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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1921
Page
2
Chicago market update shows hogs estimated receipts 20 000 with holdovers 3 701 and cattle 8 000 while beef and lamb values edge higher. Quotes for heavy and light weights adjust with steers, cows, veal calves, and sheep listed in ranges, marked by price advances across categories. Official yesterday receipts and shipments provided. futures and cash prices noted for wheat corn oats and livestock.
Edison Mienecke heads to Madison to enter the university. Willa Gibson returns home from Chicago for summer vacation. George Brinton family welcomes a new granddaughter through their son-in-law Arthur Rankin in Garner Iowa. Carol Jones visits Aunt Duncan in Ainsworth. Olva Haney returns to Des Moines after visiting family. James Crawford visits friends in Ainsworth. Big Ben clock ad promotes waking accuracy. Stephen jeweler notes Karl Jackson and daughter Marie visiting Sioux City.
Mr and Mrs Frank B Appleby report a pleasant three thousand mile trip through the east with good time no car trouble and little bad weather They visited Boston New York Buffalo Cleveland and other eastern points Miss Clara Lou Largworthy who has been visiting Mia J A Harwood returned to Davenport and will go on to New York City soon to spend the rest of the summer with relatives.
In Cedar Rapids on June 21, Charles H. Silver a local fur dealer faced bankruptcy hearings when John F. Miller of Maquoketa admitted the $4,000 loan and 30,000 pounds of hides were part of a fraud to dodge creditors. Miller later called the claim a frame up and Silver and his wife were bound over to the grand jury on $500 bonds after perjury charges were filed.
Joseph Russell, about 30, died at Burlington hospital from lockjaw caused by infection after wisdom tooth extraction a week earlier. An attempted operation to remove an apparent abscess failed. Russell, a wartime veteran and American Legion member, leaves wife Myrtle and two sisters, with services expected in Oakville.
The former German submarine Deutschland, which in 1916 slipped into Baltimore harbor after eluding British and French patrols near Virginia capes, was sunk by gunfire in target practice off Cherbourg, France, on June 21.
Towar oats, developed by L. C. Burnett at Iowa State College, will enter market with pure bred certification this fall. The Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association and the college extension department will inspect 17 counties for seed certification to prevent mislabeling and ensure quality grain.
D R Munro notes heavy rain risks soil baking if not cultivated on time. Egg records show 61 dozen eggs from 36 hens in four weeks before setting. Local residents mention ice costs, health notes, pony contest winner Glen Watson, and stock shipments. Questions on yearly pricing and tax payments wrap the look at community life.
Charles Laird and family from Des Moines visit H G Crawford home while Frank Simmons and Jake Martin spend Sunday with Dr Spessard. Visitors include Mrs John Dea and daughter Mary Olive Springfield Ti, Miss Margaret Dea Lincoln Tl, Vernon Coffman Washington DC, and Mrs Wm Hamill Allerton Ir. Funeral for Howard Kieper attended by relatives. Alneworth Cornet Band to hold concerts starting June 28, keeping town lively.
June 20 Clay township notes report the first meet ing of the Clay township picnic association at Mrs Sadie Savage home. Several local visits and family illnesses are listed including Mrs A J Morgan hopes for improvement and visits by Miss Mabel Coffin Emmy and Gwen dolyn Lemley from Richland to Vera Woodford and others to Roy Robison home.
Havre on June 20 reports Mr and Mrs Ellis Keller of Marshalltown and Mr and Mrs Donald Tucker near Verdi visiting Will Stafford and Will Easter families. Edgar Meyers fed wheat oats and hay harvest plans with Joe Klopfenstein. Local figures Edith McBride and Wil Miller family hosted visitors. A B Carr shipped two carloads of fay cattle to Chicago.
Mrs. Fred Berger Wesley Mey ers and family Walter Gardner and family attended Children s day exercises at Grace Hill Sunday even Mr and Mrs Ben Miller attended services at the Christian church in Washington Sunday evening.
The Valley community reports a large turnout for the Sunday evening Children’s Day program at the church on June 12. Delpha Black visited the Will Robertson home. The ice cream social drew many attendees and the Ladies Aid collected a neat sum. Grays haul wood to Keota by truck. Walter Mayer and son visited the Breitenbach home. Otto Lily and Clark Pfeifer spent Sunday at home. A two year old colt broke its leg and was killed. Heavy rain Friday night and Saturday morning flooded creeks and the river.
Mrs. Alex Yessy visits Dubuque with daughter Eva Yer gy ahead of Mt. Carmel summer school. Sebastian Bouquet rests at Mt. Olivet after funeral at St. Marys with Holy Name Society attendance. Local families attend, visit Cedar Rapids and Des Moines, and a new baby born to Joseph Yeery. Mr. and Mrs. A D Craig relocate to Salem Oregon after health improvements.
A brief reflection on simplicity as essential in art and the clarity of expression, paired with a nod to the enduring light of letters and the idea that simple form reveals deeper meaning.
Des Moines reports the Beeman bill sets campaign spending caps at half the job’s salary. For a congressman seat paying $7,500 yearly the limit is $3,750. The July 19 election follows a July 4 law effectiveness, affecting candidates in the Fifth district after campaign start June 15.
George E. Schilling, Iowa State College wrestler and senior veterinary student, died six weeks ago. His mother, Mrs. A. C. Kraft of St Louis, received his graduation diploma sent by college president R. A. Pearson. Schilling was a top student and athlete, twice wrestling for ISU, and a varsity blanket with his letter was later sent to his parents by the athletic council.
In Osage a 22 year old man Albert Graber Wilson drowned while swimming in a pond near Osage as cramps pulled him under. Three non swimmers failed to help and Wilson’s father James Wilson is a local wealthy farmer. In Boone a 19 year old Theodore Polland drowned in the Des Moines river at Nic O Let Park while swimming. Polland was a Boone High School graduate this year.
Floyd M. Sheets serving a life sentence files an appeal with a petition of about twenty thousand words. The case centers on his Davenport jurisdiction and involves Governor Kendall. Local coverage notes procedural steps and expected court review.
A prisoner in the Fort Madison state penitentiary, linked to the 1913 murder of Ernest Dallidorf in Davenport, appeals Governor Kendall for a pardon. A 20000 word petition, believed to be by the ex-bandit, demands arrest and trial for several Davenport newspapers and Judge William Theophilus, who sentenced Sheets and others after the Jan 30 1913 grocery store robbery.
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