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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1923
Page
7
Crawfordsville and nearby towns report July activities with visitors from Iowa City Creston and Fairfield. Residents recount Fourth of July outings Wellman Wellman memories and a fire at the Eagle House. Society news includes travel illness and local happenings among families and farmers.
J. W. Owens and his daughter Miss Florence left Sunday for Deadwood South Dakota to visit the ranch home of his brother Roy Edwards and family. Merle Edwards, from Iowa City, joined for the weekend with relatives in Brighton. Goldie Bartlett has also moved on to Grin.
July 6 Wayne County dispatch reports visits and farm work. Miles Charlotte Carson from Washington visits her brother Wallace Carson. Lois Davidson of Crawfordsville visits sister Mrs Clarence Moorhead. John Krantz delivers hogs to Miller Bros at Olds. John Huston of Olds tours the area. Wallace Carson helps Frank Sands with hay. Elwyn Davidson visits Cedar Falls. Wm Clark delivers hogs to Miller Bros at Olds. Willard Wood of Washington helps with the Sands farm. John Mulhern visits Washington. Ernest Zickefoose and family visit near Wayland. Jesse Peck delivers feed to Crawfordsville. Frank Sands and family visit relatives in Washington.
Ray Bell delivered hogs to Wilman last Saturday. The Pilotburg church basket dinner drew crowds despite rain. Families visited at several homes Sunday and Grandmother Mouser improves after a fall. Miss Alice Kemp cares for ner. Will Mouser visiting from California. Crops look fine with oats nearly ripe. Pilotburg church services July 15 in the evening with Rev. Moore showing pictures. L A B meets Mrs Ray Bell July 11. Clara Byers and Hetty enjoyed a northern state auto trip to visit relatives.
Braden July news item notes several families visiting relatives in the area over the holiday. Cedar Rapids, Ottumwa and Fort Madison residents visited others, with reunions and Fourth of July dinners reported at Crawfordsville and Burlington. A Chicago girl arrived for the summer with the Ode Ferguson home family and new visitors joined local gatherings.
The Columbus Citizen notes a proverb that a short man looking up sees farther than a tall man looking down, framing a humorous reflection on perspective and insight.
A quotation attributed to George Eliot on the link between character and deeds. It asserts that a man cannot act against his nature and that exceptional actions originate from inherent traits. Wise people may become fools on occasions, yet folly and wisdom both reside in us.
A nature student asserts birds see about 100 times better than humans. Birds observe each other and travel long distances to carcasses. Under good conditions a bird can spot a worm on freshly plowed ground at about 300 feet.
Ailing sculptor Signor Tomalli begs for a visit from Mrs. Mary Johnson in Brooklyn. She arrives with a heavy bag and reveals a plan to nurse him, joking about his age while recounting past meals and a surprising act of care.
Robert Graves discusses how modern verse uses memory-aware placement of alliteration and rhyme. He argues that cross-alliteration and internal rhyme create a heated reader’s eye by aligning with memory spans.
Vineyard Haven Mass A seagull salvaged the pocketbook of Capt Daniel J Miller Jr of Bath Maine from the sea after the collier Seaconnet sank in Vineyard Sound April 20 with seven lives lost Ed Dalen a fisherman noticed the gull pick the object and drop it before recovering the wallet with identification.
Mrs. Mary A. Randolph eighty seven tells Judge Burnell that a young man cannot love an old woman. She sues Wes ley Barry Randolph forty seven for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court. the judge grants the decree.
Des Moines reports the 40th General Assembly enacted numerous acts including anti mask and highway laws, a 5 percent cap on public bond interest, venue changes for state cases, a 60 day appeal limit, and a merged state agriculture department. The laws affect various funds, licensing, and penalties with enforcement by the railroad commission and peace officers.
The Clocianati Enquirer notes a contrast between the oldest resident's observations and the modern youth who view the Virginia reel as a picture show. The item reflects cultural shifts and local color from the era.
The piece compares books to windows in a grand tower, letting light into life as it grows stone by stone. It argues life becomes dark when no windows exist and laments lives that grope in shadow due to missing illumination.
A terse meditation on lines that touch daily routine from bread and clothing to postal and pay lines. The speaker traces how a single word ties tasks, encounters, and moments of intimacy into a continuous thread of ordinary life.
A reflective extract contrasts people who state known truths with those who reveal unknown facts, noting the offence to intellect and the shock of new information in R A Knox’s work.
A fragment from The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout by Charles Bradforg surveys angling as a chivalrous pursuit. It extols humane treatment of game and calls the sport a refined discipline governed by etiquette and fair tackle.
The article traces the cat’s 4000 year bond with human dwellings from ancient times through the Middle Ages, noting high esteem before the era of witchcraft accusations. It recalls monks’ belief that Satan appeared in the form of a black tomcat to reveal himself.
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