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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1920
Page
8
Major and Mrs. Sneath oversee city aid efforts including jail, hospital, street and house visits, mission work, church work, and visiting the sick at 101% N. Marion Ave. Call 417 Green for involvement on September 28.
F P Randall traveled to Oskaloosa this morning to order stock for his new harness shop at the City feed yard. He expects to be ready for business Monday morning with Alex DeBord at 122 handling city property matters.
Mrs H G Dutton and daughter Hazel of Davenport visit for a few days with Henry and Chris Dittmer. Mrs Tracy Phillips travels to Oskaloosa to meet Mr Phillips on a business trip through the north. A Money Maker Hay Press with self-feeder is shown at Mason's and speeds noted. 13412 Pearl necklaces and diamond lavaliers offered at Smith's Jewelry. Mrs Ray Snyder and son Robert, with Mrs Dan Gingereich and son Allan, accompany Mrs Joe Allan to Washington from Wayland, then onward to Columbus Junction after visiting Wayland relatives.
The 300 members of the outliw organization of the Columbus Yard Men's Association rejected the Railroad Labor Board wage award unanimously. President B. B. Callahan said members will not return to work until all demands are met.
Local notices list taxi and shoe ads, rug shop, and a savings promotion. It notes Mrs. Jno Pratt and Mrs. Frank attending a Keota funeral for Mrs. Ezra Eckerman and visits by Mrs. J. W. Gladstone of Burlington. Also mentions Misses Alice Hawes Minnie Scott visiting, and various residents traveling to Clay Marshalltown Davenport Chicago and Keota.
Mrs Joe Melinskie and daughter Helen Marie visit East Pleasant Plain to see relatives while notices advertise safety deposit boxes at Washington National Bank urging secure valuables while away. Other items mention visits to Fairfield, Des Moines, Mount Pleasant and Centerville, plus a Liberty Bell Bank promotion at the same bank.
Mrs Lizzie Ives of Seattle visits her sister Mrs John Masin after arriving last evening. Miss Lora Busby travels to Ainsworth to see Miss Edna McConnell. A Goodison threshing setup at Masons aims to save grain with a small tractor. Mr and Mrs Leroy Wilkinson depart for a western honeymoon via the Milwaukee. Used Kimball piano offered on food terms at Welkinp Music House West Side square Asité.
Washington July 22 All industries increased total payrolls for June 1920 over June 1919 according to the labor department. In ten of thirteen selected manufacturing industries there were also more persons employed, the figures showed.
The church announces no services Sunday morning due to the pastor’s absence while attending the National Convention of the Young People's League of the Evangelical church in Buffalo New York. Pastor Car W Klein says he will return early next week.
The county churches adjust plans as the pastor attends the national convention in Buffalo New York. Sunday school proceeds Sunday morning while the July 22 ice cream social is postponed to July 29 due to a Grace Hill church conflict. An August 1 Sunday will feature a Rubio church rally with emphasis on special services.
A Sunday school will present a children's day program Sunday evening July 25 at 7:30. Next Wednesday evening July 28 Misses Josephine and Evelyn Caldwell will give a music and readings entertainment. An admission charge will help the Sunday school.
A belief among Moslems holds painters must furnish with souls all depicted human figures at judgment. If they fail, they forfeit their own souls for the offense against the Creator.
A bolshevik wireless message claims Polish forces during their retreat before the bolshevik advance burned most villages in Kiev district and killed 26 Jews at Potowisze. Warsaw reports Jewish organizations forming a defense council to aid and cooperate with Polish authorities.
Brance is identified as the greatest snuff-taking nation, but the article notes a decline in the habit. The piece uses bold claims about national behavior and suggests cultural shifts affecting snuff use.
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