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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1919
Page
3
Notices go to holders of common stock in the Washington hotel company informing them of a June 12 meeting at 8 pm in the Commercial club auditorium to vote on the hotel site. Leading architects from Iowa and Illinois were in town discussing plans, with an architect to be hired soon and drawings to follow.
A man jokes about mistaken time urgency when he ponders finding his watch at home and considers returning for it. The remark frames absent mindedness as a humorous social aside rather than a fault.
A yegg attempted to blow the Mannhardt Brothers safe Wednesday night using nitro glycerine. He entered via the sidewalk manhole, blew the door without success, and fled after damaging the safe slightly, narrowly missing about three hundred dollars in currency and checks.
plasterers continue work on the basement rooms while corridors on that floor await plastering next week the plastering force will be doubled concrete floors in the gym balconies are being poured and only the tall smoke stack remains outside two to three days more needed the building should be ready for use by early September when school reopens
A special assembly at the high school awarded letters to boys for football basketball and track from the year just ending. Recipients include John Putnam Lester Duke Charles Neill Arthur Swift Dwight Lemley Marvin Williamson Willamf Hunter for football and Duke Davis Alfred Brown Reis ter Reid Swift and McConnall for basketball with track honors going to Jay Busby Lester Duke and Ralph Jones. Girls walking club members Alice Cunningham Virginia Cunningham and Leona Thomas also received letters for mileage.
At the school board meeting R M Vifquain was released from his contract in order to accept a vocational agriculture teaching post at Newton Iowa high school starting about July first. He has served three years here and helped establish the department. Newton’s program is prominent with many students and half salary funded by the Smith Hughes act. The board aims to hire a replacement before his departure and awarded contracts for a vacuum cleaner, office chairs, and lockers for school use.
A girl at the Carris home suffered a severed Achilles tendon in an accident and was taken to the hospital for surgical attention. Officials say there should be no serious results from the injury.
A Baptist church hosts a Children’s Day program Sunday at 10 45 AM with all welcome. The Presbyterian Junior choir meets this evening at 7 00 PM for final rehearsal with parent cooperation requested. An earlier meet Saturday at 2 30 PM invites everyone to attend.
A joint meeting and guest day of the three home economics departments of the Fortnightly club will be held Tuesday June 11 at Sunset Park at 5 30 p m A short Patriotic program will precede the picnic luncheon In case of rain the meeting will be held at the home of Mrs Ed Morrison Watch the paper for further announcement
Four year old Alice Clare Carris of Keota was brought to Washington after an unusual lawn mowing accident. Her brother was operating the mower when the incident occurred.
Lieutenant Harold M. Putnam arrives home last night from Camp Lee Virginia after discharge from the army this week. He landed at Newport News and stayed at Camp Hill before finaling to Camp Lee. Putnam served in the 50th infantry and had been linked to Company K at Brownsville Fort Madison and Camp Cody.
A patient recalls suffering for ten years from severe stomach trouble and cancer fears before using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy 20 years ago. The ad touts the product as a harmless preparation that clears mucus and inflammation in the digestive tract, claiming one dose proves its value. Lemmon's Pharmacy and others advertise it nationwide.
Today marks the close of the year at St James school with no graduates and no commencement exercises. The usual year end entertainment is omitted as the school hall remains empty.
The article notes the school will be used as a classroom due to rising enrollment. By next year residents expect to have arrangements in place for a venue to host school related entertainments.
The army program outlines building more than 1500 airplanes at 29 million dollars and purchasing a 629 foot dirigible from Britain as a model for future craft. Maj. Gen. Mancher and Gen. Menoher presented the plan to the House Military Committee, seeking 3.275 million for lighter than air development. The air service would produce 750 planes with Pan-Suiza engines and 650 with Liberty motors, plus pursuit planes for the Philippines, Hawaii, and the Pacific coast at a 3.375 million dollar cost.
Cincinnati June 6 Carl W Brand president of the National Coffee Roasters Association told the National Wholesale Grocers Association that coffee will rise in popularity once national prohibition takes effect. He noted Sao Paulo planters seed a 1 006 000 budget to advertise coffee in the United States over four years and cited coffee urns in drug stores and soft drink shops as signs of growing use. Soldiers resource and navy army experience bolster confidence in coffee value.
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