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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1922
Page
7
Correspondents report a busy week near Ainsworth and Washington with visits to families including the Palmers and Waterhouse, threshing progressing, and numerous locals at Oats cutting, picnics, and a funeral for Mrs. Searle. Attendees include J B Hanley, Mrs Searle’s relatives, and ministers Hawk Nash and McNamara.
Crawfordsville July 27 The Maxwell family left for Excelsior Springs Missouri for treatment. Davidson family members visited in Iowa City and Mundelein Illinois for relatives and a church convention. Lois Harper visited Hedrick and chautauqua. Keiper Clark attended Virginia McConnell funeral in Ainsworth. McCleary family visited Adel and Bullers daughter Emma Lou traveled to Des Moines.
The July Pilotsburg ice cream social at Hert Stafford's drew a good crowd. Threshing started Monday nearby, with Jake Bishop's machine at Charley Mapel's. Oats averaged 46 bushels per acre with about 700 bushels at West Chester elevator for 28 cents. Carl Anderson threshed Friday. Visits and cattle deliveries noted include Albert and Mrs Stransky, Wayne, Allan Fickling delivering hogs to Farmers Union Wellman, and Lois Snair visiting Kalona with Muriel Stransky. Visits by Bob Adams family near Keota and Sunday entertainments by Edd Bishops. Mrs Erlis Troyer helped threshers’ cookouts with Marion Rickey’s assistance.
NIRA Marvel Glant visited Grace Romine last week. Don and Cleo Cave of Salina are here visiting relatives. Opel Green was a Washington visitor Wednesday. Chas Rowe Jim Hanley and the Fay Rage families were up to the dredge on English river Tuesday. They also visited North English Howard Dorrance and Bill Hanley spent the weekend in Cedar Rapids and at the Amanas and saw the lily lake. Dewey Hanley went to Iowa City with Bill Hradek Sunday. John Adam is having his clover hulled Lew Fordice who has been il so long was able to call on his grand son Orlo Green Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Kisor of Des Moines.
Keota area social rounds include visits by Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Engle to Peter Fritchen, Zeno Tinnis family in Harper, Ilene Tinnis visiting Harper grandparents, and W. C. Hotle family with the Holle in Haskins. Luella Tinnis and Almeta Grinner at Albeed Tinnis home near Telleryand. Rows Vance and Alice Black of Rock Island dined with W. Co Holle, then visited Telleryand. Dee Engle family shopped in Washington.
July reports from Eureka note Rev. J Reade McCrory speaking last Sunday. A collision near Lexington injured Howard Wagner and others when a Richmond driver in a Ford hit their car. Mia Warner suffered a brake rod strike but escaped serious harm while Mrs Ray Walton and Lucile visit relatives near Pilotsburg. Richard Glenn, a newborn at the B G Beenblossom home, is being cared for by Mrs JL FP Woodburn.
Mr Waters ranks high as a makeup artist at the Chautauqua with capable help from two young women. Performances are scheduled for Friday August 18 with an afternoon start at 2 30 and an evening show.
Cedar Falls July 28 Homer H Seerley has led Iowa State Teachers College for 36 years directing a directory of about 7000 graduates since 1876. The new bulletin, largest ever published, lists alumni across 50 states and 11 foreign countries with California and Minnesota home to many. Chicago plans a night marriage license bureau to suit workers unable to take time off.
New Market mines operate at full capacity despite the nationwide coal strike. The non union mines show close cooperation between miner and operator. Miners, mainly native born Americans, recently received wage increases with little foreign labor presence.
Bandits attempted to blow the safe of an oil filling station in Waterloo early this morning. The blast damaged the nitro glycerine but jammed the broken parts against the inner door, hindering entry and keeping the $100 safe. This marked a second attempted robbery at the same site within a week. Police are without crews.
Senator Hiram Johnson arrived in San Francisco for the last month of the primary race. He challenges C. M. Moore in a two fisted fight for the Republican nomination, vowing a sweeping victory as in campaigns since 1911.
The text discusses Isis as the mother of medicine and notes ancient Egyptian women’ s medicinal plant knowledge. It contrasts Hippocrates with ancient women and mentions Lydia E Pinkham s Vegetable Compound as a widely known women s remedy advertised as prepared from medicinal plants.
France announces a new 50 centime coin made from bronze aluminum. The release expands the small denomination set and aims to modernize circulation with a distinct alloy. The program details the minting authorities and expected year of introduction.
Cedar Falls reports 3150 students in the 1922 summer term, up sixteen percent from 1921. Five extension schools in Spencer Denison Clarinda Chariton and Clinton add nearly 1800 enrollments, with Cedar Falls hosting most of the men and an overall extension increase of about 50 percent.
Waterloo authorities seek to stop dancing past midnight at a local amusement park. Mayor E A Gnagy held talks with County Attorney W R French but jurisdiction lies outside city limits. The county considers applicable statutes, though no clear method exists yet to stop the revelry.
Estherville July 28 The board of supervisors ordered all county roads cleared of advertising signs with a deadline of August 5. Large 5 by 12 signs will be moved from roadside locations to private property near the same sites.
Sacramento California imports a top min now to be placed in ponds and dredger pits. The state board of health brings in the minnow to bolster the malaria control campaign.
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