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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1919
Page
7
Local neighborhood news items arrive detailing community happenings and reader submissions. Reports highlight routine events, small updates, and tidbits from residents across the district with a focus on immediate, nearby concerns.
Notices from Washington County report births and deaths, plus personal news including relocations and social updates. Names and locations are given where readable, reflecting local life in this brief column.
Mrs E E Swank and her mother shopped in Ottumwa on Monday. The Woman's club held its annual picnic on the Fred Smith lawn Friday night with fine refreshments. Poinsettia club members and families shared a six o'clock supper on a vacant lot between residences. Benjamin Lyons, overseas soldier, is home after 21 months. Miss Bernardine Neville returns from Bloomfield. Rev. Wilson conducted Miss Gail Johnson's funeral at the M E F church. Many farm transfers and price advances noted. Several locals return from travel or visits and many small town updates follow including ho me improvements and residents traveling for business or visiting relatives.
Grace Hill Iowa June 28 updates report Mrs. Sarah McBeth visiting at niece Mrs. Ira Mikseh and Arthur Bower recovering from illness. Ladies Aid met Mrs. Chas Harvey. Mrs. Clara Engel visiting Mr. and Mrs. H A Engel. Alyce Strohm returned to Chicago after two weeks with her mother. Mrs. Ernest Drebert back from Sioux City after attending a state ag school convention. Wes Engel and family attended Mr Messer funeral near Germanville. Doctors McLaughlin Boice removed tonsils of three Blick children Leonard Martha Pearl. Mamie Thompson nurse cared for them at county hospital.
Community updates cover visits and travels of residents. Marcia Coffey and family stayed with grandfather L. J. Coffey in Wellman while Dr and Mrs Gardner relocated to Lexington for summer. Several locals visited Cedar Rapids Iowa City Keswick Washington and Council Bluffs for family and events.
Ainsworth notes visitors and family gatherings with Sherm Benson and Bent ley Thompson spending Sunday at Dave Bensons near Prairie Flower. Mrs Allie Jeffers visited from Valley City to see her parents J W Stickley. Mrs Dick Wilcox visited Columbus with daughter Mary Olive returning home. Lee Norris returned from Cedar Rapids and Blake Spencer from Camp Mills. Paul Ehlers of Los Angeles mentioned.
University of Michigan professor O C Glaser cites Major Davenport's genealogical study to argue that fighting traits pass mainly through the maternal line and that traits like bravery and energy are sex linked. He notes examples from Bainbridge, Barney, Cushing, Paul Jones, Porter and Lawrence, and warns mothers may appear placid while transmitting inherited drive.
Peter Behnken a wealthy young Case County farmer near Atlantic shot himself at home amid worry over estate administration and failure to file reports. A sheriff order to appear at the courthouse preceded his grim act, leaving officials to investigate the probable motive and circumstances.
John L Sullivan is hailed as the first real heavyweight champion under Queensberry rules after defeating Kilrain and Ryan. The long lineage proceeds through Corbett Fitzsimmons Jeffries Johnson and Willard with notable bouts and title transfers, ending with Willard’s 1916 defense against Moran.
La Follette of Wisconsin is withdrawn as a speaker at a July 5 concert in Ashbury Park New Jersey. The change followed protests by returning war veterans over the senator’s public stance before the United States entered World War I.
A Graham theatre booking features D. W. Griffiths The Greatest Thing in Life with Lillian Gish in a dramatic WWI style barrage sequence. The film shows a creeping barrage scene with smoke, exploding shells, and a bombing aeroplane, thrilling audiences on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Descriptions emphasize the creeping barrage as a new warfare development. The passage notes how intensive artillery fire changed tactics and that the concept is now the first visualization accessible to civilians at home.
Carrie Cross age 7 is reported in serious condition at Center Point after an alleged criminal assault by Jim Bush age 50. Bush was arrested and jailed in Cedar Rapids as a preliminary hearing stirred strong local sentiment and fears of trouble amid the attack described by the child's playmates.
Baseball results from leagues include Pittsburgh defeating Chicago 7 to 4, Brooklyn over Philadelphia 9 to 4, and St. Louis beating Cincinnati 14 to 9. American League games feature St. Louis 5 Chicago 3, Washington 1 Philadelphia 0, Detroit 4 Cleveland 4, and Boston 2 New York 2.
A home tip suggests using the fingers of an old kid glove stuffed with wool and fastened to the back of furniture with small tacks. The improvised cushions prevent scratches and defacement of walls or woodwork and are discreet in appearance.
The article notes two active earthquake centers in the British isles Come rie in Perthshire and Mersea island at the Blackwater mouth Essex coast. It states earthquakes there signal volcanic activity and compares potential eruptions to Mount Elburz’s rebirth.
A large square in London named Lincoln's Inn Fields is said to match the base size of the Great Pyramid at Gizeh according to local lore. The claim notes the square as one of the city’s largest open spaces and compares its area to the pyramid base.
The text explains eastern rabies treatment with tabasheer or madstones, alleged antipoison remedies. It notes tabasheer as a porous bamboo stalk stone once used in Persia since the tenth century and described by traveler Tavernier after visiting India in the seventeenth century.
The speaker Carl Eben quips that imitation is flattering but warns when overdone it is like a burglar drinking water from a hijab to mock a parody. The line uses humor to critique mimicry and theft in a playful tone.
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