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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1921
Page
5
Donald Meacham and wife visited Clay last week, he now serving as central Kansas school superintendent. A Clay native son, he previously attended Grinnell College, became a lieutenant in France, and his parents and grandparents were longtime community figures noted for church and schooling contributions.
Ainsworth notes show Mr. and Mrs. Wm Strain Keota guests at W H Gobble home. Harry Armstrong’s death reported as Ottumwa message prompts family trip. Otto visit plans include Colfax Des Moines Ottumwa. Several families travel for vacations and gatherings with Rev Riddington preaching at Louisa Center. Mrs Klockenga of Pekin Illinois visiting daughter Mrs Robert McFarland.
The death of Mrs. Pauline Karr, wife of Hewitt Karr, occurred at her Wellman home. Funeral held at the Methodist church with six Philippine War veteran pallbearers from Oskaloosa. Local notices include a stolen Ford coupe, various visits, illnesses like pleurisy, and community updates on residents and shops.
Riverside scored 8 while opponent managed 2 marking a clear victory. The report lists local visitors and home team supporters, including Grace Truxan and various relatives visiting from Chicago Cedar Rapids Iowa City Dubuque and Waterloo with short notes on travels and family visits.
Des Moines reports 1 175 applicants for the citizen’s military training camp at Fort Snelling Minnesota from August 1 to 31. Of 260 approved, 225 are students and 35 are various trades and professions including truck driver radio operator clerks and laborers. Also noted is a 40 foot vein of lead found in Dubuque Iowa 160 feet underground.
Riverside August first reports Miss Eva Veggy returning from Mt St Josephs DuBuque after summer school. Miss Dorothy Critz left for Washington after a week with Mrs Critz and Robert Heitzman. A baby boy born Monday to Mr and Mrs Leal Littrel. Local team played Columbus Junction Sunday in a baseball game.
August 3 Fort Dodge reports H O Bursum born 1867 in West Fort Dodge rose from restaurant bus boy to cattle business partner of his uncle in Socorro New Mexico. Appointed by Governor Mechem to fill Fall’s vacancy, Bursum is described as a virile Western figure with a storied political career and a wide family network.
Aug 3 reports Governor Len Small of Illinois is the first chief executive to clash with the state’s judicial system. Professor B L Ullman notes Romans like Julius Caesar faced trials, while Small faces a new kind of political stand against the courts.
New York August 1 The national Presbyterian church reports 55 456 new communicants in the past year raising total members to 1 692 558. Sunday school enrollment reaches 1 433 292 and total contributions for missionary educational and benevolent causes amount to 47 036 442 dollars.
The Rockefeller Foundation describes successful use of cows and minnows to combat malaria spreading mosquitoes in Louisiana bayous. Top minnows eat larvae while cows trim shore grasses to expose eggs, cutting malaria in Arkansas and Mississippi towns by 75 to 95 percent at 46 cents to $1 per person yearly. The foundation also aids health ministry in Czecho-Slovakia and expansion to other regions.
Verse fragment recalls a flirtatious moment and a sharp rebuff as the narrator reflects on affection and rejection in a brief, lyrical exchange. The lines center on thwarted ardor and a remembered kiss.
In Waukegan Wisconsin a man reports finding a bug that kills potato bugs and says he is cultivating a colony of the killers in his basement. Local authorities have not confirmed the claim.
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