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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1923
Page
7
Neighboring town notes describe visits among Embree Dusenberry Ferguson and Daytons kin. Camp Benning and Des Moines trips, Pageant attendance at Parsons College, and local errands fill a busy community update with several injuries and recoveries noted.
Mrs. Emery Edwards of Packwood visits sister Mrs. Folten in Brighton. Mrs. Philip Vanerus and baby return home from Fairfield hospital. T. P. Pierce back from Ottumwa, Cleve Dayton home. Mrs. J. N. Irwin heads to Cedar Falls for summer school and music with daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Beecher Elmore and mother return from Cedar Rapids visit. Mrs. Will Lamansky and children back from Fairfield. Roy Hodgrens from Kansas City leaves with cousin Miss Orba Johnson. Rider and Mrs. Stemple White of Winnipeg visiting. Whites moving to Chicago. Mrs. Gowey accompanies. Mrs. Roy Edwards and son Merle go to Iowa City for carpenter work. Revs Burdock and Cardy exchange pulpits. Miss Lillis Bay visits Pleasant friends. Mrs. Van Winkle visits sister in Williamsburg. Mrs. Anna Crandall attends Iowa Wesleyan commencement. Miss Leona Davison attends Parsons commencement in Fairfield. Floyd Robison family return to Moline from parental C. V. Robison home. Epworth League elects officers and lists delegates to Muscatine district convention at Wapello. Mrs. Will Bristow and sister visit mother in Pleasant Plain. Fallen baby remains ill. fever improved but bronchial pneumonia relapse.
Many from Highland Center attended Decoration exercises at Washington. Albert Taylor moved to Harry White's farm to work this summer. M. Ben Miller is recovering from a blood condition. Miss Marguerite Kron visits her brother Claire Kron. Several hogs were whipped from Aine North on Tuesday. Mrs Chas Morack of Iowa City visits her.
Route 3 items include Miss Hazel Engle returning home Saturday after a week with the Andy Augustine home near West Chester. Howard Mangold was a Wellston caller Monday afternoon. Far Boroughs and wife shopped in Washington Friday afternoon. Zmo Tinnes has been nursing a health issue.
Route Three residents travel by taxi to Iowa City. Chaubel family hosts a surprise at Kalona. Benson family drives to Washington. Charley Bear visits Kalona on business. Mrs. Clyde Fishburn hosts Fragile visit. Te Bockhorst brothers and Grvil from Kajona seen in town. John Curtz's children improving. Wm C Hohnes of West Allis Wisconsin visits relatives then heads to Keota by train.
London reports that British makers refine Hecht planes with four horsepower engines reaching 50 mph. Priced under $590, these simple craft require minimal mechanical knowledge and short takeoffs. A $2,500 prize encourages a British 8 horsepower model to compete in September over at least 15 miles.
Japanese business and professional leaders, hurt by stalled Japan Russia trade treaty talks, push for a new conference between representatives of both nations. The Associated Chambers of Commerce has endorsed the move seeking renewed negotiations and fresh commercial dialogue.
Nehemiah, cupbearer to the Persian king, learns of Jerusalem’s distress and leads a blueprint of organized labor, facing scoffers, conspiracies, and greed. The wall is completed in fifty two days as prayer, prudence, and courage unite the workers.
The text presents disjointed phrases about existence and influence, noting that someone is urged to believe they are nothing and yet be persuaded they are everything. It mutters about following precedents and the ease of winking instead of thinking, with stray capitalization and unclear attribution.
A compact meditation on knowledge as mined by fortune, noting Tupper’s idea that discovery emerges when chance guides inquiry and curiosity leads the way through uncertain paths.
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