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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1920
Page
4
A columnist notes the coal supply fears may force households to share with neighbors next winter. It contrasts hard times for paymasters and bank messengers in Chicago with militia life, cites saloon closures as a policeman shortage cause, and comments on cynicism about immediate change and opinions on woman suffrage.
A rookie at a western camp endures constant kidding until a tall figure emerges on guard. The recruit asks who’s there and is told Major Moses, who jokes with an invitation to advance and give the Ten Commandments. A separate quip recalls a grocer’s boy kissing Susan, blamed on the iceman’s bad example.
The woodcock shows excellent protective coloring and the male’s night eyes may betray him. The female weighs 8 to 27 ounces, is larger than the male, and the bird is a voracious feeder. It can fly with rapid speed, resembling a rail or a swallow in pace.
Poet Walt Mason extols the joy of reading across genres and eras. He contrasts neighbors rushing to entertainments with his preference for solitary, enriching books, walking with seers and bards and rejecting superficial shows.
Washington reports the once famous battleship Iowa is to become a radio controlled unmanned target in Chesapeake Bay for Atlantic fleet gunnery tests. The ship will cruise under oil-fired power, with smoke screens, changing course by radio as gun crews simulate battle ranges. Iowa, stripped of guns, will sink like the Texas after trials, joining a prior stationary target. Ohio is also lent to the Bureau of Steam Engineering for further radio control experiments.
The County W. C. T. U. executive board met at the courthouse rest room to close the year and plan work for the next. New departments were created and superintendents named for Mothers Meetings, Sabbath Observance, Bible in Public Schools, Giv ing, Medal Contest, Temperance Literature, Americanization, Child Welfare, Flower Mission, Anti Narcotics, and Scientific Temperance Instruction with officers listed in Washington and nearby towns.
The pope's treasure house contains two crowns valued in the millions. One crown, a Napoleon gift to Pius XII, holds the world's largest emerald. The other, a Queen Isabel of Spain gift to Pius IX, is worth about $2,000,000.
Dr George L Minear conducted the last quarterly conference of the year. Despite heat, services proceed across Zion Center Pilotsburg and Lexington with holy communion. Officers and committees for 1920 21 named for Lexington Pilotsburg and Zion Center along with church trustees and benevolence plans. Delegates to the Laymen Association noted for Grinnell in early September.
Dream about a parrot warns to watch trusted friends as one is not true. A caged parrot signals a secret from someone you trusted will be revealed. Hearing a talking parrot in four dreams suggests you should heed advice given in this manner.
Dubuque July 28 bank yeggs已 active in Iowa spur sheriffs and citizens to form shotgun brigades led by Sheriff Frank Kennedy. Governor Harding endorses plan. Three gangs operate in northwest south and northeast Iowa. Roads good, criminals use high powered cars, plan robberies days ahead. Banks urged to hire armed watchmen, keep bonds out, insure assets, watch for irregulars. New corporation formed with $100,000 capital to operate stores in Washington and other cities. Board of five directors to govern, officers listed. Term ends twenty years after June 17, 1920.
A Canadian artist reproduced Francois Copee's Henriette, a 19 000 word novel, by transcribing it on the back of a standard cabinet photograph. The feat showcases tiny writing and literary perseverance in a compact format.
The quote from Le Pele Mele mocks high valuations for an eighteenth century oil painting. It contrasts old works with modern oil prices, noting eighteenth century oil was worth little. It frames a debate over art worth vs. age and market hype.
Notice of incorporation states Bruns Seed Company of Washington Iowa has complied with Iowa law, filed articles with Washington County recorder and Secretary of State, issued certificate, and will conduct wholesale and retail seed business including buying selling storing transporting growing propagating selecting and grading grains seeds and related products.
Corrected to March 1 1920 details show Hart bound stations Westbound and Eastbound timings. Lists multiple train numbers Local Passenger freight and express services with arrivals departures at Washington Branch and connections with B. & Q. No 8 9 10 92 25 26 91 92 and M. & St. P. lines.
Regular meetings are scheduled for several lodges chapters and commanderies in Washington with officers named. Lodges A F and A M meet first Friday night, Chapter R A M second Friday, Commandery KC T second Friday, Chapter O E S second Thursday, and Shrine W S of J meets last Thursday at Moose Hall. visiting fraters welcome.
Covenant Lodge No 101 meets every Tuesday at 4 30 oclock in the I O O F hall on N Iowa Ave. Visiting members are cordially invited to join. Noble Grand M D Lee and Secretary R B Keller invite all members to attend.
Lewis W. Stevens, a Des Moines real estate man, reports Tanlac relieved his stomach gas pains and heart palpitations after ten years of trouble. He gained twenty five pounds, says his energy returned, rheumatism eased, and he sleeps well. Tanlac sold by Sherman Bros. in Washington and Mac Gugin Drug Co. in Wellman. Ad.
A juvenile hermit named Amos prefers solitude to group play. His mother notes he is a quiet, staid child who declines to join other children, saying they disturb him and he likes to be alone with himself.
In ancient Mesopotamia surgeons faced strict penalties for outcomes. If a patient died, the surgeon had his hands cut off. A successful veterinary surgeon earned one sixth of a shekel, while if the animal died he paid one sixth of its value.
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