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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1919
Page
3
The MekKee grammar school will award history prizes tomorrow at 9 45 AM by the local D A R chapter committee. Pupils usually submit essays for competition but awards this year will be based on grades from regular history work due to the influenza epidemic. Two prizes of four dollars go to the winners in the seventh and eighth grades.
A trace of the burglary route shows four Ainsworth business break ins Monday night. Watches sold at a Rock Island pawn shop matched the Sands store theft. Deputies notified, suspects identified, and key goods recovered in Rock Island. Other stolen items remain missing and disposal unknown. The burglars traveled by automobile.
The 168th Infantry band gave a wartime themed Victory Concert in Des Moines, touring after serving overseas to boost morale. Sergeant Morgans led the band with poise as Ralph C. Kinsinger shared front-line anecdotes and the regimental quartet impressed with jazz tones and military marches.
Keith Swisher twelve year old son of Mr and Mrs O M Swisher is nursing a pair of sprained arms from a fall at the ball park Tuesday evening. He and other youngsters attended a grammar school field meet but were not competitors. Keith borrowed a fourteen foot vaulting pole from the bleachers and fell when he vaulted to the ground. The injuries are not as serious as rumored and Keith says no one is to blame.
Our wireless station, dismantled during the war, is again in operation. Come in and set your watch by the time which is absolutely accurate. W. H. Stephen, North Side Jewelry and Music Store 1016.
A. Anderson of Louisa county visited his farm and found rye in a field growing over six feet tall. A specimen measured six feet and a half inches, clear of the roots. He notes the rye stands well and tall speimens were observed in the field.
Ottumwa hosts the 168th Infantry band in a grand concert at the Grand theater this afternoon and evening. The event is part of a statewide Iowa tour aimed at praising the regiment and providing high quality music to local patrons.
Editorials urge Des Moines residents to attend a rare 168th Infantry Band concert at the Coliseum as the Rainbow division unit embarks on a state tour. Ottumwa and other towns are invited to show support for the patriotic performance and wave a hearty send off to the homecoming musicians.
Mrs. Mary McConnell of Superior Nebr visits Deans then heads to Ainsworth to see her sister. Mrs. Lem Cherry travels to Oakville to see her son Robert on his farm. Mrs. Hazel and Mrs. Custer visit Muscatine relatives. Miss Melinsky returns home after visiting Katheryn Melinsky. Hazel Stewart attends Monmouth College commencement events in Monmouth Illinois. Linear notes also mention limeade promotion at Deans and several travel and family visits among local residents during the day.
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