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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1919
Page
7
Local column compiles affairs across Washington County including births and deaths, personal notices, and small items of community interest. Readership learns who was born or died, and other short notices from the neighborhood.
Miss Billa Hinkle and Lester Kientz were married at the Lutheran parsonage in Brighton with sisters Hattie Kientz Velma Hinkle and Mrs Vera Morgan present. After the ceremony they planned a 2 30 train trip to Chicago for a brief visit and sightseeing. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Slenny Hinkle, and the groom, son of Mrs John Kientz, will reside on the Kientz farm near Merrimac.
Lee Lease went to Muscatine yesterday while T A Ferguson of Lenox Iowa returned to Washington after visiting relatives in Crawfordsville. A union service is planned at the Presbyterian church Sunday evening.
Henry Peters, about 40, bachelor living four miles north of Glidden, killed himself Tuesday afternoon using a pitchfork tied to a barn and a handkerchief. He left to do evening chores, did not return, and was found dead later by his father Geo Peters said to be wealthy.
Mt. Pleasant February 22 The Great Hereford cattle sale by W. J. Wright & Son sold 65 head at an average $731 totaling about $48,000. A large out of town crowd attended and Wright pleased with demand. Buyers were entertained at the Brazelion hotel.
Dr. E. M. Brinneman mayor and physician of Ackley Hardin county was held to federal grand jury in $1 000 bonds in Cedar Rapids for violating the Harrison drug act. Authorities say he sold $15 worth of morphine to one person and has operated a narcotics wholesale business for months.
Ada Day events draw residents and visitors to celebrate local history, crafts, and performances. Organizers say attendance exceeded expectations as volunteers showcased projects at parks, museums, and the town square.
Second Lieutenant reports that the One Hundred and Sixty eighth Infantry has the most front line service in France, tours of Bonn and Cologne with Canadian troops, letters home, and memories of battles since February 1918. He notes weather, monotony, and posts a silver cup prize at Iowa State College.
Keota farmer J. D. Kirkpatrick won the banner trophy at the 16th annual Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association show in Ames by growing 88.6 bushels of corn per acre under average conditions. The exhibit includes 100 ears illustrating a range of ear sizes, with the win marking a south central Keokuk county success following last year’s northern track.
In Des Moines on February 22 the Mitchellville Industrial School for Girls drew fire in a house debate over the Hale bill banning commitment of children under ten to industrial schools. Rogers of Carroll and Story Alderman argued the institution creates bad women by mixing young inmates with older, worldly residents. The bill and a separate agriculture measure funding more county agents were discussed but not acted on.
Government data show the United States harvests about 460 million bushels of potatoes annually with at least 75 million bushels lost to culls rot and freezing during shipment and from distant markets.
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