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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1924
Page
6
In a tight contest between Iowa and Minnesota, Lidberg advances the ball for gains as Iowa and Minnesota trade scoreless drives. A late second quarter field goal from Hancock narrows the halftime gap with Iowa trailing Minnesota 3 to 6.
Walnut Woman's Club hosts a masked Halloween party October 28 at Joe Wolf home with a program and box supper at Union Dale school on October 30. Ladies bring candy or lunch. Also CW Presbyterian church Haskins plans Halloween program October 29 with a playlet Turn Rtiles a fish pond and box supper. Services in mission rooms Saturday 7 30 pm and Sunday 3 pm. Art department meets with Mrs Carl Roberts Tuesday 2 50 pm. KK C regular meeting Tuesday 7 30 pm installing officers. Spread Eagle school hosts box supper and program October 3 with young ladies asked to bring boxes. Choir members Church of Christ urged to attend Saturday 7 15 pm service.
The regular Young Woman's Home Missionary society meeting is set for Monday evening October 27 at 7 40 in the church nursery Miss Ida Cavender leads the lesson and dues are requested A regular American Legion Auxiliary meeting is scheduled for Tuesday evening October 28 1924 at 8 o'clock Important business Booster club meets all day Tuesday at Mrs Merle Eckles home bring a dish and a darning needle Afternoon Literature department will meet Monday afternoon with Mrs John McCall
The Waeman Community Club announces a bazaar and cafeteria lunch in the high school auditorium on Saturday evening November 22 at 7 20. The Women's Missionary Society of Bethel Presbyterian Church will meet with Mrs Lyda Gideon on Wednesday October 29 at 2 o'clock. A box is requested to be packed for the freedmen.
Notice invites Pythian Sisters and Knights along with families to a Halloween masquerade party at the hall on Tuesday evening. Ladies bring sandwiches and music starts at nine. Event at Allbaugh school near Haskins on October 30 at 7 50. Helen G. Jones, teacher. Also Knights of Pythias lodge meeting Monday evening October 27 at 7 30 led by W H Sigafoose C C
Senator Robert M. LaFollette denounces bankers and trusts amid a campaign swing from Grand Rapids to Syracuse. He warns banks could wreck credit and vote influence, vows swift justice for treason, bribery, and attempts to manipulate finance, and pledges federal action under the Federal Reserve to remove funds from conspiratorial banks.
The Barbary coast endures as the line of Morocco Algiers Tunis and Tripoli once known as the Barbary States where pirates roved the Mediterranean in the early nineteenth century.
A quotation from Capelle notes that nature makes occupation a necessity, society renders it a duty, and habit can turn it into pleasure. The line reflects a view on daily labor and social obligation.
A scientist measured the noise in a telephone receiver and found the diaphragm vibrates at a minuscule rate of no more than one thirty fifth part of a thousandth of an inch. The study aims to explain how such tiny motion causes audible hiss in early telecommunication devices.
The belief links lighting cigarettes with one match to a Russian funeral rite where three altar candles were lit from a single taper. Making other lights in groups of three was seen as impious, and thus ill luck was thought to follow such actions.
Gold remains exceptionally resistant to water and decay. Found in perfect condition after burial or long submersion, its enduring quality underscores why it is among the most valuable metals.
A 1920s column argues women control family finances and should back President Coolidge era thrift. It extols government economy, cites tax cuts and debt reduction, and praises Dawes budget work as examples of practical saving.
Detroit News notes the onion's ancient roots in Egypt dating back 4,000 years. It says Egyptians paid homage to onions, granting status and rewards to a highly succulent variety and acknowledging its influence on human affairs.
Dark colored honey is used in the manufacture of medicinal preparations in England, indicating its historical role in therapeutic products. This brief item notes the medicinal applications and regional practice without additional details.
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