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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1922

Page

5

Society Scenes Highlight Local Club Gatherings

Multiple social events fill a day with luncheons dinners and sewing clubs. Mrs Clarence Hollingsworth hosts a lunch for Mrs H T Wager of Waterloo while Mrs F O Babb’s Embroidery club meets at her country home with eight ladies and a guest. The Just Us club welcomes two new members and a guessing contest entertains guests. A White Shrine sewing event at Mrs Reid’s house draws forty seven attendees with performances by Little Miss Mary Dee Lupton Little Miss Letty Stephens Mrs Max Marble and Mrs Blanche MecCleery.

Just Us B2t& Gardner Charlie Owen F. O. Babb Ida Patterson Fred Reid Mary Dee Lupton Letty Stephens Max Marble John Parks Blanche McCleery Fred Reid Blanche MecCleery Grace Stephens Grace Sigafoose Louie Jones

Social gatherings and dances headline Wellman club notes

Jeanette McElhinney hosted a delicious one course luncheon with Mrs Strubble and Mrs Webster of Wellman visiting in the afternoon. The White Way club met at Mrs Floyd Crayne's home on October seventeenth with a fine luncheon and a red white color scheme. Guests included Mrs Cherry and Mrs Jean Crayne. The Younger Set Club held a lively dance at the Commercial Club with 35 couples to music by an Iowa City student orchestra. Out of town guests included Mrs Neil Adams Wagner of Waterloo and Miss Lucile Montgomery of Chicago. The group plans a Halloween masquerade ball on October 31.

Jeanette McElhinney Mrs. Strubble Mrs. Webster of Wellman White Way Club Floyd Crayne Cherry Jean Crayne Mps Ray Martin Commercial Club Iowa City Neil Adams Wagner Waterloo Clarence Hollingsworth Lucile Montgomery Chicago

Babe Ruth’s Wife Slightly Injured in Car Crash

Mrs Helen Ruth wife of Babe Ruth was slightly injured when her husband’s racing car skidded into a tree on Pelham Parkway in New York. She suffered a bruised wrist and continued with her day. the chauffeur escaped injury and the car had minor damage.

Associatedress New York Helen Ruth Wifo Babe” Ruth Pelham Parkway

Questioning Asoka: A Skeptical View From E. W. Howe

A brief note from E. W. Howe's Monthly questions the historic existence of Asoka the ancient ruler praised as honest and just. The fragment argues the benevolent sovereign may be a literary fabrication, inviting doubt about his reality and purpose.

Asoka E. W. Howe Monthly

Two Things Life Taught Him From Holmes Quote

The piece reflects on Oliver Wendell Holmes's view that the truest lives are complex like multifaceted roses while society pushes individuals toward a single facet. It emphasizes enduring satisfaction from embracing many facets amid social pressure.

Taim Oliver Wendell Holmes

Real Workers Only Vote in Russia Elections

AP reports Moscow elections for village and provincial soviets restrict voting to actual workers, peasants, and soldiers per the Soviet constitution. Those in trade, employers, private dealers, clergy, and religious cult employees are barred.

Russia Moscow Musesia

University of Washington Student Finds Fadelesa Green Dye

A UW student claims to have discovered a new fadelesa green dye in a fangus specimen. The dye allegedly with stands chemical tests that no other known dye can meet.

University of Washington

Nerves Fray as Mary Explains Loss of Temper

Mary explains she snapped at her younger brother after a day of provocation and nerves frayed. The Boston Transcript reports her remarks as she described losing patience with him.

Mary Boston Transcript

Germans Raise Grapes on American Rootstock in War Effort

Neustadt laborers and wine scientists report a grafting method to save Germany’s wine industry from phylloxera. American rootstocks prove resistant to the louse, enabling grafted German vines to replace infected stock. The plan aims to rebuild vineyards nationwide and cut losses.

Neustadt Germany

Prefer Ice Picks in Pneumonia Treatment Over Time

Physicians today favor ice packs for pneumonia and other pulmonary ailments, moving away from the hot applications that dominated treatment about a quarter century ago.

Cultivate Cheerfulness Inspires Livelier Lives

A call to cultivate cheerfulness as essential as air and water. The piece argues cheerful outlook lifts spirits, eases burdens, and shines light on hardship for all who hear the message.

Notice of Sheriff Sale on Faerber Property in Washington Iowa

By writ of execution the goods lands and tenements of A J Faerber and Clara Faerber are to be sold at public sale in front of the Washington County Court House Iowa on Saturday November 25 1922 between 9 am and 4 pm The parcel includes sections 19 and 20 township 76 north range 6 west totaling about 341 acres more or less The sale begins at 1 pm Terms cash The sheriff Charles M Dennison issued October 10 1922 Oct 12-19

District Court of Washington, County Iowa A. J. Faerber Clara Faerber Court House Washington Washington County Township 76 South West North West Secion 19 National Life Insurance Company of the United States of Ameriica

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H. T. Wager Myrtie Rouse E. M. Bridges & Co Babe Ruth J. B. Crail Washington, Iowa The Associated Press Sherife Charles M. Dennison Hart Schaffner & Marx Klein Klothing Kompany Washington ,Iowa
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