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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1925
Page
2
Washington Do Farm Bureau invites farmers to a May 29 alfalfa and soils tour. Questions on pastures, sweet clover, lime, and acid phosphate will be addressed as each farm visited features main speakers and profitable field trials.
The state won the first round in the case against S. L. Voss a Denison banker indicted for forgery when Judge R L McCord overruled a demurrer. The demurrer argued the Ira C Gilmore mortgage extension created no obligation or legal effect as it extended an existing duty. Andrew Bell Crawford county attorney Denison and Robert Healy Fort Dodge Malcolm Currie Sac City represented the state. James Parsons Des Moines and Sims Page Denison represented the defense.
Fort Dodge judge Wm S Kenyon was chosen moderator at the Iowa Congregational church state conference in Creston. He succeeds Rev George Williams of Newton. Rev Charles E Carey of Red Oak was elected assistant moderator with Rev Bryant Drake of Ames as scribe and Rev Edward W Wilcox of Sioux Rapids as assistant scribe.
A note on an arid region in Egypt between the Nile’s two lower falls as described in Popular Science Monthly.
The U S Guide coast and geodetic survey ship charts waters near San Clemente and Santa Clarita Islands. Lieutenant Commander T J Morrow devised a method using TNT explosions and radio signals to rapidly determine bearings by triangulation from two hydrophones.
Sioux City reports a severe hail storm with over half an inch of rain, damaging gardens and bringing relief from a high 83 degree afternoon. Cedar Rapids police say a man sought for beating his wife was found in the river and is believed to have died by his own action. Dubuque selects Anna Baron of Rock Rapids as state regent of the Catholic Daughters of America with Cecilia Mulqueen of Council Bluffs as an officer. Ida Grove gunfire ends with a woman wounded and the shooter dead. Des Moines wins the 1926 international convention of the Cooperative Clubs site.
A conspiracy alleged to defraud the government of over 250000 in taxes centers on Newark with 20 individuals and two industrial firms indicted for participating in a bootleg ring handling thousands of gallons of alcohol.
The settlement of Perth Amboy traces to 1683 with the name honoring James Earl of Perth. Amboy is a later corruption of the original Indian name attached to the town.
Hogs receipts 22 000 mostly 50¢ lower than Tuesday with bulk good and choice 140 to 210 lb at 12.10 to 12.30 top 12.35. Slaughter hogs 11.40 to 12.35. Cattle receipts 11 000 steers and yearlings steady with heavy weights 10.40 to 10.50, stockers scarce, fat cows weak to 25¢ off. Sheep receipts 12 000 spring lambs strong, California and clipped lambs at 12.75 to 14.56. Wheat No hard 1.68 1.69. Corn No 2 yellow 1.16 1.17. Oats No 2 white 48 1. No 4 white 43 to 44. Barley none. Timothy seed 5.75 to 6.45. Bellies 19.75.
Chicago on May 20 reports livestock estimates for tomorrow with hogs at 30 000 cattle 11 000 and sheep 10 000.
In Tokio on April 20 Kinsaku Tajima aged 89 committed harakiri after a list misdated his age as 91 for an imperial silver wedding cup presentation. He left a note saying he could not accept the cup under the error and did not want disgrace from a correction.
London traffic policemen wear long white sleeve gloves to make hand signals more visible to pedestrians and drivers. The white wings were tested at busy crossings near Parliament and other crowded corners drawing crowds and requiring extra officers to direct flow.
Federal and state prohibition officials could not identify two men arrested in Ames Iowa on charges of transporting liquor and carrying 300 gallons of grain alcohol and dope. The pair claimed names Pat Burkey and Harold White but were not known to investigators as liquor runners.
The Organization of the National Conference of Motor Bus Operators adopted a resolution urging interstate regulation by the Interstate Commerce Commission for interstate bus operations. Parisian notes report French Foreign Minister Briand and Finance Minister Caillaux weighing a joint financial committee to negotiate unsettled war debts with an American committee.
A French finance committee considers a bill to raise foreigners real estate tax to 52 percent of the price, up from 13 percent. The measure cites currency depreciation and aims to curb capital from English and American buyers who can purchase property cheaper than in 1914.
Berlin April 30 Last year traffic through the Kiel Canal more than tripled since the war end and surpassed 1913 totals. In 1913 the canal saw 53 382 vessels with 10 349 929 tons. In 1918 15 929 vessels carried 4 720 000 tons. Last year recorded 42 373 vessels and 13 432 162 tons.
A discussion on beauty practices from ancient Greece to 1782 Paris. The piece cites L P Eichel and Mercier noting Greek women’s grooming, slave oiling, dyed hair and rouge, and Paris hairdressers and barbers amid rising vanity. It cites costs and social impact, including gossip in barber shops.
More than 150 bakers from Iowa cities gather in Muscatine for the twenty third annual Iowa State Bakers Association convention opening a two day session. Dr L A Rumsey of Chicago from the American Institute of Baking is set to deliver an address.
A fragmented timetable lists CRLaP eastbound and westbound trains with arrivals and departures. It includes passenger, freight, and local service at Knoxville and surrounding branches, with several numbers and times for No. 4 12 Express and No. 450 Local Pass trains.
A liner en route to Bermuda has sailors repainting white paint on cowls rails and fittings. One passenger jokes about a stained seat while a sailor heals him with benzine and earns a tip. The banter notes crew cash tips from small spares.
Father William EK. Cashin, who resigned as Sing Sing prison chaplain in New York after 12 years, praised improvements including prison cooking. He recounted a story of a cook who used tea in a kettle to make soup and joked to inmates that if tea leaves appear in the soup they will know it is thyme.
A Detroit News report from Dwyer school describes a kindergarten lesson where a teacher uses animal cutouts to name creatures. Asked to identify the deer, a pupil affectionately calls it a darling, illustrating gentle classroom humor.
A brief exchange frames a game where one person guesses another's thoughts. The dialog ends with the second person conceding the guess and the line implies a win for the second party.
Daloth Herald notes a philosophy that beauty comes from restraint and simplicity. The text urges letting nature be as a remedy for the complexion, contrasting with meddling or overprocessing.
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