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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1923
Page
6
Mrs D H Messer led a Gleaners class gathering with nine girls, featuring guessing contests and prizes. Church groups met for quilting, refreshments, and social hours. Ladies from First United Presbyterian, H H Club, Independent, and Wellston Social Club held meetings with business, crafts, and planned picnics, plus special guests and luncheon settings.
Church announces a full Children Day program with four acts in the morning by the primary beginners and cradle roll groups at 10 55. In the evening the junior and intermediate departments present a pageant Broadcasting the Word at 7 30. Sunday school 9 30 B Y P A 6 20. A special meeting Wednesday 7 30. Attendance urged.
The article notes Japanese music diverges from European ideas by imitating insects like crickets and katydids rather than birds. It says music is mainly practiced by women, priests, and blind musicians, with the koto as the main instrument taught only to the wealthy. samisen is also taught by the blind, while the blind who cannot learn these may become masseurs.
An elderly Episcopal rector and a younger Presbyterian minister, once close friends, clash over titles. When a new rector arrives and the elder persists in calling him Father, the new rector warns he will switch to calling him Mother and then Grandmother if the habit continues.
The article explains that early hats came in few sizes with a draw string to fit the head. The small bow inside the lining began as part of that fitting method and now mainly marks the back of the hat. Most bows are produced in Geneva, Switzerland.
Eleven guests attended a luncheon style celebration with yellow decorations, a large yellow frosted cake, yellow confections, brick ice cream, lemonade, nuts and mints. Evelyn received many gifts. Out of town guest Miss Helen Hogue, who stays with Mr. and Mrs. Easter of Ainsworth, attended.
A sequence of local notices lists K of P meetings and rituals, MWA memorial service, Navajo club date change, Wellston Social Club, Friendly Bible class, Ladies Aid ice cream social, AM Rebekah Sisters event, West Chester Presbyterian services with Fred M. Blick, and Shalom Group Methodist annual election and social all scheduled for June 12 to 14 with details on times and hosts.
Mrs James Daniel and three other hosts will entertain the Ladies Aid Society of West Chester Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon. Notice K O P memorial services set for Sunday June 10 with volunteers meeting at Castle Hall at 4 pm and leaving at 4 20 to decorate graves and arrange cemetery transport.
The first play license went to Leicester, Elizabeth's favored figure, the initial recipient for performance rights in Maghand. His troupe formed the year after Elizabeth's accession and he ran it throughout his life.
Quote attributed to Rousseau on courage and confession, noting that courage to admit ridiculous or foolish actions matters more than admitting wrongdoings.
A brief notice in the Boston Evening Transcript states the mother of a six year old, described as noiseless, desires employment as a cook. No other details are provided.
A brief reader note praising a soap product as lasting and durable. The writer claims personal use of a bar for three years and endorses its quality. No other facts or context provided.
A collage of quotes from the Boston Transcript and the Washington Star reflects playful, era wide irony about praise, normalcy, and romance. The snippets hint at editors critiquing self praise, genre missteps, and social expectations with concise wit.
Eloise and Caruthers discuss a possible later will of Thomas, aiming to benefit Jim and his wife. They suspect Bill Thomas may hold knowledge of another will, with years of family tension and threats shaping estate hopes, amid reconciliation and potential discovery.
Eloise and Caruthers chase the truth behind a missing will in a bank office during an evening stakeout. A staged confrontation ends with Thomas surrendering the papers and a reveal of a fortune. The couple celebrates the discovery and notes the staged threat was fake.
A concise guidance piece urges readers to periodically pause and evaluate their own behavior to ensure they meet reasonable standards and expectations they apply to others. It emphasizes reflection as a prudent practice for balanced judgment.
An English inventor converts bath waste into electricity using a cupboard mounted paddlewheel and a small dynamo. Each morning the device generates light for brief periods at several cupboard doors, supplementing power but not providing prolonged illumination.
The Philadelphia Inquirer cites Girard on daily life as traveling goods. It notes a railroad that carried passengers an average of twenty five miles per person while hauling freight an average of 270 miles per ton, illustrating how far necessities must travel and our dependence on the rail system.
In Hong Kong a sawmill attempt by a capitalist failed as locals wrecked it. A trestle supports logs for hand sawing with a two man cross-cut saw. lumber mainly from Oregon and Washington is imported. The ruins are cited as a moral lesson about changing China’s traditions.
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