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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1925
Page
3
The twenty second annual Washington Chautauqua opens this evening with the Adam and Eva company bringing a well known comedy. Weather improved after afternoon showers and a large crowd is expected for the opening program. Season tickets are two dollars with admission tonight at one dollar.
W. H. Butler and wife of Wiehite were arrested after a Centerville rodeo display tour. They face accusations connected to the alleged theft of funds from rodeo management. Butler claims car advertising proceeds are his, a claim disputed by the rodeo manager. The couple traveled toward Chicago in a car laden with advertising signs.
A detailed multi day program lists opening exercises presided by Orville Elder, performances of Adam and Eva, concerts by Goforth Orchestra and International Singing Orchestra, lectures by Kerr and Magnus Johnson, and various exhibits. Daily Bible hours and girls' work sessions are noted with times and presenters.
The Strickler line launches a new motorbus route named Miss Washington. A Studebaker, gray and well appointed, carries fifteen passengers on two daily Washington Iowa City round trips with a smaller car on a third. The Washington Iowa City run uses the larger bus while the former vehicle now serves Washington Fairfield service after forty thousand miles and overhaul.
At a Washington Advertising club meeting the county farm clubs plan their annual calf and pig exhibit set for Tuesday August 25 likely in the North Iowa avenue and East Third street garage. A four member committee will raise about 250 dollars for prizes and sweepstakes cups with County Agent W C Molison describing the show and costs. Some animals may travel to the state fair in Des Moines where a prior entry won first prize. About twenty boys from various county sections will exhibit calves and pigs.
A large Sunday evening audience filled Prairie Inwer church for the cantata A greater than Solomon. Mrs. P. M. Phillips trained the children and earned praise for the clock like precision of the program from opening song to cross presentation. The children acted with earnestness and reverence as Solomon bowed before the cross amid strong audience appreciation.
Advice on treating ink stains on wood through scouring with cleansing powder and a dilute vitriol wash for penetrated areas. Repeat as needed, then wash and apply furniture polish with a woven cloth to restore the surface.
Wies Winifred Stiles of Trenton Missouri was the Rotary meeting’s special feature yesterday. She demonstrated whistling artistry with familiar tunes, showing strong mastery and earning high praise from members and friends. Mrs Jesse Miller accompanied, Will W Bowery contributed a concise vocation-brief, and Dr D N Schaffer spoke on his medical studies during his brief city visit.
Joi Belland of Washington Iowa, a seasoned traveler, arrived in Washington and spent the day recounting his journeys to many countries. He travels on foot when possible, noting bandits hinder pedestrians and that few offer rides. He stores thirteen cents in each town he visits and showed a bank slip claiming a twenty percent dividend from Farmers and Merchants State Bank. He was in town for the Fourth of July Legion celebration and says he plans to settle in Washington Iowa, leaving Washington D C behind.
Henry Jugenheimer dies after a short illness. He was well known to Washington people and had visited Le Claire about once a year. Surviving relatives include Oscar and William Jugenheimer and Mrs. Lou Jugenheimer of Washington, Mrs. BE. N. Ellerbrock of Nebraska, and Robert Jugenheimer of Sigourney. The family leaves for Le Claire.
Ales Hrdiicka discusses three grand divisions of the Kuan race, listing white Indo Germanic Aryan and Semitic groups with a total population around 16 million, plus yellow brown Mongolian Malay Polynesian American Indian groups at about 718 million, and black Bantu and Negro populations at roughly 139 million.
Fragmentary notes describe an incident involving a vehicle tow at Harwood and an individual named Hite. Details remain unreadable in current OCR, with no clear outcome or actions stated.
Funeral services for Martha Crawford who died yesterday morning will be held at ten oclock Wednesday at Jones and McElhinney funeral parlors. Rev A M Malcolm of the Associate Presbyterian church will conduct the services. Burial will be in Tyrone cemetery west of Washington.
A strong harness field is housed at the Burlington Town Fair Grounds with 204 horses. Sir Roch, fresh from the Grand Circuit, headlines the free for all pace among eleven rivals. The meet runs August 11 to 15, featuring two events daily and a big derby on August 12 with about forty stabled horses and a separate Auto Races day on August 15.
A reflective meditation on character and virtue. The author argues that true goodness requires the power to behave wickedly when necessary, warning that mere gentleness without will is ineffective.
Carpenters in tomb cartoons near Thebes show bolting glue splitting wood into thin sheets for veneer and applying veneer to coarser woods. The drawings date from around the Exodus period.
A playful inquiry asks readers to identify with a made up label koyetter or haveltbroughter to spark curiosity and fun discussion. It invites guesses and speculation about quirky identities.
A humorous anecdote from the American Legion Weekly where a young man named De Slashem laments his luck after a 4&4 man’s leg is cast by a plasterer who does the job himself and charges $7.50. The remark highlights the comic misfortune of an inexperienced surgeon and an overbilling tradesman.
J Rothechild of Iowa City was in Washington yesterday on business. Tie and Mrs Rothschild will head to New York City to complete their fall buying. Mr and Mrs Densmore Guthrie and daughter Mary Jean and Mary Rose Haverlick returned to their Moline home after visiting relatives.
An established firm seeks a steady salesman for a well‑established concern. The Stockmen Supply Company of Marion Iowa promises enjoyable work and steadily increasing earnings and invites interested applicants to write at once.
A damaged old Journal fragment rambles about reading habits and personal notices. It mentions trust in the paper and a breakfast moment with a reference to Armour, Con sider, Shannon, and a local boarder concern.
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