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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1923
Page
8
At 106 W Second Street the Loftisa woodwork shop advertises mortice and tenoned doors and window screens as well as lawn mower sharpening services run by W D Loftisa.
Ross Gault, working in Iowa City, visited homefolks this afternoon. Miss Louise Pratt returned from Cedar Falls where she attended Coe College. Mrs. Hubert Ker and son traveled to Quincy Illinois to visit her sisters. Mrs. Charles Cousins of Beloit Wisconsin visited Ottumwa relatives. Mrs. Robert Breen returned home after visiting the W. Crogier family and others. Miss Dorothy Libe, a former Boxholm teacher, comes home tonight for the summer with her parents.
Local residents and visitors noted include C L Crissinges of Olds and J D Gein of Columbus Junction on business, and Sophie Rogall visiting Pleasant Plain for the weekend. Household goods for sale at Klein's corner Saturday at 2:00, water rents due at West Side Crux Store by June 10, plus multiple town visits and trips to nearby towns for family and shopping.
Swedish officials report that Swedes in the United States become 100 percent American within 10 years, with English literacy high and naturalization near 90 percent. The study, displayed at Gothenburg Jubilee, covers immigration waves, occupations, and rising roles of Swedish women in America. 627,271 Swedish Americans are listed across states with detailed by-state counts.
Iowa City university students Geo W Stewart John Morse and Edward Wheelan visit home over the weekend. Florence Myers from Packwood attends UI at Iowa City returning to Ottumwa. Miss Mabel Hopping West Chester attends telephone school then returns home. Mrs 8 R Wilson and daughter Carroll visit Burlington after staying with S R Nelsons. Milburne McKay Parsons College Fairfield visits parents. Mrs Rhea Ford Gardner Lydia Richer and Elsie Minick move to Fairfield for Mildred Martins visit. John Steck visits mother after operation showing marked improvement. Beyore boys and girls from Chicago summer placement planned with Washington families.
Rays Find Gem Flaws describes a method now used by many jewelers to detect flaws in diamonds and other precious stones.
Washington notes in the 1922 Department of Agriculture yearbook that motorized trucking and farm tractors reduce the need for oats. Oats may see lower acreage and production after a long rise since 1866, with barley rising in importance and rye increasing on European demand but now less critical.
In Gothenburg on June 29 America and Sweden will exchange direct radio news for the first time. A US Navy station at Annapolis will be used and a Swedish receiving station at Kungsbacka will relay American news daily through the Grimeton installation. The venture, organized by the Sweden-America Foundation, aims to publish a daily American news bulletin and meet high traveler demand.
A Canadian trapper reports cache of three pounds of tobacco in six half-pound tins at Copper Lake 72 miles north of The Pas remained in excellent condition after about ten years. He cached it in 1913 and recovered it this year noting its quality.
In Chicago June 2 The Associated Press reports Guy H Hall director of the National Institute of Progressive Farming says this year s peanut crop will exceed one million acres with a 623 507 000 pound yield last year valued around 29 222 000 The five cent bag could return soon as machinery boosts production and digging speeds aid market delivery.
Papuan authorities use a baby bonus to promote large families and boost village status. A native woman with four children has her husband's tax remitted and receives five shillings per child, with increases for additional offspring. Officials claim these incentives transform idle tribal life into farming, road building, and self-sufficiency under government guidance.
The Department of the Interior approved a pension certificate to Shub-Shee-Ahsh alias Curly a Crow Indian for services in the 1876 and 1877 Indian campaigns and his participation in the Custer Massacre. He now lives on the Crow Reservation in Montana and reportedly escaped death by mingling with attacking Indians before rejoining government forces.
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