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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
1
Washington celebrates the fiftieth commencement with diplomas awarded to fifty four graduates. Dr. A. S. Smith urged service and self discipline, while the class officers and seniors gathered for the ceremony and a performance by the senior quartet.
I W Schenefelt drove a Studebaker home from Fairfield this morning. O K Mauck of Iowa City visits Washington. Mr and Mrs E W Chrissinger attend high school graduation in Marshalltown tomorrow night with granddaughter Reba True. Mrs L F Shaffer with daughter Marjorie Rose visit Eldon. Mrs Alva Neebrgall and others visit Cherokee. Cleo Tally of Pomona Kansas travels via Washington to Keota to visit sister Mrs Roy Glead. New K of C emblem rings at Smiths Jewelry. Cut glass sherbets on sale at Smiths Jewelry Store. Sr A Sergeant of Davenport spends yesterday in Washington on business. Mr and Mrs J P Thomas travel to Rochester Minnesota for business. Mrs S T Rickey and daughter Mary visit Muscatine. Athletic cut union suit advertised at Klein Clothing Co. Mrs Dick Willie and sister attend a shower in Armmworth. Mr and Mrs A J Booth visit Havre. Farmers Union meeting at Woodman Hall on June 6 at 2 30. Mrs E M Davis and Mrs John Babcock visit Dudley Crane home in Keota. Hart Schaffner Marx suits on sale. Miss Junia Chalmers returns from Cedar Falls with sister Martha. Miss Lela Anastos travels to Cedar Rapids to visit brother Nick Anastos.
Miss Isabel Kellman from Des Moines heads a county health survey and will address the P T A meeting at the high school Tuesday at eight. She stresses child health training and proper habits to build physical and mental fitness, urging vegetable and milk intake and health education.
Ada Meeker visits cousin Opal Meeker while ads promote gifts for brides at Smiths Jewelry Store. A New York woman touts Parisian Sage hair product from Lemmon’s Pharmacy. Mr and Mrs Glover B Ferrell plan a honeymoon across Tennessee Georgia Mississippi after their Belville Ferrell wedding. The Belville Ferrell wedding draws guests including J Roy Branch and Mrs Branchflower, with Rev David Thompson officiating. Norwood Jones returns from college to spend vacation with his parents. Cecile Belville and Glover Ferrell wedding linked in Fairfield social column.
Iowa Attorney General H. M. Hayner informs County Auditor Ed. Sulek that women cannot vote in the June primaries. They are allowed to vote in November’s general election, but the law’s construction had led some to plan June voting, prompting a higher authority decree.
The home of George A. Isold at 8535 South Lenton was robbed yesterday afternoon while Mrs Isold visited a neighbor. She returned after about an hour to find clothing silverware and miscellaneous articles valued at 3600 dollars missing along with ten gallons of whiskey.
A Berlin report says Prince Eitel Frederick tires of the automobile business and is turning to American movies as a potential money making field.
The Sun nyside Country Club in Waterloo will build a clubhouse costing about 50 000 dollars with contracts awarded and work starting immediately. An 18 inch golf course is under construction on a 160 acre tract bought months ago. The club now has 175 members as the Byrnes park municipal course expands to add an 18 hole layout.
Virginia Cunningham, part of the class of 1932, becomes the third generation of Washington high school graduates. Her grandmother, the late Mrs. J W Morton, then Alice Rogers, graduated in 1873, and her mother Mrs. John Cunningham followed in 1892.
The Cedar Rapids Gas Company faced city council scrutiny over rate hikes needed after material costs rose. An ordinance lowers price from 1.05 to 90 cents per thousand, restoring the prewar rate of 90 cents, amid threats the plant may close without adjustment.
Thomas Henry Hart aged 82 resigns as rural mail carrier in Fort Madison Iowa after a long career beginning in 1870. He served on multiple routes including Fort Madison Denmark and Burlington Denmark, fought in the Spanish American War, and retires to farm life. Thomas W. Lingenfelter succeeds him on route one.
A vulcanizing outfit explosion at the Neidig shipyard caused a fire that destroyed harness and tire stock. The water plant repairs left no pressure to feed the blaze, the chemical engine kept the fire in check, with losses around 2000 dollars and partial insurance.
The article notes a Russian invention that fuses drum resonance with bass viol range for orchestras. It also mentions Belgium reviving plans to build a tunnel from Antwerp to the Rhine crossing the Meuse River.
Historical note recalls John Tate of Stevenage using an eight petaled flower watermark in 1494. The article mentions an international aviation congress at Atlantic City New Jersey to discuss aerial touring and navigation from multiple perspectives.
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