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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1922
Page
3
Chicago jurist Marcus Kavanagh told a large audience that disrespect for law threatens civilization. He cited rising murders, prison growth, and low homicide convictions abroad to argue for harsher enforcement and public duty including jury participation and home teaching of law.
Evening program lists Ward-Wat orga Trio at 8 00 on Friday. August 19 features a 2 30 afternoon concert The Smith Spring Holmes Orchestral Quintet and a 7 45 evening concert. The event runs through August 24 with lectures and musical performances by noted groups and speakers.
Special Correspondence from Camp Dodge Iowa reports the new open air swimming pool area with a concrete tank three hundred yards by about one hundred twenty, eight diving boards, a large raft, night lighting, and an iron fenced bathers promenade. Rules require physicals, post meal wait, no smoking, and no roughhousing. life guards patrol as Troopers and youths use the facility for swimming and diving at the state’s camp.
Entertainment Tonight notes a makeup artist and impersonator Man love and Ward Waters headline this evening’s program. Tomorrow the Smith Spring Holmes quintet performs at 2 30 with Sunshine Dietrich, followed by further lectures and music across two union services Sunday led by Dr G L Robinson.
The Rebekahs announce a Friday evening gathering with balloting. A good attendance is desired.
The Clay Township Picnic Association held its twelfth annual reunion with officers elected for next year. Speakers included Rev. J. E. Grinnell and Rev. James Reese while entertainment featured Mill's Bros. orchestra and vigorous horse shoe pitching. A separate fire catastrophically burned the McCarty and Marsh barns on South Iowa Avenue, destroying a Ford touring car and house rear walls scorched. losses totaled around the time of five o'clock this morning.
In Gomera, a Canarian island, residents use a centuries old whistling code to transmit news and information across long distances with speed. Reports claim the practice dates back hundreds of years.
Two large moving vans from Chicago arrived today carrying Clifford Thorne’s office files stored in a Washington rented office near the Washington Loan and Trust company. Thorne also transferred part of his library to Judge Charles A. Dewey’s office for headquarters in Washington while keeping Chicago offices. He plans to spend substantial time at his Washington home, with the big moves drawing local interest due to their size and the two-day trip from Chicago.
Clyde Herring of Des Moines Democrat and U S senator candidate visited Washington for a short visit in the morning. He called at the Ford garage and planned a speaking date in the area. Herring hoped to see Alex Miller but the postmaster was on a chautauqua tour. He came from White Oak near Riverside where he and Col. W Brookhart spoke at a homecoming barbecue yesterday.
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