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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1924
Page
7
Ainsworth brief notes report Mrs. J A Marsh returning from Des Moines and a Seattle baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Dowell. Local events include graduates from Coe college in Cedar Rapids and Iowa Wesleyan, visits by relatives, and a mysterious church supper planned by J W Davis’s family. Weather, rain, and farming topics appear with community mentions of trips and social gatherings.
Mrs C R Gallagher of Washington has been a visitor at Mrs Sarah Davidson’s home in Crawfordsville. Mr and Mrs Wyatt Sprague of Seattle visit his mother Mrs O Sprague. Sprague attends United Presbyterian assembly in Richmond IN on trip home. Will Neal of Burlington visits. A storm caused a tree limb to break electric wires. Iowa Gas & Electric repaired the break and lights returned by about 9 pm. Oma Strain returns to Iowa City for summer school after vacation. Lillian and Florence Holmes return from Waterloo. Lillian finished a year of study. J A Sprague and daughter Evelyn of Cedar Rapids visit. Mr Channing Hall brings them from Columbus Junction. Union service at Presbyterian church with Rev James delivering a sermon on the cross as the power of God.
West Chester records recall S D Carris noting a snow covered ground on June 7 when his people first came to Iowa, about seventy years ago. The piece mentions travel to Illinois and Keota Chautauqua, local rain patterns, and several residents visiting relatives and attending events.
Valley residents visit among neighbors with the Mayer and Powell families. Attendees include Rev Carl Klein and son visiting Kidd House. Lloyd Miller and Corinne Powell family events. Corinne hosts a kitchen shower for sister Mrs Lloyd Miller. Various locals attend gatherings and help with chores across Keota Cedar Falls Kelena and Kelena.
Residents celebrate a long-awaited rain spell in Valley Valley as skies opened with showers bringing relief to crops gardens and yards units report cooler temperatures and renewed hope for the coming weeks.
June 10 Flag Day celebration planned in Richland park. Rev and Mrs Hadley visited relatives in Oskaloosa. Paving on the square south side completed. Miss Mildred Hanna to spend summer at the lakes. Funeral of Mrs Chilcott in Fairfield Monday afternoon. Miss Anna Akers funeral noted. Aged citizen James Alison Jones dies at home. Newborn son Keith Burton to Willard and wife. Neville and Jones families attend Iowa City commencement. Fred Hyzer travels to Chicago and the East. Mrs Tresa Vatine visiting in Richland.
Social calls between neighbors fill the week with visits to the Koening, Teets, and Bensons homes. Alumni banquet attendees Maere Stranskey and Allie Maas spent the night in Kalona after a Tuesday gathering. A wind-driven storm uprooted branches as two inches of rain fell, with Cedar Rapids summer school plans mentioned for Allie Maas.
Cleveland report notes Ralph R. Beaver Strassberger, Pennsylvania delegate at large, favors submitting a light wines and beer plank to the resolutions committee and possibly the convention. He asserts the party must rigidly enforce the law while supporting a liberal interpretation of the Volstead Act to permit lawful sale of light wines and beer.
New York June 10 Harry Wills ne cro heavy weight failed to drop Bartley Madden Irish pugilist in 15 rounds. Wills won the judges decision but Madden endured a furious assault and stood up under Wills bombardment in a display praised as one of the Metropolitan rings most courageous battles.
A noted Clarendon proverb asserts that a feast's cheer comes from guests not the meat. It highlights hospitality as the key to a festive gathering.
A travel diary describes northern Mexico as vast cactus deserts with scarce water and primitive towns. Monterrey and Saltillo are noted for elevation, climate, and views, while Mexico City promises high altitude weather and Spanish style architecture. The author observes poverty, optimism around Obregon, and cautions about road conditions and local commerce on the journey.
New York light heavyweight champion Gene Tunney and European title holder Erminio Spalla signed for a 12 round bout set for June 26 in this city.
William Jennings Bryan opened the Worlds Christian Fundamentals Association sixth annual convention in Minneapolis with a call for Christians to derive guidance from an indestructible Bible. He urged renewed scriptural knowledge to answer modernist critiques, defended the virgin birth, and argued Christ quoted scripture because it was true, insisting the Bible remains the source for statute law.
Marietta reports criticizing leadership in a commencement address by Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes. Bluefield records nine deaths and extensive flood damage in mountain regions. Washington issues regulations to enforce parts of a rum treaty with Great Britain. New York Prohibition officers prepare to bar a dry welcome for Democratic National Convention visitors. Tokio notes Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore expresses sympathy with Japan over India’s nationals being barred from America.
An advertising feature touts Kellogg's Bran as a cure for constipation that dulls children and harms studies. It claims all bran is 100 percent effective, guarantees results, and offers a refund if it fails. The piece urges regular use with meals, describes preparation and taste, and notes Kellogg's Bran is made in Battle Creek and sold by grocers.
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