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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1922
Page
3
Dr W W Bowers president of the Washington chautauqua association buys season tickets as others follow. Banks report many early buyers and about a thousand pledges from last year roll over. The event runs August 16 to 24 with tickets priced at two dollars for adults and one dollar for children under fifteen.
Fairfield, Aug 2 William Louden received a gracious letter from Gov Henry J Allen of Kansas thanking him for support in the governor's stand on the strike. The governor says differences should be settled orderly with both sides before a fair impartial tribunal ensuring public safety.
North Second avenue from the Ilowa Gas and Electric plant on Fast Third street to the Milwaukee freight house, recently paved, opens to traffic today. The Rock Island completed its temporary crossing on this street, easing access to Agent John Park's Milwaukee business closed off during paving. Flutter resumed operations on North Fourth avenue from the water works after a cement car arrival, paving halts due to cement delay ending.
The Iowa association of federated community union and undenominational churches will hold its second annual conference with the Urbandale Federated church in Des Moines October 4 to 6. About 500 delegates from 140 Iowa churches are expected as undenominational progress continues with no plan to form a denomination.
The article explains that silver ingots shaped as a woman's shoe serve as money in China. Value is based on weight and fineness, measured in taels of syeee, with purity and weight certified by an official named Kiung Ku.
The republican and democratic state conventions convened in Des Moines with district caucuses and organization underway. Ben Gibson and Henry Vollmer delivered keynote addresses while Washington county figures Brookhart Thorne Pickett and Sweet mingled, signaling lively preconvention activity in Iowa politics.
The article recalls gas lighting’s long history and notes gas use in 45 million Americans for cooking and heating water. It argues gas became essential in cities within decades and claims switching back to coal would require vast storage and would be impractical in apartment buildings.
Workmen began tearing out the front of the Lloyd Lytle grocery store to install a modern new facade. Lloyd Lytle said the improvement will enhance the east side of the square, with the Minicks to perform the masonry after finishing Marsh W. Bailey office and apartment work in a few days.
The piece outlines rivalries between Sweet and Pickett over endorsements for district party roles and their common aim to defeat Smith Brookhart on June 5. It notes Charles A. Rawson will not seek re election to the state central committee and that the Seventh district post now has many contenders while Rawson returns from Washington as a key harmony advocate.
Vinton, Aug. 2. Judge Cummings ruled the ouster petition lacked jurisdiction after four relators withdrew and affidavits claimed signatures were secured by misrepresentation. The defense tied the matter to C. W. Elliott of Cedar Rapids, framing it as a personal vengeance issue from the primary race against Sheriff P. W. McKevitt.
Holding your breath tests health. adults should normally hold from 40 to 50 seconds.
A market advertisement notes price changes on page two. The listing signals updated costs for goods and services, advising readers to review the edition for specifics and any seasonal adjustments.
Des Moines-Aug 2 The fuel shortage sparks a state conference urging President Harding to seize and operate national coal mines. Governor Kendall says state authority is lacking. plan shifts to pressuring owners of small nonunion Iowa mines to open and boost output. Talks of legal authority and possible legislative action dominate proceedings.
After Moore's speech MecNider moved to memorialize the president to seize and operate the coal mines. The resolution urged government action to relieve Iowa's acute coal shortage and was adopted. A committee was formed to press the matter in Washington with Webster directing a delegation to Hoover.
The fragment describes the smallest known races among degroes in Central Africa with a tribe called Akkas west of Victoria Nyanga. It notes men and women about four feet tall and living in separate communities observed by explorers.
New York, Aug 1. Restaurateurs plan to appoint a Moses to guide them through government regulations. Paul Hinkel of Keen's chop house said the New York society will discuss the idea at its October national convention in Washington. The aim is a shock absorber to mediate between owners and regulatory agencies.
Abe comments on progress and fears prejudice against rising further, warning that gains are slow without united steps and design. The fragment hints at a discussion of effort and limits in advancing a cause or project.
The Cumberland River shifts through multiple states, leaving its home state and reentering it. The river’s course moves from the eastern and south central regions, turns south into Tennessee, then reenters Kentucky near the Ohio and Mississippi river basins.
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