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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1922

Page

6

Society hosts and clubs share cordial evenings around town

Social groups hosted gatherings with bridge luncheons and music recitals at homes on East Main street and at local schools. Out of town guests joined the Kolah club afternoon, while Eva Godwin guided a cafeteria-style picnic at Lincoln School four miles north. A piano recital by Prof. T. C. Davis pupils featured several young performers as guests enjoyed breakfast at Rev. T. P. Barker’s home.

Lloyd Lytle Lytle East Main Street Tle Cubbins Chicago Frank Tinsley Sproat Iowa City Fred Smith Richland Lauder Kennedy Kolah Club John Kennedy Luella Swift Lee Foster Nelson Thompson Gertrude Brooks Lincoln School Eva Godwin Pupila T. C. Davis William and Helen Sartor Raje Roller Opal Meeker Anita Pratt Earle Davis Marion McLaughlin Plano Misa Carolyn Hamilton LaVera Stewart Rose Davisson Haze) Brown Tressa Royer Sartoris Williams Sartor Heins

Hand Painted Place Cards Marked Des Moines Bride’s Breakfast

Centerpiece rosebuds and ferns accompanied a seven thirty breakfast. Place cards were hand painted and sent by sister in law Mrs. Mercer of Des Moines.

Mercer Des Moines

Telephone directory press deadline notice

Our telephone directory goes to press Friday May 26. All orders for changes or installations must be in before that time to be included in the new book. Call 852 and leave your order.

Washington Telephone Co

Building Boom in Iowa Says State Labor Chief Ulrich

Des Moines May 25 Iowa faces a building boom with four more resident building permits issued in first four months of this year than in all of 1921. Employment edges up across industries with some layoffs. farm labor demand rises as men shift to agricultural work.

Ulrich Des Moines Iowa A. L. Ulrich

Locusts to Hatch Soon in Iowa City

Seventeen year cicadas are due in Iowa City in June. Frank Oliva says the last appearances were 1905 and 1888 and many have not seen them before. The insects emerge after seventeen years, lay eggs in twigs, and then die within weeks. They swarm in large numbers but cause little damage.

Iowa City Frank Oliva

Rules For Displaying The American Flag Etiquette

A compact guide to flag display and handling from correct orientation to masthead halyards and parade protocol. It warns against draping flags on tables or dust, touching the ground, or using colors in advertising, and outlines proper salutes and moments of hoisting and lowering the flag.

American Legion Weekly

Assembly Adopts Stone Plan In Presbyterian Church

The 134th General Assembly in Des Moines voted to enact the Stone report on consolidating church agencies. Thirteen boards were eliminated and replaced by four new boards amid heated debate and sustained applause during part 1 of the reading.

Des Moines Presbyterian Church In United States General Assembly Stone John Timothy Stone

Commission approves consolidation vote in early afternoon

About 800 commissioners cast ballots as the group voted in favor of consolidation. The result signals broad support for unification despite earlier hesitations and mixed opinions among members.

Candidate for Judge Newton District Nomination

Attorney H C Kort of this city has decided to seek the district judgeship and his name will be presented to the Republican judicial convention in July. He is senior member of Korf and Korf and a leading Jasper county lawyer.

Newton H. C. Kort Republican Judicial Convention Korf Korf & Korf Jasper County

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