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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1920
Page
4
July 14, Bastille Day is noted for France's historic storming of the Bastille, its political prisoners and the revolution that began the French republic. The piece emphasizes the enduring kinship between France and America and the significance of the date for the American mind.
The governor warns farmers of harvest risks and urges prudence as heat lingers. Mayor Bovee vows action against speeding amid a rise in reckless driving, with authorities in Washington historically lenient on traffic rules.
ABE MARTIN jokes that saloons cause trouble due to incompetent shoe clerks. Safe Bud telephones his wife to report he has crossed the street safely this morning.
A poem laments guests who linger after visits, filling the hall with talk past ten, then lingering on the porch for another hour. The speaker longs for the nine o clock guest who departs promptly, so the night can end and rest begin, as friends are welcome but time should move on.
The Mason City Globe Gazette notes drivers should keep to a fifteen mph limit but use judgment. It contrasts those who sit on porches reading about wicked capitalists cornering the food supply with others who work in their backyards growing vegetables.
Seafaring legends claim colossal octopuses destroy ships in the West Indies and seas near St Helena. The story includes a 25 foot long arm with huge suckers and dramatic rescues, plus a noted fight between an octopus and a diver in a film. Also mentions Tanlac testimonials from Los Angeles residents.
A Los Angeles Times item notes Rastus Rosin was fined five dollars for stealing a hog. He quips he has the five-spot in his vest pocket and the judge adds thirty days. The Erie remarks include local editorial quips on progress and public mood. An Indianola Herald line urges cheerfulness to outlive a chronic grouch. Editor Journal letters discuss Washington handicaps and unemployment as a civic issue. Bad luck sometimes proves luck after it is over.
Wisconsin retailers report a check swindle where a purchaser asks to pay in advance, leaves merchandise and a check, and then after funds are insufficient he demands cash while the merchant deposits the check. The crook later cashes the merchant’s indorsed check elsewhere and repeats the tactic in another city. It cites the Retail Public Ledger warning and notes the culprit shifts blame to a stenographer.
Mrs J M Craig of Los Angeles says no one can feel more grateful for what Taniac has done. She declares she has gained twelve pounds and her health is now better than in years.
A reflective quote from Channing stresses that home is the chief school of human virtues and the center of life’s joys, sorrows, hopes, and cares, outlining the deep moral role of home in shaping character.
A new gas light fixture features a turbine above the flame that spins from heated air. If the flame goes out the turbine stops gas flow to prevent leaks.
In Abyssinia a newborn infant is buried under the floor after death. An adult is washed in honey-sweetened water, wrapped in a shroud, sewn in a braided straw teut, and buried in the churchyard following the religious ceremony.
Friends of the Morrow and Palmer families in Washington mourn the death of Miss Myrlie Morrow after a boating accident in Ventura California. Her sister Myrtle Morrow and other relatives traveled from Syracuse Kansas and Los Angeles to visit Carolina friends before a holiday trip to Santa Barbara. Myrtle Morrow died after a surf incident and possible heart failure linked to prior influenza. Interment was held in Chula Vista on July 8. Myrtle was the daughter of James and Jane Palmer Morrow, born near the Morrow homestead, with remaining Morrows at Syracuse Kansas and Spokane Washington.
The pompadour arose in France in the mid 1700s and was named after the famed Mme De Pompadour. The distinctive hair arrangement became a popular fashion among French women and influenced later styles.
A hearse is described as having a metal grate rack or spike fence with upright spikes to hold candles for illumination or to hang decorative draperies around a tomb or gate.
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