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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1920
Page
3
1918 Good Ford delivery truck offered by H. KR. Sitler, proprietor. Bone Yard inventory features axles gears springs both new and aged suitable for many repairs or restorations. Availability and conditions implied by the listing.
Contractors may pick up blueprints and specifications from County Agent Fedderson. Bids must be filed by Friday July 2 at 6 pm. Building ready for occupancy by September 16.
Frank Shearer known as Hop. ex minstrel star. will sing with the Washington band Saturday night during the regular band concert. He recently left Washington and now works as a traveling salesman for Largomarchina Grape Company. his voice remains in excellent shape and locals look forward to his performance. The Washington band has been engaged by Sigourney to play there July 6.
F L Wilson traveled to Oskaloosa this morning for business matters.
143 acre combination farm two miles from town on a main state road offers a fine two story house a large horse barn cattle barn chicken house machine shed double cribs and a new garage. Water abundant with two wells and year round running water. In consolidated school district priced at 300 per acre with terms.
Mrs. Perry wife of Dr EB J Perry died after sudden illness from acute indigestion. She fell ill during a recital in Washington and died at 2 30 this morning. Funeral plans await arrival of a Columbus Ohio daughter. She was 68 born in Fulton Illinois and had lived in Washington nine years.
Dempsey Land Co offers an 80 acre farm within 2 miles of market with 75 acres of corn and remaining grass. Includes good improvements and a strong home in Washington County corn district. Price 425 per acre with favorable terms and long hold-in loan options.
The weather thus far this month brought a long dry stretch until a steady rain from 3 to after 8 p m soaked into the ground. The total rainfall measured .77 of an inch and was the first substantial shower of the month, lifting crop prospects and bringing substantial value to the region. Temperatures peaked yesterday at 94 degrees with 92 today.
Miss Emma Haupt a Chicago day nursery worker arrived in Washington with two Chicago tenement district children to spend two weeks with local hosts. Miss Letha Taylor coordinating care noted no further details but indicated more children may arrive and some from a week ago may stay longer than the original three weeks.
Evangelist Vawter invited attendees to a wedding ceremony in the Christian Tent, promising a complete rite from start to finish. The show drew a large crowd who enjoyed the travelogue "Trip Around the World" and musical numbers before the protracted ceremony was to begin.
A morning bulletin notes rain possible after time and a July fifth event. It mentions a band heading to Sigourney and good music with butter sales rising, worrying shortages and protests. Washington butter priced 68c, advertised in grocery stores, plus Bal-tonic sample offer.
In Clinton Indiana on June 26 W L Boyce removed a large amount of black hair from a hen’s craw to fashion a woman's switch. The hair formed a solid ball and came from a neck growth the man cut open with a razor blade, then closed with a needle and thread. The hen clucked and ate.
A boy brags his father allowed him to skip school claiming two babies were born last night. A friend counters with a scheme to repeat the lie, proposing a staged absence and another fake birth next week to extend the ruse.
A teacher asks to fix the sentence The liquor what the man bought was soon drunk. A bright pupil proposes The man what bought the liquor was soon drunk. The exchange highlights slangy relative clauses in classroom humor.
A woman dismisses a dog as merely a cur. Tommy, seven, stands by and defends his beloved pet calling him a full-blooded car, showing affection and loyalty amid the remark.
Carl Friedrich von Siemens warned at Siemens & Halske shareholders meeting that Germany's production was falling. He blamed excessive officials and nonproductive work, noting price levels and a weak mark distorted measures and hindered exports. He called for increased productive labor to reverse the downturn.
An elderly visitor to her son at the Navy Yard hears a loud bang and quips that the sunset has gone down with a bang. The exchange ends with the son explaining it was simply sunset. The humor hinges on a pun about the sun and the horizon.
Flour declined across Minneapolis mills as a sharp wheat market drop pushed prices down. Family patent flour quotes fell to 13.50 dollars per barrel from 14.00, while another large mill offered 14.25 dollars, down 30 cents per barrel.
Des Moines city council passed an ordinance fixing gas price at 1.05 per thousand feet effective July 1. The rate is five cents lower than the prior charge and thirty five cents below the amount requested by the gas company in a recent petition to federal court. City officials say the new rate matches what will be asked at the upcoming court hearing.
The text cites John Stark Ravenscroft as the first bishop of North Carolina who treated his clergy as his children. It notes Marshall Delancey Hayward’s account in Lives of the Bishops of North Carolina describing Ravenscroft as loving his clergy like children and being reciprocally loved. A notable quote recalls his prideful remark to a New York rector about not wanting fourteen boys for the diocese.
The fragment discusses sulphur as an ancient element tied to combustion in early Assyrian chemistry. It mentions terms like terrap stone and notes its association with blue burning and intense inflammability in a historic context.
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