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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1923
Page
8
Local brief roundup with residents visiting Washington Iowa and surrounding communities. Names mentioned include Mrs R Blake Mrs F W Stransky C W Watson Fred Spangler D F Macon Miss Clara Leven Miss Doris Benn W D Loftiss Mrs J Edward Evans Flo Juzeler Marion Gray Ed Shards and others. Includes shop ads and service notices for tires woodwork doors mowers and screens.
Arch Best Oxfords and Elizabeth Beranek appear in local notices. Residents and visitors from Muscatine, Ottumwa, Fairfield, Crawfordsville, and nearby areas are mentioned with trips to Washington, Columbus Junction, and Wellston. A Heinica Royal Orchestra performance is planned at Lyons Cafe.
Iowa Knights of Columbus hold their twenty second annual convention in Mason City from May 27 to 29. The fourth degree ceremonial begins May 27 at 1 30 pm with high mass at St Josephs church. A banquet is planned at the armory at 630 pm. Monday features an address of welcome by Mason City mayor J H McGee and a response by State Deputy J F Ford. A memorial mass and officer elections are set for Tuesday morning with activities for visiting ladies including an auto trip to Clear Lake and a luncheon at the Country Club.
Seven teen year old Josephine Barone was abducted from her home by four armed men and recovered two hours later at the residence of her cousin Samuel Selano. Authorities hold Selano's brother and his aunt and uncle as part of the investigation.
A German researcher asserts his invented device can measure morals by physical metrics, enabling assessment of a man’s character with scientific precision. The claim links invention to ethics, sparking debate on science testing human virtue.
A method to free a glass stopper stuck in a bottle by gently tapping with a second bottle. The text suggests the stopper will come out easily after the technique is applied.
The tutatera Heard is described as New Zealand’s most remarkable flyer of its kind and the oldest existing reptile type.
Household plants thrive when given a monthly bath in water with a spoonful of ammonia per quart of water. This simple treatment is recommended to improve blooming and vigor.
Reading Times reports an amusing note about a Toledo elephant pausing the plane as if moved next door, sparking repeated chatter at the neighborhood corner.
An Exchange-Per rental listing for a five room camp on Maple Avenue. The ad mentions town water and a horse, with brief, fragmentary text from the Boston Evening Transcript.
In Cochin China reports state that a Chinese practice allows divorce after two witnesses observing a couple declaring separation. The claim notes two broken chopsticks as sufficient evidence of the act during the presence of witnesses.
Reports of newborns weighing twenty pounds at birth appear in records with cases of weights greatly exceeding typical newborn size. Medical notes and chronicles recount several instances of unusually heavy infants and the attention such births drew from practitioners and families.
A brief aphoristic note remarks that the heart acts like a millstone grinding corn. it yields fortune when fed and frets otherwise, attributed to Weber.
A Spanish proverb notes that without iron shoes for a horse the king would not be crowned with gold, using animal footwear as a metaphor for royal authority and wealth.
Venice paid six thousand crowns to Saniazere for a six line poem praising their city. The record price marks the highest ever paid for a poem.
Boston Evening Transcript notes a portrait described as a quilt, crafted to mirror every line of his face with a curious personal metaphor. The piece explores identity through fabric and facial features in a reflective profile.
A brief note recalls ancient uses of butter including its role as a fuel in times past. The observation frames butter as a resource valued for practicality beyond culinary use.
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