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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1923
Page
7
Brighton April 27 report includes the death of O W Mitchell in Aladdin Wyoming on April 17 and notes residents moving, funerals, job changes, and local events from Brighton and nearby towns. mentions Miss Lillis Day to teach Keota, bar gain days planned, and community club talk by H V Ellis.
Miss Marie Snider spent the weekend with her parents and returned to Des Moines. Fred Hyzer of Viola Iowa visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. A Hyzer. Merle Widner left for New Orleans after a wireless telegraph course. Mr. and Mrs. F M Stewart of West Branch Iowa were guests of their son and wife. Grace Hodeck of Sigourney visited at the Ed Chacey home. A Ladies Aid rummage sale cleared 45 for the society. Dr and Mrs Swinney and Mr and Mrs Chas Horning were visitors in Iowa City. Hazel Hedge taught at Wayland high school and visited relatives. Mrs John Elliott Ruth of Linden Ind and Mr and Mrs J M Horn of Fairfield visited Pres Hoskins. Elmer Steele adds a sleeping porch to his north Richland home. Tandy Jones and family return from Grinnell to Richland.
Mrs Albert Overly visited E A Sodergren’s home on Wednesday evening. Quarantine lifted at Hl C Zickefoose residence. Mrs Sam J Miller ill with grippe but improving slowly. Bertha McKay employed by Millers. Joe Andersons quarantined again for scarlet fever. Junior play The Real Thing After All set for May 4 in high school auditorium. Oletta Wyse and Mary Bigham assisting at J A Huston’s. Senior class play Much Ado About Betty to be staged May 23 and 24 in high school gym.
Mrs. Cora Furman returned home from Wellman after visiting her sister Mrs. Walter Furman. Several farmers attended an electric light trial in Washington this week hoping for clear investment guidance. Chas Rowe visited Shinbone school where Edna teaches and gave a candy social. Lloyd Lefevers welcomed a new son Tuesday. Henry Hostetters of near Brigton visited Jessica North Thursday. Maple Grove correspondent, famed as champion rural writer, seeks permanent relief at the springs while his letters remain popular. Harold Romine has recovered from illness. Delbert Hill is working for Bill Hanley.
Mrs Frank Stain returns from wintering at the A E Gault home. Mr and Mrs Edwards relocate from Mt Union to a south of tele phone office house. Edwards becomes new telephone lineman. J M Rees funeral held at Zion church with pastors and several mourners testifying. reception for school board and families with yellow white colors and a four course dinner served by Home Economics students.
Dr. Hugh 8 Magill heads the International Sunday School Council of Religious Education and leads U S Sunday school activities. J TH Engle, Michigan state Sunday school secretary, is in demand for state conventions nationwide. Prof M A Henline is associate educational superintendent of the international association. Prof E J Stranahan heads the Iowa state Sunday school association. R A Waite of a Chicago chapter oversees the international association bows section. Jesse J Miller of Washington will conduct the convention as he did at Cedar Rapids last year. Washington hosts the eastern section of the state Sunday school convention May 8 9 and 10 with registration limited to five hundred.
Ainsworth Apr 28 report covers the funeral of John Reece near Crawfordsville attended by Mr and Mrs W T Trotter. Lincoln Noble, telephone manager, attended a Des Moines convention returning Friday. Mrs Flossie Shearer is gravely ill with family at bedside. Visitors include Frank Adams Omaha Dr Adams Trinidad Mrs Faith McKee Phoenix Ariz and Maggie Miller Fontanelle Iowa Mrs Grace Uhl Cameron Mo and EB R Sherfey Muscatine. Joseph Soukup Riverside visited Friday. Frank Flovang Highland township shopped here. I Secore’s son Gaylor aged three fell from a chair breaking an arm. A track meet Olds vs Ainsworth set for Saturday at Ainsworth athletic field.
In Crawfordsville on April 25 W J Brown of Fairfield visited his ill mother Mrs B F Brown. Blanche Thomas leaves for Washington as our school's county spelling contest representative. Our high school baseball team beat Wayland High School at Wayland after school with a score not shown. The Argonaut literary society hosted a program in the high school auditorium drawing a good crowd with two opening numbers performed.
At University of Town convocation marking the fiftieth anniversary of its first permanent education department, notable educators received honorary doctorates. Dean James Earl Russell and Director Charles Judd were honored, with lectures on expansion in American education and the role of democracy in universal schooling. Delegates from 150 institutions attended the ninth annual conference on school supervision.
Berlin reports that war strain has driven German students from leisure into work. Of 12,000 students, over 8,000 must earn a living, about 5,000 eight hours daily plus study. Leipzig medical students run workshops for scientific instruments with initial 300,000 mark capital. within five months 6,000,000 marks earned and monthly wages of 546,000 marks paid to 20 or 30 students.
A Cleveland hairline dealer quotes that a man cannot dress well on less than $4,662 per year, asserting the price of good taste.
Nam cy comments on identity and marriage in Beverly Nichols Self, arguing that marriage involves embracing many personas. The quote reflects the book’s wit about changing selves and the social risks of lifelong commitment.
The Girls' Glee Club and students from Reading, Phil Smith ayden Williams contributed to a school event featuring paper topics, music acts, and a debate on the resolution that the pen is mightier than the sword. The negative team led by Margaret Gault and Max Anwrys won the debate.
A Detroit Free Press item notes a man found alive after a site in Patagonia sank. It questions his method of travel back from Juve, pondering whether he crossed by virpline or raft in a puzzling escape story.
A rare harvest of peppermint near London gathers prominent essential oil fro mentholhe, the principal ingredient in many Haier products. The crop near London is celebrated as one of the most remarkable peppermint harvests in the world.
Melting stain removal tip advises brushing may fail to lift nid Stains and suggests rubbing with a raw potato to remove tough marks.
A playful, misspelled premise imagines a scene where Florabelle is carried halfway over a Gilly and saved by the hero, framed as a dramatic stunt likely to stun audiences.
The text defines the light of the moon as the interval from new moon to full, and the dark of the moon as from full to new moon, including the waning phase. It uses simple terms to explain the lunar cycle and how illumination changes over time.
A bee attached to a train roof proves remarkable speed by matching the train’s pace. The hive rode the roof as the train reached thirty poles per hour before the bee was released.
In sousic tradition the five note scale is called pentatonic. Each tone is named Barheror, Prime Minister, Sabbet People, State Affairs and Vieture of the Universe.
A quip on youthful courage and endurance. It argues that youths should confront danger rather than flee, valuing steadfast duty over retreat and costlier reverses in war. The fragment presents a traditional martial ethic through a terse historical quotation style.
A fragment claims a dish served to persons of distinction in Pharaoh’s time was made of fentits oll and gahMe. The garbled line hints at a historic poison tale with unknown ingredients and context.
A brass helmet claimed as Magellan's, centuries old, was found in the Philippines. Major H. D. Seiton recently bought it from a Moro chief. The artifact, said to have withstood 400 years of humidity, bears engravings and a chin strap, and its authenticity is vouched by local priests.
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