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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1922
Page
7
Correspondents report a week of visits with Rev Burnham's friends. Residents travel to Dallas Ames and Washington. Rubio hosts dances and weddings alongside harvest tasks and school plans. Local families attend church, picnics, and a garden fence project. A car wreck, a standards convention, and a high school teaching assignment are noted with several residents traveling to nearby towns.
M Arthur Peterson and family from Washington visited Ainsworth with Mrs. J. Peterson. W. C. White moved to Low City with household goods. A baby boy reported at the Albert Smit home in Iowa City. Rev. Riddington plans to occupy the W. Co. White house. Children’s Day observed at United Presbyterian Church with a good program. Local rain last night refreshed crops. Equitable Life agents did business with local agent Riley and Baker. Prof. G. Robertson and family left for a Pennsylvania visit by auto.
Rev. Wood of Sharon Evangelics church was severely burned after contact with a live wire. A car accident north of town involved four youths. Emily Kaufman drove and the vehicle rolled, injuring her and causing a severe head wound requiring eight stitches.
June 14 notes show Mr and Mrs Clarence Neff with family in Wayland Saturday. A Carlson family from Mr Pleasant visited Fred Cold home Saturday. Alice McKune spent Sunday with Miss Edwards. John Whesser and family shopped in Washington Saturday. Claude Carpenter visited R Dold home Sunday. Bell team played Ollie last Sunday. Cyril Henry of Brighton visited the Gleede Dold home. Lester Stone and Mrs Stone of Washington visited Mr Arab and Miss Martha Edwards.
Brighton June 13 report outlines Cresco Woodworth family visiting at Mrs Ray Speilman’s home en route to Kansas City. Ottumwa visits include Cleve Dayton and Miss Thelma Dayton returning home with Sr Kanoppe. Notes on Anson Brinton repainting his home and Misses Belle Brinton Nyle Donovan home for summer. Dr H L Gordon family to Excelsior Springs Missouri for a couple weeks. Weidner injury updates and highway route discussion. Local church program success with Minear Mt Pleasant speaker and Children’s Day program.
Fire underwriters data push cities to require fire resistant roofing. Indianapolis reported 1400 wooden shingle roof fires in one year, prompting ordinances to ban wooden roofs in favor of asphalt or improved shingles. Wabash and other cities follow with similar moves to curb roof fires and extend roof longevity.
The program lists multiple readings songs and recitations led by students including Leona Davison Mary Maxine Tracy Ruth Robison and Mildred Robison with acts like A Puzzler and Tit For Tat. Guests Mrs Don Panis and Mrs Mabel Phillips hosted a Monday gathering with local attendees and travelers from Oskaloosa.
A collection of testimonials from women across New Jersey and Mississippi praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for easing pregnancy related nervousness headaches and weakness. They report improved health during and after pregnancy and urge use for future mothers.
Jeannette Wooley returns to Des Moines for six weeks of summer school at Drake University. Mrs W W Twinam travels to Chicago for North Western graduation exercises with daughter Veda. Harold Graham visiting Des Moines. Mrs Graham visiting Illinois relatives. Mr and Mrs W G Robertson and children travel to Pennsylvania to visit relatives. Mrs Hull accompanies to Mason City. Mrs Walter Orris returns home to Colorado Springs after stay with relatives.
The Gray Dawn depicts a crime ridden city where Vigilantes seize justice. Murder and fear give way to swift retribution as lawbreakers vanish and order returns in early California days. Fox Theatre screens the romance and intrigue Thursday and Friday with matinee and night showings.
A dog narrator reflects on why his owner walks, revealing the canine habit of biting the heel and pulling the paw while the human pretends to travel somewhere. The amused voice humorously exposes the predictable pattern of a daily stroll.
G A Ellis county agent notes state law provides 3000 yearly for farm bureau in Cherokee county but the bureau has rarely asked for it. He argues tax relief schemes may mislead and that farm bureau costs are tiny relative to total taxes. He cites that only Zie per cent of tax dollars fund farm bureau, and shows assessed values may be far below actual worth.
A Chicago bookstore clerk was knocked over when a war millionaire demanded “everything that fellow Shakespeare has written and anything he may write in the future.” The incident highlights the magnate’s sweeping claim on literary works and rights.
A quoted transcript notes that certain persons seek girls with perfect backs while others seek girls with grenbacks, reflecting a controversial ambiguous preference discussed in the piece. It appears as sensational or satirical commentary with no clear event or outcome.
The climbing fish can live out of water for several days while breathing air. It returns to water and uses its gills, earning it the description of a true amphibian.
Report notes the British Museum houses about 16,000 copies of the Bible in its vast collection. The figure highlights the institution’s extensive religious text holdings and archival breadth.
A New York Herald note about a cat named Pussiellow Tin known for bringing birds, highlighting curious feline behavior and local interest in animal stories from the era.
Zedekiah rises under Babylonian rule then rebels against Nebuchadnezzar. The siege of Jerusalem lasts about eighteen months starting in the ninth year of Zedekiah, with Nebuchadnezzar directing forts and famine. Zedekiah is captured at Riblah and blinded. Jerusalem’s temple and walls are burned and dismantled. remaining inhabitants are taken to Babylon under Gedaliah at Mizpah.
A biblical verse appeals to wrongdoing not to steal again but to labor with hands and to give to those in need, urging moral reform and charitable action. The quotation stresses virtuous work and generosity as remedy for theft.
A devotional line from Nehemiah 13 22 urges remembrance and mercy through God s greatness. This compact quotation centers on supplication and divine compassion.
A biblical verse from Isaiah 48 22 warns that there is no peace for the wicked as a solemn spiritual reminder echoed in religious discourse.
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