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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1928
Page
6
Mary Roberts came back yesterday from Stephens College in Columbia Missouri where she has spent the past year.
John Matthews Jr went to Muscatine this morning to visit his aunt Mrs Shinabarger. Weather fair in east and mostly cloudy in west portions. Top on hogs $9.95.
Charles George joins Graham store staff after leaving McDaniel's drugstore. Nearby, Mr and Mrs C H Johnson of Olds and other residents from Crawfordsville Ainsworth Red Oak Keota Kalona and West Chester visit or shop locally. Elsie Moser heads home for Strawberry Point summer. Pauline Luite plans Cedar Falls study.
Major General James G. Harbord, president of RCA, denied in St Louis on June 2 a rumor that RCA and International Telephone and Telegraph were considering a merger. He said the law would not permit it, no negotiations were ongoing, and any change would require Congress to act.
Officials of the Midplanes Sales and Transit company announced a regular service June 10 between St. Paul and Winnipeg and considered a route to Cedar Island Lodge in northern Wisconsin where President Coolidge will vacation. The plan may extend to a Twin Cities to Cedar Island Lodge air route as a summertime White House connection.
United Press listing shows WOR at 1 CST symphonic hour and 8 15 CST military band. WEAF hook ups include 7 15 CST Atwater Kent quartet and 5 30 CST Capitol Theatre program. WJZ offers 6 15 CST Collier's hour.
WEAF airs Cadil lac hour at 7 30 CST WIZ presents St Saens program at 8 CST WOR features Come to the Fair at 7 30 CST WIR schedules Roxy's gang at 5 30 CST and WOR closes with the Buccaneers at 8 30 CST
White Oak notes report a light frost Sunday night with little damage. Doyle Smith and Charley Scranton visited in Washington Monday. Mrs. John Lures is reportedly quite seriously ill. Bud Luithly visits White Oak this week. Frank and Doyle Smith and their spouses visited Lee Ralston Sunday. Mrs. Will True traveled to Ottumwa for x ray treatments. The Scranton family spent Sunday evening with Frank Smith. Mrs. Henry Luithly and daughter Dorthea of Washington visited Monday and Tuesday. Mr. Pfiefer of Valley did papering at Mrs. Henry Luithly farm Wednesday. Scott the furniture man from Washington delivered goods Thursday.
Mrs John Godlove hosts and visits decorate day events feature Mr and Mrs James Turner and many kin across Fairfield Davenport Davenport visitors, funeral for Ralph Stafford, Missionary society met, families visit in Ainsworth Washington Cedar Rapids Riverside and Iowa City. Arnet Mathers loses a horse to blood poisoning.
A Harrisburg Telegraph humor item jokes that relativity leaves a person feeling sore when not given a gold spoon, framing the quip as a light social observation.
A historical note explains golf balls evolved from wooden cores to leather coverings stuffed with feathers before gutta percha was adopted in the late 1840s. The transition marks a shift in durability and play.
Keota and Crawfordsville couples shopped locally while two student nurses Miss Mildred Paul and Miss Ruth Ballard returned from Town City to finish training here. Enna Jettick Health Shoes hosts guests including Mrs. Miranda Murphy and others for a Thursday evening at Mrs. J. R. Palmer's home amid menu items at Green Mill Tea Room.
A Washington Star quip notes Uncle Eben jokes that living advice is usually wasteful and a man rarely needs guidance in the moment, implying self reliance over counsel.
The first street lighting system began in London in 1414 when shop and stall owners on select streets were required to hang horn lanterns at sunset.
Merryle Stanley Rukeyser calls gambling an age old escape from drab life in Liberty. He says it is a device used by those with low sensitivity and stunted imagination to create artificial hazards for a kick in life.
A quotation attributed to Henry asserts that public trusts should be lodged only after hands are proven fit for the entrusted business. The remark emphasizes scrutiny and suitability before conferring authority.
The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes that a team may be talented yet cannot learn all lessons from books alone, repeating that living experiences teach far more than pages.
A street in London named Land of Promise stretches between a hospital at one end and a peerhouse at the other, marking a notable urban feature in the area.
Wilma Palmer visited a friend in Ainsworth while Mr. and Mrs. J R Maxwell of Highland Park Illinois returned from a short visit with relatives. William Bragg visits his mother as he prepares to graduate from Worsham School of Embalming in Chicago.
Miss Edna Caldwell, in Cedar Falls for school, visits her parents near West Chester while Mr and Mrs Jack Caldwell host. Other local movements include N T Douglas heading to Mount Pleasant to manage Triangle store, and Howard James returning to Columbus Junction after a visit.
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