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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1922

Page

7

Dayton Grove Community News Sees Picnic and Socials

Mr and Mrs Will Embree visited at the Embree home near Keota and several neighbors attended gatherings at Hendersons and the Geo Ferguson home. A Dayton Grove picnic at West Chester schoolhouse drew large crowds with plentiful food and good spirits.

Dayton Grove Will Embree Embree Keota Kreese Hartman Ferguson Lester Lynn Ferguson Dale McBride Geo. Ferguson West Chester Lester Sigman Funice Lola Dayton Chas. Johnson Frankie Moore Jennie Strum Washington Paul Gaes Dan's Gass

Community Notes From Ainsworth May 26

Mr and Mrs Chas Palmer and children vacationed at the Will Saville home near Havre. S G club gatherings at Will Pauls. Music by Mr and Mrs Matson visiting her parents. Ore ton No 3 school closes May 19 with a hearty program. Mrs Richards and pupils dine indoors due to cold. Mrs Will Richards visited F M Smith. Mrs Howard Beenblossom improves. sisters Ella Green and Anna Neff visiting.

Ainsworth R. No. 2 Chas. Palmer Will Richard's Richards Will Richards F. M. Smith Howard Beenblossom Ella Green Anna Neff

Local visitors and a sad tumble in Crawfordsville

Crawfordsville reports visitors from Washington and Chicago. A three year old girl, Betty Marie Jarvis, suffered a fall at an ice-house and will have an X-ray for a possible elbow break. The Doreas class of the United Presbyterian church met at F. J. Maxwell’s with eleven members and elected officers led by President Mrs Idjily Jeense.

Crawfordsville J A. Moorhead Luther Gormly D. W. McClure Harry White Washington Ralph Borman Will Long Chicago Margaret Smylie Alneworth John Smyth Betty Marie Jarvis Fred Jarvis Doreas United Presbyterian Church F. J. Maxwell Idjily Jeense Tet Maxwell Birdie Taylor Taylor

Man Postpones His Funeral After Remedy Claim

A 66 year old man reports severe stomach liver and related ailments improving after using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. He says three doses cured him and plans to postpone funeral arrangements. The advertisement promotes the remedy as a simple safe product with a money back guarantee through Lemmon's Pharmacy and other druggists.

Mayr Lemmon’s Mng Druggists Adyt

Local Socials List Graduates and Leisure Outings

Maxwell and Mrs Lease served ice cream and cake. W H and Miss Mary McCall attended Morning Sun commencement exercises. Cousin Lloyd McCormick is among the graduates. Charlie Shafer Earl Griffith and Clarence Peck fished at Oakland Mills yesterday.

Death of Mrs Barbara Kucera at Riverside

Riverside May 24 marks the death of Mrs Barbara Kucera at noon after years of illness. She would have turned 82 in July. Born in Bohemia, she emigrated in 1896 with Vuenzil Kucera to America settling near Riverside. Survived by three sons Jose ph Joseph and William, two daughters in law Mary Stransky and Agnes Reha, fifteen grandchildren, and other relatives. Funeral at St Marys church Friday at 9 AM.

Riverline Riverside Barbara Kucera Bohemian Vuenzil Kucera America Riverside Kucera Mary Stransky Agnes Reha St. Mary's Church

Invention Dreams Behind Every Human Achievement

A reflective line notes that every invention from early tools to modern renderings arose from a guiding dream. The quote attributes such vision to human ingenuity and persistent imagination driving progress across ages.

Right Not to Be Withheld in Global Thought

A fragmented poetic line explores universal access to truth and contemplation under the sun and stars. It references Dante and meditates on the human need to seek meaning in all corners of the earth, within the canopy of leaves.

You Have Been a Long Time in the cloakroom

A humorous note recounts a moment in Munich where the speaker jokes about finding cloakroom tickets in a handbag after a long wait. The quip references Paul and a tardy memory, capturing a light anecdote style.

Munich

Fragmentary Quote From Unete Khe on Work and Quarrel

A garbled excerpt presents Unete Khe asserting that if the average man is as eager to do shore work as he is to wait for others to fulfill duties. The text is incomplete and lacks clear context or names.

Forging a Press Agent Decision Cited in Commentary

A noted essay warns against delaying action until a cause compels a press agent. It argues early planning and message shaping prevent crisis publicity, urging timely communication by organizations to control narrative and public perception.

Spider and Beetle Survive Long Food Deprivation

A fragment notes extreme cases of hunger resilience. It mentions a spider surviving ten months without food and a beetle living through three years of famine, highlighting remarkable endurance in nature.

World of Inventions Confuses Uncle Eben

A humorous folk quotation shows Uncle Eben musing on inventions and the trouble of controlling clever devices that run wild and exhaust a person with their antics.

Eben

Truth in Advertising and Honest Business Movement

The piece argues that advertising reflects the ethics of the seller and that true honesty in business is essential for profitable results. It urges advertisers and merchants to adopt ethics as a core business driver, noting personal experience, education efforts, and a Better Advertising Week to push improved selling practices.

Papa United States Canada

Dreaded Storm Signals in Women's Health Warned

The ad claims nervous irritability backache and dragging pains predict collapse unless treated. It cites Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the standard remedy used for nearly fifty years and features women who allegedly recovered, presenting a testimonial argument.

Lydia E. Pinkham

Three Rules for Home Making

Interior decorator lays out three home making rules to a newly married couple. Provide necessary utilities, arrange an agreeable color scheme, and ensure the place is livable.

Life Insurance Emerges From Marine and Vessel Losses

The article traces life insurance as a by product of insuring ships and crews in earlier times. Owners insured against the death of the skipper, with policies issued by individuals before the rise of formal companies.

Comne

Narcissus Flowers Stolen By Child in Odd Exchange

A two year old hovered over a basket of narcissus blooms and asked if they were fragrant. Auntie replied no, the baby said they are flowers, revealing a playful misunderstanding in a domestic scene.

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