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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1923
Page
6
State highway commission reports 1922 expenditures 91 552 374 62 on roads and bridges down 7 million from 1921 yet over double 1917. Primary county township and bridge costs listed with miles and per mile rates. average per mile 303 10 down from 312 23 prior year.
University of Iowa journalism students gain a major project as The Daily Iowan buys 25000 dollars worth of equipment to publish next year an eight page daily morning paper with leased wire service. Lorenz Wolters will be editor in chief and Harry Hoege business manager. Loren Upton will be graduate business manager, and George Gallup will join as instructor and graduate editor of publications.
Father William Lenfers, a German priest, cites a Linching prelate report that eighty Chinese prisoners were killed by bandits at Paotbuku after food shortages. Victims were bound, tagged with names, and one woman died with her child. Families were informed and bodies recovered.
The moon enters Earth's shadow when it moves into a darkening zone opposite the sun, causing its sunlight to be blocked and the lunar eclipse to occur. The eclipse unfolds as the moon passes through the Earth's shadow, dimming and sometimes reddening as it moves.
In an English court a widow asked why police arrest the poor widow rather than murderers and burglars. She spoke about losing her husband and seeking another, challenging authorities to address crime without punishing vulnerable individuals.
West of Washington hosts a lively mix of gatherings with Miss Jean Hay guest of honor at Miss Willa Gibson’s South Iowa Ave party. Mrs Ward Gilliland hosts a small house party for Mr T K Holland’s departure to St Louis. The Friendship Club met with Mrs Charles Brown and Hazel performed piano pieces during a patriotic afternoon. Thelma Davis led a slumber party at Ainsworth with a rain disrupted lawn supper and a Star Spangled Banner wake up. The group shared a breakfast before departing, including Thelma Davis, Dorothy Gordon, Merle Simkins, Maxine Stephens, Gertrude Beal, Bonnie Kelsey, Bennetta Tobin and Margaret Beal. Mr and Mrs Chris Yoder and others picnic at Sunset Park today.
An ad style explanation claims undigested food becomes poisons turning to gas that presses on the heart and organs. It promotes Adlerika with buckthorn bark and ely cerine to remove decaying food matter and foul gas from upper and lower bowel, aiding against appendicitis.
Afternoon visit with children playing on the slide and merry-go-round ends with a bountiful picnic dinner served at Sunset Park. Mrs Blanche Grecian and her children enjoy the day while she works on fancy work. Word arrives of the marriage of Miss Jessie Henderson to J W Baker in Cleveland Ohio last Saturday at six. Both couples known in Washington.
A French mayor who once served as magistrate was about to conduct a civil wedding when he halted and asked the bride if she would wed the man. After her affirmative answer he addressed the groom with a mock defense question, adding a playful courtroom twist.
The article explains that Indians did not kill wolves out of belief that spirits of the departed inhabited them. They only used firebrands or rocks to deter wolves unless dogs or children were threatened, and if a wolf were killed the rifle was discarded afterward.
The passage reflects on living as if each moment were final. It argues that heedful living would alter perception, making ordinary things seem brilliant and values reoriented instantly.
Misunderstandings can be smoothed over at the proper time and in the right way. If people keep issues calm and resolved, they would get along better and avoid lingering rankle.
Crawfordsville marked Memorial Day with a band procession from the school to the home of Civil War veteran J H Huston, then to the cemetery for decorations and taps. Dr W H Spence delivered a speech on Freedom Union and Peace as veterans and local groups honored the dead and celebrated with a ball game and a band concert in the evening.
Walnut Women's club meets Friday evening June 1. D A will also meet. Bake sale at Farmers Union Store West Chester Saturday. Ladies Social of Presbyterian church meets Friday 2 30 at Mrs Win Smouse. Rebekahs meet Friday 8 pm election of officers. Busy Bee club meets May 31 at Dorothy Brown home bring cloth. Women Missionary Society meets Friday 2 30 at Mrs J B Randle home leader Mrs R S Cook.
Sabbath school at 10:00 a m and preaching at 11:00 a m with an evening service at 8:00 p m A sincere welcome and church notice Includes Intermediate League picnic Friday afternoon Members meet at the church at one o clock Car transportation arranged from Box Springs call for details at seven o clock a m
The United Presbyterian church invites members to a get acquainted social for the new pastor tomorrow evening at the church. Attendees are encouraged to be present for a pleasant gathering and welcome remarks.
Mrs R EB Brown will host the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church on Friday at 2 30. Mrs Ab Anderson will lead the program and a missionary tea will follow the business meeting. The Damascus Shrine No 10 of the White Shrine of Jerusalem meets Thursday at the Commercial club, all members please attend. Mrs Eva Mae Micheals W H PSots
A Farmers Union meeting is scheduled for Friday evening at the Young America school house. C. F. Letts will deliver the address at the gathering.
The Presbyterian choir will rehearse this evening at 7 30. St Pauls Evangelical Ladies Aid holds an eatable sale in Frank Stewart store room on the south side of the square Saturday June 2. All ladies of the congregation are asked to bring as many eatables as possible.
Ten thousand Iowa youth including a large county delegation will lead the 29th International Christian Endeavor Convention parade in Des Moines July 7. Convention committees released tentative program details and extended invitations to dignitaries such as Roger W. Babson Warren G Harding John R Mott W L MacKenzie King and Sherwood Eddy to appear on the program.
Tentative acceptances from all tribes are in for the Iowa Christian Endeavor Convention. The annual Endeavorers parade from all nations is set for Saturday July 7 in New York City last year Iowa Endeavorers wore red and white. Denominational conferences are scheduled for afternoon and evening with patriotic demonstrations at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on July 4. An Iowa chorus of 500 voices will provide music as the convention sessions run from July 4 to 9.
A reflective note on happiness by Henry James. It argues that true joy comes from escaping self-focus and remaining out, sustained by engaging, absorbing tasks that fill one’s attention.
A brief editorial note urges men to beat their own records rather than outdoing others. It argues genuine progress comes from self-improvement and fair competition, not cutthroat rivalry. The piece reflects a society view on personal effort and collective advancement.
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