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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1921
Page
7
In Crawfordsville on May 9 Mr and Mrs Will Arthaud of Winfield and Mrs Lauder Kennedy of Washington visited the Hagie and Clemens and Fishburn homes. Families from Ainsworth Columbus Junction Olds and Iowa City spent or planned Sabbath with local residents including Rebecca Chrissinger and Velma Twinam.
Weld sells drug store in Richland to Earl Mathews of Hedrick who will take stock soon. Welds move to Packwood to start new business. Leota Ward becomes clerk at the Fair store. Mrs McSpadden resigns to join Mr McSpadden in Monmouth Indiana. Ladies Aid stage play The Ministers Wifes New Bonnet at the opera house Friday. Rene Duke of Ottumwa visiting Walter Duke home.
A William Fox film directed by Richard Stanton screens at the Graham tomorrow. It centers on an American city in flames and American families amid riots stirred by foreign agitators. Max Marcin wrote the story with an all star cast including Gina Kelly Far Metcalfe and William Corbett, with emphasis on a lesson for both workers and employers and a notable role for the American Legion.
About 2,000 laborers are being brought from Chicago Moline Kansas City St. Louis St Paul and Minneapolis to beet fields near Mason City. Some 5,000 acres have been planted with green tops appearing and cultivators soon to be used. Prospects are for a large beet crop as planting on better land continues. Laborers will hoe and thin beet rows under employer direction.
Grace Marquess, wife of Clive Marquess, alleges burns from kerosene mixed gasoline in a tank, naming the oil company as responsible. The suit seeks damages and medical restitution in Sac City.
A Sac County, Iowa case files a $6,000 damage claim against Manhattan Oil Company for injuries to a farmer's wife after gasoline was allegedly placed in a kerosene tank by a company agent. The woman, who used the mixture to start a fire, suffered severe burns and a 17 week bed stay, with medical bills totaling $1,152.80.
Paris reports 80 percent drop in begging since 1914 while theft rises proportionally. Police cite temptations of leisure and war induced habits. criminality among women and minors increases from 12 women and 5 minors per 160 prewar to 30 women and 14 minors per 100 now. Absent absinthe and wartime drinking limits linked to declines in assaults.
Jared H. Peebles was given a fifteen year term at the state reformatory in Anamosa after a guilty plea to breaking and entering and larceny. He admitted stealing Cr. J. Ekfelt's automobile on October 2 last year and breaking into William Fiedler's garage on April 11. Peebles and Hilmer Isaacson were stopped after the garage theft, and Isaacson remains at large after a jail break last Tuesday.
The Brooklyn Eagle notes that Scottish fishermen are highly superstitious, believing it unlucky to pronounce personal or others' names during the fishing season. The belief reflects their wary, ritual driven approach to the sea and harvest.
A brief note from the Roston Transcript observes a poverty stricken district with many children at play and likens the stork and the wolf to similar calling lists, hinting at hardship and danger.
Rev W G Robb presents brief Sunday sermon quotes from Cov enanter church on John 19 18 19 detailing Christ crucifixion the Marys influence and love of motherhood and calls for closer following of Jesus. It discusses confidence influence and love in Marys example and urges personal commitment to live near Christ and relieve the needy.
Rev A R Oates delivers a Presbyterian sermon on the fifth commandment from Isaiah 8 18. He argues honoring parents sustains society and warns that disrespect to parents sets a harmful precedent for children and future generations.
Behold thy mother These words of Jesus are presented by Dr W W Bowers pastor of the Methodist Church Text John chapter nineteen verse twenty seven The message interprets Jesus care for his mother at the crucifixion offering a devotional reflection on duty and compassion
Rev M R Regan Baptist pastor cites Luke 22 54 And Peter followed afar off noting many professing Christians drift from faith. He urges closer discipleship and steadfast witness amid modern temptations and societal changes facing believers today.
An old Sussex superstition prescribes a donkey ritual as a cure for whooping cough. The patient is laid on the donkey’s back facing its tail, then led to a designated spot while the phrase fires three times into the mind in three successive dares.
Iowa coal mines operate on a half time basis, says W. H. Weir secretary of the state mine commission. He notes wage scale disputes delayed factory starts and says employers keep all workers in half time rather than lay them off. Production may rise soon as conditions improve.
In China men are described as more extravagant in dress than women, a notable social contrast observed by observers. The note implies gendered differences in attire reflecting cultural norms of the era.
Sigourney organized a fast baseball team under A. P. Humphreys with players Everett Shana fell Russel Dicklisen Samuel C. Ragan Ray Sheridan Samuel In gram Paul Hagist Joe T. Smith Cotton Etter Ed Ingram Joseph Jacoba Will Hurd and Ralph Duree. First game set at Rubio against Rubio. Plans underway for games with Oskaloosa Ottumwa North English and Keota.
A witty observation notes a cuddy should remain silent while a golfer lines up a shot and act appropriately when a miss occurs, implying strict manners and reactions during play. The remark blends humor with social expectation in a golf context.
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