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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1922

Page

6

One Solid Year of Achievement Congress Is Industrious

Rep. Simeon D. Fess reports a year of Republican reforms since March 4 1921. He highlights Budget Bureau creation, tax relief, veterans consolidation, agricultural rehab, highway funding, maternity legislation and foreign debt funding as proving a return to economy and recovery amid Democratic opposition.

United States America Republican Congress Wilson Budget Bureau Veterans Bureau Amera Congress Republican Party United States Congress Executive Departments Als Solid Democratic Party

It Pays to Advertise in The Steady Advertiser

The daily trip to the bank is highlighted as the advertiser’s routine. He is loaded with the Day’s final and takes pride in the profitability of advertising, noting the mutual dependence of The Pauper and The Paper.

Few Good Cooks Under Thirty

Ude recalls Regency era cooks at Crockford's in London and service to Louis XV, Lord Sefton, and the duke of York. He argues true culinary excellence requires more than youth while noting a non English cook and a guest adding pepper ruined a meal. The piece reflects on whether England produces great cooks before thirty.

Ude Crockford London Louis Viv Lord Sefton Duke of York Windey England

Acres of Peonies On an Iowa Farm

Lehigh Iowa June 17 Hundreds of automobile parties visited the George Davis farm northeast of town to view thousands of peonies in bloom. The couple, former Nebraskans, transformed a former stock farm into an acre sized flower bed with bulbs running into thousands. Mrs. Davis gives away thousands of blooms while selling many more daily, with an Omaha order for 10000 peonies last week. The pair value beauty over profit as visitors tour the grounds with pride.

Mra Clement Griffith Wellston Seiberts Erdie Hotle Paul Harvey Preston Hoover Porter Griffith Hoover Mrs. Seiberts Edison Lehigh George Davis Mrs. Davis Nebraska Davis Farm

Early cricket mentions and monkish ball game image

The first known cricket reference appears in 1498 by John Derrick noting that he and companions ran and played cricket. An earlier Bodleian picture depicts a monk bowling to another monk about to strike, dated roughly two centuries earlier.

John Derrick Fellowes Runne and Phay Bodleian Oxford

Vacation Bible School Extends Two Weeks At Junior High

A daily vacation Bible school continues at the Junior High building for two more weeks. Open to children four to fourteen, it runs daily except Saturdays and Sundays with engaging teachers. Boys build bird houses and other crafts while girls weave dolls, raffia projects, and doll furniture. Parents are urged to attend and see the work, as this movement gains traction nationwide.

Washington Schop

Notice of Proof of Will in Washington County Iowa

An instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Absalom Anderson is filed in district court No 5170 March Term 1922 Washington County Iowa. The hearing to prove the will is fixed for Monday June 26 1922 at 10 oclock A M by order of Judge Charles A Dewey dated June 17 1922.

Washington County Washington West Chester Alice Reid Patton Raymond P. Joseph Thomas Patton Morning Sun Joseph Last Ear Hopkinton Iowa Absalom Anderson Chas. A. Dewey Sixth Judicial District of

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