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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1924
Page
6
The Epworth League of the Methodist church in West Chester hosted a leap year party on December 23 in the church basement with about 25 attendees. Games, socializing, and a humorous “King and Queen of Hearts” game filled the evening followed by hot chicken sandwiches and pickles.
A vintage description details a frock adorned with four slanting flat flounces visible only at the front. It notes a newly styled collar considered very becoming. The text praises the pleats and quaint ruffles, calling the overall gown an astronstic, attractive outfit.
Notices announce social events and meetings. Moose Lodge invites members and families to a Thursday social with Highland Four performing. Children Missionary Society meets Saturday at 2 pm at the church with expected large attendance due to Japanese visitors. Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church meets Friday at 2:30 at Mrs A Anderson's home led by Mrs Vernon Crull. 10th Century club gathers Saturday at 2:30 with Mrs KF Elder. Second Presbyterian Woman's Missionary Society hosts Miss Ella Montgomery on Home Missions at Mrs Sam McCleery's home Friday afternoon. Young Women's Home Mission Society plans Thursday evening January 31 at Miss Minicks home. Ladies Social of the Presbyterian church meets Friday afternoon.
A relic from Des Moines county records notes Iowa's 1904 first automobile laws. It details vehicle registration with a $1 fee for a metal license plate, obligation to stop and assist horses when needed, mandatory signaling lamps after dark, and speed limits of one mile per six minutes in towns and no more than 20 mph in rural areas.
In the Seventh Federal Reserve district, automobile production fell 3.1 percent from November to December 1923, with most of the drop in passenger cars as truck output stayed flat. The decline was largely seasonal and smaller than December 1922’s four percent drop.
In the seventh district passenger cars and track v gain 65.7 percent over 1922. Seventy seven distributors and dealers in the middle west reported a further increase in wholesale automobile distribution during December versus November, though both number and value fell from December 1922. Used car sales fell from November but rose versus a year ago. Iron and steel consumption in og casting foundries declined in December with scrap up. Shoes production and shipments in the district were down from November and last year, though December output roughly matched shipments.
Des Moines Iowa January 31 December coal production in the United States stayed near 10 000 000 tons for December except during Christmas week when mines closed for three days and output fell to 6 713 000 tons. The first week of January 1924 saw 9 068 000 tons produced with daily averages around 1 843 000 tons and 1 754 000 tons, while the second week reached 11 921 000 tons.
The report notes 1928 bituminous coal output surpassed any year since 1920 at about 545 million tons, up from 422 million in 1922. Illinois and Indiana mines show rising time lost by miners amid reduced demand in November and December. Demand declined in the seventh district before a January cold wave, but production rose as mines lengthened runs. Prices stayed near $2.16 to $2.20 per ton, with anthracite weekly production dipping to 1.236 million tons by late December after holiday cuts. Electric energy production in December ran higher with softer industrial sales before the holidays.
In Chamonix France on January 31 another serious accident interrupted bobsled activity. Officials reported the incident occurred during the competition and details were not immediately available.
An officer of the UATE sustained both legs broken when the field jumped the turn at a forty five degree angle. Four crew members were unhurt. The chute had been closed for inspection and is now open with the British sled first to use it. Workmen smooth rough ski jumps as parts are deemed dangerous. The American ski team will limit practice to the old Chamonix jumpers.
A terse message tells merchants that someone saw their signs in the Journal. The note hints at a local ad or listing appearing in the newspaper and conveys a casual, streetwise tone about the Journal appearance.
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