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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1919
Page
8
Publication promotes subscribing to Lest Magazines with options for club or single subscriptions. Readers are urged to call after 5 30 p m or write to the Journal to receive a price list. Contact Nita Belle McKeon as authorized agent for details.
A playful remark mocks prudent thrift as an excellent policy. The speaker jokes about who benefits from stashing away funds and the irony of weathering a dry spell with clever foresight.
The notice announces a convention of school officers to elect six members to the County Board of Education in Washington Iowa on April 7 1919 at 2 pm. Three will serve two year terms and three five year terms. One member per district is allowed except for the county superintendent. Eligible voters include civic minded residents over 21 with good education and six months in state and sixty days in the county. Each district or township has one vote. A L Griffith County Auditor.
The Royal Market announces sale of old refrigerator and cooling plant and installation of a new unit. Work started today and will finish in a few days. Trade will continue without interruption during the upgrade. Frank Kuriz, manager.
Local items list Charlie Lyon cookie ad Crail rug sale Fox and Dewey shoes Carl Combs butter fat 65c Lyda Hellam chiropractor Mrs E R Palmer chicken hatching Vera Dickinson departure Genevieve Peterson visitations H M Bickford Keota travel Mrs Wiona to Pleasant Plain etc. Includes Mi O Na stomach tablets Lemmon pharmacy Parisian Sage hair care and Edison voice note with W H Estephen agent. tax deadline alert by treasurer Harry McCall.
The Rev A L Graham of Monmouth Ill was in Washington on business yesterday Louis Masson traveled to Peoria Ill to visit John W Fisher for a few days Marriage licenses issued to Charles H Weimer and Neilie Vincent and to Everette Smith and Mae Dill Mrs Lucy Errit of Kewanee Ill came yesterday evening to visit at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs F L Wilson S B Patton arrived home from Galveston Texas with honorable discharge from the US Marine Corps Daniel Sinclair returned to Iowa City to resume work in the S A I after a visit with Rev D J Masson Glenn Laffer left for Buffalo Center IA where he bought a newspaper Mrs Laffer and daughter Florence will move in about two weeks Miss Norene Schmoeller visiting Cedar Falls family note the Baptist ladies will ship their papers April 8 Magazines and papers to be tied separately ready for pickup teams at a later time March 28 remember the date hear the program avoid the jam bring box and friends to Jackson Center school Loretta Walker teacher
A curtain raiser at the Commercial club pits city sixth graders against seventh graders in a gym class vs high school game. It starts at 7:30 and draws a good crowd as both teams seek an early win in their first meeting.
County Clerk J D Glasgow reports from Clarence Hall chief explosive engineer that all regulations on purchase possession and use of explosives for reclaiming land stump blasting ditching and agricultural work are revoked no licenses required. Only this section changed the rest remains in effect.
Funeral services were held at Elm Grove cemetery for Alvin Knotek, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Knotek of seven miles northeast of town. The baby lived three days and died at one o clock last night. Dr J A Glendinning of the Methodist church conducted the service at the grave.
A compact reflection on the futility of constant intentions without action. The author likens endless plans to neglecting essential needs and slipping toward ruin.
The piece urges finding and pursuing a personal purpose rather than pitying those who miss ideal goals. It contrasts inventors and forward thinkers with critics and emphasizes living with clear aims to avoid drifting through life.
Reading the bank report for the first three days of March, the total business at the Washington National Bank would, if turned into one-dollar notes placed end to end, create a continuous line along the Chicago Kansas City Gulf Highway from Chicago to Kansas City. If woven into a carpet, they would cover 111 city blocks. in silver dollars, a tower would rise 51 times higher than a man.
A Chicago Tribune note describes a daughter praised for Christmas generosity. Neighbors visit to see her gifts and she joyfully proclaims it is nicer to be a giver than a taker. It captures a child’s festive spirit and family warmth after Christmas.
A Johnson quotation extols enduring friendship over new esteem. It notes twenty years of friendship weave the fabric of life, claiming an old friend cannot be easily lost and cannot be replaced by newer powers or newly discovered qualities.
A playful exchange features Dorothy boasting about her year old whereabouts as Margaret asks where she was then. Dorothy answers with a cryptic retort that “you were nothing you were a piece of sky” creating a vivid, whimsical moment between sisters.
The Ladies of the M B church will load a car of paper on Wednesday April 2 and have it out on the front porch for pickup by automobiles. Volunteers from wards one through four are listed with contact names for paper collection.
A correspondent questions the origin of the phrase piping time of peace and notes Shakespeare’s mastery of English. It dismisses misreading as Indian peace pipe and emphasizes his liberty to shape language.
The borzol or Trussian wolfhound shows record runs, reaching 75 feet per second which would equal 4 800 feet per minute if sustained.
A mother recalls a boy who explains why babies cannot speak before twelve months. He suggests they come from heaven with secrets they must forget before they can talk. The gentle remark frames the past and future as well illustrated by a child's idea.
The piece marks January 9 as the anniversary of the first balloon ascent in the United States. It recalls the 1793 Philadelphia launch and contrasts early air travel with recent rapid advances in aeronautics, noting how dirigibles were once seen as a distant dream.
Aunt Callie, a religious woman, speaks to children about heaven in vivid terms. She says upon arrival she will receive a crown, place it on her head, call her husband out, and play heavenly tunes before stretching her white wings to fly from beam to beam.
The excerpt argues we cannot judge others without judging ourselves. It notes we inwardly set rules for others and thereby form a personal code. It cautions that others' errors may reflect their ignorance, while we risk sin by recognizing and labeling it.
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