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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1921
Page
7
Braden reports hog shipments and local visits as residents discuss farming, travel from Noble to Tracey Iowa, and family gatherings. Maple Grove highlights quilting at J A Spenner farm, Iowa City visitors, country life scenes, and weather notes amid haying, corn plowing, and family announcements.
iN Wellston July 23 P J Hoover went to Brighton on business. Mr and Mrs Clem Griffith are happy parents of a new boy born Wednesday June 22. Hy Brinning of Washington repairs fence for H W Luera of West Chester. Mark Churchill expects a car load of cattle from Kansas City today. Wellston shipping association plans to ship a car of sheep and one of hogs later this week. Big community event planned for July 4 with races contests basket dinner ball game and music all day. W S C meet July 7 at Mrs Jesse Harvey’s home Charley Stattler and Geo Augustine visited C H Hrinnings Sunday.
Heavy Friday night rainfall sent Richland creek Honey creek and Dutch creek to record highs, damaging nearby crops and leaving corn knee high before floodwaters receded. Local residents Earl Morgan and To Bias Luithly report about 600 chicks each thriving despite the floods.
John A. Grimes, 81, recalls a stage coach robbery between Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield, where he and the 11 passengers faced masked bandits. A marshal and posse later hunted the culprits, two of whom were found and hanged near Cedar Creek.
D C Lively, an American businessman in Japan, negotiates with the Japanese government to sell 322000 tons of ammunition owned by the Far Eastern republic. The stock lies under Japanese guard in Vladivostok and stems from czarist purchases, largely moved there in 1915.
A North China Standard humorous line features a child pleading not to be called a limb in front of guests, replying with a playful sheepish remark about the term. It captures domestic wit and light family banter reported in the paper.
A downtown Waterloo warehouse fire caused several thousand dollars in damage. The two story brick structure on the alley behind Palace Clothing, owned by W. C. Kohl and used by Cole Sweetman Electric, stored washing machines and motors. Fire blocked streetcar and auto traffic for about half an hour as city equipment fought the blaze.
Unscrupulous bootleggers allegedly caused Har a Hall a bachelor farmer in Malvern to be committed to Clarinda asylum for insanity. He twice tried to cut his throat, first during a temporary insanity episode years ago, then after resuming farming. The second relapse followed his consumption of Wad whisky induced by bootleggers. The Evening Journal reports this case.
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