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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1919
Page
7
In brief letters and notes the Washington County Correspondents share comings and goings, social activities, and personal items including births and deaths from the community. The item compiles reported notices from local residents and organizations.
Mrs C M Strain returned home from Town City after visiting Rhue at summer school. Methodist church picnic held at Sunset Park with supper. Mr and Mrs W F Stump attended a family picnic at Sunset Park. Miss Helen and Elizabeth owners of Des Moines arrived from Mt Union to visit at the Davidson and Manners homes. Mrs H C Hull visited Cotter yesterday to see her brother and family. her brother accompanied her home. Maude Foster of North England arrived for a visit at the W E Stump home.
Wellman residents learned last Wednesday that the Fly ing Parson event would bring two aeroplane days on Friday and Saturday. Many first-time flyers appeared, with short flights priced around a dollar. Local visitors and residents arrived, including Lieut. Foster returning from Germany, and the community hosted visitors from Clinton and Des Moines as well as family updates and hospital news.
Since Wednesday J. S. Kabaker and family returned from their trip to Chicago on Friday.
A Sunday reunion at Albert Sharp home near Richmond honored Mrs. Anthony Escher and her Collins Minnesota children visiting relatives in the area. A noon dinner fed a large crowd, with after dinner laughter and photos by Miss Bessie Yansky. Participants included the Shalla, Yansky, Klein, Horak, Crotz, and Escher families from Richmond and Riversie. Another gathering is planned next Sunday at Mrs. John Hesk’s home.
A reflective line extols sympathy as a unique virtue in the vast world, noting its rarity and value and urging appreciation for compassionate understanding.
James J. Forrester of Chacinnatts chosen for postmaster general per AFL Atlantic City convention resolutions. The meeting urged removal of Burleson. Forrester serves as president of the Brotherhood of Railway Mail Clerks.
A YWCA report from Miss Lois Downs details dire Polish conditions. She describes children in distress, a stump amputation treated with iodine, and families sheltering with animals in dugouts and open wagons as refugee camps suffer typhus smallpox and cholera outbreaks amid rain without proper coverings.
The passage cites John Galeworthy's character who calls for "A flash of beer" and adds Arthur J. Rees praising quick uptake in American slang. It references Barrie and the Scotch Boston Transcript as sources or echoes for these linguistic moments.
An 18th century London Times snippet notes Olov's Grammar School once valued at 150 dollars now 25 000, rent described as roses. Chichester must supply a string for the king's crossbow while Bryanston Dorset must furnish a boy with a stringless bow and featherless arrow for Welsh wars. Bradley Great Wood Grimsby tenant fails to pay the mayor a wild bear or cash equivalent.
The record lists teams such as New York, St. Louis, Chicago and Philadelphia with varied scores like New York 1 and Chicago 4. No other games are recorded beyond these lines. the text is fragmented and references leagues and clubs with unclear dates or venues.
Miss Gladys Shoemake and Cope Ferguson of New Sharon delayed their marriage after a boil on the bride’s nose forced postponement. They obtained a license August 9 and finally wed in Oskaloosa when the condition cleared. The pairing is now officially married.
In Des Moines on August 25 requests to the attorney general's office for permits to manufacture sacramental wine in Iowa are causing the shutdown of all plants engaged in making the product.
Havner announces that Iowa law bans manufacturing sacramental wine and orders immediate cessation. The AG has notified inquirers that such production must halt now.
The text notes that in ordinary years January begins on the same weekday as October, and April with July, and September with December. February, March, and November share a starting weekday. This pattern applies only in 365 day years. A century never begins on Wednesday Friday or Saturday. An ordinary year ends on the same weekday it begins.
The article urges adapting to current conditions to reduce burdens on families. It argues that items once deemed essential are now unnecessary and costly, yet life can remain full and pleasant as conditions change.
A concise definition tracing the term fourth estate from humorous designation of the press as distinct power to its origin as representing unrepresented classes in society. The piece notes the shift from social rank to a functioning watchdog role of newspapers.
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