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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1921
Page
4
The text argues commerce drives personal and political clashes from bones to borders. It asserts nations remain uncivilized without binding international contracts, urging a future where an inter-world federation upholds mutual rights and universal peace, despite persistent racial prejudice.
A crowded weekend of bridge games, informal receptions, and family dinners unfolds near Washington and Ainsworth. Guests include Mr and Mrs Oscar Lane, L R Marr, Miss Hazel Birney, Miss McKenzie, and others as houses host slumber parties, formal receptions, and New Year dinners. Community groups meet at the court house with 207 members reported.
A humorous piece opens with a critique of a flashy car and up to date bus, then shifts to a Nosey neighbor jab about Pumpernickel Brown. The notice mentions a local meeting with Mrs. Kunath absent, Mrs. Rosa Stinson made perpetual member, and a Bible study excerpted with reports of mission work and visitors from Ainsworth.
A vivid verse notes how rival groups despise each other and clash over a bone when disputes arise, illustrating primal quarrels and old human tensions that predate modern times.
The passage lists multiple Lexington and Wellman families including Fleming Walter Patterson and James, Timmons Clarence and family, Lilah Harold and Marion, L E Fleming Lamonte Elizabeth John, Guy Moot and Harold, Laura Longwell and family, Eugenia Louise Charles of Washington, and J T Seigler Davenport, connected with the Methodist Church Women’s Home Missionary Society.
Jan 3 Ottumwa 14 year old James Jarry died when his sled collided with another at a steep hill intersection. His neck was broken and the other sled occupants were uninjured.
Richard B Swift who moved to Muscatine to practice law has joined in a partnership with Att orney E K M Warner. The two will share Suite 504 Laurel building with Warner moving from Suite 611. Warner, a prominent trial and corporate attorney, is a leading figure in Muscatine county law. Swift, a former Washington resident, studied at the State University of Iowa and Notre Dame.
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