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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1923
Page
5
Deborah Meredith nurses Mrs Meager at the Meager ranch after a fatal accident. Meager’s son takes control and forces a threatened marriage, but Deborah flees with Daniel Kelleen the Frisco Kid after a perilous desert crossing. He reveals their shared wartime past and earns her trust as they ride toward safety.
News notes from Wellman and nearby towns summarize Fourth of July turnout, with an estimated six thousand attendees from Riverside Iowa City and Washington. The Wellman band performed and De Molay youths organized entertainment to raise funds, while residents report a hot Saturday with temperatures above one hundred. The item lists local visits, arrivals, sickness, new births, and property updates, including moves to new buildings and plans for club rooms.
In a desert crater scene Deborah and Kelleen confront changing roles. He, a wounded soldier, now acts with resolve while she, once a runaway, becomes a nurse haunting his memory. They stand amid gray sands unable to speak as the tale pauses with To be continued.
OWA FARM NOTES says domestic science experts pressure menus toward distant supplies, urging consumers to favor home grown foods for freshness and quality. In Osage fields, over 2,200 quarts of strawberries were picked in a day as 93 truckloads collected fruit. Rural veterinarians report many Northeastern farmers seek tb test results on tubercular cattle, with more than 1,000 herds waiting. Sioux City surpasses Omaha in hog receipts for the first time since the Sioux City market opened, tallying 336,784 hogs.
The Pickens hosted a noon dinner at 1002 North Second Avenue with children and relatives present including Mrs. George Thoma and Bert Nash. a first reunion in years. Sunset Park hosted a surprise picnic for Mr and Mrs Moriarty with 26 attendees and an evening of visiting and amusements. The WwW. R. C. met with 28 members and pledged five hundred dollars toward a Civil War veterans memorial.
The Pleasant Plains Missionary Society held Saturday afternoon with twelve members and one visitor. After a business meeting the group socialized, enjoying grape juice and cakes. Mrs. Emma Wright hosted a later social afternoon. Miss Marian Wendle of Williamsport PA and Mrs. H L Stifel of Pittsburgh were out of town guests.
Muscatine July 9 The Muscatine Burlington and Southern railroad failed to receive a bid at a foreclosure sale planned for the courthouse steps. The sheriff adjourned the sale to today to attempt disposal again under a $200,000 minimum bid set by court. The Chicago bank Conti nental and Commercial Trust and Savings had secured a $601,115 judgment after a year of litigation. The Interstate Commerce Commission previously placed a value on the road.
A foreclosure proceeding hints at a sale around the court house with bids near one million dollars. A winning bidder must deposit 20000 cash or 75000 bonds secured by the mortgage and pay in full within 60 days. Rumor says the foreclosing bank may bid at the adjourned sale to safeguard its interest.
About 2,000 people are anticipated to register for the state Baptist Assembly to convene July 19 for a ten day session in Iowa Falls. Prominent Baptists from across the country are listed on the program including Albert Gage of Chicago, Howland Hanson and John W. Million of Des Moines University, W H Thompson of the Ohio Baptist convention, George E. Merrill of New York, John L. Barton of Omaha, and Clarke R. Parker of Cedar Rapids.
The passage recalls Voltaire’s amusement with puppet plays, noting the French artistic taste and that over two centuries earlier Malezieu financed marionette stages. It mentions a performance before the duke of Bourbon in 1705 and Voltaire’s role in guiding or manipulating the figures on occasion.
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