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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1920
Page
3
The Flyer de lis club hosts a picnic at Sunset Park on Tuesday August 24 at seven o clock prompt. Former members invited bring own dishes and be on hand by 11 00 for a timely finish before chautaaqua.
The August teachers examination will be held at the Court House on August 25 26 and 27 for those who attended a State Department approved summer school. The schedule lists preliminary periods and subjects across three days with coordinators and the county superintendent Kathryn Montgomery.
Thursday August 26 at 2:00 P M a Davenport address lists a library table rockers dining table chairs hall tree heater stove and other items to be sold by auctioneer D F Macon Mrs Jerome Williams is associated with the sale. Red Cross tent at chautauqua promotes a Baby Day and health messages.
Thomas Groendycke aged 41 died at his home in Dutch Creek township on Sunday afternoon from tuberculosis after years of ill health. Funeral set for Tuesday at 2 30 at the Grace Hill Moravian church with Rev. Ernest Drebert officiating. Burial in Grace Hill cemetery. He leaves his mother and brothers Robert L. and A T Groendycke of Medicine Lodge Kansas H M Groendycke of Richland and Mrs Clara Singer of Walier Montana. The Louisa Muscatine and Washington county tri reunion will be held in Muscatine Friday Aug 27 with W R C providing a 12 30 dinner and requests RSVP to W P Moothart adjutant for Washington county.
Washington wins 4 to 3 over Muscatine in a listless contest. Little pitched well for Washington with eight strikeouts and two errors charged to Muscatine. Morrow and Wilson hit for the visitors in the eighth, lifting Washington’s tally. Bierman allowed the late runs for Muscatine. Rubio beat Eldon 1–0 in fourteen innings in a standout pitcher’s duel. Twilight League games on schedule with mechanics vs firemen tonight and Moose vs bankers midweek. season ends Thursday with button cutters meeting barbers.
The Rock Island Limited derailed near Coralville Iowa after a switch bolt failed. Eight cars mostly Pullmans left the track at about 85 mph but no one was seriously hurt thanks to steel coaches and sleepers. Several passengers sustained bruises sprains and cuts as rescue teams aided the injured.
Notice to contractors in Highland township Washington county for erection of a school house invites bids until 4 pm September 21 1920. Plans and specifications at the secretary’s home. Lowest responsible bidder awarded. board may reject any or all bids. August 23 to September 13.
County residents urged to attend the Washington county fair project meeting at the Commercial club this evening at eight o'clock. Reports from all sections on stock subscribed will be received and the fair association to be organized for more intelligent and effective future work.
The Washington band of twenty five traveled home by automobile after playing last week at the Warren county fair in Indianola. They camping on the fair grounds and enjoyed a popular series of concerts with Joseph Conrad drawing encores. The fair drew large crowds and fine exhibits though rain disrupted the final night program.
A Moose chapter schedules an election for Wednesday evening August 25 and urges members to attend. Secretary D C Russell signs the notice.
The text lauds Pollok Wallace as an umpire trusted in Rubio and on the local baseball lot. It asserts his fair, square rulings regardless of stakes, noting he has been in the game for one score years and ten, and praises his integrity as a pal among men.
Iowa will distribute over $61,000 in state aid to one room rural schools this year. Sixty seven counties have standardized their schools to meet requirements and 200,000 pupils attend these schools. State officials emphasized improving one room schools while editor Lafayette Young urged large scale schooling for recent arrivals to foster Americanization.
A concise reflection on shifting human drives cites La Rochefoucauld noting how love yields to ambition and rarely revisits romance. The quote contrasts intimate affection with worldly striving, suggesting enduring preoccupation with achievement over affection.
Wallace Reid stars in The Valley of the Giants a Paramount photoplay about a forest glade in northern California. Colonel Pennington schemes to seize the land while Reid protects the site amid a love romance and thrilling incidents. Directed by James Cruze with Grace Darmond co starring.
Mary Miles Minter, age eighteen, headlines her thirty seventh starring picture in A Cumberland Romance at the Graham Theater. She began acting at age twelve and has scarcely paused work since.
A Boston Transcript report notes a man’s claim that charitable acts begin at home while his wife questions corroboration. The exchange centers on domestic behavior and public perception of generosity.
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