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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1924
Page
5
July 18 notes from Braden and Muscatine area report farms busy with plowing corn making hay and cutting oats. Local residents visit Washington Wellman and Keota. small accidents and illnesses noted including a crushed hand and improved sickness.
Washington Route 4 news notes visits by the Gardner Kephart Jackson and Mayhew families Church services planned at Pleasant Hill Christian Church July 20 led by Rev B W Pettit. Local residents help with hay at Bert Marsh farm southeast of Washington and various callers noted at multiple homes Sunday and Tuesday afternoons
Mr and Mrs Lee Embree of Cedar Rapids visited the Will Embree home and were joined by Mr and Mrs George Ferguson and others for an afternoon gathering in Dayton Grove.
Pleasant Hill on Sunday saw multiple family visits including Eli and Chee Jackson, Bryan Swift, Ben Fitzgerald and Sam Baker households. The Loyal Kings S S class met at Harry Jones, with Catherine Caldwell visiting. Farmers are cutting oats and making hay this week.
Village diary records a group of Washington girls hiking to Sandy Hook to visit Nixie the white fox with her pups, noting their endurance and fondness for the outing. The column also covers local farming activity, twin rumor, corn replanting, haying progress, and a midweek social at Indian Creek school with ice cream and cake.
Dr Dean and wife of Washington arrived as professional visitors this week. Mrs John Morrison of Runnels town and Miss Clara Wallace of Washington are visiting relatives in Ainsworth this week. Randolph Kelsey is named as the new as
All are welcome to worship at the County Churches Associate Presbyterian church. Bible study at 10:00 AM, worship at 11:00 AM and 7:30 PM, Y P study at 6:30 PM. Rev. A N Malcolm is the pastor.
Sunday school begins at 2 P M with a preaching service at 3 P M. The subject is The Trail of the Serpent. Bring your friends and come. Co EB Hillis pastor.
Sunday School at 10 A. M. Morning Service at 11 A. M. Subject The Deepening of the Christian Life. B Y P U 7 P. M. Leader Beth Ralston. Evening Service 7 P. M. Subject The Great Detective. You and your friends are invited. Cc EB Hillis Pastor.
Haskins Presbyterian holds Sunday school at 9 45 a m and preaching at 8 p m Bethel Presbyterian offers Sunday school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 o clock
Vacationing at Crawford store and Beulah Hogg. Hogg family visits Bloomfield. Rollin Lynn family from Columbus Junction called on friends. Mumps outbreak reported with Stephen Peterson Carrie Rabenold and daughters Ruth Helen affected. William Den family improving from scarlet fever.
A list of visitors and locals in Crawfordsville includes Dr and Mrs Huston Mrs P L Huber and others from surrounding towns plus daughters Flora Mary Marian and Hazel. Miss Twila McNeill returns from Cedar Falls summer school. Remarks on Grace Hesseltine's talk in Frenchburg Kentucky to the United Presbyterian missionary society and social visits follow. A Journal Want ad brings results.
Sabbath school at 9:45. Christian Endeavor 6:30 p.m. Public worship 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sermons on The Certainty of Our Salvation from Luke 16 20 and Pro fanity. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Pastor Willard Wylie. Sunday school 9:50. League 7 p.m. Evening service 7 p.m. In charge J B Easley.
Mrs Shelley's class at 9 45 will lead Bible School while the close will have charge Communion ends sermon at 11 o clock An evening message at nine on The Name Christian will be delivered All are welcome W B Shelley Minister.
Morning worship at 9 45 a m preaching by Dr Neal McClanahan and evening service at 7 35 p m with themes Per fumed Garments and Lessons from an Old Tent. Music includes organ preludes offertories duets and hymns, with a full listed program and church leaders.
A church program lists organ preludes postludes and hymns for the service. Names include Rev. Fred Blick, Clark as director of music, Carolyn Hamilton as organist, and Helen Harvey among the performers.
Use equal parts of soda and slaked lime to make a paste about one pound per pallful of water. Apply with a mop, then scrub the floor with sand soap and water. If needed, use a dilute sulphuric acid solution one part acid to ten parts water. Rinse with water containing ammonium salts and wipe dry. Remove remaining wax traces with turpentine to help shellac adhere.
Popular Mechanics urges a simple safety fix as hundreds are poisoned yearly by wrong bottle contents. The suggestion is to place a strip of sandpaper on poison bottles to prevent mix ups in the dark.
A social law among Madagascar's Hovas constrains the two higher castes to maintain blood purity by prohibiting the marriage of a wife from outside the clan.
The oyster culture is the most valuable fishery in the United States employing over 67,000 people with annual wages near 11 million dollars and equipment valued at about 17 million dollars.
Oxley jokes about marriage and a healthy boy while Hobin remarks the child’s health justifies the arrangement. The exchange captures a light, locally spoken humor about family and reputation.
The Department of Agriculture has developed a smut resistant wheat by crossing Florence and Turkey varieties. Florence is a smut resistant spring wheat from Australia. The new variety is better suited to humid regions than semi arid areas.
The first recorded use of suffocating gases in warfare occurred around 431 B C during the siege of Platea and Belium in the conflict between Athens and Sparta. Sulphur fumes were employed to assault besieged cities, marking an early instance of gas as a weapon in ancient warfare.
The notice urges printing marriage certificates on bond paper to ensure durability and permanence, citing the need for lasting official records. It emphasizes standardization and official format to preserve vital civic documents.
A discussion contrasts popular appeals to live religion with the need for legal forms in business. It argues that while ritual seems less essential, people still demand legally valid titles and records for property transactions, combining substantial value with formal evidence.
A Paris statistician reports that women in the city use about three fourths of an ounce of perfume and a similar amount of face powder each week.
A reflective note argues that praise can provoke distrust and that criticizing others may serve as a de facto sign of virtue. The balance between commendation and scrutiny is explored through a skeptical lens.
The swastika first appeared in the Bronze Age with uncertain original meaning but has long stood as a symbol of good fortune across early cultures and eras.
The passage argues Napoleon’s invasion of Russia was an overreach and a turning point that cost him power. It frames him as the greatest example of a man who overextended his authority.
The text argues that sincerity and true religion unite form and substance as shown by John the Baptist and Jesus. It warns against mere appearances and hypocrisy, noting that genuine faith requires both rite and living faith. It cites Mark 1 1 11 and urges not to sever what Christ has joined.
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