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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1920
Page
8
Local items list shoe dealers funeral director and tax services. People travel to Chicago Amesworth Marshalltown Crawfordsville and Kinross for errands visits. Nesbitt Motor Co offers welding and tax help with Homer R. Murray. Safety deposit boxes offered by Washington National Bank.
Local items list residents traveling by bus to Davenport Winfield and Ames. Posts mention a combination sale at City Feed Yard and visits by Mrs Letts and others. Bethlehem Commandery representatives attended J C Richardson funeral in Keota.
Million dollar losses warned against wildcat stock schemes while Titus Loan & Investment Co offers 6 percent net mortgages on Iowa farms. Notes range from $100 to $10,000 with inspections by company officers and guaranteed titles. Contact 211-213 Iowa Avenue Muscatine Iowa.
Mrs Sidney P Looney Essley widow of William Essley died Saturday afternoon at the county home aged 87. Funeral services were held Sunday at the A A Beenblosson home with Rev T F Barker in charge. Burial followed at Elm Grove cemetery. She was born August 7 1833 in Rush County Indiana and came to Washington County Iowa with the Looney family. She had no children or siblings and was a long time Methodist.
Mrs Carl Vorhees of West Chester visits her mother Mrs J Bauer in Chicago on her father's absence. Mrs J W Harris returns to Belle Plaine Iowa after visiting daughter Mrs Henry Simmering, accompanied by granddaughter Ruth Simmering who will visit. Offer for private safety deposit boxes in a fire and burglar proof vault at 8 cents a month, few left.
Firefighters were alerted to the George Mann residence on South Second Avenue around 8 30 Saturday evening. A blaze in a box of kindling in the basement was extinguished before they arrived. the house filled with smoke but no damage occurred and the cause is unknown.
Platina is recovered mainly from stream beds where erosion of large rocks releases grains. The platinum often coexists with gold in mixtures of 5 to 50 percent platinum and is collected by washing sand and gravel from streams.
A historic statement claims General George Washington was an active Free Mason in good standing. It notes the Capitol southeast cornerstone was allegedly laid September 18, 1703, by Brother Washington and numerous Free Masons and local officials.
Albany residents witnessed a parade of 500 emigrants on sleighs on February 2 as they journeyed toward the Genesee country in western New York. The Genesee valley was then described as the far West, a distant and little-known region to settlers.
Report describes Pittsburgh steel plant where powdered coal moves through a 550 foot line under 40 psi, flowing like water. The system pushed four tons through the pipe in five minutes, showing remarkable throughput.
A brief maxim notes that knowing how to wait is the key to success, attributed to De Maitre.
Dr. W. N. La Mance opened a series of evangelistic meetings at the Methodist church. He preached on the Twenty third Psalm in the morning and What s In a Name in the evening. The church was crowded with two large congregations and music played a prominent role with Carry Thomas directing the choir and Mrs La Mance leading the chorus.
A reader notes material shows the Communist party seeks to overthrow the U S government. Several statements from the manifesto are cited to illustrate the party's intent to conquer and destroy the parliamentary state.
Copular Science Monthly argues that bees do not injure fruit skins. Investigations in July show birds wind hail hornets and wasps are responsible for most damage. Bees aid orchards through cross pollination and provide value to growers.
Vormar Science Monthly reports ties last about eight years under normal use, renewals demand much labor and money, while treated ties that are tivret kilmdried and saturated twice as long become waterproof and rot resistant.
A young speaker in the Indianapolis Star quips that his parents claim poverty when he asks for candy or ice cream yet seem able to scrape together a nickel for Sunday school. The exchange highlights a child’s perspective on parental budgeting.
Edward H. Ochsner reports favorable results using carbolic acid injections to treat carbuncles in the New York Medical Journal. Injections provide immediate pain relief and the sores heal quickly.
Astronomers estimate at least one trillion stars fill the cosmos, with some so distant that their light began long before human history. The unimaginable scale challenges our view of the universe and time itself.
A guest at a social gathering is described as out of place among prominent literary figures. A lady notes his presence, and the hostess answers that he cannot talk except in sense, highlighting a mismatch between decor and discourse.
At nine this morning in the Presbyterian church Rev Arthur Oates joined Grace Willits and George W Oakes in a single ring ceremony attended by Graces sister Stella and brother Glenn Willits. The couple honeymooned at Davenport and New Boston Illinois with relatives and friends before news notes report on linked community events and social gatherings.
A fragment reflects on how a poet should be polished by life and study. The lines praise labor as fervor and refinement as a science, highlighting the ideal blend of worldly intercourse and aesthetic taste.
Uncle Phen cautions that hasty speech can reveal a lack of careful thought and leaves one with little to say, noted in a folksy exchange attributed to Uncle Eben dialogue.
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