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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1919
Page
7
Local Social News From Young America and Surrounding Towns
June 3 notes show Mr and Mrs Lloyd Humston entertaining kin from Burlington. Harold Briley and Tedford visit Columbus Junction for Decoration Day. The Bartholows and son Charles attend a funeral in Crawfordsville Oklahoma. Elmer Cherry and E L Bartholow buy J D Nelson farm for 300 an acre. Nelson and daughter Metta plan to move to town. Pearl Phillips reaches Newport News Virginia on a telegram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young America
Lioyd Humston
Burlington
Harold Briley
Tedford
Columbus Junction
Frank Leeper
Pringie
Keota
Elmer Cherry
Frank Beatty
Omaha
Cloyd Knupp
Sam Knupp
Rochester
Minn
W. A. Phillips
Pearl
Newport News
Muddy West Chester News From Iowa Town
June 3 West Chester Iowa notes report heavy rain and mud across the town. Will Robinson and W F Holmes of Muscatine visited on Monday. Seven cars of stock moved to Chicago this week, averaging a car daily. Augustine remains bedridden three weeks. Chicken losses from drowning depress local poultry. School closed for summer vacation. Daryl D. Dayton visited Clayton C. Pearson in Ainsworth. Mrs H B Hart and daughter of Burn Junction visited and then went to Des Moines. Local fishermen caught two foot catfish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Iowa
Will Robinson
W. F. Holmes
Muscatine
Chicago
A. T.augustine
Daryl D. Dayton
Clayton C. Pearson
Ainsworth
BH. F. Hart
Burn Junction
Des Moines
Will Embree
Bruce Moore
Tom Knotts
Local Social Notes From Brighton Area Iowa
Brighton residents visit relatives and resume activities as several listed individuals travel between Jolley Iowa Iowa City Keota Ollumwa Ainsworth and Excelsior Springs Missouri. Mrs Middleton returns to an unnamed destination while others plan or begin visits and school duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Iowa
Frank Conroy
Jolley
P. McCarty
Hattie Hill
Iowa City
Melinda Bridwell
Keota
Frank Bridwell
Cleveland Dayton
Ollumwa
Mary Chambers
Ainsworth
Ed Ingham
Joe Day
Excelsior Springs
Middleton
Weidner Family Returns From Washington Visit
Mrs. Ben Weidner and her baby returned from Washington after a visit with relatives. She was accompanied by her sister and spent time with Ed Ingham and the family in Iowa Falls during the week after a brother's visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Falls
Ed Ingham
Ben Weidner
Baby
Washington
Local notes from West Chester during June
Lee Craig received a letter from Carl Vorhees saying he is in the states and will be home soon. John Wood reports Claude Wood will be home by July 4. Rain fell the last two days but not more than needed. Mr and Mrs Ray Allen plan to move to Davenport. Mrs J D Dayton visited James Nelson home in Keota Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Lee Craig
Carl Vorhees
States
John Wood
Claude Wood
Ray Allen
Davenport
J. D. Dayton
James Nelson
Keota
Local Social Rounds in Dayton Grove Area
Dayton Grove notes report visits and gatherings across the community. J A Walker and family hosted at Joe Walker’s Kalona home while James Searles joined Walter Statler’s residence visit. Local club Sew and So met with twelve attendees at Daniel Gass home. June 26 gathering planned at Mrs Charles Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Grove
J. A. Walker
Joe Walker
Kalona
James Searles
Walter Statler
Mildred Leet
Velda Schultz
Shaffer
Paul and
Daniel Gass
John Henderson
Will Mayer
W. C. Embree
Local visits and travel notes from Crawfordsville
June 3 reports show Mrs. F. L. Taylor and Mrs. J. F. Buxbaum visiting Burling ton. Mrs. Ella DeLong returns from a visit with her son Allen DeLong in Clinton. Miss Grace Lease travels to Fairfield to visit Miss Helen Gormley and attend Parsons College commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
F. L. Taylor
J. F. Buxbaum
Burlington
Ella DeLong
Allen DeLong
Clinton
Grace Lease
Fairfield
Helen Gormley
Parsons College
Banquet Planned at Ainsworth M E Church Basement
A banquet will be held in the basement of the Ainsworth M E church on Tuesday June 10 1919. Tickets are on sale at all stores until June 10 at 7 PM. No tickets will be sold after that date. If any soldier is missed tickets will be given at the door by order of the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth M. E
Forgetful husband asks shop assistant to choose items for wife
Mr Jobling, asked by his wife to buy three feminine wear articles, forgets the list at the shop. He apologizes to the attendant and asks the clerk to select "a few things" for him to purchase.
Rural Graduation Saturday June 14
Miss Katheryn Montgomery county superintendent arranges rural school graduation for June 14 in the high school auditorium. About 130 eight grade graduates will receive diplomas after a program of music readings and an address by FE Morrison. Diplomas will be presented by Miss Montgomery. names to be announced when available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katheryn Montgomery
FE. D. Morrison
Miss Montgomery
Ottumwa Hotel Prosperity Highlighted At Annual Meeting
Ottumwa June 4 The Ottumwa Hotel Company held its annual meeting with 40 members in attendance. Reports by the secretary and president praised the hotel’s progress, noting the $20,000 loan from 1917 is nearly repaid and a possible dividend next year. Directors were re elected including C B Fahrney filling a vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Ottumwa Hotel Company
Fahrney
M. B. Hutchison
J. B. Sax
D. A. Emery
Donelan
M. C. Gilmore
W. T. Harper
L. A. Andrew
Harper
W. T. Hall
J. H. Morrow
J. K. Mahon
J. BR. Sax
F.F. W. Simmons
W. L. Wilson
N. F. Reed
GC. B. Fahrney
Sax
Ames Girls Learn Culinary Secrets
Ames on June 4 report describes Iowa State College senior girls studying experimental cookery. They test methods to improve old potatoes by soaking before boiling and uncover other techniques for freezing ice creams candy making and muffins. The work aims to improve flavor texture and efficiency in home food preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College
Ralph Case Talks To Columbus Junction Class
Columbus Junction Iowa June 4 commencement week opening with the Rev Ralph Case of Chicago former principal delivering the baccalaureate address. The service in the new high school auditorium was well attended with prayers scripture and music by local singers and pianists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Ralph Case
Chicago
Columbus Junction High School
Columbus High School
Case
S. Boyd Johnson
United Presbyterian Church
L. R. Burdock
Methodist Church
Mr. Ward
Columbus City
Messrs
H. L. Thomas
G. N. Duncan
J. F. Moore
W. E. Ruston
Mesdames
R. W. Owen
E. R. Lacey
W. F. Hall
Farewell Party for Supt W N Leeper
Morning Sun notes a farewell reception for Superintendent W N Leeper and his family at Morning Sun High School. A brief program featured a token of esteem and several talks praising his high standard of work and community impact as school leader and citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Sun
W. N. Leeper
Leeper
A Magnificent Body Are the Texas Rangers
The Texas Ranger organization is described as the finest mounted police force. Roy Stewart stars in The Silent Rider at Graham theatre on Thursday night portraying a Ranger who infiltrates rustlers, exposes a traitorous foreman, and defeats opponents in gun battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Ranger Organization
Texas
Graham Theatre
Roy Stewart
Stewart
Jim Carson
Origins of Angles and Engles in early Britain
The Angles or Engles came from the region now Schleswig Holstein and followed the Savens into England. The Aoughs were the stronger group occupying much of Britain and gave their name to Engle and England while the Saxons formed the Anglo Saxon term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engles
Schleswig-Holstein
England
Britain
Out
Engle
Bradder Shinbone Comments On Unmentionable Insee’ Wiver Trainin
Bradder Shinbone dismisses the term cootie as unworthy of concern saying he is not personally acquainted but suspects the subject is nothing more than an unmentionable insee’ wiver training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradder Shinbone
Shinbone
Boston Transcript
University of Iowa June commencement events
Commencement at Iowa runs June 13 to 17 with a nurse and medical student degree reduction. About 400 graduates, a music recital, band concert, and president's reception mark the week. Baccalaureate by Rev Burris Jenkins, Class Day June 16 ivy planting led by Lilian Prentiss. Marion Burton to deliver main address. Col Mumma away for national match in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa
School of Music
University Armory
Burris A. Jenkins
Kansas City Post
Lilian Prentiss
Englert Theatre
Marion Lelroy Burton
University of Minnesota
Morton C. Mumma
Washington
United States Cavalry
Autcust
County Club Trip Winners Head to Chicago
Fifty five Ames county club members, including three girls, left May 27 for a four day Chicago trip as a reward for winning in canning and garment club work. Guides F W Berry F P Reed and Hazel Spencer joined them. Funds came from packers bankers and local groups. activities included visiting packing plants stockyards and Milwaukee by rail with a Great Lakes return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ames
F. W. Berry
F. P. Reed
Hazel Spencer
Linn County
Milwaukee
Long Sentences in Les Miserables and English Enlistment Act
The text notes Hugo's single hundred line sentence in Les Miserables and long Waterloo descriptions. It also observes England's abroad enlistment act with a section reaching its six hundredth word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Hugo
Waterloo
England
Potato Wart Disease Warning For Growers
The U S Department of Agriculture urges Irish potato growers to inspect new crop potatoes for wart disease. Early detection and prompt sampling to state colleges or USDA can help quarantine infection. The disease, once established, persists in soil for up to eight years and could devastate the potato industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Europe
State Agricultural College
State Experiment Station
Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Agriculture
The Astrologer Learns Humility
An arrogant astrologer walks while praising his knowledge of the stars. He misses a well and falls in, required his servant to rescue him. The tale ends with a lesson on overconfidence and heedlessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aesop's
The Promise of Air Excerpt on Death and Life
A quotation from Algernon Blackwood argues death as a return to subconscious, a rise in power, and life as a brief episode within universal existence. It frames death as a mere change of section rather than an end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algernon Blackwood
Quit Meat If Your Kidneys Act Badly Ad Campaign
An old newspaper ad warns that high meat intake harms kidneys and urges readers to drink Jad Salts to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys. It states the remedy is four ounces in water daily before breakfast, claiming it neutralizes urine acids and ends urinary and bladder disorders.
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Wash
Ington
U._S. Senate
United
Senate
T. S. Martin
Virginia
J. Gronna
North Dakota
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Eer J. W. Wadsworth
New York
A. LB. Fall
New
Ordgon Township
Supt. W. N. Leeper
The
Texas Rangers
State University
Farm Department
Parsons
R. Ames Montgomery
Pres
Howard McDonald
Dean
Fairfield, Iowa
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