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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1923
Page
7
Brighton Iowa items cover family visits, funerals, and travels including Ira Rich at a Keokuk funeral and Miss Kate Snyder in Des Moines. Declarations of local contests, lodge installations, a boys band debut, and community events at the Princess theater accompany road trips and farewells among residents and visitors.
Funeral services for the late Mrs. Jane Critz were held Friday morning at St. Marys church officiated by Rev B Jacobsmeier. The Rosary society attended in a body. Interment followed at Mt. Oovet cemetery beside her husband. Out of town mourners listed include Mrs Eg Beranek of Colorado Springs and others from Iowa, Washington and Illinois. The Farmers Lumber Co annual meeting elected Jos Cummings president Jos W Keifer secretary Henry Griffin treasurer C E Turner manager and two directors John Bulger and A H
Wellman residents report most snow melted leaving rough slick roads with the main road to Iowa City nearly impassable for a stretch. Local shipments include a mixed carload of chickens and ducks for New York. social notes mention visits, travel and a quarantined scarlet fever case lifting, plus community events at the Pythian Sisters instruction and a large joint Odd Fellows Rebekahs installation with a dance and dinner.
A long Local column covers travel plans, a Ford Kive purchase, dental news, rental worries, veteran bonus prep, a jewelry-store sale, upcoming sales and birthdays, a banquet, a death in Iowa City, club meetings, farewell events, church work, farm rentals, mild winter notes and rising prices for eggs and chicken. Community ties are highlighted with personal notices and local businesses.
A discovery of edible fruit kernels from pullin trees in the Niger territory of Africa promises a new source of vegetable ivory for industrial use. The find could impact materials sectors by offering an alternative to animal or mineral ivory.
John Andrews aged 40 seeks gaiety away from home but clashes with wife Mary. He travels to New York where met vibrant temptations and a pretty girl leads to a fateful letter. First National attraction produced by John M. Stahl from Frances Irene Reets story.
Jan 15 report from Rural Route 3 lists visits among neighbors as Roy Teets and family, Sam McKee, T B Thrasher home hosting. Gertrude Noecker from Washington stayed with G W Noecker, Eva Mouser cares for Booth infant. Prairie Flower Baptist Anchor class met at K Scott home. Friendly Comrades class to meet at John Kurtz home Friday. Martha Thrasher received word that Rev James Priestual has arrived in England for a three week visit.
A reflective piece notes how grievances and worries become personal hobbies shaping daily life. It argues removal of these concerns would leave many people feeling hollow and unsettled in their routines.
A cryptic meditation on roots and growth likens a mysterious figure to a plant deeply grounded in its homeland. The imagery ties the subject to the world’s center, suggesting enduring strength drawn from native soil.
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