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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1919
Page
6
The Thirty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Keokuk Presbytery Women’s Missionary Society convened in Ainsworth Iowa with delegates from local churches. Leaders outlined mission work, fundraising goals, and plans for summer outreach programs, emphasizing interchurch cooperation and community service.
President W A Jesup said enrollment matched the high forecast with every college crowded and extra instructors needed. Engineering up forty percent over prior peak and pharmacy registrations twenty percent higher. Liberal arts and other colleges report heavy registration causing Monday class delays. medicine law dentistry open earlier. education graduate and applied science also very full.
Henry L. Dollard recalls a young Roosevelt at Oyster Bay living near the water. He describes Roosevelt at sixteen as game and determined, often diving from the Steamboat dock and swimming back after near misses, praising grit that followed him into life.
William Huggins laments coal dust ruining his hat after a long wharf shift. His wife Liza retorts that the hat bears the dust and won’t ruin their evening, highlighting class and domestic tension in a London Opinion piece.
Nine Red Cross workers amend their petition against W. C. Dickson for alleged disparaging remarks asking damages of 10000 each, bringing the total to 96000. Assignment of the case will likely be made within the next few days.
William Miller a northern Lee county farmer who fell from a hay wagon four years ago and sustained a broken neck has recovered after Dr. Austin Philpott performed a neck operation at Sacred Heart hospital. Surgeons previously doubted success, but Miller now shows movement in muscles and limbs once useless and is on the road to full recovery.
Ottumwa hosts the Advertising Clubs of Iowa state meeting October 21 and 22 with a grand pageant and hospitality plan. The Ottumwa Admen's Club emphasizes an instructive entertaining program highlighting Ottumwa’s people and businesses.
A private note emphasizes strict secrecy and trust, claiming a confidential source demanded absolute discretion before any disclosure. The speaker urges the recipient to give an oath of honor not to reveal the information.
R H Bracewell principal of Burlington high school urged the Commercial Exchange to attend home football games to strengthen ties between the school and local business. He noted the board secured use of Stony Lonesome for athletics and neighbors hope to buy it as a stadium eventually.
Federal officer warns Cedar Rapids residents after several cases of illness linked to denatured alcohol used to spike drinks. Incidents include a young couple’s car outing and a woman’s critical condition, with deaths reported in Peoria. Officials require new poison labeling and stronger warnings on denatured alcohol.
In Cedar Falls Iowa teachers at Teachers College face reticence as unionization efforts press forward led by L V Lampson national organizer for the American Federation of Teachers. The group argues past administration limited teacher freedom and vows wage and working conditions improvements with dues tied to salary.
The article describes Pennilion singing common in Wales. a trio of players with a national instrument, the burp, perform a tune in strict time while singers improvise rhymed words to it. The impromptu poetry blends with music and is generally sober in character.
Edgar Porter travels to Kansas City to buy cattle. Mrs. Irvin visits daughter Mrs Will Leeper. Mrs. R G Vincent and son Charles visit Clark Wright home. Donald McLaughlin works for Ernest Carlson. Charles Rhodebeck attends Brighton celebration. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pringle visit Keota. Will Cherry family and Elmer Cherry visit Charles Cherry home. Ruth Vincent on sick list. Frank Beatty canvasses for Salvation Army drive and collects apples for County Home exhibit. Farmers Union to meet Oct 3 at Young America school.
Leading library workers from Iowa and other states attend the annual Iowa Library Association meeting in Waterloo October 7 8 and 9. Welcome address by H M Reed and responses by Mrs Bertha S Baird with talks by Miss Julia Robinson and Miss Hariett Wood plus an evening address by John Brigham.
A statement from Omsk cited by the Kolchak government finance minister shows Russia's debt total about 50 billion rubles, with annual interest near 643.5 million rubles. It notes prewar ruble values mislead abroad and lists France as a former large creditor, with Britain supplying most wartime funding.
Dan Drost editor of the Rock Island News is jailed in Scott county for criminal libel after failing to post bonds. Harry Hamilton, editor of the News, is imprisoned in Davenport for a year for similar charges. The paper was a weekly sensational outlet targeting tri city figures.
In the want column a reader is directed to locate a specific item within the newspaper, hinting at a hidden purchase or upcoming listing. The clue suggests checking multiple pages for the described object and follows a local ad style.
An article cites massive tobacco use and frequent fires linked to smoking. It references historical urban blazes and deaths, noting smokers’ carelessness with stubs and the danger to boys, with examples from New York, Petrograd, Fort Worth, and Baltimore.
Four Columbus bakeries the Columbus Bread Co Brenneman Baking Reynolds and Occident plead guilty to violating the Valentine anti trust law by fixing bread prices. They were fined 1000 dollars each and ordered to reduce bread prices with a 50 dollar daily penalty from indictment date.
Producers in Rock County, centered around Janesville Wisconsin, will receive 83.63 dollars per hundred pounds for milk starting today. The increase of 28 cents per hundred over the September price was announced by Alva Maxfield, secretary to the local producers association.
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