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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1921
Page
3
Mayor A N Alberson ordered the city marshal to notify promoters that a license fee will be required for dances. The plan includes municipal licenses and a matron or chaperon at each dance to ensure proper conduct, with promoters willing to cooperate for a cleaner, better regulated scene.
Miss Gladys Cox comes home to West Chester this morning after visiting her sister Mrs. Joe Baughman.
Fairfield youth Glenn Hoskinson is in county jail on charges of breaking and entering at night. He faces a penitentiary term if convicted after a preliminary hearing before Squire Kyle and was bound over to the grand jury at the September term with bond set at $2,500, not yet furnished.
Washington Ad club heard about business life forty years ago from R. F. Cook and J. A. Y. Ashby. They described early practices, one price policy, early store hours, and lamp cleaning while recalling Richmond and Keola days and the Golden Eagle venture. The meeting followed a Rotary dinner at the Commercial club with Mrs. John Dodd as caterer.
Mrs. Oner S. Dow president of the Des Moines Branch and Miss Elise Willie of Muscatine will visit Washington next Monday evening to confer with local Women s Foreign Missionary Society members. They prepare for the branch convention to be held here this fall.
It was arranged today for Washington bankers and barbers to settle their differences on the baseball field this evening at 5 30 instead of tomorrow evening as originally planned.
The Rotary Club plans a June 1 event featuring famed entertainer Jimmie Herron, known for the Spirit of Rotary act. After a 6:30 dinner at the Commercial Club, attendees will move to the high school auditorium for the show with free admission and an invitation to all, following Herron’s recent district convention appearance in Dubuque.
Judge C. A. Dewey will hold a postponed district court session next Saturday and hopes to adjourn for the March term. A number of matters are scheduled for hearing during the session.
An old time ad for Reister and Sons Keota Iowa promoting sale of chickens eggs and cream. The copy touts buying locally with playful rhymes and a push to contact Reister for arrangements. No specific dates or prices provided.
Eugene McDonald and his companion Newhouse were arrested on bootlegging charges last week. McDonald appeared before Justice D. C. Kyle yesterday and was bound over to the grand jury under a $500 bond. Newhouse posted a similar bond and was released.
Mrs. Shaila of north town suffered a serious hedge thorn injury at her brother Freda Coakley’s East Second Street home. Blood poisoning developed and her condition worsened, prompting Mayor A N Albertson to close the East Second block to traffic today due to the critical state.
Mayor A N Alberson recently elected grand master of the Blue Lodge Munsong of Iowa receives many requests to attend special Masonic gatherings statewide. He must decline most invitations or deputize others to visit ahead of him, and he is in particular demand at dedications of new Masonic temples.
Claude Leister, chairman of the Rand committee, announced today that about half the funds needed to finance the band this season have been received. Unpaid contributors are urged to send in checks now. a published list of contributors and amounts will appear July 1. After publication, committees will personally urge remaining donors to meet the required total.
T. BE. Maplethorpe of Wellman was cut on the hand and knee after walking through a large plate glass window at the Falk garage on North Iowa avenue. Falk’s doorway now has glass broken on both sides and two weeks ago Deeney Stephens of Ainsworth walked through other windows before replacement.
Friends of Miss Viola Auten report the success of the orchestra she directs for the Travers Newton chautauqua. The soloist university girls perform charming programs as Dr. Wirt Lowther of Chicago lectures on The Art of Seeing Things. This week the group tours North Dakota near the Canadian line.
A. Hunter, brains concussion from a blow by Marty Hantley Monday evening, shows some improvement today though remains in fragile condition. Friends wish for further recovery as effects of the blow linger and hinder full restoration.
Regular June examinations for teachers are being conducted at the courthouse today. Miss Kathryn Montgomery county superintendent directs the tests as county teachers work to secure higher grade certificates.
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