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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1923
Page
3
Superintendent W. C. Harding announces the next school year teaching staff with all positions filled except one vacancy. Maude Whiteside declined the penmanship and drawing post, leaving a vacancy to be filled by several applicants as of now.
Mrs. Emil A. Borgstrand died at her home one mile south of Coppock after a paralysis stroke. Funeral services will be held at the late home at two o'clock Thursday, with Rev. Ballard of Wayland officiating, burial at North Hill cemetery in Wayland. Surviving are son Milburn Borgstrand and siblings David Shively, Mrs. Mary Ballad, and Mrs. Frank McKune. her husband and several other children and siblings are noted as deceased.
Davis of 1407 North Second Avenue Washington is among seven men awarded letter sweaters for the past basketball season at Parsons College. The team, with Davis as forward, won 11 of 15 games against strong state college teams. Other letter winners include Harold Scott Leonard Sullivan Roy Lawson Theodore Horton Max Lynn and Elmer Meyer from Wayland Fairfield Brighton Donnellon and Wayland respectively.
At a women’s auxiliary meeting the plan for uniform flag poles along the square received business community support. Iron posts will hold large flags every twenty four feet, and posts should be in place by Decoration Day. About a thousand poppies will be sold for the event, with a report on the state convention in Burlington.
Philemon class of boys from First United Presbyterian Sabbath school placed third in a national Bible study and attendance contest with hundreds of classes. Prizes from David C. Cook Publishing Co. totaled 15 dollars, used to buy a Bible presented to the Sabbath school by Heinrich Ebner, accepted by Superintendent David McLaughlin.
A reflective line notes love as a secondary passion for those who love most, and as a primary passion for those who love least. The aphorism underscores contrasting perspectives on love and attachment.
The quote from a Boston Evening Transcript piece reflects on self reliance and risk in travel and life. It suggests meeting trouble head on yields a harsher, lonelier journey. The line frames courage as a constant companion or burden during hardship.
Eugene Seevers of Oskaloosa was released from the county jail after a hearing before the county board of insanity failed to declare him a fit patient for an insane hospital. Seevers had been arrested about ten days earlier on Mrs. N. L. Black’s complaint that he obtained valuable hair goods by false pretenses. The wigs were found in his trunk, which had been sent from Boone and received here yesterday. Seevers agreed to pay for repairs. Mrs. Black declined to press the charge after recovering her property. Seevers had claimed to be a religious worker and to give entertainments in churches.
Attorneys from Mexico Missouri appear to take depositions in a damages suit filed by H Palmer against Katheryn Hethcote for alleged slander. Several Washington witnesses testify to avoid trial travel, as depositions proceed ahead of the court date.
Heights school team defeated Centennial 11 to 6 yesterday afternoon in an official game replacing the day before’s disputed contest. Both teams played hard. A four o'clock game today on Lincoln grounds features Heights versus Wallace, who beat Lincoln last Saturday.
Eight year old Dale Mitchell, son of Mr and Mrs W H Mitchell, was injured yesterday afternoon on a teeter totter at Lincoln school. He fell, was stunned, but returned to class. He grew ill at home, a physician was summoned, and he remained in a nervous condition though expected to recover after a few days of rest.
In Washington and nearby areas about forty Civil War veterans remain, per Dr. Boice and local G A R members. The list includes veterans living in town and country near Washington, plus several post members in other towns, with three colored veterans among the survivors. The count suggests roughly seventy veterans still alive in the county.
A tunnel makes voices seem louder due to immediate sound reflection. The comparison notes that like a gas reflector increasing light intensity, a sound reflector boosts apparent voice strength.
The Platonic system ranked among the most popular ancient philosophies. Plato, born 409 B C, died 347 B C, stood out for the breadth of his teachings and was a disciple of Socrates.
The service, while intended for veterans and the W A C, remains open to everyone and the public is invited to attend.
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