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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1923
Page
6
Avis Glyn, owner by entail of her grandfather, faces squatters on a derelict farm. Wildcatters propose test wells as she fights to reclaim her property, then a gusher changes her plan and she calls in Gleeson.
The article notes croquet descended from the old Pall Mall game once popular in England until 1600. It died out widely except in an Irish corner, where it reemerged as croquet in the mid 1800s.
Old Time Ink. Centuries relied on an infusion of nutgalls treated with sulphate of iron as the sole known ink. The note recalls a traditional method once common in writing and record keeping.
Mrs. George Morrison hosts a forty guest bridge dinner party at Coneville. The column recounts Chautauqua hospitality, a large May shower for Miss Anna Wallace, upcoming weddings for Miss Dorothea Wickham and Miss Ruth Wilson, and multiple brunches and picnics with relatives and friends across East Washington Street and South Iowa Avenue.
The article notes cremation was widespread before Christ and later burial became common. In recent times sanitation concerns have revived cremation and gained supporters.
Los Angeles police judge George Richardson sentenced Mrs. Francis Howe after she broke speed limits to rush a sick cat to a veterinarian. The jail term was suspended for two years on condition she avoids further traffic violations.
Friends in Kalona learn Kenneth Hicks, a railroad worker, was killed in Chicago yards yesterday. The body returns to Muscatine for burial Saturday at 3 39 PM. He played Kalona and Washington athletics and is survived by his wife and daughter.
Moore Lodge announces a social this Thursday evening. Busy Tee Club postpones its meeting to August 30 at Helen Grosscup’s home with officer elections. Pythian Sisters of West Chester plan a bake sale Saturday at the Farmers Union Store.
The Fannie Coppin Mite Missionary Society will hold a called session Friday at 2 PM at the parsonage. All members are requested to be present.
Bertha W. Romine invites relatives to a Romine reunion in Wellman park on Thursday August 20. Attendees should bring baskets and note the gathering details.
The first U P church choir will meet Friday evening at 7 15 with a fall attendance urged.
Notice announces A M BE Jubilee Singers will perform next Tuesday evening August 28 at 8 15 at Lexington with cordial invitation. Also Young Woman's Missionary Society of the Baptist church holds regular meeting Monday evening at Miss Sharp's home 63 3t.
New York detectives seek two women in the kidnapping of three month old Lillian McKenzie from a Manhattan street. One suspect is described as a beggar who carried a crying baby to solicit money. The other is a childless wife whose husband left her, and she has since visited her former home asking for her husband and claiming she has a baby that cannot be taken away.
Harrison Davis a Creston area farmer was killed when his car collided with a sedan driven by J. C. Beckner of Clarinda on the federal highway south of Creston. Davis’s three sons were injured but expected to survive. two young women and a young man in the Beckner sedan were injured lightly.
President Coolidge canceled today’s cabinet meeting the third such disposal in succession. He has met with only one cabinet official family and plans to handle affairs through individual conferences with department heads. Several cabinet members were absent, influencing the decision.
No rehearsal this week but all choir members are urged to be in their places at both Sunday services. J. J. Miller 632t.
Salt Lake City report details Max O. Knorr a railroad laborer awakening to a locomotive whistle and bell. He guided five family members to safety before the walls collapsed and the roof burned away.
Nick Gara millo, a Mexican national, died from burns after falling into a vat of acid at the Chicago Great Western shops in Oelwein. The incident occurred today as workers reported the accident and authorities began investigation.
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