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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1921
Page
8
Mount Ayr Iowa awaits a new court house as the 1883 building shows severe cracks. Architects warn collapse may come any minute and have authorized moving offices. Polls will soon vote on issuing 200000 dollars in bonds for a new structure while salvage from the old building is considered.
A writer warns against meddling in others affairs while a lawyer profits from such entanglements. The piece contrasts advice to mind one’s own business with a colorful jab at legal hustle and quarrels for a living.
A new aquatic sport debuts using a buoy as the central device. A participant remains perfectly dressed with legs in trousers fitted with tins to propel forward, signaling an experimental method of movement in water.
Local notes report Mrs Sikke Brewer saving a geranium with two purple blossoms amid dark red blooms as florists call it a curiosity. Also listed are community notices on visits, births, sales, dinners, and events including Legion Auxiliary meeting and a lecture at Graham.
In McGregor Iowa crews salvage fish stranded by low water on the upper Mississippi. They seined ponds near Harper’s Ferry Indiana and dumped hundreds of thousands back into the river each trip. Through October one hundred fifty million fish of various kinds had been saved this season amid funding limits and high costs.
James Turner, informed by Chicago via telegram that Bob Armstrong would pass through Washington on the midnight train, searched the depot but failed to locate him before the westbound departure. The note appears amid community notices and local greetings.
The Kolah club meets Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Helen Jackson. Independent club hosted by Mrs Latimer Davis Thursday afternoon. Catholic Daughters Sewing Circle with Mrs Henry Eagle Thursday afternoon. Christ in Church choir rehearsal Friday at 7 30 PM. Bb O W club Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Josephine Brewer. Nineteenth Century club first meeting of year Saturday at Mrs W M Keeley’s home. Campfire Girls meet with Dorothy Clark Thursday after 7 East Main. Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid all day Wednesday Oct 12 with Mrs Max Been blossom. Pythian Sisters officers practice Wednesday at 3 30. Chapter 1 P R E O meets with Mrs Frank Wilson Thursday afternoon. Fortnightly club Child Study Department meets Wednesday at 2 30 with Mrs M H Fredders.
The Baptist annual business meeting will be held at the church this Wednesday evening. Reports on the past year's work will be given and officers for the following year elected. Members are urged to attend in large numbers to share responsibility with the pastor.
Honolulu report shows Hawaii's exports to the mainland fell by 14,553,124 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, driven by a drop in raw sugar prices. Canned pineapples rose nearly 11,000,000, cushioning the total. mainland purchases rose about 18,000,000 amid shifting trade.
Brighton Encampment No 68 calls a 7 30 p m Friday gathering for important business. The Ladies Aid Society meets Thursday afternoon with Mrs Dave Haney for needlework. Regular C B S meeting Thursday 8 pm at Masonic Hall includes initiation and refreshments. Rural Women’s Club meets Thursday with roll call on current events. Delta Alpha class of Methodist church meets Thursday at 2 30 pm to elect officers. Legion rooms hosts a Tuesday 7 30 pm meeting for 2018 members in bank basement. Fleur de Lis club hosts gift day Thursday at 2 pm with hostess notice. Damascus Shrine 10 White Shrine invites Davenport Oriental Shrine 7 fall ceremonial Saturday Oct 15 banquet 6 30 pm degrees 7 45 pm.
The W W C T U will meet Thursday afternoon at 708 Washington St with Mrs James as host. Leader Mrs Duke will lead devotional on Value of Bible Study Acts 17 11. Members urged to pay dues early and contact Mrs Kilgore with $1 if unable to attend.
Oct. 10. A debate over the nation’s oldest living Free Mason centers on Samuel Cox of Marblehead Mass at 102 with 75 years in the order. Dr Joseph S Halstead of Breckenridge Mo aged 102 challenges the claim. Lexing ton Kentucky lodge reports Halstead as oldest based on grand lodge records.
An impatient man speaks of going fishing to escape a busy life and find a moment of solitude away from the phone. The exchange highlights his need for a simple, uninterrupted line.
Bureau of the Census reports more than eleven and a quarter billion daily newspaper copies printed yearly in the U S with an average of one copy per day for three and a quarter persons. Daily circulation stands at 32 725 937 across 2433 daily papers and Sunday papers total 19 929 834 weekly with an overall 11 270 559 316 copies and 106 6 per capita.
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