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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1921
Page
3
City officials launched a crackdown on violators of the automobile laws after two motorists were arrested for speeding on East Washington street. The pair paid fines, while Mayor Alberson urged stricter enforcement of all motor vehicle regulations, including headlight and taillight rules, and warned against leaving cars on streets overnight.
We express gratitude to friends and neighbors who assisted during the illness and death of our husband and father. Mrs. J. H. Reed. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Reed. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Twinam. Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Green.
Henry Sommer, missing since the first week of May, is back in Crawfordsville with relatives after being seen in Quincy, Illinois. He had left due to financial setbacks and traveled by train from Columbus Junction, later found by his brother Peter Sommer and Sheriff Charles Denison.
Butter sold in one pound cartons and sweet cream kept refrigerated. Spring chickens available dressed or alive with delivery. Contact Karl Libe at 13614eod or phone R15-14 for deliveries and Want Ads.
Charles Butsler, 21, was injured while working with a bridge gang on the road west of town A. He stepped in front of the mixer as it moved and fell under the wheels. Initial reports said the injury seemed serious but no bones were broken and his condition was not expected to be serious.
Jdtuigon and Will of Brighton have opened a rug washing establishment on the south side of the square in the former M Fr Orr grocery room. They previously lived in Washington and ran an electrical store in Brighton last year. Mortimore manages the local store with Oral Sweet assisting. The firm plans a new rug laundering method for the community.
Kalona baseball players defeated Brighton 3 to 2 during their trip home from Brighton with Shaffer and Lehman as the Kalona battery. Schaffer of Mt. Pleasant pitched for Brighton. Kalona had beaten Brighton 4 to 1 in the previous Thursday matchup.
The annual Clay neighborhood picnic will be held Thursday August 18. Committees plan the program and expect many residents former residents of Clay township to attend.
Ruth Maxine Mayhew, 2 a half, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Mayhew, sustained a severe right arm injury yesterday afternoon. While father Mr Mayhew drove home with straw on the buggy a horse startled causing Ruth to be thrown from the seat. Doctors set the arm and she is recovering slowly from the shock and pain.
The text mentions a speckled hen with a bridle cow causing an advertising row. It notes a Holstein cow and Langshan hen holding their own with the best, and a Jersey cow with a Leghorn hen keeping Reister busy with his men. It ends with a poetry contest for which Charles Atkingon abdicates decision to the animals.
Local soldiers recall General McPherson’s fatal ride near Atlanta on July 22 during the 1864 battles. The 25th Iowa and 28th Iowa units aided in recovering ground and DeGrassey’s battery after fierce fighting on three July dates. The 26th regiment drew from Washington New London Burlington Columbus City Salem Mt. Pleasant as part of the memory.
Iowa County undertakes a major project to straighten the English River from west of Millersburg to the Washington county line near Green Valley. The $180,000 effort aims to reclaim overflow land and prevent spreading floods, with a two year completion target. If Washington County does not extend the work, overflow may still reach the county. a dredging machine works continually, cutting four to five feet at the top and about twenty feet wide at the bottom.
Col. S. W. Brookhart met General J. J. Pershing in Worthington and won a promise to award the Roumanian trophy to the winner of the national rifle matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, beginning August 27. The note highlights Brookhart’s interest in rifle practice and responsibilities in the U S army.
The article cites Scientific American estimating that one average spruce yields 500 pounds of paper. If a novel prints 800000 copies, the resulting tree destruction would reach about 600 trees.
Washingtons Community Y M C A holds between 500 and 600 dollars and may transfer funds to support a proposed swimming pool. The annual meeting of contributors is set for Sunday at the Presbyterian church to decide on reallocating money and future direction of the movement.
Russel R. Benton of this community is engaged as a performer in the aerial circus to be held in Des Moines next Saturday. He has a reputation for daredevil air stunts and will be joined by Miss Phoebe Fairgraves and other noted aviators for the show.
Keota man was arrested on catfish length violation but charges were dropped due to lack of intent. Wardens camped at Martin's shack and patrolled 15 miles of river recovering about 290 fish traps and nets and destroying illegal gear along the Skunk River.
District officials await official word as rumors spread of a lynching near the French River area. No corroborating details or names are confirmed at this time.
Burlington Hawkeye reports on a judge visiting the Dominion who notes bass prefer garden variety angle worms over lures and five cent worms. The piece laments bait shortages and rising prices as locals redeploy methods to obtain night crawlers for fishing.
Frank McClelland of Washington escapes serious injury after his Ford overturns two to three times on Indian Lookout hill between Riverside and Iowa City. He is pinned briefly, extricated by passersby, then taken to Riverside by Maynard Brown. Reports say head and chest bruises are not serious.
Hampton officials announced a new bath and swimming area at Harriman park. Hank Allen and a crew began constructing a cement dam across Spring Creek on Monday, expected to be finished by late August.
Yesterday and today brought multiple injuries to youngsters. Eugene Lockett of Ainsworth broke his arm and was treated in Washington. His sister arrived with a broken collar bone. Maxine Hesseltine, three, cut her scalp after falling from a car. A two year old Swift boy was kicked by a horse, requiring stitches to scalp and upper lip.
Scientists accept that firing cannons or siderene explosives cannot prevent hail. Coral experiments found the agitation from no explosion has no effect on hailstone formation.
A fragmentary account discusses Kafir rituals emphasizing war dances and ecstatic rites. The text notes a fusion of astrinvium and Hindu influences within the ceremonies and identifies the central deity as a war god revered by the tribe.
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