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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1922
Page
7
Correspondents report on births deaths fires and visits in Wellman and nearby towns. Updates include band progress plans for summer concerts, illnesses and recoveries, road conditions, property transactions, court trips, and social events at the Majestic Theater and Rebekah lodge.
Bert Yard sawed wood on Friday and Merle White helps James Long with summer wood. Ester Orris visited S. K. Orris, Jay assisted hog delivery to Chicago, and many neighbors shared meals and visits around Crawfordaville. A birthday surprise for Will Mitchell with oyster supper drew thirty guests on Friday night.
Twenty friends gathered Saturday night at the A. R. Conrad residence for music and dancing. After a late two course luncheon featuring ham sandwiches Spanish salad coffee cookies and pumpkin pie all left in the small hours declaring the time well spent and promising a return visit.
Mrs Aug Laney, a revered Riverside resident and one of the town’s oldest figures, died Saturday after a month of illness following a brain hemorrhage on January 1. Born September 16, 1848 in Bohema, she moved to America at age 22 and later settled near Riverside. She and husband August Laney married October 16, 1870 and raised eight children, with survivors including five sons and three daughters. Funeral services were held at St. Mary’s church with Rev B Jacobsmeier officiating.
The notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine for catarrh with an ointment for local relief and an internal tonic that acts through the bloodstream to reduce mucous membrane inflammation. It claims nationwide druggist availability and lists F J Cheney Co Toledo as the maker.
Four percent tax on the first $4,000 of taxable income, eight percent on the excess. Surtax ranges from 1 to 65 percent on net income over $5,000 for 1921. Filing deadline March 15 1922. Collector of internal revenue handles filings. forms 1040 and 1040A provide full directions.
Saturday evening socialized cards and refreshments hosted as Joseph Duwa visited from near Waterloo to see his father John Duwa. Mrs. Lou Duwa arrived from Rich mond after her aunt Mrs. August Laney passed away. Mrs. Theresa Blecha of Iowa City visited Bert Cray and family. Gleen Rummelhart returned from Wellington Colo. Catholic Foresters opened a new hall with about two hundred attending a style show readings music and a farce. The hall was formerly the armory and has new lodge space. Esther Swift visited Muscatine. Lawrence and Theodore Bauer of Bauer Town plan to visit their brother S F Bauer recovering from illness.
A Hawaii symposium on U S Japanese amity includes advice to read English papers and invest in Hawaiian industries. K Naito urges English newspapers for understanding. T Katsunuma advises Sabbath observance home cleanliness and shaving every other day.
The petition to dissolve the Consolidated Independent School District of Noble in Washington and Henry counties is denied. The board preserves the existing consolidated district boundaries, detailing precise sections and townships in Washington and Henry counties. County Superintendent Clara S. Wallace signed the order on January 21, 1922 in Washington Iowa.
An advertisement tells how a husband suffered from stomach trouble and colic until Mayr's Wonderful Remedy was tried on a nurse's advice. It claims the preparation removes mucous from the intestinal tract and relieves inflammation, claiming one dose proves its value with a money refund. Lemmon's Pharmacy and other druggists advertise it.
Fragmentary note describes the evolution of a word or term with unclear origins. It references early descriptions and metaphorical uses such as a cover for the head and a pocketed concealment, but the text remains cryptic and lacks concrete facts.
The readable fragments describe a chaotic scene at the air peace depart where people react to a caller’s remarks. The wording is garbled but suggests initial praise then confusion as events unfold and someone contemplates starting anew.
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