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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1919
Page
8
Lyon's for cookies Fox and Dewey for shoes Taxi day and night read the Evening Journal. Cream butter fattest eggs price 50 cents a dozen Gibson and Reynolds Ask grocers for Mother's Best flour Lydia WeNam Chiropractor over Lemley's Grocery Phone 589 Black. tf ad.
Washington Hotel directors plan to tear down the old Mc Kee grammar school to build a five story eighty four room hotel. Work will start in a week or ten days and take about six weeks. Bricks lumber and windows will be salvaged for use or sale. The town clock will be removed and reinstalled in the courthouse tower.
The Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church will pack two barrels of canned fruit and vegetables to be shipped to Deaconess Training Rehools. Members and supporters are urged to contribute fruit, with donations left at Mrs J. P. Thomas's home or the Methodist Church.
The Charter for the International Laborer's Union will be closed Thursday October 23. Members wishing to avail themselves of this privilege should take notice and save 89.00. By order of President No OB Barrell.
Stockholders of the Washington Farmers Elevator Company must pay their stock by October 24 at the F. and M. Bank, S114.
A horse collar valued at Podder's sale draws notice as the known party may return it to G. M. Humble with no action planned. The year 1512 appears in the narration.
A Jamaican moss nicknamed life plant is described as indestructible by melts only broken by immersion in boiling water or red hot iron. It can be cut into pieces that sprout roots grow and bud from small fragments.
The Zouave name derives from a tribe in Algiers where light infantry wore semi Moorish dress and were first used in 1811. The unit inspired many nations, including the United States and Italy, with varied roles through the Civil War and later in efforts ending papal supremacy.
Community items record visits and departures of residents. Mrs Leslie Reed and her daughter Martha Jean return home from visiting at M E Brown. Mrs Laura Chleote travels to Ot tumwa to visit her brother C B Chil cote. George Hobson family from Boulder depart for Russell Iowa to visit relatives before returning home. Misses Katie and Mary Master of Cabinet Idaho seen en route to Ainsworth to visit Mrs George Benson and relatives. A marriage license issued for Raymond E Woodford of Brighton and Mildred E Morton of Washington. Doctor Sartor to be away briefly for grandchildren context.
Obscure antiquated line fragment questions fate and morality. It ponders why wickedness persists and why people are called certain names, offering a cryptic reflection rather than a clear narrative.
Mirrors were carried by Anglo-Saxon women slung at the girdle and remained popular in Elizabethan and Jacobean times. Before glass, horn and metal devices served as mirrors, becoming central to many fans of that period.
Julia watched her mother pack her father’s lunch and teased for a piece of bread. The mother, busy in a pretend pantry, told her to run and play as she could not wait. Julia counted five slices and asked for the one without a partner.
Washington D. C. October 22 Senator Kenyon leads a Senate education and labor committee push for an Americanization plan with compulsory education for foreign born citizens. The move aims to counter radical influence cited by attorney Jacob Margolis tied to steel strike activity and labor organizations.
To brighten glazed tiles rub with lemon moistened turpentine. Tinware stays bright with a soft cloth. Do not wash tiles. rub with a damp cloth and finish with a skim milk and water polish.
Dr. B. R. T. Wil listsogen describes a sling for neuritis of the arm in the British Medical Journal. The device passes over the shoulder of the unaffected arm and under the elbow of the painful arm to raise it slightly, lifting the shoulder and collar bone to relieve pressure on nerve roots and stop the arm’s weight from pulling on the nerves.
Britannica style note on terms like bosker time bosky bow ky and Australian grip with cheerful leaves and greetings traced to eighteenth century slang in the London Chronicle and Australian usage. It highlights cheerful care and hearty handshakes as social signals.
Prospectus from Petroleum Service Syndicate Des Moines invites investors to join in New Mexico drilling ventures. It touts selected acreage near contracted wells, solid structure, and moderate lease prices promising high returns on early participation.
The article emphasizes that good health is a key element of personality. It argues healthier living boosts self confidence and improves handling business problems and influence over others.
Readers note the impulse to craft an attractive portrayal rather than report facts, likening it to demanding a pretty photo that hides the real features of the subject. The passage cautions against shaping impressions at the expense of accuracy.
An old Edinburgh structure dating to around 1600, the single story Yew Tree tavern, burned in the Holyrood sanctuary area. The building stood within sanctuary bounds where fugitives once avoided creditors in days long past.
The excerpt presents Rousseau praising patriotism as a natural lens for evaluating governments. It notes his habit of deriving reasons from his own country when meditating on political systems.
A reflective note on choosing empathy over mocking others. The text warns that laughter at another's misfortune harms the person and undermines compassion in everyday interactions.
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