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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1922
Page
6
A graduation address from the Washington High School class of 1922 praises pursuing personal ideals and honesty. It thanks parents and teachers, recalls shared memories, and urges students to follow their own gleams toward service and citizenship.
Esther Hay delivers the valedictory for the class of 1922, reflecting on graduation as a beginning, praising parents and the state for education, and warning of two diverging paths after commencement. She invokes ideals, progress, and personal responsibility as graduates face future challenges.
A five year old girl left spellbound by a ventriloquist at a vaudeville performance prays for her siblings and then whispers otto voce that she will behave. The anecdote captures childlike humor from a 1900s stage scene.
A compact glossary entry notes conceit as the belief you are rejected when a woman says she would not marry the best man in the world. The explanation frames the hurt as a misreading of romantic value and self worth.
Mrs. Arthur McCormick hosted a noon chicken dinner for friends. The B O W club organized a surprise party for Mrs. Harry Fergerson on her birthday with strawberry shortcake and mints. Guests included Mrs. Fergerson’s mother and sister, Joyce Arthur, and Mrs. Charles McCormick from Muscatine.
Poppies will be sold by the American Legion Auxiliary on Saturday all day and evening. Eight hundred flowers priced at five cents each were made by auxiliary members. Proceeds support memorial observances for World War soldiers. Committee heads Mrs. Ernest Louck and Mrs. Tom Downing, with assistants Isabel Minick Ruth McGinnis Jessie Rice Frances Wilson Edith Otto Elizabeth Freding Mildred Rice and others will oversee regional sales and recruit helpers.
A Paria man attempted a postage scam to counter higher rates by reusing envelopes. He covered stamps with mucilage to reuse cancellations and stamps, operating in over 11,000 cases before postal detectives uncovered the ruse and fined him 2000 francs.
An exchange predicts a future when women pay attention to dress styles. A curious line adds that on that day all the clams will surface from the sands, tear their hinges, and bark at the moon. Portland Express.
A reflective item quotes Lowell noting that human affairs have a title but no Gulf Stream of fate, suggesting constant motion and shifting outcomes beyond any single fixed direction. The line evokes impermanence and the need to adapt.
Booster club meets Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Axel Anderson. Catholic Daughters hold a May 26 meeting at 8 PM at K C hall with banquet tickets. West Chester Methodist Ladies hold a bake sale Saturday at Ferenson's store. Kate Hill and Young Women's Missionary Society plan May 26 meeting at 7 30 PM. Field Secretary will attend. American Legion Auxiliary wreaths and bouquets work sessions Saturday and Tuesday. Port nightly club Bible department last meeting Monday at Mrs. Wilsons with Deuteronomy study. Prairie Flower community holds Sunday preaching by Rev. Unthank morning and evening.
One of Bossworth's young sprouts recounts a late night scare when his engine died near the graveyard causing him to shake the car so violently that a neighboring farmer came to town thinking the motor was running. The incident is from Science and Invention.
A. N. Bower learned from Ruth Bower that Ora Rowan wife of the late Thomas Rowan and former Washington county recorder died this week near Denver after a stroke. She had lived with her two sons on a ranch for years. Her husband died earlier. Mrs. Rowan was a daughter of Oscar Hocum a former Ainsworth ticket agent. Her sister was married to Lee Laughead brother of James Laughead of this city.
Readable text notes a bake sale for the A. M. E. church to be held Saturday on the northwest side of the street three doors south of the post office location mentioned.
A Boston Transcript item notes that some girls are hesitant to marry men who lack ready money, reflecting social expectations of financial readiness in marriage.
Mrs Lola Darbyshire of Des Moines arrived for a visit at the Geo Clapper home with friends. Mrs G L Parker of LaCrosse Wis has been visiting the Ted Brown home and returned home this morning. Mrs Ed Page is on a week vacation from Graham store and Blanche Fouchek is covering. Mrs Ella Proudfit is out this week and Charles Tucker is back during her absence. Bake sale Saturday three doors south of the post office offering good edibles. Mrs C W McLaughlin left for Philadelphia and Northampton Mass for Wheaton college commencement festivities with daughter Maurine McLaughlin. they will visit eastern points before returning.
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