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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1919
Page
7
News brief notes from Washington County personal items include births and deaths, social activity, and comings and goings. The column aggregates local life events via correspondents reports for readers.
Funeral for Mrs Charley Lintz held at Holy Trinity arch with family mourners. Mrs Kate Lintz visited daughter. Cattle shipments to Kansas City and Chicago. Miss Iiga Spevacek and John Shalla Jr wed in Washing ton. Reception at Spevacek home. Groom son of John Shalla, a young farmer. Wayne Lintz returns from Davenport after death of mother. Miss Margaret Eglin at University of Iowa City plans home visit.
Residents and visitors appear in Wellman and nearby towns. Mrs Dailey of Cedar Rapids visited Edward Dailey. Golda Crossett and Mrs Struble shopped in Muscatine. Mrs Chas Rickey planned a short visit to Iowa City. Mrs Ed Stutsman went to Nichols. Mrs L L Carr of Clearmont visited the Gardor home. Dave Carr of St Paul visited J N Carrs. Mrs Clara Topping went to Clinton for her son Dr Donald Bing’s wedding. Mrs Wm Hamilton spent time with Miss Inez John. M E Crossett left for Westboro Missouri to see his daughter. Carl Crossett works at St and Dodds. Tom Rearsdon from Montana visited. Sevilla Miller visited Kalona. Mrs J M Morrow sold her millinery to Mrs T D Adams and will move to Des Moines. Eardley Bell and Kermith Rhoades were in Washington on business. James Bitting visited Iowa City. Foster’s condition remains poor with little chance of recovery.
Dayton Grove notes record Friday night arrivals and extended visits. Gea Ferguson’s brother from Texas Missouri travels to locate here while Mr. and Mrs. Embree and Mrs. Stouffer visit Washington. The Sew and So club plans a meeting October 29 at Mrs. W. B. Lee’s home and families visit relatives near Washington.
A lengthy report describes Russia's move to abolish traditional school forms and establish the Unity School for ages 6 to 17. It details compulsory attendance, secular instruction, collective labor, no homework, nine-month year, and a school council with teachers and pupils guiding internal affairs. The system emphasizes productive labor integrated with learning, open classrooms, and minimized discipline. It also notes possible regional adjustments and extensive social aims.
Mrs E L Roberts moves to Brighton to run a restaurant. Charlie Whisler relocates to De Witt Arkansas. Bert Smith moves near Washington to a farm west of Brighton. Mr and Mrs OJ T Gowey visit Washington. M B Jones Sundays at Richland. E T Mayers moving to Washington. Mrs T J Farrier visits son Ivy near Rome. Nettie Reed visits sister Mrs Grant Horton in Mediatots.
Mrs. J F Buxbaum visited Burlington while Miss Emma Wonderly spent Tuesday in Winfield. Mrs A T Brown of Washington and Mrs Harvey Woodruff of St Paul visited the W K Wooley and F E Young homes. Capt Joe Hanley in the Opera House spoke on Uncle Sam Democrat delivering an up to the minute account of European conditions. He emphasized his French theater of war chaplain service and 100 percent American stance.
The talk used humor to break up a dense lecture and keep the audience engaged. Laughter and light anecdotes were woven through the points to prevent dryness and maintain attention.
An amused scene unfolds as a wedding ceremony faces a light moment when the minister asks for objections and a baby brother blurts out Da Da. The incident disrupts the rite with a candid family interlude captured in the report.
A new patent describes a shoe designed to treat cold feet by inserting a heated plate. The heat is retained by a close fitting ankle section and the device sits inside the shoe to provide warmth.
Following a reception and ceremony at the University of Chicago Cardinal Mercier was awarded the degree of doctor of laws. The university also gifted him one of six copies of the Cantillacon of Bathys printed in Venice in 1406. Armour Institute presented a text edition of Luetid's Mathematics. He will travel to the University of Leuven.
Former Emperor William commissions Terr Siebert to sue Ferdinand Bonn for producing what are known as the Kalger films. The films were barred in Berlin but shown elsewhere. The ex-emperor claims insult and misuse of his portrait and seeks suppression of the films.
The passage argues that resisting change makes one cut off from life and influence. It warns that forcing outcomes is futile and that withdrawal risks losing impact on character and development.
The ad urges choosing a Brunswick phonograph by tone and claims it plays all makes of records with the Altona model and its tone amplifier. It promises demonstrations to prove why The Brunswick is the superior phonograph and urges hearing it before purchase.
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