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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1922
Page
8
Archrew and Oxfords residents socialize in Columbus Junction and Washington. Crawfordsville guests Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moor head visit Washington. Carl Jungbluth returns from Basam Lake Wisconsin. Several Crawfordsville couples and relatives travel to Keota Wellman and Moulton for visits and camping trips.
A collection of local notices reports residents at Columbus Junction fair and nearby towns. Names include Fred Mitchell Crawfordsville and Mrs. Floyd Ellis, with travels to Centerville Keosauqua Fairfield and Richmond for events. Also mentions Battery B Illinois National Guard member Rodney Rabenold and a newborn Richard Charles to Mr. and Mrs. P. H. H. in Waterloo. An unsigned check incident at The Pair is noted.
Multiple residents including James Casey Sr and Jr, R L Edmondson, Stella Hiller, Dorothy and Mabel Hazen, Erma Thomas, Mrs Lola Dayton, Miss Gertrude Moothart, Wanda Spessard, and others are listed as attending the Columbus Junction fair today. Also mentions car listings, laundry and cleaning ads, and travel to Fairfield or Davenport with several local households visiting relatives.
A Preneliian described an uncanny atmosphere at Rose-Colored Heights, noting a height of zero feet and a perception of a lovely, colored air as the scene unsettles readers with surreal statements from an avistor.
The Itowa Fuel Famine reports alarming facts from a Iowa fuel conference. It warns of a possible coal shortage with no current mining in the state though mines exist. Large mines must open with state protection to avoid crisis. Governor Kendall lacks authority without legislative action.
Aug 9 PEW German Weddings Berlin reports rising costs deter marriages. Young couples face inflated building materials doubling and dowries shrinking amid postwar shortages. Housing prices soar with cement lime roofing tiles and beams costing vastly more than 1914.
Poplar Bluff reports George Tallent, a barber with forty seven years in the trade, claiming a world record for hair cuts. He says he has cut about 464 000 heads at a quarter percent, earning roughly 116 000 dollars. Tallent notes strict temperance and rare tobacco use in his 61 years.
Des Moines reports generally favorable conditions with little rain, moderate temperatures, and ample soil moisture aiding harvest in northern counties. Yields for oats and corn look strong, late oats better than expected, peaches set to be the largest in years, apples abundant, and fall wheat seeding anticipated in Taylor county.
The Department of Agriculture on Aug 1 conditions projected 3,017,000,000 bushels of corn and 805,000,000 of all wheat with July gains in corn. Wheat is down 12,000,000 bushels from last month, while hay and other crops also listed with tonnage and percentage normal ratings. Acreage and on-farm oats estimates accompany the data.
Articles of incorporation filed here for the Wapello County Historical Society to compile and preserve county history from early settlement to the present. Officers chosen to lead, with a nine member board of directors to aid in affairs.
John G. Woolley former prohibition candidate for president is in serious condition at a Granada hotel. He arrived Aug 1 from Seville and is receiving care from hotel staff and was visited today by the British consul.
A curious note describes bears disliking pusk scent while showing a surprising preference for the odor of asa fetida, suggesting unusual bear sniffing behavior and feeding cues.
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