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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1922
Page
8
Dean's cafe offers a daily menu featuring hot and cold lunch options. Patrons can choose hearty soups, sandwiches, and fresh salads as the midday crowd returns to the dining room.
A long list of residents and visitors. Grace Stone of Ainsworth spends the day in Washington while Ruth Wolfe Davenport nurse visits. John Sullivan Burlington returns from Ainsworth on business. many locals travel to Des Moines Burlington and Chicago for visits, shopping, or weddings. Dean's serves meals and Lincoln cleaners advertise services.
Edith Boileau visited Mrs. Clarence Johnson in West Chester last evening. Mrs. M. I. Orris of Ainsworth spent yesterday in Washington on business. H. J. Ward returned from St. Louis where he was on business. Mug naini's offers warm weather drinks on the north side. Mrs. J. J. Carter and her sons Kermit and Jack of Sapulpa Oklahoma are visiting Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Baumeister. Mrs. J. C. Clendenning came home from El Paso Jr. after visiting her aunt Mrs. Ann Simpson. Mrs. Cora Martin Bartlett arrived from Washington Pennsylvania for an extended visit with relatives in the city. Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Simons depart for Drakesville then Fairfield for a camping trip along the Des Moines river.
A Washington notes column lists several residents visiting or shopping away from town. Joe Pieper Kalona, W P Bowser Olds, John Goldner Keota, J F Allehack Iowa City, Fred Bauer West Chester, Francis Smith Trenton Mo, Mrs Frank Haney Muscatine, Mrs Martin Swift Muscatine, and the Crosby family visiting Alexie Illinois are mentioned with brief travel or visitation details.
An old newspaper snippet lists tire prices at Brown's Tire Shop 82 x 314 U S smooth tires $8.75 two for $17.00 and 33 x 4 U S smooth tires $12.75 two for $24.00. It mentions a Dean's pie shop offering homemade pie angel food and doughnuts. Mr and Mrs John Chadwick travel to Danville for a family reunion with Mrs James Chandler. Col S W Brockhart returns from Clinton after a large farmers meeting.
A collage of jokes and witticisms from newspapers and magazines. The snippets cover humor about heat deaths, vacuums, diplomats, stock quotes, poetry tariffs, and everyday misstatements, with exchanges involving a father and son, a mother and child, and public figures.
An item reflecting on enduring faith as a sturdy, weathering fold of conviction shaped by sharp experience, echoing Lewell’s maxim about coloring through adversity. The line contrasts faith’s resilience with external weathering and draws a moral about inner strength.
In Uruguay the divorcee can secure an absolute divorce with minimal fuss. The wife may merely say she is dissatisfied and the court grants the divorce without further trouble. Husbands face a harder path requiring court accusations and proof before verdict. Women keep their names and identity after marriage.
A group of Watersnake Moccasin Rattlesnake and Copperhead characters recall winter den sharing orders and the return of warmth. They compare knowledge of the South and North, discuss spring emergence and the broad world beyond their snug lairs.
In a birthday party exchange Tom argues that only boys may attend. His mother corrects him saying Mary is a girl even though she wears rompers like the boys.
The Sioux City Journal argues Europe must restore purchasing power through hard work and self denial. It faulted postwar tensions and urged citizens to stop blaming others and begin practical effort rather than waiting for a miracle.
The Detroit Free Press argues the arms conference cost 252000 and calls it the best cash investment since the Louisiana purchase while noting the Soviet government could be recognized only as a de facto entity, not as a legitimate state by the American people, per the Boston Transcript.
Pleasants County Leader reports that General Charles G. Dawes, budget director, has saved the government one billion dollars in a year by removing waste and forcing departments to operate on a business basis. The editorial urges Dawes to continue trimming until all “barnacles” are gone.
The Genoa conference will become The Hague conference. But a conference by any other name will probably accomplish about as much. Portland Express in Maine notes the futility of rebranding without real progress.
A Providence Journal item accuses Missouri Senator Reed of using circus methods in his campaign for renomination, noting the senator seems to have a pretty good show.
Fort Wayne News argues President Harding should issue an eight hour work order across departments, discharging ten thousand employees and saving twenty five million dollars annually, likening the government to a business that must cut waste or face higher taxes.
The Charleston Daily Mail argues the Genoa conference failed mainly due to Soviet presence rather than American absence, contrasting Soviet and American viewpoints on the outcome.
The Boston Transcript notes that the itinerary of Mr. Lloyd George in European conferences is nearly as extensive as that of a typical circus, implying a hectic travel schedule.
Wild Carrot or Bird's Nest or Queen Anne's Lace is a plant that often spreads over meadows and dusty roads. The American Forestry Magazine calls it a pest to farmers yet a delight to flower lovers and a welcome signal for fires, beetles, bees and wasps.
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