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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1919
Page
7
Brief items from Washington County cover personals and notices including births deaths and other local happenings. Readers learn about comings and goings across the community through short items and notices.
Friday night wrapped up Circle B of the Methodist Ladies Aid Society travel fund entertainment with scenes from Japan Holland Italy and Ireland at the Union depot. Guests included local families and visitors. the event raised over 100 dollars.
Visitors arrived at J. J. Anwyl home. The Stereoptican lecture on the Moody Bible institution scheduled at United Presbyterian Church tonight is postponed because Rev. Hayley cannot get home.
May 19 Rural Route No 4 records multiple Sunday visits among Kephart families. Elmer and Cloyee Kephart along with Virginia were at Roy Kephart’s home. Others included Baker, Kelerbels, Garrick, and Meyer families visiting various Kephart relatives.
The passage praises a dog named Mr. Terrier for ratter feats and compares performance to the Homestead Farm Scotch collie. It hints at a hunt to kill many rats quickly and mentions auto owners preferring a 15 percent price reduction for cars over Tirowa roads where rats threaten tires. County Clerk Glasgow is thanked for compliments.
Mr and Mrs Ode Ferguson and Amanda Ferguson visited Grandmas Easter in Ainsworth. Dr Alcorn of Ainsworth called to see Martin Weston’s sick children. Glennie Hillhouse visited Washington friends. Will and Lloyd Foster went to Crawfordsville on Thursday. Hazel Tucker visited Rennie Dawsons. Fred and Ed Chalupa visited John Putman home Saturday night. Will Saville family at Jake Shrader Sunday. John Wagner family visited Roll Gamon Sunday. BK Carr bought a new Fordson tractor. Glenn Pratt family at Mack Breen blossom Sunday.
Brighton and Fairfield residents spent Sunday visiting relatives in Iowa City and at home. Discharges from Camp Dodge returned to their families as several locals welcomed guests from Chicago and Long Beach. A new Oldsmobile touring car was noted and a Masons meeting drew attendees from Washington.
May 19 report from Stringtown notes Mr and Mrs Arnold Rinner and family visiting Andrew Rinner. Farmers busy with corn planting and showers easing field work. Amanda Miller sold farm to Mr Snell of Winfield for 300 per acre. Several local families visited David Mast home and three auto loads toured Iowa City Sunday.
Readable fragments describe multiple local gatherings and visits. Names include Mr and Mrs Henry Rinner, Mrs Ed Wicher, Emery Leichty, Glen Klopfensetin, Ritter sisters from Wayland, J F Witting, Will Wenger, Gottlieb Hildebrand, Jacob Conrad, Elmer Boshart, and J K Leichty. Also notes a May scenery aside from events and a trips around the world at Crawfordsville.
The Rev. Mr. Riebe returned to Chicago after preaching at the United Presbyterian church. Rev. A. L. Graham left for Monmouth Illinois following his sermon at Ainsworth. Hazel Anwyl departed for Mt. Pleasant to resume college work after a brief home visit. Fr. W. Hamilton came home from Washington after an over Sunday trip. Everett Griffith from Washington, home from overseas, visited relatives. Mrs. Raymond Duncan of Washington stayed with her parents the Whites for the Sabbath.
Keota resident Victor Vercheval died at his home at 1 30 Monday morning after a battle with cancer. He was known for involvement in breeding and importation through his son-in-law J C Singmaster and was widely known among horsemen in the United States and Canada. He married Tempie Adams Carmack on April 4, 1875, and they had a son Victor Hdward who lives in California. The couple endured the loss of Mrs Vercheval on March 8, 1919, also a cancer victim, and Vercheval’s health declined since.
Mrs Ira Carmack of Minneapolis and Edward Vercheval of San Francisco remained at his bedside as Edward was called home weeks earlier Funeral arrangements are not announced Bert Brown mourns his six weeks old son William Burnett who died Saturday May 17 at 4 am Funeral services were held Saturday at 5 pm and burial followed in Keota cemetery
Columbus May 20 The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen plans a formal demand for a $150 per month minimum salary for every member. Officials say the proposal has near unanimous backing among delegates, noting federal wage standards of $159 for a family of five as a practical baseline.
Chicago May 20 Pilot Max Miller of the air mail service set a new record arriving at 12 25 after flying from Bryan Ohio a distance of 180 miles in 1 20 at an average speed of 190 mph He carried 450 pounds of mail the same amount as Pilot John Miller left Chicago with for Bryan The Cleveland mail arrived in 2 55 five hours five minutes faster than the fastest train between Chicago and Cleveland Ohio.
Chicago May 20 A special meeting of the directors of the board of trade approved Julius Barnes national wheat distributor request to limit individual speculative corn futures to 200 000 bushels Contracts over 200 000 bushels must show progress toward adjustment and comply by the close of the market session June 7 1919
Washington May 20 Formal notice of a contest in the election of Truman H Newberry Republican senator elect from Michigan was filed in the senate with petitions by Henry Ford defeated Democratic candidate seeking investigation of campaign expenditures and a recount of ballots The charges repeat Ford's earlier allegations to the senate election committee
Pleading guilty to manslaughter, Jack Sherard Albert Metchell Fred Unger John Facer and Jack Williams received indeterminate sentences from one to twenty years at the Ohio penitentiary. They were charged in the death of Alexander Matelli a Detroit whisky runner.
The battleship Rhode Island arrived with units of the Thirty second division mostly Michigan National Guardsmen. Mayor C B Brown of Ypsilanti led a large Michigan delegation that greeted the returning troops with a big harbor homecoming welcome.
A rural quip from American Boy notes crows ignore a scarecrow, joking that the birds mistake it for an urban artist drawing pictures. The playful line highlights country life and comic misreadings of art in a rustic setting.
The line declares that a man is a complete repository of knowledge, capturing a belief attributed to Emerson. It frames intellect as a personal encyclopedia rather than a catalog of external sources.
The University of Arizona agricultural station demonstrates thriving date trees in Arizona orchards with 108 trees across 125 varieties. Artificial ripening and Hast soil plus regional water support fruiting, with trees expected to bear for 100 years.
The term horse latitudes refers to a calm belt in the Atlantic where ships often stall. In colonial times vessels from New England to the West Indies sometimes dumped part of their horse cargo overboard to survive droughts and water shortages.
Public health column extols starting each day with hot water and a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims this routine alleviates headaches bad breath sour stomach and constipation, and promotes appetite and overall vitality.
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