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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1919
Page
7
Comings and Goings in Washington County Briefs
Brief notices from Washington County highlight personals including births, marriages, anniversaries, and deaths. Community members share upcoming events and social happenings, with concise updates on residents and local happenings.
Riverside Notes and Family Visits Highlight July
Riverside residents share news of relatives visiting from Dubuque Davenport Garden City Kan and other towns. Families plan moves and travels including a Farmers' Union sale and egg plant project while longtime local Kate Whitlock dies and Esther Rummelhart marries Joseph Kirby in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Sivitt
Ir Erther
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
T. McKenzie
Margar
Raton
New Mexico
E. E. Blythe
Lloyd Blythe
Wm. McCreedy
Ivan
Aileen
Oneida
S. Dakota
Union
Farmers’ Union
Kate McBroom Whitlock
Washington County
Penn
Perry
Ohio
C. B. Whitlock
Iowa
Clarence Whitlock
Mr. Whitlock
Clarencé
M. BE
Ainsworth
Esther Rummelhart
Frank Rummelhart
Denver
Colo
Joseph M. Kirby
Boulder
Cole
Shirley Hotel
Colorado Groom and Educator Ties in Public Schools
A Colorado groom who is an educator in the public school system is described in connection with a community wedding announcement. The note highlights his role in public education and his fiancé's background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colo
Edna Gass Returns From Illinois Visit
Miss Edna Gass came home Wednesday after several weeks visiting relatives and friends in Illinois. Washington callers included Miss Jennie Strum and Lucile Strum. The community saw visits by Mr. and Mrs. Lyall Moore and by Mrs. Howard Stewart and children. Will Johnson shipped hogs this week. Frank Nelson of Ottumwa stopped at the C. C. Owen home for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Grove
Edna Gass
Illinois
Jennie Strum
Lucile Strum
Washington
Lyall Moore
Rubio
Howard Stewart
W. C. Embree
Percy
Sigourney
Walter Statler
Will Johnson
Frank Nelson
Ottumwa
C. C. Owen
Louisa Wombacher
Geo. Jerguson
Grain Market Outlook Prompts 1919 Corn Investment Watch
The Farm Department notes difficulty separating hog and corn values fueling the 1919 corn advance. Some declare $2.00 corn insecure. Chicago holds 1.5 million corn and 5 million oats with 250k may be contracts. A hot weather spell mid July to mid August looms as European leaders’ attitudes on food prices are awaited. Grain belt wealth and rising land values dominate, while a free Canadian wheat market could curb U.S. sales abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
European Leaders On Food Prices (Now They Have Time) Is Awaited. Grain Belt
U. S
New Chicken Law Takes Effect Citywide
A new state housing law effective July 4 authorizes the city health officer to prohibit keeping chickens on city property deemed a nuisance. The officer may classify nuisance conditions from unsanitary housing to free-ranging birds, with removal orders as needed. Owners must keep birds at home or surrender them.
Wise men say if we could see ourselves as others see us
Notable quotation attributed to Tit-Bits hints at self perception and social judgment. This brief line reflects on empathy and perspective without a narrative context or named individuals beyond the quotation source.
Russian Orthodox leader seeks asylum in United States
Metropolitan Latton Rozschestevensky of Odessa, a top Russian church official and foe of Bolshevism, arrives in the United States aboard the Vladmir after fleeing Novorisk to escape a Bolshevik price on his head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plation Rozschestevensky
Metropolian
Odessa
United States
Novorlisk
Vladmir
Russia
Road Law and Mapleton Farmer Mapes a Forward View
Duane Rigby of Mapleton writes on hard roads in Linn County arguing costs tax impact and property limits. The Republican and Times letters page editors respond defending franchise for landowners and city taxpayers, urging brick pavement and state federal approval for durable roads that reduce upkeep and boost farm access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Rigby
Mapleton Farm
Mechanicsville
Republican and Times
Republican
Johnson County
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Rigby
Towa State Highway Commission
Ciites
State Highway Commission
Towa
Leading fruits to be scarce in Iowa this season
The Iowa household will face a limited canning season as apples pears and plums are expected to be in short supply this summer and fall per a monthly record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
State reports sharp crop declines across fruits and berries
A July 1 crop report shows a 15 point drop from June 1 with summer apples at 54 percent of normal and fall apples 50 percent. Other fruits range from 16 percent for American plums to 91 percent for black raspberries, 85 percent for grapes, and 80 percent for gooseberries, with raspberries noted as among the heaviest crops in years.
Origin and meaning of the blackguard in medieval warfare
The term blackguard originated from the camp followers of medieval armies who carried cooking gear. They traveled with pots and pans and faced difficulty washing on the march, leading to a reputation as a dirty and roguish group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackguard
Black Guard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wash
Ington
Riverside
Rachel Holtz
Irvin Conn
Marshalltown
Farm Department
Latton Rozschestevensky
Mr. Rigby
America
Nana
Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank
Lowa
Haskins
Total Hkesources
State of Iowa
Sidney Coon
J. C. Jones
J. C. Booth
Harry Dye
WM. R. McCreedy
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Whiting
France
The
Michigan Ave
Brassieres
W. B
Reduso
Weinocarren Bros., Inc
New York
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