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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1921
Page
5
Kalona town council calls election for November 5 to decide whether to extend corporate limits as per the mayoral proclamation. The paper argues the move is proper and notes many homes lie outside current bounds, with local objections expected.
The Kalona Independenta defeated Wapello 68 to 0 Sunday afternoon at the local field. Kalona's strong line kept Wapello from scoring, while Fry entered after Bush injured his arm. A large crowd witnessed the contest.
The Wayland Hotel managed by Mr and Mrs C O Stuart aims to be a popular stop on the M and Gt L. Interiors are painted and bright, dining room furnishings are neat, meals and service praised by travelers. The office offers leather rockers inviting resting travelers. Wayland needs a good hotel and the town promotes it.
The Keota Eagle reports the Trier fall sale yesterday averaged about 42 dollars for Duroc Jersey boars and gifts. A large crowd, many from out of town, attended and the sale was pronounced a good success. The average trails last year but is considered favorable given circumstances, with Mike Trier satisfied.
A party of five girls and four or five boys performed at the Strand theatre last Thursday and Friday, then walked to Milwaukee station due to lack of bus fare. Some company members reportedly came from Oskaloosa and the critic urges them to return home and pursue real work rather than showy performances.
Ward Cretcher, 28, former Cantril school superintendent and Iowa State College engineering graduate, was among four young men killed in a Sunday automobile accident near Cantril. A fifth was seriously injured. Cretcher had helped push for a new school building and later served in the army in 1918.
Ainsworth lost to Washington by 168 to unknown. Rabenold and Carson won their matches while Coffman Burris and Stearns Welliver fell. After the event Stearns and Carson faced Washington’s champions with Carson winning and Stearns losing.
Sixty Mason sons gathered Monday night with Grand Chaplain Rendall of Muscatine in attendance. He spoke on the history of Free Masonry and its ties to schools and government. Eastern Star ladies served an oyster supper after the meeting.
The Oath, a Miriam Cooper led R A Walsh production, headlines Fox Theatre for two days starting Tuesday. It drew strong acclaim for dramatic intensity and is in the first Big Five Group of extraordinary photo plays alongside Passion and The Kid.
A young girl recalls a Sunday school woods picnic where her green parasol stained her dress after rain, leaving her embarrassed by the green coloration.
In Grundy Center on October 22, after eight years and 240 acres of land plus about $12,000, the Iowa supreme court ruled in favor of Folka Frerichs’s heirs, including her daughter Kennungunda Arends, over a contest of an inheritance dating to the 1870s. The will provided a complex equal-share provision among four children and the daughter’s claim was thus resolved in her mother’s favor. The estate is valued near $75,000, and the daughter will inherit an equal share with the other children. The case has a long history of trials from 1915 through the high court’s decision Tuesday.
A reflective quote on forgiveness contrasts forgiving with forgetting and likens forgiveness to a canceled note burned to prevent further claim, attributed to Henry Ward Beecher. The fragment ends with a garbled phrase ise the Want Ade.
Mrs Alle Bond visited Gladwin from Wednesday to Sunday. The shipping association sent a car of mixed stock, and Brinning and Mayer hauled hogs to Chicago. Brinning accompanied the load. W. H. Brinning family and neighbors attended picnics and rock parties. Pigs were vaccinated. Hickory nuts are scarce. W. H. Brinning’s son is ill.
Local notes from Crawfordsville report Mrs. C. H. Fishburn celebrated her birthday last Saturday with her Sabbath school class. Guests wore ghost costumes and enjoyed delightful refreshments. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Davin and daughter Wanda, Grace and Nelle Fletcher, C. A. Wooley, Lizzie Wooley, Mrs. J. H. Rhea, Will Wolley, E. J. Davidson and son Elwyn, and Mrs. W. P. Davidson.
Washington visitors report their high school girls team traveled to West Chester yesterday afternoon to play the West Chester squad. The local lineup included Oma Strain center Hope Huston running center Rose Lanoue Aretha Holmes guards Ethel Folgar Thelma Whalen forwards with Alice Hewseltine as substitute. Referee was Mrs Glen Duncan and coach Miss Helen Wallace. Miss Mabel Morton of Washington was a brief visitor in town last night.
Florence Willits arrives from Washington for a visit with the Horton family. Willits and family plan to move to the Horton farm with Mrs. John Horton. Griffiths return home to Iowa City after visiting Mumper and Griffith households. Rob Edwards and sons head to Mediapolis for a weekend with relatives. Alex Johnson of St Charlies and Drake of Earlham visit the Pickin home and travel on to Indiana. Arnquist of the Ames Extension Department speaks on Girls Clubs. Brighton E P's host Grand Chancellor L Robison of Glenwood next Tuesday. Geo Cain and baby visit A D Cain home. H W Helmick makes a Des Moines trip. Will Lemley of Kansas visits J A Lemley this week. Dr Parks returns from Springfield to treat Eugene who is ill with pleurisy. Mrs Reedy and two children noted.
Clem Brier expands his west side restaurant by adding a box-ball alley this week while visiting friends in Cedar Rapids. The new feature aims to attract patrons seeking casual recreation alongside meals.
Des Moines Oct 22 The slate for next June's Rebekah elections was announced at the state assembly with candidates for president vice president warden secretary treasurer and other offices. Names include Maud Shunker Cambridge Iowa Nellie Hazzlett Magonity Prudence Warner Moulton Mamie Whitlock Corning Etta Snow Independence Ruth Neff Walnut Wella Silberstein Davenport Emma Niet Burlington Lena Millan Dubuque Mary Stanberry Des Moines Cora Snyder Marion Elizabeth Matheney Keokuk Leg Washburn Mason City Josie Cutting Decorah Bessie Wiles Shellsburg Josie Clemmer Manley Warbara Quinn Mayme Butts Wesley Katie Rendall Rockwell City Mae Pier Des Moines.
F D Underwood president of the Erie railroad says the strike could occur at this time and place. He frames the strike as opposition to the United States Railroad Labor Board which fixed wages after hearings rather than at the request of the railroads. The movement aims at the board’s verdict rather than the railway.
A railway conductors leader claims workers prefer government control for better conditions and less harsh discipline. The public is urged to consider how railroad money affects workers and safety. The piece notes a return to a basic question about minority workers risking public payoff for disputed umpire decisions.
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