, dates, or location.
An advertising piece extols Kellogg's Bran as a daily aid to family health, claiming it relieves constipation and detoxifies the system. It touts improved complexion and breath, easy serving ideas, nutty flavor, and recipes on the box, urging daily two tablespoonful servings.
News notes from Stringtown Apr 27 report Selinda Cummings visiting Rex Swan, hogs and cattle delivered to Olds, and weekly farm help by Ira Graber. Lydia Mast visits Wayland sister Mrs P L Nickolaus. Ken Goff ill with influenza and pneumonia. neighbors plowed his corn ground with help from J J Rich and others. Arnold Rinner ships hogs and cattle to Magdafrau Bros Wayland. Families share Sunday visits and farm tasks.
Sabbath visits mark a flurry of family and neighborly visits in Wayne County including Everett Lance and family near Winfield Armand Gizzar at John Krantz home Glen Huston at C R Miller house and Frank Sands family at Clark Wood home in Ainsworth Shoppers from Mt Pleasant and County farms send livestock to Chicago Cattle shipments by Moorhead Erickson and Korf Updated health note on Dayle Sands with stomach influenza occurrence.
Verdi and route 7 details show Oral Long building an addition to his barn while the Supervisors buy extra right of way on Primary No. 11 with little opposition. Farmers welcome the improved road as evidence by a completed pavement. Seed corn handled by hand dries at 95 percent germination, while corn left hanging shows about 90 percent germination.
Ellwood P. Cubberly of Stanford told a University of Iowa audience that public school operation demands professional preparation rivaling that of city engineers or health officers and far beyond a mayor. He traced history, outlined four main problem areas, and credited Iowa’s 50 year old education department for leading reform.
A historical list outlines succession of deans and presidents at the University of Iowa College of Education. Notable names include J A Loos 1889 1890 F B Cooper 1890 1891 J J McCon nell 1891 1901 F Bolton 190? 1912 W A Jessup 1912 1917 later president of the university W F Russell 1917 1923 who leaves May 4 for international education post at Teachers College Columbia. Paul Packer named dean native of Salem Iowa alumnus of Iowa.
Agricultural observers report a roughly 20 percent increase in corn acreage in the area while cattle for feeding remain scarce across Texas and Arizona.
Gloria Swanson stars in Her Gilded Cage a Fox program Monday and Tuesday featuring a press agent in Europe who seizes a dancer then discovers a royal scandal. The dancer’s sister is drawn into the plot, and a contract leads to a dramatic billing as the Favorite of King Fernando with a thrilling ending.
One of 12 of C Coles Phillips chosen beauties Marion Davies is named as a top beauty amid Neysa MacMein controversy. Davies stars in When Knighthood Was in Flower as Princess Mary Tudor with a new Cosmopolitan production opening at the Fox Theatre Wednesday next.
The Fox star Charles Jones narrates a modern Pied Piper scene in a western town. A woman places her baby in a stranger’s care outside a motion picture house while mothers add charges. Jones confronts the man who cites Theodore Roosevelt in defense.
The Iowa Weather and Crop Bulletin notes rapid advancement in spring fieldwork across Iowa. Wheat and oats seeding proceed with southern oats nearly complete and central sown, while corn plowing and dishing begin. Gardening and potato planting continue as cattle rely on dry feed and hay shortages appear acute in some areas.
The nickname frogs first applied to Paris residents by courtiers. The city’s streets were so quarrelsome the inhabitants were dubbed Jean Crapanud meaning John Frog, and Paris was known as Lutetia or Mudland.
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