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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1919
Page
7
Local readers contribute neighborhood briefs highlighting community events and daily happenings across the area. Reported items include small gatherings, service notices, and quick notices from residents about local concerns.
Short notices report changes in residents, with personals, births and deaths across Washington County. Names and locations appear in terse items, reflecting local community updates and social happenings.
Local notes record multiple Washington visitors and neighborhood travel. Families including Embstée Owen Davis Knotts and others shared visits, with Mrs. Winnie Nicholson and children staying with Mrs. J B Moore and many relatives hosting kin from Arkansas City Illinois and Maryland. Frank Krathmel bought a new Ford and dischargee Ivan Cummings plans to work for Will Embree.
Brighton July 21 report lists visiting families from Sioux Crawford Colo and San Benito Texas plus Iowa City and Ottumwa. A Friday ball game for North side business men ended 4 to 6. Obituary notes Mrs Josephine Gogdon aged 70. funeral at 3:60 Sunday at home led by Washington Baptist minister. Several residents and relatives visited Davenport and Chicago. several attendees at Mrs Gordon funeral from Clark Tracy Whit Wood and beyond.
July report from Richmond notes Laudie Vodicka back from overseas visiting his parents Mr and Mrs James Vodicka along with his Chicago aunt. Miss Clara Marhofer of Cedar Rapids is also in Richmond visiting relatives.
Last Friday a new girl joined Mr. and Mrs. Melo Vacha. Miss Maude Welte, recently treated for appendicitis in Iowa City, returned home and is recovering. Miss Martha Bureau of Chicago visits her aunt Mrs. Anna Sakulin. Anton Keifer and friends narrowly avoided a serious accident when dust from a passing car caused Stephens roadster damage near Stranksky bridge Saturday. Miss Anna Lintz also had appendicitis surgery in Iowa City and is improving. Paul Kern now drives a Hudson roadster, and John Shalla Jr. drives a Hudson speedster. Frank Eagle sold 82 acres to Frank Kennard for 210 per acre. Tony Kern sold 90 acres to J. D. Patterson for 230 per acre. Threshing is active around Richmond. Mrs. I. G. Keifer slowly recovers from rheumatism. A group of Gertrude Keifer’s friends surprised her at home Sunday evening. Raymond and Hazel Pieper visited friends in Keota.
Laurie Monson heads to Denver with parents Mrs. Frank Wilson and family of West Chester visit. Kathryn Frey and Hattie Frey join Dave Richards home for Sunday. John Conrad and family dine with Joe Mast. Margaret Benson and Ralph return from Austin Minnesota. Wittmer family visit Havre. J A Frey and Mrs Mast shop in Washington. John D Conrad and kin travel from Sterling NL for weekend visit. Anna Graber accompanies them home.
Evelyn Nesbit stars in a photoplay portraying a village choir girl lured to New York by a cad. The minister finds her in a brothel and she returns home as the Magdalen. The story, said to be based on real life, opens tomorrow.
Theodore Goetsch, 14, was paralyzed when a hay fork prong pierced his neck in a barn accident near Atlantic. The spinal cord injury left him unable to move, but the attending doctor believes recovery is possible. Louis Goettsch, his father, lives on a farm three miles north of Atlantic.
A pondering quote on patience and process asserts that nothing worthy is hurried. Great results resemble fruit that must blossom, bear, and ripen in due time, not rushed.
Iowa banks report unprecedented prosperity from June statements compiled by the state superintendent of banking. Total resources reach 696 million dollars with substantial gains in surplus, undivided profits, capital stock, loans and discounts, and United States securities. Total assets rise over 111 million, with an average reserve of 19.8 percent. The consolidated statement covers state and savings banks and trust companies as of June 30, 1919.
A ledger of 926 savings banks 371 state banks and 23 trust companies shows assets totaling 696 565 886 09 with loans and discounts 456 767 650 60 United States securities 104 350 00 and cash in vault 16 etc plus liabilities including capital stock 49 546 550 00 surplus fund 19 542 226 21 due depositors 186 540 237 87 and rediscounts 3 740 927 70 compared with June 29 1919 showing increases in several categories and a final total in liabilities of 722 766 04.
Shea butter from the West African shea tree is gaining interest for margarine chocolate candies and soap. The nut’s sweet pulp is valued by natives and is said to be nearly two thirds better. Great Britain controls the source of supply.
A reflective snippet argues that a man's character is shaped by his actions while reputation hinges on what he is caught doing, contrasting private virtue with public exposure. Read as a terse moral observation in a columned page.
Pimples on the face and body signal sluggish blood and potential skin disorders. The ad promotes S. S. S. as a safe vegetable blood purifier, claiming it cleanses impurities and pledges no minerals or harsh chemicals. Free medical advice offered by Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
In Des Moines Adjutant General L G Lasher says no definite plan for reorganizing the national guard is contemplated until state unit authorization arrives from the secretary of war He will aid communities form company units and favors former guard officers and veterans in the new guard while denying any rush to recruit.
William Davidson of Oskaloosa died in New York after contracting cerebro meningitis while serving in Company H of the 168th Infantry Rainbow division. He served throughout World War II, reenlisted after returning to Iowa, and died following an operation performed in a New York camp.
The death of a local man prompts funeral arrangements to be handled by the Harry Anderson post of the American Legion, of which the deceased was a member.
The county boast a swimming cow owned by Francis Mayne of two miles north of Hartan. The animal swam for an entire afternoon through a deep drainage ditch, covering about four miles before becoming trapped in a ford of water.
A cow swam along a ditch from town toward the Hoskins farm two miles south, passing near Harlan. Workers at the Harlan pumping station attempted a rescue but the animal kept paddling. She was pulled from the water at nightfall and appeared unharmed.
Study finds underground telephone cables gain insulation resistance as they age due to moisture loss. Researchers note dryening improves dielectric properties, affecting performance and signaling characteristics.
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