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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1919
Page
7
SORRESPONDENTS OF JOURNAL SEND IN NEWS REPORTS in Brief Letters SOCIAL ACTIVITIES the Comings and Goings and Gatherings of Washington County People Reported-Personals Births Deaths etc. The Wellman community shares updates on visits, travels, a funeral, hospital stay, engagements, marriages, and local events including high school football, a banquet, and a Rebekah Assembly.
Suny afternoon callers at T Eb Rasher home. Jane Root weekend with Dorothy Stewart. Lloyd Walkers welcome a baby boy. L L Smith remodeling barn. Belle Jay to stay with Walter Smith. Dana to farm Harmon ing farm next year. Fred Cannon seek eye specialist in Iowa City for daughter. Lillie Brinning to join local youth group Saturday. Will Dann harvested clover for Newt Orson. Christa Jackson and pupils plan box supper. Farmers on route husking corn this season.
West Chester residents report a lighthearted note about spelling and dairy practices. John Williams relocates his barn to Pilotsboro. Methodist Church women plan a Saturday supper on November fourth in the church basement, sparking several polls in the area.
A new Iowa motor vehicle law effective December 1 imposes chauffeur licensing with a $2 annual fee and mandatory conspicuous registration badges. Licenses require age 18+, disclosure of prior violations, and the definition excludes truck operators for merchants. The act also punishes hit and run and intoxicated driving as misdemeanors or felonies with penalties up to $500 fine or two years in prison.
People visited friends in Washington and Muscatine for Sunday events. Dr J G Henderson and wife attended Billy Sunday meeting. Andy Augustine builds a new corn crib. John Dusenbery spent Sunday with friends. Charlie Seabery traded 60 acres at Wellston for Mrs Waller's property. The Rev Druse led a fine Methodist sermon as Baptists and United Presbyterians held services. Three churches and a high school define a small town pride.
Oct 27 report of visitors and arrivals in Crawfordsville including Everette Keener Deward Franklin from Burlington relatives and many named locals and visitors. Attendees at Dr N J Lease home Clement Bowers of Omaha Mrs H M Bowers and others plus Dr T C Kelvey Des Moines preached at United Presbyterian church and funeral attendance for George Black in Washington.
Report states Shanghai shows strong soap demand with over 100 brands in use. Of these 85 are made in China from abundant native fats and oils, while 20 originate in Great Britain, 5 in America, 4 in Japan, 2 in France and 1 German brand produced locally.
A quoted exchange hints at Dobson opting to dye his hair black and keep the reason private. The informal remark suggests he prefers darkness or concealment of the change.
A playful remark links the coined term heb domadal with a mental image of a colg in the head, noting how the unusual phrase prompts a specific memory for readers familiar with Coryzatic language.
Richard enlists Eleanor to spark Fan’s jealousy as a mock courtship. Eleanor aids the ruse while Fan obsesses over Bobby, a charming suitor, and Richard grows wary of the literary game. In the end Fan’s engagement to Bobby shocks Richard who realizes Eleanor and he are destined.
The Salvation Army adopted frying doughnuts for soldiers in France after Colonel William S. Barker described a near pie failure. A pie inspired the idea, then doughnuts proved easier to cook near the front with improvised stoves and provisions carried by cooks like Fred Anderson.
Nazimova appears in the Fox Theatre screening of Out of the Fog a screen adaptation of Ception Shoals. She plays both mother and daughter across different periods with wide emotional range and subtle charm. Capellani and Mathis adapted the drama for film. Maxwell Karger supervised.
Waterloo reports the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners will relax teaching certificate rules to address a critical teacher shortage. Provisional certificates may be issued to 17 year olds with normal training and to older holders of first or second grade certificates from before 1966, aiming to recruit long-ago teachers back into service.
Dialogue shows a character clarification about residence. The question asks if Cholly lives on the avenue and the response explains he lives with his father who resides on the avenue. This exchange highlights family living arrangement.
Some Swiss cantons bury all the dead, rich and poor, at public expense, a policy seen as ensuring universal burial support across communities.
Springfield Ill Oct 27 Governor Lowden issued no statement endorsing Wilson stance on the threatened coal strike. He said Hliness will cooperate with the president to the extent of its power so that the public shall not suffer. The president’s statement makes the issue plain a strike against the American public
Pimples on the face and body are reminders that blood is sluggish and impure. They foretell skin disorders and suggest the need for a cleansing remedy to remove impurities and restore health.
Dr. Fred Proescher and Purity Biological scientists presented micro photographs of swine cholera germs at the Northwest Iowa Veterinary association meeting in Sioux City. The minute germs, measuring about 1 250,000 inch, were shown as artificial virus culture may lead to a vaccine replacing current hog cholera serum. Lectures covered swine diseases, mixed infections, new shipping rules, and local veterinary cases with officers elected for the year.
A description explains fans carried by men and women of all ranks in China and notes inviting a friend or distinguished guest to write sentiment on the host's fan as a keepsake for special occasions.
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