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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1921

Page

7

Local school activities and community notes in Riverside area

Holy Trinity students hunted timber ferns and public school pupils flower hunted. Many residents, including painters Jim Keifer and Joe Bacher, were mentioned with farm work, visits, and family events. Mother’s Day service at Clay church featured music and a plan for a new parsonage well, with decorations and community updates across Riverside and Kalona.

Ohmond Richmond Holy Trinity School Jim Keifer Jack Schneider Lloyd Sharpe Joe Becher John Schneider Anna’ Glicker Kalona Frank Welte Adolph Wotruba Oldaker Joe Bacher Wm Te Bockhorst Adolph Waldrob Fry Town Viola Friese Fred Shalla Gee. Schnoebelen Cedar Rapids Will Keifer Doloras Washington Tony Welte Albert Sharpe Leo Riverside Will Shalla Chas Votruba Franeie Votruba Charles Helen Schneider Charlies Helen Phillip Stabala Iowa City Joe Escher Dan Bopp Delbert Strabala

Brighton Route One Social News Item

Sunday visits and family gatherings are reported across communities. Names mentioned include Terry Gowey and family Willis Horton Don Gow ey J A Luers Sigourney caller Robert Hyde and family Homer Koch and family Howard Reighardt and Mrs C E Savage and son Hal اثر

Nicholson dies. Crawfordsville mourns longtime resident

T J Nicholson Huston died. his family from Fairfield Dwight Nicholson of Iowa City and Ray Dix Cedar Falls attend in mourning. Mrs Rosina White gives birth to a daughter. Funeral services set for tomorrow afternoon with the casket viewing at home and Presbyterian church services at two. A want ad closes the notice.

Kert Fairfield Clifford N. Kleinschmidy Harper G L. Brown Wilma Elder A. R. Gowey Brighton White Oak Laura Kinney Richland L. B. Shidler James Bender Crawfordsville Doris Shidler Wayne Savage Clay Church Grinnell Viola Morgan Verg Woodford Mosie A. W. Yard Dwight Nicholson Iowa City Ray Dix Cedar Falls T. J. Nicholson Huston Champaign Rosina White David Johns Sarah Davidson Albert Lanone Presbyterian Church

FIRST CURVED BALL PITCHER STILL ALIVE

Arthur Cummings recalling early baseball era explains the benefits and dangers of old methods. He notes sidearm debuts and spitter like grips, paces battles against legends, and praises modern pitching while at seventy two in Athol Massachusetts.

Arthur Cummings Spangies Babe Ruth Dan Brouthers Cap Anson Ruth

Uncle Sam Was a Poor Railway Man

Director General Davis of the railroad administration reported to Chairman Good of the House Appropriations Committee. The document assesses railway efficiency and costs as of May 12 with emphasis on national transport challenges and government responsibility.

Hines United States Supreme Court Davie Sam Washington Davis Railroad Administration Good House Committee On Appropriations

Massage in Vogue in Japan Feature

A brief glimpse notes massage growing popular in Japan with evening life, highlighting the Sivid max foar figure roaming towns while whistling to announce his search for work, a scene seen as readily finding employment.

Japan

World Trade Shows Poor Condition Report from London

Worldwide business mood remains low as cables from commercial attaches and trade commissioners reveal limited trade activity and uneven improvements. Reports from Paris Berlin Vienna Brussels and Antwerp detail rising costs and unemployment while imports decline and idle ships increase in Antwerp. Local court notes in Belgium report rising civil cases and swift municipal court actions. Just in Time alarm clock gag ends the item.

Washington, D. C Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commercce Dennis Eviclea London Huntington Paris Howard W. Adams Department of Commerce Berlin Germany Vienna Austria Brussels Antwerp Belgium

Court cases increase largest number in municipal history

Des Moines reports in April the biggest month for municipal court filings, with a sharp rise in cases. The surge reflects growing caseloads and formal actions taken by city authorities.

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The Exception Expounded on Offense and Sting

A terse exchange debates what provokes sting and whether offense invites a sharper response. The piece questions the idea that irritation comes only from affronts and toys with the notion of restraint in expression.

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