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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1923
Page
6
Deborah Meredith nurse at the Meager ranch faces assault and escape after Hob Meager forces a marriage and a brutal justice. With a revolver and desert escape planned, she dodges drunken ranch hands and seeks the Frisco Kid’s horse to flee toward two peaks on the Nogales trail.
The Booster club met with Mrs. Harry Anderson on Tuesday afternoon for a well attended session. Plans include an ice cream social at Merle Eckles home. Henrietta Wilson attended as a guest. The Filler-de-Lis club met Thursday with Mrs. Percy Whistler and hosted twelve members and four guests for a children’s program and a birthday luncheon for Lawrence Whistler. The White Way club gathered June twenty sixth at Mrs. Beet Rittenhouse’s home with star drawing, a pillow contest, and a garden envelope search, followed by a two course luncheon by host Mrs. Hattie Lichty. Additional items note a piano recital at the Prestoertan church and multiple marriages including Mary Ruth Corinne S. Cherry announcing her daughter’s marriage to Joseph Whitaker Newbold at Iowa City Presbyterian Church, and Charles Schachner and Ollie M. Moothart’s wedding in Wellman with plans to reside there. The Willing Worker’s class of Prairie Flower Baptist church met Friday evening at the home of Supt. and Mrs. E. L. Smith.
A church class gathering at the Smith residence featured a devotional service, lawn games, and indoor merriment with refreshments of cake ice cream and water. Host and hostess were praised as gracious entertainers and guests included Mrs. Howard McCleery and visiting Miss Julia Brooking of Pueblo Colorado.
A London Opinion quip notes that even a dutiful wife prefers to think she wed her husband over the wreck of another man, offering a wry take on marriage and fate.
Children’s Day began in 1850 in Chelsea Massachusetts at the Church of the Redeemer observed on a Sunday in June. The idea came from Rev. Charles IL Leonard pastor.
The familiar Dick Whittington story of Bow bells and turn again echoes older imports. Tales from Italy Brittany Norway Russia share similar motifs. A Persian author about sixty years before Whittington's birth reportedly described a parallel tale.
A reflective piece compares books to windows in a tower, explaining that books bring light to life. It argues life grows stone by stone and needs windows to admit light, warning that without illumination people become narrow and dark.
Local notices list Harmony club gathering with Mrs. Malcolm Montgomery on Wednesday July 11, office of Dr W B Crooks closed till July 10 for vacation, G A R meeting, Methodist missionary society at 2 30 Friday, Walnut Woman's club picnic at Joe Wolf home, July Fourth Prairie Flower church program at 10 15 with hymns music declamations and address, picnics and various afternoon games and sales for family and community, A J Unthank pastor.
The text notes gloves worn by Egyptian men in the eighteenth dynasty with little evidence of timing. It mentions a pair of sixteen-button gloves found in Tutankhamun's tomb said to be for his use in the afterlife.
The white oak and red oak are among our most valuable trees. They yield durable brown hardwood. The white oak is called the monarch of the forest for its longevity size and strength compared with most neighboring species.
A humorous exchange where Alice boasts of three grandmothers. Jane questions how that is possible and Alice explains that one grandmother is a twin, making three total.
Betty and Dick welcome a new nephew and Betty notes the added responsibility. Dick shows unusually mischievous behavior, prompting her remark about being “uncled.”
A simple cambric scrapbook about 9 by 12 inches helps children pass rainy days. It is sewn together and filled with saved magazines and picture postcards. Children cut out images and paste them for long periods of quiet, creative enjoyment.
A new method tempering steel for rock drills uses a magnet held furnace setup. The steel is kept in place by a spring tension and released automatically when it reaches the target temperature as its magnetism is lost.
The correct plural of money follows standard rules when ending in a vowel before y, adding s to form monies. Monies is an irregular plural used especially for sums of money, though some use moners in informal contexts.
A reflection on learning and fear of showing ignorance. It contrasts two types of learners: those who presume they know enough and those who fear admitting their ignorance by asking questions. The extract stresses that neither attitude pays off in growth.
The sole gum mines in the world lie in New Zealand where a district hosts fossilized tree gum found just below the surface. This substance is prized for making a superior transparent varnish and has supported many workers who have engaged in mining and processing it.
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