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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1923
Page
2
Market and receipts data for toys cattle hogs and sheep with estimated totals for today and tomorrow. Prices and ranges given for beef steers hogs and lambs plus grain quotes from Beach-Wickham Grain Co. in Burlington Iowa.
The obituary recalls William McDowell born April 29 1834 Venice Pa and died May 16 1923 in Steubenville aged 89 moving from Iowa after the Civil War. A U.S. Navy? No, he served in the 19th Iowa regiment, lived as a carpenter and builder famed for curved stairways, affiliated with United Presbyterian Church and Stanton Post G A R, married Nancy McConnell in 1872, celebrated his fiftieth anniversary, survived by wife son John and daughter Jane.
Mrs. Geo Barrett welcomes a new grandson at Emery Burkett home. Edna Rowe visited Bernice Rowe and attended commencement exercises. Floyd Griffith recovering from pneumonia. Mrs John Green visited daughters. Arthur Millers have a new son. Farmers resist co operation but Swift buys produce and poultry at Kinross and Nira at good prices.
May 22 Crawfordsville notes record Mr and Mrs M C DeLong and daughter Irene visiting relatives and attending church. Also listed are visits by Mr and Mrs J P Jones and sons Vernon and Russell Mrs J Buxbaum Mrs John Wooley and Mr and Mrs Fred Anwyl in Washington yesterday afternoon. Reverend W H Dillon of Columbus Junction called on friends here yesterday afternoon.
Clarence Moor head shopped in Washington on Tuesday. Basil Huston plans to build a new house on his farm now occupied by Owens and family. Ernest Zickafoose and family visited the Neff home in Wayland. Wallace and Gladys Carson visited the W A Carson home in Washington. Alfred Erickson and family called at John Krantz home in Sab bath. Wayne township threshing run met at Olds Wednesday. Many attended the class play Fifty-fifty in Crawfordsville Tuesday evening. Mrs John Krantz recovering from influenza. Ralph Moore of Washington visited Thursday. Ed Curtis filed for J A and C C Moorhead. Henry Menefee hauled hay from Elza Crawford farm this week. J A and Arch Huston visited Tuesday. Jim Zickafoose captured a young wolf Saturday evening hoping to make a pet. M Maxwell of Havre visited on Wednesday. Cary Long and family were entertained at Tony Johnson home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Rh Miller were entertained for dinner at Mr Adame’s Olds home Sunday.
A fragment urges enjoying life now rather than delaying happiness for wealth. It emphasizes that happiness lies in the present, and even the poor should spend some money to make life pleasant for themselves and their spouse.
Instructions claim rust stains can be removed by applying semen juice to the fabric and rubbing with salt. The article suggests repeating the process if first attempt fails and mentions timing and steps in a brief home remedy style.
Willis M. Chrissinger of Canaan township near Mt. Union sold seventy five head of fall shoats averaging 213 lb each at seven months. Farrowed Oct 7, finished by May 7, fed on tankage and ground feed, with few subpar pigs. Total feed costs about 735 dollars. sale receipts 1224 dollars plus remaining value.
A public noon dinner in Saunders Park precedes the Calf Club Tour on Tuesday May 29. Fifty five Baby Beef Calf Club members with families and neighbors are invited for an all day tour and picnic. J F Day of the Iowa Beef Producers Association and FP Reed of the Club Department plus Iowa State College leaders will accompany the group.
A guest refuses to stay the night after dining with the host but later changes his mind while walking to the gate. The host notes it would have been too much for him on such a night, while the guest insists his boots are tight.
A curious early description notes an Austrian pearl farm at the northern point of Australy in Yorres straits. The shallow water reef employs about 20 people to gather oysters from which pearls are sold in London for nearly a million dollars.
Avis Talcott of Ames leads meetings for women in Center township Beulah Baptist Church Scott township Prairie Gem neighbors Center schoolhouse Canaan township May 24 25. She will explain Home Projects from the Extension Department and Farm Bureau. County Yarn Baxter will show four reels at evening meetings. County corn yield test plots planted with entries from Jackson township Crehn PV Campbell Milligan Wright and Sehuermay ant.
A new Button Museum in Prague showcases a vast collection of dress fasteners from various ages. Founded by a Bohemian button maker, the museum houses thousands of peculiar devices and is hailed by Scientific American as one of Europe’s curious specialty museums.
A compact observation on social conduct among well-bred people. Contempt masked as respect, authority hidden, each given their turn. Conversation flows easily, without interruption or overt displays of superiority, maintaining civility and tact. Lume.
A cryptic fragment extols a philosophy called Keynore Krowledge, praising the love and principles of hubierty as a great fountain of wisdom. The source text is obscure and stylistically irregular, with no clear event or persons to anchor reporting.
Jeffreys a silk-stocking candidate faces a blackmailer demanding fifty thousand dollars or negative press. A violent confrontation ensues as he battles the extortion and considers bowing to Boss Higgins to hush the scandal. The political stakes loom with his wife and children’s futures at risk and the end of his candidacy predicted.
A long standing grievance emerges about outside trash in waste baskets. The janitor complains frail skins and paper create extra work. When asked about reporting to the Dose he mentions a song report, and notes PT did invent something, then threw it into the waste basket.
A humorous exchange in which Farner Corn tessel explains that his apparent anger at a joke about his whiskers is really regret. He quips he wishes his whiskers were as valuable as alfalfa, highlighting a playful rural tone.
A dinner tale recalls Lord Hartington’s notorious public yawns after a Commons debate. A companion spoke of whispers that his speech was extremely dull, and Hartington himself admitted the difficulty of engaging an audience.
The document classifies hawoon fatalities into three causes: interference with respiration, termed aplysia or apnea. interference with the heart’s action, called syncope. and interference with the nervous system, described as coma or shock.
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