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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1913
Page
4
An athletic league modeled after the McKee program has been created in city ward schools. Principals and the Y M C A secretary supervise activities across four schools, with class based records, a banner for top records, and indoor baseball planned when weather allows.
Poem muses on death and legacy with satire of professions. It contrasts ordinary mortals who lie in graves with writers who endure through their books as life continues for authors long after burial.
Des Moines January 21. The secretary of state asks for a bigger legislative appropriation to hire extra help in response to a surge in automobile department business. Secretary W S Allen says current funds cannot cover overtime needed to issue number plates. He reports doubling staff and output of 400 to 600 plates daily, with mail ten days behind. There are 50 000 automobiles registered and counties face delays if new plates are not obtained promptly.
HGH FIVES 10 play a curtain raiser at the Commercial club gym tonight. High school teams from Fairfield area seek crowd practice before Friday at Mt. Pleasant. The main event is Company M of Fairfield versus the Washington Bruisers, both promising a top contest. Costs for the night are high, with the gym rental priced at ten dollars.
A fragmented OCR snippet shows a self addressing inner dialogue with phrases like Says I to myself and Says IT to myself. The readable text hints at a reflective or literary note without clear event or structure. No identifiable people or places are present in the legible portion.
Victor Murdock, the Kansas congressman and editor, followed his wife’s foreign instructions and copied the envelope address. His reply was translated back to him as St. Madam Victor Murdock at Hotel Grand Prix Mourmelon near Paris, with rooms and baths, in a true misaddressed letter incident.
Mrs Mary H Kirkpatrick aged 94 died at 503 South Second Avenue in Washington after a long life spent in Kalona Pilotsburg and Washington with her daughter Mrs James Marsh. She leaves six children twenty three grandchildren and twenty five great grandchildren. Funeral at Marsh residence tomorrow at nine led by Rev A S Smith with burial in Snider cemetery Kalona.
Railroad notes report Ohio will outlaw the public drinking cup and common roller tower on steam and electric lines. The Great Lakes saw a 1912 traffic record with only 79 violations under Department of Commerce and Labor rules, mostly technical.
James Colton died at 6 30 P M Monday at his home in Washington township near East Second street. The remains will go to Columbus Junction for interment tomorrow. A Catholic service is set for 8 30 A M tomorrow before the funeral party departs. Colton, born January 22 1832 in Kennewango Pa, was married May 15 1867 to Catherine McSweeney and survived by a son Cyril and three daughters. He lived in Louisa county for years, later moving from Columbus Junction to Washington, and had been in poor health for six years. The death cause was paralysis. he recently joined the local Catholic church.
The poem extols a vast world bathed in sun and gold, praising life as a field of opportunities. It urges honest work, learning, courage, and cheerful helping to elevate oneself and the world.
Dr Aug ust Korndoerfer Jr narrates a western joke about a stomach expert who lunches a joker for a ten spot. The tale ends with the joker paying his bill claiming it was for treating his stomach. The item also notes vegetarian humor and advertises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
In New London Iowa Mayor Rhodes formed a ladies committee led by Mrs Mary M Pierson to fund park seats clean up rubbish and trim trees The group raised funds and extended improvements including helping to start the electric light plant They plan a second annual Chautauqua July 16 to 21 with the Ladies Improvement association backing the event and a larger budget than last year.
Sioux City news notes Lake Okoboji and Spirit Lake as main contenders for next summers encampment of the Fifty sixth Iowa National Guard regiment. Officers at a school led by Capt. George Ball report the joint encampment practice will be dropped and an informal vote points to Okoboji.
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