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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1924
Page
3
The Washington Wellman dual track meet is scheduled after school Thursday, starting shortly after four. Weather is unfavor able and the outcome is uncertain with Wellman showing improvement but Washington projected to challenge.
Forty three normal training students at Washington High School sit for annual exams today and tomorrow under Miss Clara Wallace in charge. County superintendent Mrs Elizabeth Clark and deputy supervise nearby. about thirty more students remain in the town.
Charles Laffer Here Charlee Laffer of the state automobile department is in Washington on a periodical visit checking motor vehicle licenses. He cites offenders driving with last year's license plate and orders immediate license renewal or arrest for the current year.
A sewing class exhibit displays the ninth grade girls products in Ward's A Store north window. Miss Elizabeth Ensign oversees the work and instruction at the high school. A poster announces the exhibit to be held Friday May 16 from 2 45 to 4 00 in Room 11. Everyone is invited.
A survey notes 20 000 original orchid kinds largely unknown and many new varieties bred from each. Researchers highlight vast diversity as breeders explore cross species traits and color patterns across collections.
Heights school pupils plan a May fete on the school grounds at 3 30 in the afternoon with a Grand March May Queen crowning and varied dances and drills. If weather is unfavor able the program will be postponed and the public is invited to attend.
The Washington council Knights of Columbus met in a May festival gathering with over a hundred members. The event featured talks, music, refreshments and social time led by speakers including State Secretary Father J. C. Courtney of Pleasant Plain and others from Cedar Rapids Richmond Washington.
Woodbury county treasurer reports 15 800 pleasure car licenses issued since December 1 1923 an increase of 2 067 from the prior year. Through December 1 1923 1 625 trucks 135 motorcycles and eight trailers also licensed. In April 1924 564 new pleasure cars and 44 new trucks were licensed. Officials foresee record auto licensing for the year.
Scientists uncover fossil footprints in Nevada linking to a mastodon or elephant from ancient forests. The prints show a weary march through soft sand that hardened into rock, revealing the creature’s final journey and burial site with fossil bones nearby.
The article recalls a colder spell a year ago with a 57 degree minimum in Washington on May 13, 1922. Last night’s temperature was 44 degrees at noon after a cloudy sky kept frost away. The day remains cold and cloudy with only a five degree rise from morning.
Iowa City will host the annual state interscholastic track and field meet on May 16 and 17 under the University of Iowa. Railroads offer one half fare for Iowa points on tickets bought May 13 to 17 and validated at Iowa City, available for return by May 1. About three hundred high school athletes are expected.
A medieval legend describes a bird, the cressbill, from the fadies family, uniquely shaped beak able to remove thorn fragments from Christ's crown. The bird's act of mercy stained its plumage with joy as the dying Savior blessed it.
The Yellow River, once called China’s Sorrow, is being dammed by an American engineering firm. The project aims to reclaim land flooded for centuries and could enable hydroelectric development at the dam site.
The custom of swearing on the Bible traces to ancient Jews who, when taking oaths, touched small parchment cases inscribed with Old Testament texts. This practice linked sacred scripture to oath taking from early Judaic ritual to later adoption in various cultures.
Cape Town earns the nickname Tavern of the Seas among sailors as a hub for strange craft from distant routes. A recent arrival, a 27 ton Danish cockpit yacht, completed a 17440 mile voyage with a crew of three Danes.
Washington prepares a union service at First United Presbyterian Church next Sunday evening. Rev. John D. Kern of the Baptist church will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to the Washington high school graduating class.
The high school announces that copies of Hi-Life will be distributed Friday afternoon. The annuals were delayed about two weeks due to trouble obtaining engraving house cuts.
A state agriculture department report shows Winnebago county led with 18 098 cattle tested in April and only 204 showing signs of tuberculosis. Webster and Kossuth counties followed with 5 968 and 3 809 cattle tested respectively.
A late war procedure grafted a living dog nerve onto a man and yielded sensation after 148 days and movement after 340 days as a notable medical milestone.
With the June 2 primary looming, Washington county shows little interest in the nomination races. Reports from across the county note scant campaigning and a largely uncontested Democratic ticket, while Republicans face several contested races for supervisor auditor sheriff clerk and recorder.
In Iowa City May 4 Mrs V F Vanderlip of Montezuma was re elected president of the Women's Home and Foreign Missionary societies Iowa City presbytery. The 4th annual meeting closed with officers for 1924 1925 announced as a near duplicate of the previous successful year. Sigourney to host the 1925 convention and changes to the program were noted as worthy adjustments amid a partly absent delegation.
Fragmentary transcript notes a domestic dispute with dialect rural speech about a maid and meat, referencing a maner and misheard words. The readable text hints at a kitchen scene with cooking fish and concern for a maner’s wellbeing.
The article notes that professional bell players favor bats with willow bodies and sometimes cane in the handle for springiness. In some cases a rubber insert is added to the handle to increase rebound for certain hitters.
Missouri established its capital history with St Louis as the first seat, then moved to St Charles around 1821, and finally to Jefferson City in 1826. Alexander McNair served as the first governor after statehood in 1821.
The old fort at Rensselaer New York may be preserved as a revolutionary relic. Built in 1642, the site crowns local memory of the British army surgeon R Schukbury who penned Yankee Doodle to mock American colonists.
The Belgian government replaces August 4 with November 171 as the national holiday to mark the end of Uberation from the war and the enemy. The change honors the Armistice spirit and separates the country from wartime dates.
Carney and Katherine Shriff along with Rev. John Drake are named in a brief notice from the U I community. The fragment lists individuals and a religious leader in connection with an unspecified local matter.
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