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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1923
Page
8
Local notes report Crawfordaville resident Mrs. Leo Mae shopping in town yesterday while Kalona residents Mrs. Anna Novy and Mrs. Robert S. Welte visit for shopping today. Wellman, Ollie and Ottumwa residents are also noted for errands and social visits with Washington Cleaners ad teased on the back page.
Various brief items note visits by Miss Gladys Lehrer, Mrs N J Butham, Mrs Charles Bacon, Mrs Lloyd Morrison, Mrs H Smith and Edna, and Edna Tobin in Cotter. Advertisements offer woodwork screens and lawn mower sharpening, plus job listings at American Pearl Button Co. Also mentions trips to Washington, Muscatine, Ot tumwa and West Chester with family visits.
Mrs. Rinehart and companions visit Columbus Junction for shopping and relatives in Keota. Mrs. Rittenhouse visits Keota with her parents returning from California. Clara Wallace travels to Fairfield for Jefferson county spelling contest. The Fox theater teases The Third Alarm next Thursday. Edna Hopping Geret visits Riverside. Ed Kallaus reports slow corn planting awaiting rain. Mrs. Richardson and son Homer go to Winfield for a day trip, with Mrs. Moore accompanying later. Mrs. Gardner and mother visit Crawfordsville. BE Grove plans trip to Galesburg. Electric floor sander advertised with contact.
Grinnell plans announce Dr New ton Marshall Hall former English professor as 1923 commencement speaker. Graduation events run June 9 to 12 with baccalaureate address by President Main and Alumni Day activities including reunions and society luncheons.
A columnist notes a stated forecast that the year will be poor for bachelors. The piece questions whether this portends more marriages or merely shifting social trends in the cited period.
Des Moines May 4 Iowa highways are described as in fair condition for the season in a Des Moines Automobile Club survey. Construction is under way on primary roads with detours in place and grading ongoing. White Way No 7 is largely good aside from rain softened sections near Council Bluffs and detours at Malcolm Redfield Casey and Anita.
Des Moines Iowa May 5 resolutions praising Emerson Hough the Iowa born author who died this week were adopted by the Des Moines chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America Friends said he loved outdoor America and could best write about it He contributed four articles to the league magazine urging stronger wildlife conservation and larger membership to boost conservation work.
Des Moines May 5 Approximately 100000000 pike perch are nearing the Spirit Lake hatchery for possible planting in Iowa lakes and streams. Demand for allotments exceeds supply as localities request shipments. Later in the season more fish will be released from Clear Lake and Lansing hatcheries. The fish and game department notes few fishing law violations this spring due to sportsmen campaigns. Thousands await May 15 opening of the game fish season and state laws remain unchanged. The department has 35 wardens with additions as needed for the busy period.
A brief note stresses that short words convey strength and clarity. It argues small words are harder to wield well than long ones because every word must carry definite meaning. The piece praises concise expression as a heightened form of craft.
The article notes Magenta city 24 miles northwest of Pavia where a great 1859 battle saw Austrian forces defeated by combined Piedmontese and Sardinians. It explains magenta’s name origin from the Italian city’s dye historic production.
A quotation from E C Lindeman emphasizes applying new materials to avoid living in a foolish, stagnant world. The saying urges practical innovation and thoughtful utilization of discoveries.
Edward Everett Hale argues people must strive daily for improvement not settle for current provisions. He urges continuous pursuit of higher aims and better wells of knowledge and virtue.
Smith Taylor, Crystal Inn proprietor, hires a handsome guest to entertain guests and attract unattached women. Van Suydam and Barry Evans arrive under false names, sparking a comic mix of deception and romance as Ellen Taylor becomes entangled.
A historic note describes the turtle as the tiger of the reptile world, claiming it is nearly impossible to tame. The vivid comparison underscores the animal's fierce independence and rugged reputation.
Jer J. A. Hadfield claimed taste and smell of apples onions and potatoes are similar and that smell cues fail to distinguish them. He also asserted people cannot smell chloroform but only its mate It. He linked mind influence to digestion, citing a man made ill by milk after childhood medicine.
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