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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1921
Page
3
City Park Board states parks must remain for public use not commercial stalls. They caution that selling popcorn candy ice cream and peanuts undermines park beauty and upkeep. Occasional patriotic or municipal events may occur, but commercial use will be resisted. board invites inquiries to discuss details.
A sale of residence 1 will occur Saturday July 23 at 2 30 PM. The home at 408 E Madison St is a room cottage in A-1 condition with electric fixtures wiring kitchen sink soft water pump screens blinds foundation and more. 1214 J Martin White invites buyers to attend.
An odd warning notes pedestrians should keep to the right if a coming comet collides with Earth, urging caution as objects may fall from space. The tongue in cheek entry reflects a satirical tone typical of the era.
Construction on the Iowa Gas and Electric power plant smokestack reaches 175 feet, the town's tallest structure. Local photographers will ascend the ladders to the summit tomorrow to document town and country from the peak. After reinforcement and painting, brickwork inside will rise to sixty five feet to guard against heat damage.
The GILLETT family extends deep thanks for the many kindnesses shown during their recent bereavement. Mrs. G. B. Gillett and children convey appreciation to all who offered sympathy and support.
A single high school in Santiagos Chile serves more than 1500 female students. The institution hosts 1,506 girls, highlighting gendered enrollment in the area.
County leaders discuss using cigarette license revenue to fund new swimming facilities in Burlington and other southeastern Iowa towns. Promoters say pools save lives and attract visitors, noting Missouri Valley and Muscatine pools as models. Local officials in Fort Madison and Perry push for better facilities amid growing donor labor and interest.
A husband recalls his wife's frenzied spending for brand new furnishings and luxury items to hide her poetic pursuits. He chronicles sleepless nights writing verses, shifting from Rothschilds to groceries, and a mounting bill that strains his pay.
The Community Y M C A in Washington schedules its annual meeting at the Presbyterian church this Sunday afternoon July 24. Board terms expire and successors will be elected if the association continues its work without a secretary. Members and nonmember contributors vote, with major decisions including plans for a Washington swimming pool.
Ottumwa youngsters receive free swimming lessons at the YMCA pool as part of a city wide effort to teach every boy to swim for safety. In nearby Oskaloosa residents push for a new park featuring an artificial lake to enable swimming opportunities.
A Perry park board member has returned from Omaha Atlantic and Des Moines after inspecting public swimming pools and evaluating safety and facilities.
Washington residents may gain an outdoor swimming pool as the Davenport Democrat cites a Washington correspondent urging the idea. The Burlington Hawkeye notes council members favor such a facility, and Evansville Indiana reports four thousand daily swimmers across seven city pools.
The Priscilla Club announces there will be no July meeting. At the festival on Saturday 30 pop bottles were missing and may be left at Crail's store. If not returned the women will have to pay. One blue rim plate and one tin lid were left behind with unknown owner. inquiries at Crail's may find the owner.
A concise quote from the Buffalo News remarks on business conduct. The line attributes blame to nonproducers and highlights a critical view of productive effort in a modern economy.
Miss Neate Knowles spoke to the Rural Women's club on community work from the rural club stand point. She highlighted home economics, nutrition, and garment study as vital, with examples from Iowa posters and a Woodbury county play.
A description outlines the pleasing mouth with lips curving from thin outer corners to mid lip fullness, an upward weep toward the upper lip’s middle cleft, and a deep central cleft seen as a recognized work of beauty.
Frank Stewart, chairman of the grounds committee, urges all who plan to camp on the chautauqua grounds to order tents immediately. Only enough tents to fill orders will be secured and must be contracted by the first of August. Tents must be booked before that date for the August 16 to 26 chautauqua dates.
Mrs Ralph Keller is reported very seriously ill after an operation at the county hospital this morning. Miss Margery Morrow of Spokane is visiting relatives here and is en route home from Chicago where she was with her sister Dorothy.
Three automobile loads of gypsies were in town yesterday and spotted upon arrival. City Marshal Roy Downs hustled them out within about a quarter of an hour, as gypsies are unpopular in Washington.
New York psychoanalyst Dr Edward J Kempf warns parents should not push children into lines of work they lack aptitude. He says adults often warp a child’s life by enforcing taboos and prohibitions that stifle the child’s natural bent as reported in the New York Sun.
A scheduled game at os park between the Washington weekly team and local players failed to materialize as Independents could not field a full squad. Two teams formed on site played five innings, ending 2 to 1 in favor of the Dokies Tol ander battery. Don Applegate made a notable running catch in center field.
In Burlington on July 21 1901 locals note extreme heat with two 110 degree days and 19 days in July at or above 100 degrees. Jack Strause provides official figures showing the summer of 1901 was hot though not the hottest in 20 years.
A reflective line echoes J. G. Holland on mankind pursuing better prospects. The quote frames happiness as a product of hopeful striving toward a brighter tomorrow.
A fragment notes Pompey’s Pillar located in the Alexandria area about 1 800 feet south of the walls on an eminence. It mentions a supposed erection to commemorate Alexander the Great’s conquest and Diocletian era events between 200 and 2.
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