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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1922
Page
5
Keota establishes the Community Club of Keota and Vicinity to unite farmer and town interests. A 12 member country board and 3 Keota delegates will draft a constitution and recruit members with a $3 yearly dues goal. A mass meeting launched the drive and a chautauqua setup proceeds with lectures and events.
Connellsville mourns the death of Mrs. Dunn's sister Mrs. L 8 Whitney. Mise Marie Stevenson visits Davenport. Harold Cummings becomes Farmers Union handyman. Gilmore Coffman arrive from Waltham Minn. Elia Hildreth returns to Ottumwa after visiting Davenport area families. Gertrude Hagist home from 8 U S. Elizabeth Lyle returns from teaching in lake View. Alvin Hulse returns to Scotts Bluff Neb. Elsworth Holmes visits Sioux Rapids relatives. Ida Dings returns to Des Moines after Decoratio n Day visit.
Amusements note Wesley Barry, famed child screen star, known for mischief, stars in Gus Edwards School Days at the Fox Theatre starting Tuesday. He plays the unruly boy in a tale of schoolroom woes, longing for adulthood and long pants. Miss Mary Cherry visits her parents in Iowa City after arriving from the State University.
Local Iowa item notes publication of a Bible study book for school use alongside an Army hospital dig in Knoxville. Urick remarks on more building activity in Jows. A Grinnell Negro student dies, while peach trees are reported heavily laden with fruit.
Knoxville becomes the hospital center for the Ninth district encompassing Iowa Missouri Kansas and Nebraska following passage of the Langley Hospitalization Act and a $1 500 000 appropriation. Iowa through its board of control sells the property to the government for 200 000. the facility now serves World War I veterans with mental disorders and will grow from 176 to about 500 inmates.
Across several state sections in recent weeks heavy showers delivered up to three inches of rain in a brief span, equating to about 336 tons of water per acre in the noted instances.
Southern and central Iowa report heavy peach and small fruit crops after five winters of losses. A Grinnell College student Mona Tappie Chie, born in Liberia on August 31 1895, died May 17 1922 at age 26 years 8 months 16 days, remembered for sterling Christian character and unselfish service.
Mrs. A. C. Gilchrist lives with daughter Mrs. W C Jarnagin in Des Moines. She came from Scotland in 1840 at age two, traveling by sailboat, six weeks crossing the Atlantic. Her grandfather tended Sir Walter Scott’s Abbotsford estate and her mother later served as matron of the Scott mansion guiding visitors.
Secretary Walter C. Ramsay and the executive council awarded the 520,000 1923 plates at 38,320 dollars, about 10.9 cents per plate, a reported half save from 1922. Seven carloads have arrived in Des Moines for county treasurers, to be stored until December 1 for the 1923 registration. Polk County counts show 21,000 registrations in 1921 and over 23,000 in 1922, with likely 25,000 in 1923.
The fife and drum corps from every G A R post in the United States will be brought to Des Moines for the 1922 national encampment September 24 to 28. They will march in a grand parade featuring veterans of the Spanish American War and World War I as well as Sons and Daughters of Veterans and Women’s Relief Corps auxiliaries.
Robert R. Ayala an ex soldier from Des Moines Iowa says years after France service irregular hours and war strain left him with indigestion, dizziness, and fatigue. He credits Tanlac with restoring appetite and digestion and reports he now eats freely and feels much better.
Sept 27 marks a mass encampment of fife and drum corps believed to be the largest since the Civil War march through Washington. Corps will stay in one hotel and perform at mass meetings and on street corners during five days to sustain the early 1860s spirit amid visitors. Meanwhile Iowa’s April labor report notes overall employment steady from March with a shift toward full-time work and a dip in hires due to seasonal layoffs. 28,872 employed in April from 304 firms, down from 29,015 in March.
The All-Russian Central Committee orders seizure of church items across Russia. Valuables include candle-stalks chalices icons and ecclesiastical accessories worth about 1.5 billion dollars, reported as part of famine relief measures.
By proclamation President Harding set apart 593 acres in the Nevada National Forest as Lehman Caves national monument. The caves lie near Baker Nevada at the base of Mount Wheeler, at 7200 feet elevation and feature stalactites stalagmites galleries and columns of rare beauty.
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