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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1920
Page
3
The Evening Journal reports a meeting at the Washington high school auditorium to organize the Parent-Teacher association. The session opens at 8 15 PM and will present revised constitution and by laws for adoption. Discussion and amendments are invited. Other business will be transacted.
The piece surveys how dwarfs were valued by rulers and elites across civilizations from ancient Egypt to Rome. It notes the Akkas of Equatorial Africa as prized, and mentions early Romans attempting artificial dwarfing, with terms for natural versus artificial dwarfs.
Seventeen young women joined a prayer ward at the Baptist church and Dr. LaMance spoke to men at the Methodist church. He preached on Indifference and The Judgment, with five conversions. Mrs LaMance led the choir. Harry Thomas directed special music. Meetings continue for two and a half weeks with daily services except Mondays.
Washington High School resumed after the midyear break with a long assembly announcing term plans re classifications and new classes. Re adjustments dominated the forenoon as several new students enrolled and some dropouts returned to their work.
Anite Rojes seven months old died at 1 30 this morning after a three week illness. The child lived in a bunk car in the Rock Island railway yards where her father worked as a laborer. Funeral services were held at Elm Grove cemetery with a brief service by Rev. M J Hartigan of St James Catholic Church.
A neighbor shared a pudding for dinner but both hosts disliked it and left it uneaten. While disposing of the dish, the neighbor spotted the leftovers, prompting awkward moment and social friction.
A sequence of flower names and associated qualities appears as a decorative catalog text. The items include Wild rose loyalty carnation admiration violet modest strength Master lily purity lily of the valley sweetness modesty and more. The list blends symbolic meanings with common blooms.
The record claims Columbus first found the hammock called hamacs among natives in San Salvador while noting they slept in these simple woven beds.
Burglars entered F. L. Stewart hardware, Fox & Dewey shoe stores, and Wallace Lumber yard office last night. Stewart loss about 500 dollars including Liberty Bonds, stamps, knives, and two revolvers. shoe and lumber office showed minimal damage. Sheriff McCarty leads night hunt with no arrests yet.
Joe Link claims a commission for promoting Washington Butter but Kreister & Sons warn that paying all promoters would leave none for the business. The dispute centers on fair compensation while expanding butter advertising reach.
A circa quote from George D. Prentice appears, warning that a friend bought is not worth the price paid. The brief reflects on value and loyalty in friendships.
Pleasant Plain Missionary society meets with Mrs. Tom Berdo on February 4 for an all day session. The Kolah club gathers with Mrs. Elsie Jackson next Wednesday afternoon. A D A B R meeting at Mrs. R M Smith’s on February 3 at 2 30 p.m. Full attendance urged for important business. K of P regular meet Monday at 7 30. Farmers Union meets February 11 at Cedar school house. all urged to attend.
A called meeting of the S. H. G. B. and common Labor union of America was held at the assembly hall during usual hours by order of the president. The Royal Neighbors plan their regular meeting tomorrow night at Woodman hall in the same area.
G A B regular post meeting set for tomorrow night at 7 30 with urged good attendance. Bethlehem Commandery No 45 Knights Templar to meet Tuesday evening February 3 at 7 30 for two candidates. Cottage prayer meetings in evangelistic services at the Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at 2 30 with ward by ward locations and hosts listed.
The L Tv Circle will convene Wednesday afternoon with Miss Lillie Brinning. Details are sparse but the meeting is noted for 2002 context.
The Washington Choral Society will omit its rehearsal this week due to a Parent Teachers Association meeting in the auditorium and a Fortnightly music department meeting tonight.
A London Daily Express quip recalls a cook explaining she left a place because its inhabitants were so saving that even the mice cried. The anecdote portrays ultra thrift as a social caricature.
The powerful political organization Tammany is said to derive its name from the Delaware chief Tamanand, celebrated for wisdom. The Tammany society began in New York City on May 12, 178% and aligned with the Republican, later Democratic party.
Bees act as weather guides showing sluggish morning activity if rain is ahead and lively movement when the day will be bright and fair.
An English paper condemns hosts who treat guests as temporary chattels and ignores their desires. It cites Lady Georgina Grey who retorts to a host’s “We breakfast at nine” with “Oh, do you breakfast at eleven.” The Boston Transcript notes the social hypocrisy.
France offers an invention to avoid pauses in music with a long strip of printed music for player pianos. The music passes before the eyes of the performer at any desired speed as a controlling lever sits at one side.
A French paper traces the jazz band idea to the Directory theme. Cat orchestra concerts featured twenty cuts played in sequence on a harpsichord keyboard. A performer striking keys produced tolls that sounded like a cataclysmic caterwaul.
An Exchange piece argues that a daily walk yields greater health benefits than aperients or intermittent work rests. It condemns spurts of work and rest and urges business people to schedule outdoor exercise, noting walking as a practical form.
An old Popular Mechanics description explains an egg in a bottle illusion. Soak the egg until the shell softens then push it into the bottle as water is poured in and the egg is reeked free to slide back out for amazed onlookers.
A New Hampshire teacher tested pupils by asking them to craft sentences with the word dom. The exercise sparked confusion among students including Johanie, Jehnle, and a boy named LMA Ye, as the class struggled with the prompt and rushed responses.
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