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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1921
Page
3
Opening contests are scheduled for Friday at 3:00 as ten teams enter. Pairings drawn Friday afternoon determine two Friday games and three more in the evening to complete round one. Washington, Brighton, Wellman, and Katona cited as strong contenders with Wayland reportedly not represented this year.
A candidate announces intent to run for the office of County Superintendent of Schools. The statement includes a meeting with Clara Wallace in Ainsworth, Iowa, and identifies the candidate.
Washington business houses plan a Spring opening with more than forty stores featuring unusual window displays. Covers will stay up until a set hour for a formal unveiling midweek, then visitors may window shop freely. Dealers will reveal how autos and tractors have grown in the community in tomorrow's page advertisement.
Attorney W. M. Keeley arrives home from Muscatine where he spent two weeks on a $60,000 claim case. The suit involved rk. BE. Thomas of Kentucky against three Muscatine men and a Davenport resident tied to a dissolved corporation. The court directed a verdict favorable to Keeley’s clients. the jury will only hear accounting.
Lincoln McConnell, famed lecturer, appears in Washington for the improvement league lecture course closing event at the high school auditorium. He will deliver tonight's final address.
Mr and Mrs Harry Drake express gratitude to relatives friends wives and friends for kindness during illness and death of their beloved baby Virginia and for the beautiful flora offerings.
Judge H F Wagner is in Washington today. The Smith versus Rock Island railway case, set for today, was settled out of court. Only minor miscellaneous matters remain before the court and the next trial is scheduled for Monday.
J B Ream of Ream and Carson plumbing and heating contractors retires this week and partner W T Carson assumes full charge.
Washington schools adjourn tomorrow for a week of rest before the final stretch of the year. Classes resume Monday March 28 and run through early June. Some teachers attend the district convention at Davenport with Miss Alutea Montgomery guiding the history and civics round table.
The city offers loads of fine black dirt, some rich with manure, deposited in piles by city workmen. Any resident who can load and haul it away may take it, by coordinating with street commissioner Ene T. J. Little.
Bethichem Commandery No 45 K T holds a regular conclave Friday evening March 18 with petitions and conferrals for one Companion. Rebekah lodge meets 7:30 PM at the I O O F hall with balloting and initiation and refreshments. Harmony club hosts St Patrick's party at N W Thompson home. W R C meets Saturday 2 30 PM at G A R hall. Fortnightly seeks art department members by March 28. Mrs Elmer Peiffer of Keota shopped in Washington yesterday.
Chief C. C. Resiter of the city fire department suffers a large carbuncle on his right hand causing pain and inconvenience. A local outbreak has many residents reporting boils, indicating a probable epidemic.
Weather reports mark today as the warmest day of a seasonal anomaly. Citizens bundled in winter wrap struggle against the sun as temperatures soar and streets feel unusually dry and hot.
A quirky verse describes Drother Claude with a sore hand and the crowd laughing at jokes about boils. The speaker notes Claude’s restlessness and limited talk while Sam and others keep quiet amid playful teasing.
Grace Applegate of Washington and a Parsons college senior will be the first speaker of the affirmative for Parsons in a Friday night debate on the League of Nations Covenant. The quadrangle includes Penn Drake and Simpson with the question whether the U S should not ratify the Covenant adopted by Paris Peace Conference.
In Augusta Georgia a farmer, tall and lanky, paid a total tax of four cents in four installments. He bought a one cent money order and paid three cents for it, submitting his return to the deputy collector of internal revenue. His name was not disclosed and he gave Lincoln County as his address.
A clipped Denver Times item praises T. T. Trimble as state senator from Greeley Colorado. The piece recalls school ties with writer and Marion township classmates, noting Trimble's expected success and public support. It also mentions Frank Bruty Jr returning to farming, Jas Wolfer hauling lumber for a barn, Frank Bruty Sr doing carpenter work, and postmaster Alex Miller handling mail last week.
Des Moines March 17 after a lengthy battle and multiple amendments the amusement tax bill was defeated 26 to 22. The final form taxed 2 cents on each 50 cents or fraction paid for admission with an exemption for seats costing 40 cents or less.
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