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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1919
Page
7
In Wash ington County brief notices cover personals births and deaths with concise items. Reports include engagements announcements and minor community updates reflecting local social life.
Maple Grove notes correct mis dating of Washington Dem ocrat history. discusses Elder buying office in 1960 and Washington Printing Co. becoming Evening Journal in 1895. Reflects on wealth and church attendance, land sales near Richmond road, farm ownership by descendants, hot weather work, rising real estate values, and fish prices versus cost of living in Muscatine and Maple Grove.
Walter Hotle traveled to Washington with W E Augustine visiting Wellston this morning. J S Mangold and Jim McCaleb fished yesterday afternoon. Augustine and wife visited West Chester yesterday. George Hotle and family drove to Washington and returned after a muddy evening. Women in the neighborhood canned strawberries and cherries all week. Dr Downing of Washington treated a sick horse for Will Augustine. Ed Swank and wife from Richland visited at the W K Augustine home last Sunday. Lee Craig and family visited J B McCaleb’s home last Sunday afternoon.
Local items report visits by Harry Beeson George Bishop and Mr Manney in Muscatine Cedar Rapids and Town City. A farm sale near Wellman sold for 205 per acre with 320 acres three miles NW. Several residents travel to Cedar Rapids Ames Williamsburg and North English. a runaway injures Ross Glant near Main Street while driving a fast mule and colt.
A column records injuries from a fall in a cherry tree and other mishaps and social visits. Names include Sanford Smith, Rev. Barker, Ora Adeline Ponhead, Clarence Wetrich, Carl Ruegesegger, Blanche Norris, and Mrs. Spear, with multiple trips to Ames, North English, Mt. Vernon, and Williamsburg and mentions of weather, rain, dust, and local outings.
June 23 report from Ainsworth notes Harry T. Cobb Cedar Rapids and Olive Shearer Columbus Junction visited the Wilcox home. Merle Chambers bought the drag business Saturday of Harry McConnell and took possession. Edna McConnell and Dorothy Sands led a Children’s Day program at United Presbyterian Church. George Townsend returned home from Camp Dodge with the 318th Engineers.
From their son Blake stating he had landed in the United States. Marry Rabeneld and wife of Letts visited the Rabeneld home Sunday. Mrs Wim Frye of Fairfield visited the Wilber Gardner home last week. Mr Frye came Saturday evening and both will return home Monday morning.
Blanche Yurka stars as Understanding the lead role in The Wayfarer pageant to be staged at the Methodist Centenary celebration in Columbus Ohio from June 20 to July 12. Henry Herbert will play the other leading part as nearly 1 000 costumed characters appear nightly at the Coliseum on the exposition grounds with the largest stage in America and a sealed chorus of 1 000 voices aiding the performance.
Sheriff R H McCarty reports a burglary suspect in Savanna Iowa tied to thefts from Ainsworth Mt Pleasant Maquoketa and LeClaire. A large seven passenger Oldsmobile held tools used in robberies. Williams a 26 year old held in Savanna will be tried in Davenport federal court. A second suspect fled after a gunfight with police.
A quoted maxim from Samuel Johnson asserts that every man possesses some quality deserving of merit when rightly applied, emphasizing intrinsic worth and potential value in all individuals.
The fragment suggests Stone may have heard something of value from two burglars, hinting at a potential payoff or information impact in the case.
HELEN NEWITT will be the soprano soloist in The Wayfarer, part of the Methodist Centenary celebration in Columbus Ohio from June 20 to July 13. Henry Herbert and Mme Blanche Yurka lead speaking parts. Viola Ellis is a contralto soloist. The pageant uses the Coliseum stage with 8 000 seats, 1 000 costumed characters, and a chorus of 1 000 trained voices.
National League results show Chicago defeating Brooklyn 8 to 4 and Cincinnati beating New York 4 to 3 with Pittsburgh 7 St. Louis 6. no other NL games. American League games list Detroit 5 Chicago 4 and New York 6 Poston 2 with St. Louis 3 Cleveland 0 and Philadelphia Washington incomplete.
Edward Jenner born in 1749 is celebrated for creating the smallpox vaccine. The first public vaccination occurred in 1706 and Jenner received significant grants from several cities as recognition of his discovery.
North Jutland's peat region spanning up to 28,000 acres draws attention for potential gravitation drainage. The peat deposits are estimated to contain about 23 million tons of coal equivalent, signaling a major energy prospect.
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