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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1923
Page
8
The column records numerous residents from Brighton Keota Ainsworth Crawfordsville West Chester and Kalona visiting shopping and business in town. It notes social events ice cream social at the Methodist church lawn and a big Fourth of July carnival dance with Heinie's Royal Orchestra.
Mrs. C. A. Cutright travels to Cedar Rapids this morning to spend a few days with her daughter. Miss Eva Mahling of Chicago arrived last evening bringing sixteen air children from the Ogantz Day Nursery who have been placed in homes around Washington and Wellman. Miss Mahling is the guest of Mrs. Marbourg, north of Waslon.
Leo Buck of Keota was in town on business yesterday. Edward J. Pfeiffer of Keota also visited. Mr and Mrs James Wilson left yesterday in their car for Chicago to visit. Stella Nalipa arrived from Ogantz Day Nursery in Chicago to spend the summer with Mrs Dana Finch. Roe’s raspberries for sale at Conner’s. Arch Best Oxfords and Wilson’s mentioned in brief.
The automobile caused more accidental deaths in Iowa in 1922 than any other cause. The Iowa Health Bulletin reports 1,? deaths totaling 7.7 per 160,000 population, a rise of eight and a half percent from 1921. National auto accidents rose 10.7 percent. accidents comprised 6.2 percent of Iowa deaths in 1922.
Timmins, a petty burglar, infiltrates Howard Van Styne's glass palm garden during a luncheon party hoping for a theft. Van Styne interrogates him, offers a ten dollar bribe, then learns a brokered deal may be at play via a phone call. A suited butler orders police to arrest Timmins.
Chicago reports insulin as a remarkable medical discovery for diabetes but not a cure. Doctors Strouse and Woodyatt note its rapid effect, dosing specifics, and potential to let patients eat normally and return to work, while stressing it does not permanently eradicate the disease.
The quotation notes a rare old tankard used in colonial days and a rare pewter platter. A guest interrupts, saying to bring a rare old beefsteak. The fragment hints at a humorous era dialogue about relic items and dining.
Rabbi Jacob Singer of Lincoln Nebraska will give three lectures at the summer school in July. Topics include The Jew in American History The Talmud a Place in Jewish Life and Literature and Music in the Bible.
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