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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1923
Page
7
A short list references garment materials and notions including widths such as 27 inch and 26 inch in gingham patterns. It mentions steel needles pearl buttons basting thread and safety pins. The tone resembles a shop or catalog note reading like a materials roundup.
Community items from Winfield via Olds report a lecture at the Olds school and a moving pictures show by the farm bureau. Morning Sun won a football game 61 to 6. Local residents attend the Mt Pleasant W C T U convention. Families visit Ohio, Iowa City, Chicago, and Adair with varied travel and business notes. A one cent sale by McGugin Drug Co. draws crowds.
Local Wellman items report scarlet fever at Brighton and a closed school, rain delaying Wellman vs Williamsburg football, visits from Otis Whetstine and others, Mable Arthur modeling in Iowa City, and the Wellman Ladies Band set for October 3. Also covered are travels to Chicago and Des Moines, Ford accidents, a bake sale by Baptist ladies, and community updates on residents and local businesses.
Ray Cummings plans a modern chicken house 10 by 14 feet with a new foundation this fall at Riverside. Joe Lear returns from Chicago after farm work nearby. Mrs. Russell Denison tends a sore foot risking infection. Mr and Mrs Frank Minces host a neighborhood social with Lorack orchestra and a late luncheon.
The Valley Valley report notes an all day quilting meeting on September 26 with eight members and two visitors. The next gathering is planned October 10 with Mrs Emma Augustine. Various social visits and local news items are also recorded, including illnesses and travel.
Miss Cecil Robertson returns from Washington while Charlie McKinstry delivers cattle to Chicago. Roy and wife welcome a 9% lb girl born Friday September 28. Mr. and Mrs. Baker Merle Statler and family visit Marion Smith. Eunica Baker helps Florence Smith. Jennie Hennon assists Roy Wells. Acel Robertson and Ralph Springer visit Charlie McKinstry.
A reflective line by Denry Dodd notes that people miss opportunities because they appear as hard work and practical effort rather than as a chance in disguise. The quotation frames opportunity as something that often travels under a utilitarian appearance.
Opinion argues that a real farmer embodies skilled craftsmanship and should earn a skilled laborer’s wage for himself. It questions why agricultural laborers’ pay level should not apply to farmers’ own earnings, framing farming as skilled work deserving proper compensation.
Acting Governor John Hamill broadcasts Iowa fire loss figures for 1922 exceeding 10 million dollars and a daily fire death toll of five across the U S. Fire Marshall J A Tracy promotes October 9 as Fire Prevention Day and October 7-13 as Fire Prevention Week. The message cites arson and carelessness as major causes and notes state and fleet contexts.
Des Moines Western League third baseman Koenig, 19, leaves to finish the season with St Paul of the American Association. He has drawn major league interest all season and, if he overcomes an erratic streak, his speed and throwing arm could make him valuable to a big league club.
Manson without a mayor as of October reports J. F. Ring, former mayor, has moved with his family to Iowa City. The town council must select a temporary mayor until the election next March. no candidates have appeared yet.
Sioux City stockyard interests announce the eighth annual stocker and feeder show to be held October 2 3 and 4. Prizes total 3350 with 1200 awards in the Shorthorn and Hereford divisions and 950 in the Angus division.
Congress man Gilbert N. Haugen of Northwood Iowa in the west studying national forests and streams issues. He chairs the House Agriculture Committee and expects to map a conservation program upon returning to Washington.
The Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs announced at its autumn executive board meeting that a permanent headquarters will be set up in an office building in Des Moines. The decision was made at the just concluded autumn gathering.
Dan Willaman, younger brother of Sam Willaman and Frank Willaman, registers at Iowa State College for the new term and joins the freshman squad. He previously starred as a backfield player for Shaw High School in Cleveland and also played baseball and track.
Mrs Linda Spence Brown, formerly of the University of Texas, is named head of the institutional management department at Iowa State College. She earned a master's from the University of Chicago and has substantial executive experience with the Young Women's Christian Association. She succeeds Edna Lord Murphy who resigned to lead a large Far East school.
J A Plummer, a LeGrand native and former Friends Academy student, was named associate justice of the California third district court of appeals. He moved west after finishing his Iowa education, the news reaching old friends in LeGrand.
The Polk County Sunday School Association adopted an $11,500 budget for 1923, up from 1922 by $2,000. Funds will cover operating expenses and expand the association’s program, with a constitution modeled after state and national bodies adopted at the convention in Des Moines.
Atlantic residents at a banquet watched Jay Monroe of North Park Colorado rope tableside with expert lassoing. A fellow guest tied to shake hands found his wrist snared as Monroe, famed as Colorado’s champion rope artist, demonstrated uncanny accuracy.
Des Moines police report 1701 arrests in August, up from 1662 a year earlier. Traffic violations reached 648 and 490 arrests were for intoxication. The month saw 86 injuries in automobile accidents and two deaths.
Raymond Robins, noted reformer and politician, will present six lectures before Des Moines University students in early October.
The Des Moines Public Library reports August activity up from 1922 as total checkouts at the main and branch libraries exceed 38 000. Over 1 000 new periodicals and books were added that month amid a growing collection and nearing winter.
A single train carried over 8,000 tons of iron ore from northern Minnesota to Superior Wisconsin, matching the cargo size of a typical lake steamship. The shipment highlights a major freight move in the iron ore industry.
The article recalls how sultans and priests in Turkey once treated smoking as an 80 grave offense punishable by death or torture in many cases.
Des Moines readers protest the bearded farmer in Jay N Darling’s cartoons claiming beards won’t fit modern images. Darling says whiskers are the recognized formula that identifies the farmer and many other public figures in cartoons.
A merchant reports seeing an advertisement in the Journal. This brief notice notes the ad's appearance and implies business interest or inquiry sparked by the listing.
The Associated Press report from Keokuk states Sub Chaser No. 64, used by the Burlington naval reserve unit, has been assigned to water quarters. The move reflects reallocation of patrol assets to reserve duties.
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