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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1919
Page
3
The city council debated buying a motor driven hook and ladder wagon to replace the 1885 truck and a new hose truck with pump. The plan seeks to reduce wear on mains and prevent water main bursts, with financing still under discussion and the fire department urging action.
Col Dave Valmer of Washington was reelect ed president of the Hornets Nest brigade at the Perry reunion. He was honored by unanimous vote to lead for another year as commander officer. J E Kent of Perry became secretary and treasurer with vice presidents from each regiment named.
Petroleum Service Syndicate urges investors to join a booming New Mexico oil rush. The notice claims hundreds of thousands are drilling, and a small lease near a large producer could be worth thousands, inviting immediate written inquiry to Des Moines address.
A brief card of thanks from Jno. Roatson expresses deep gratitude to friends in Washington for sympathy and for the generous financial support following a serious misfortune.
Messrs DW and F L Mannhardt learn by telegram from New Boston of the accidental death of their nephew Mary Frye son of Mr and Mrs PD D Fry Pry a Mannhardt sister. The young man about 21 died after being struck on the head by a falling block of wood. He was one of eight children and the first death in the family. The Mannhardt family will travel to New Boston for the funeral.
A district meeting of the Independent and mutual telephone companies was held in the Commercial Club rooms yesterday under the Iowa Independent Telephone Association. About twenty five representatives attended from this region to discuss service improvements plant overhauls material shortages and ways to reduce inductive interference from high tension lines. Weather delayed some travelers but the gathering proved interesting and helpful.
Miss Gayle Bishop of Wapello and Robertt. Kelly of Washington Iowa were quietly married at the First Methodist parsonage in Burlington. Attendants were Miss Beulah Kelley and Forest Kelly. They will reside in Washington where the groom works as a blacksmith.
A meeting of breeders and businessmen in Junction discussed building a safe stock pavilion at the fair grounds for sales and fair use. Shares priced at 25 each aim to raise 2000 plus with committees formed to solicit funds and plan construction. Next meeting set for November 3 to push the project forward for winter sales.
The nation ends daylight saving time tonight switching clocks back one hour. Residents are reminded to adjust timepieces or risk being out of date tomorrow as standard time resumes after daylight saving.
The Fortune Hunter will be staged November 4 at the High School Auditorium with a four act local cast. Tickets go on sale Thursday at Phillips Drug Store. Cast includes Miss Walker Miss McNamara Miss Willer and R L Livingston among others.
The Artists Trio opens the community lecture course at the old Methodist church next Friday night at 7:00. Vera MacKelvie Corrine Jessop and Vivian Graves showcase drawing reading and singing with morals humor and strong vocal talent. Tickets are on sale at Phillips Drug Store and at the door. season passes available. venue changed to the high school auditorium for future events to improve comfort.
Raymond Kiesey and John Benjamin Renoux, both 18, disappeared after riding a Milwaukee local freight from town Thursday and alighting at Rubio. Sheriffs investigated Ottumwa and Rubio areas, with sightings of two youths matching their descriptions. parents fear they may be roaming woods or staying with farmers near Rubio.
Fairfield voters approve bonds for a new junior high school despite strong opposition. The site sits beside the existing building as crowded schools forced basement use. Women cast 216 for and 122 against. men 286 for and 216 against.
United Presbyterian leaders plan a series of presbytery conferences across Iowa to discuss the New World Movement and Iowa participation. Speakers include Dr J Alvin Orr Dr J Knox Montgomery Dr J H White Rev Mark Roy and Fred MacMillan with open sessions led by Dr hk W Thompson and Dr T C McKelvey. W H Kidder of the Methodist Centenary campaign will speak.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at three o'clock at the Woodford chapel. Friends may call from 1 to 2 p.m. at the chapel. George R. Black died at his Cedar Rapids home after a long illness. He was a former resident of Washington. The funeral party includes his widow a daughter and two sons arriving this evening.
Fragmentary lines discuss choosing guides like starry events and a seafaring path across a desert of waters leading to destiny. The text reads as a poetic meditation on guidance and fate without concrete names or events.
Admission details indicate single-entry tickets available at the door for fifty cents for adults and twenty five cents for children. The pricing note also mentions entertainments selling for one dollar with tickets at twenty cents each.
Local veterans of the Spanish American War will gather Monday evening at 7 30 in the city hall to organize a new post. A charter signed by 22 veterans from 1898 has been accepted and issued and awaits forwarding to Washington. Officers will be elected and the organization completed that night. State commander and officials will install officers Tuesday in Iowa.
Letter from Benj F Taylor of Rivera California reports a strong walnut crop with price about 30 cents a pound and an orange crop around 3 a box. Nine acres of oranges near his home sold for 4000 an acre. Many Iowans settling in California and leasing land for oil with wells drilled. M S Huffman of Revenue Sask says threshing finished with nearly 2000 bushels of wheat testing 63 pounds per bushel.
Roy Hartman working for his brother in law J K Beal near Ainsworth was in town today en route to Burlington to visit his parents.
Fifty Washington county teachers attend the study center at the new high school building. Hugh Buffum leads the reading circle department and Miss Grace Rait from Cedar Falls instructs in reading and language work.
Laughter as tonic drives away blues and despondency in a lively Graham Theatre show tonight. The vaudeville style spectacle delivers rapid scenes, catchy songs, a big chorus, and entertaining specialties with comedians dancers and singers.
Manager Miss Snyder announces The Gumps musical farce will appear at Graham theatre on Wednesday October 29. Sidney Smiths The Gumps is billed as the funniest cartoon family in newspaper history and forms the pivot of a Howard McKent Barnes play with Nathan Jones interpolations of music and song. The 35 member company includes many familiar Broadway and Chicago actors. A clever girl chorus in colorful costumes enlivens the production with novel specialties ensembles and dances.
The text lists dates that fall on Fridays for historic events such as Columbus's voyages and colonial moves. It notes August 3, 1492, and subsequent Fridays marking landfall, Hispaniola, continent reach, and a July 17, 1772 motion for independence, suggesting a pattern of notable Fridays.
A detail of colored engineers working on Boucq area roads growl over long hours scarce mails and back pay. The sergeant consoles with talk of credit but the men retort that credit is all they ever receive with no cash.
A Kansas City Star note says men forced to work nights complain of daytime insomnia. The only sure cure is to take a day job, restoring the natural need to sleep by night. The piece reflects on the challenge of night shifts for morning newspaper staff.
At halftime Washington leads Winfield 6 to 0 in a muddy game at Denson's ball park. Winfield, though outsized, battles on as its fifth game of the season. Winfield has beaten Morning Sun New London and Wapello and lost to Columbus Junction by a point.
Wad dington London depot records 2188 questions asked by the public in one week using a chumber recording watch. Some questions described as foamtieh reflect colorful phrasing in the OCR text.
Cultivation methods in Trinidad are shifting with new American plows cul tivators hay rakes mowing machines and crushers. The changes affect fees for mules and cattle and signal a modernization of local sugar production.
The passage notes hens cackle as a natural instinct similar to animals and humans expressing pleasure. It compares a hen’s cry to a dog wagging its tail and human desires to sing whistle or dance when pleased, framing it as an instinctive behavior.
Teddy wakes sick at nine and stays home but returns by ten. He tells his mother he is well but cannot go to school until noon because it's too late to be counted tardy and too early to be absent.
A young wife sighs over her lot and the woes of genius wives. She finds happiness in loving an ordinary, dependable husband despite admiring the brilliance of her husband.
A sunny heart and spontaneous giggles brighten days as a bright smile elicits smiles in return, and listeners feel encouraged rather than scowling.
The sea unique typewriter built for Ming Chang, famed Chinese statesman, boasted 1800 keys. No dies existed, so each character was engraved by hand before use.
A renowned naturalist reports counting about 93 000 ants with a hill two feet high and around 98 000 individual ants observed over 80 years, illustrating remarkable colony growth and longevity in ant populations.
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