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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1923
Page
8
Mrs Ernest Wingler of Burlington visited her sister Mrs Lloyd Goodwin and friends yesterday before returning home last evening. Carl Sylvester of Iowa City returned home after spending the weekend with his friend Edward Wheelan.
Miss Hattie Fry of Noble is in town shopping today. Mrs I N Carr went to Corydon this morning to visit her sister.
Community notes list residents visiting relatives and traveling, including Mrs Rex Reece with her mother Mrs Simon Herr near Harper and Miss Nellie Loder with sister Mrs George Barr in Wayland. Also referenced are sales at Farmers Co-Op West Chester, a funeral in Abinedon for Comrade John Huehison, and various short updates about local residents and errands.
Names from John Atcheson Ray Roth Lloyd Griggs S Turkington and others appear in a Washington roundup of social visits. Beatrice Kied Maude McGuie Mrs J Newton Davis and Ralph Reece attend Lemuel Evans home. Notices include sale at Putnam’s and Ruth Palmer leaving for Washington for a government stenography post.
Cash prizes totaling 101 will be awarded alongside numerous special trophies at the pigeon fanciers show during this year’s state fair. A grand sweepstakes silver trophy goes to the best display of any variety, with six prizes offered by the Iowa Registered Mondaine Pigeon Booster clubs for top entries.
Des Moines reports a new state elevator code framed by a board named by Governor Kendall, expected to operate November 1. P J Clancy chair says framing is nearly done and a temporary draft will be reviewed at a hearing around August 1. The code mirrors Pennsylvania law.
Daughters of the American Revolution plan an annual pilgrimage near Dubuque to the monument where the flag was first unfurled in this area. Ceremonies will be held each year on Flag Day at Lieut. M. Pike’s monument. Pike raised the flag in Dubuque County on Sept. 1, 1806 at Julien Dubuque’s foot.
A reflective line notes friendship love and trust as sacred, urging secrecy and silence to reveal true understanding. The piece hints that intimate bonds are best shown in rare moments of perfect confidence, when words fall away.
A student describes paying his own way through college by setting aside part of each paycheck for a school fund and living on the remainder. The message urges readers to adopt the same discipline to secure education or other goals by starting a savings account today.
In San Francisco the American Medical Association opened its section meetings with notable talks. Mayo Clinic physician Walter M. Boothby described increased energy use in exophthalmic patients and surgical prep implications. Yale’s George Blumer cited rising infectious jaundice, while James M. Anders urged widespread use of water therapy and hospital equipment.
Dr H M Taylon of Florida cautions the medical field about hearing disturbances after swimming in pools or the sea. He says factors beyond contaminated water affect hearing and urges careful professional consideration. In the same issue, Drs M W Clift of Flint and Burt B E Shurley of Detroit discuss current tonsillitis control and removal methods.
Des Moines June 27. Last year’s entry list of 500 babies in the state fair health contest is expected to be surpassed this year. Five hundred dollars in medals and trophies are offered across rural, small city, and large city classes plus age divisions for 12 to 36 months.
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