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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1923
Page
2
Chicago reports estimated receipts hogs 37 660 cattle 3 167 sheep 16 420 calves 1 114. shipments hogs 6 855 cattle 1 443 sheep 1 059 calves 39. Markets show higher beef demand with better des beef steers yearlings and feeders up to 25. lower fat cows and canners off 50-75. Open grain prices show Sept wheat 1.04. corn 0.?. oats 0.37.
American Legion notes outline a Tall Gorn Special train carrying about 2,000 Iowa men to the national convention in October. Council Bluffs named port of embarkation with routes chosen by regionaires. The train departs Oct 10 from Council Bluffs via Rock Island to Colorado Springs, Denver, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco, with Alvin Owsley and Dr. Kate Weller Barrett touring Iowa.
A witty tale of Gertrude Kendrick and Ernest Marsden whose engagement dissolves amid clever manipulation by Aunt Cynthia. Each suitor believes the other loves someone else, triggering a web of mistaken loyalties and staged pairings. A year later in Algiers the couple confronts the irony of matched destinies. Arthur Greene and Gertrude reunite as the truth surfaces.
Commander Owsley addresses Sioux City legionnaires today then Cedar Rapids tomorrow. President Barrett speaks in Sioux City Cedar Rapids and Omaha with Council Bluffs on Tuesday. Auxiliary officers predict 200000 members by end of 1928 as rolls rise about 12000 this year. Six departments exceed 1922 totals. An Iowa Legionaire survey finds most veterans use bonus checks wisely with funds going to banks debts homes or other worthwhile purposes. only one man is said to waste money.
The Frank Lewis Glick post of Marshalltown has incorporated to erect a $50,000 home with about $12,600 already available from Red Cross funds. The remainder will be raised by selling stock to members at $1 per share. Four new posts have organized at Klemme Olds Fenton and Woden, bringing the total in the state to 628.
The article states Demosthenes was born in Athens around July 385 B C making him a leading ancient orator. No other dates or places are provided.
The article notes two varieties of spiders found in the Hritieh Isles. It outlines distinctions between the species and hints at their habitats and behaviors. No further details are provided in the readable text.
A sharp critique notes that maintaining a political machine is among its hardest tasks. The quote highlights the ongoing burden of sustaining power and influence.
The American Red Cross aided refugees in Seres and Greece after Smyrna's burning, feeding 500 000 refugees with milk for babies and bread beans rice and cornmeal for families. It notes relief reached thousands, easing the crisis as summer approached and Greece prepared to reestablish self reliance.
In a moonlit terrace scene Gertrude and Ernest confide their suspicions and regrets after breaking their engagement. Arthur and Gertrude’s voyage, Algiers reunion, and a quiet wedding at St George's Hanover Square seal a prosaic plot into a charming, widely enjoyed romance.
A 1704 Moravian palace story credits Prokop Dilwiseh, a poor monk of Seuttenberg, with mounting the first lightning rod. The device featured a pole with an iron rod and twelve curved branches ending in metal boxes, protected by a wooden enclosure.
Report describes a claimed lightning rod by inventor Dilwisch being blamed for drought. Wires connected to earth via a large chain. Local peasants pressured authorities under the pretext the rod caused the weather, leading to the inventor's arrest.
A Michigan lumberman presents a test to a young Celt seeking work. Asked if he can raft and boom logs, the applicant confidently replies yes. The lumberman directs him to boom logs marked by him above a railroad bridge gap, and the Celt, with a sly grin, asks if logs are boomed with a shovel as in “the outch country.”
A vivid reflection on a winter landscape where frost makes trees and grasses appear white and delicate. The author praises the scene as “lovely beyond any winter place” with a refined, subtle icy beauty that preserves each twig and fiber in perfect form.
Bookplates began in Germany in the sixteenth century. Albert Durer designed some in 1524. Cardinal Wolsey, in 1925, owned notable English examples of quaint and charming designs.
A note on Hymen, variant Hiymen in classical myth, identified as the god of marriage with the original meaning of the term described as a marriage song.
London Pit Bits notes that the first saxophone was built in 1846. It adds a caution about the lasting harm caused by evil deeds and their memory.
An invocation is a literary device where a poet addresses a higher power or muse at the start of a work seeking aid or guidance. It frames tone and purpose, signaling reverence and creative intent.
Notice for regular county teachers examinations to be held at the Court House in Washington Iowa from June 27 to June 29 1928. Schedule lists subject blocks by date and session including Didactics Orthography Reading Geography History Domestic Science Arithmetic Physiology Agriculture Music Grammar Penmanship Civics Physics andEconomers. Clara M Wallace County Superintendent.
The American Red Cross mobilized for Greece and Macedonia refugees, feeding half a million and opening hospitals. Blankets, clothing, vaccines, and infant care reduced disease and death, with relief to end June 30 as Greece recovers and harvests begin.
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