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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1922
Page
5
Wellman Advance reports local businessmen spent Tuesday afternoon directing sign routes up to thirty miles away. Columbus Safeguard notes J A Jones and Cloyce Daugherty visiting from Washington with Jones taking a rest from the clothing trade after nineteen years in the Daugherty Bros. store.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Robertson and two children Margaret and Henry left Monday for Pennsylvania to visit Robertson's mother and relatives. Mrs. Margaret Hull accompanied them to Mason City Iowa to visit her sister Mise Van Horn.
Herman Schnoebelen returning from Boston University for the summer places copies of his song Nile on sale at Wilkinson's drug store. The dance number has already met instant favor in the east and is expected to be popular locally.
Edwin Willcockson confirms he will not leave Keota. He enters a partnership with his father Judge K B Willcockson who will have offices at Sigourney while Edwin represents the Keota partnership. The move is welcomed by locals who value his presence.
Roy Miller of the Riverside Leader was wounded by a needle in his foot Tuesday morning. Dr. Wilson took him to Katona for X rays and later to Washington where the needle was removed. The injury caused a deep wound and will lay him off duty for four time.
Brighton remains hopeful for a fire department as several members signaled willingness to cooperate and meet rating bureau standards. Outsiders often join fires, hindering regular firefighters from taking proper control.
The note reports 400 country papers quit since the war, laments rising printing costs, and explains a plan to send statements to delinquent subscribers to secure needed funds. It warns there is no pot of gold for the country newspaper man today.
Judge K E Willcockson plans to open a law office in Sigourney on September first in the rooms formerly used by Hamilton and Updegraff. His improved health should allow him to attend to cases. His son Edwin will not join him in Sigourney, remaining in Keota.
Riverside residents and members of the Riverside community club urged improvements after a meeting with Iowa Electric Co officials about unsatisfactory light and power service. In contrast, Wellman residents reported no outages from Iowa Electric Co in Washington.
The Wellman Community Club will lead a 60 piece boys band on a daylong tour visiting Kalona Riverside Parnell North English South English Kinross Keota West Chester and Washington. Depart from Park hotel at 8 00 am with lunch stop in Wellman and a 7 30 assembly time. Washington supper to close the trip.
Paris reports the Ferrari de la Rtenotiere collection has earned 7 022 0he francs after a 17 percent tax, with 1 280 530 francs in receipts over the last three days. The second installment closed and over half the stamps remain unsold, with the third lot likely to be disposed of next November. American dealers secured many buys. most top pieces are destined for the United States.
New York dispatch reports national Democratic leaders fear William J. Conners of Buffalo and Hearst supporters will secure a majority of delegates at the state convention. If Hearst wins the governorship he could become a significant factor in the 1924 presidential nomination race.
Louisville banks, facing counterfeit one hundred dollar notes in circulation, require customers to endorse such bills for identification. Federal District Attorney W V Gregory informed banks the rule is illegal, warning that universal endorsement could cast suspicion on all paper money.
Press advices from Shanghai dated June 19 say Canton is under heavy shelling by forces linked to Dr Sun Yat Sen. Casualties are heavy and refugees are fleeing to Hong Kong seeking safety.
Winston county probate judge John S. Curtis was found guilty of corruption in office and removed from his post by the Alabama Supreme Court. The unanimous ruling cites wilful neglect of duty and corruption in office as the charges, with Curtis convicted on the main count of corruption in office.
In a humorous note from Mr. Eugene Corri a prize fight in America ended amid laughter. A contestant’s father had told him to cable the result and the message read Won easily Seventy five rounds.
United States Senator A O Stanley of Kentucky told the New Jersey Bir association convention that proclaiming independence was crushed by Volstead law advocates. He condemned centralized federal power as a threat to the Constitution and urged preserving citizen sovereignty.
Five members of the Carson family from Onward and Peru Indiana were instantly killed when their car was struck by Pennsylvania Railways train No 216 at a Royal Center crossing. The crash occurred as the auto stalled on a signaling bell guarded crossing, with the train not stopping between Chicago and Legatesport.
Rev. Frederick F.E. Taylor of the First Baptist Church in Indianapolis, a progressive on fundamentalist issues, was elected president of the Baptist Northern Convention for the coming year. The convention will meet next year in Washington with a church membership of about 1,500,000 represented.
New York June 19 Mrs Rebecca Senst seventy was pronounced dead and placed in a coffin with ice so the body could lie over the Jewish Sabbath but she suddenly revived and is rapidly recovering from a stroke of apoplexy doctors say.
Lieut Robert KE O Hanley of the Seventh photographic section and Sergt Arthur Heyme of Camp Henry Knox Ky were burned to death when their De Haviland aircraft crashed near a crowd during a benefit circus exhibition in Louisville. The plane reportedly banked sharply at about 300 feet, slid, and fell, with both men trapped in wreckage as flames broke out.
Washington reports continued delay by allied European governments in starting debt refunding negotiations with the United States. Officials express unease while maintaining diplomatic silence. Two debtor governments have submitted financial statements but none has sent a commission to Washington to confer with the American commission handling the refunding of the 11 billion dollar obligation.
Washington reports leprosy is increasing with about 1200 cases at large across the states. The U S Public Health Service released the survey to Congress urging more isolation facilities for affected individuals.
Leonard Paulu Grinnell College athlete and war veteran, wounded in France, will compete for the last time for his college in Chicago. Paulu, Phi Beta Kappa scholar and track star, set conference marks with 9.4 and 21.3 in prelims, and later ran 9.9 and 21.4 to lower collegiate records at the national meet.
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer remark notes the abundance of jay walkers and jay drivers leaving little room for criticism of either side. It highlights mutual disregard on streets with few free moments for safe behavior.
A vivid cabaret sequence in William Fox’s The Broadway Peacock cost a fortune yet runs under five minutes. Directed by Charles J. Prabin the Fox studio in New York became a fairyland with jazz orchestra on site. Pearl White receives praise for her entertaining presence as dancers wore brilliant gowns at the Fox plant restaurant. The Broadway Peacock heads to the Fox Theater on Wednesday.
G P LeHew of Cedar Rapids says his wife improved after taking Tanlac for two years of stomach pain, loss of appetite, back pains, and dizziness. He reports she is now lively and pain free, and credits Tanlac as a great medicine sold by druggists.
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