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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1920
Page
3
Troop D cavalrymen under Mayor Bovee will patrol Washington streets and alleys Sunday night to deter Hallowe en depredations. Captain Bar Limerman leads twelve guards on two hour shifts with limited equipment, uniforms pending.
The notice invites a candy social at the South Prairie Schoolhouse seven miles northeast of town. Doris I. Wilcoe, teacher, asks ladies to bring boxes and reminds attendees the event is Thursday evening, November 1st.
The Journal reports Iowa folks pass time in California by playing horseshoes. Store sheet shows Samuel Knupp and Alex Clark entries with score results indicating good form. Knupp and Clark stay in California, with Knupp and family in Long Beach and Clark visiting his daughter Mrs Bert Smith.
Richland squarely defeated Sigourney 20 to 7 yesterday at Sigourney. Sigourney will host Richland here next Friday November 12 for the rematch.
The Cotton Blossom Singers performed soulful plantation melodies and negro spirituals without instruments at the Presbyterian church. Lawrence Jones, founder of a Braxton vocational school for orphan children, led a strong community effort to support education and uplift by teaching practical skills.
A Flint Michigan police officer, Patrol Driver J. M. Moriarty, has been promoted to the detective staff after eight months on the force. The promotion was made in recognition of his duties and performance by his superiors.
The Fred L. Stewart vacant store room on South Iowa Avenue is engaged by Republican women as their headquarters for Monday and Tuesday. Ladies seeking information on the ballot and voting procedures may call there at any time for explanations.
A political advertisement argues Charlie Denison is too young for sheriff while noting Charlie Laffer’s prior tenure and praising Laffer as a top Keo cuk County sheriff. It claims Denison is the only overseas soldier among county candidates and pledges a deputy satisfactory to voters if elected.
Under Charles S. Thomas Illustrious Shiek of the Washington Fez club about 100 Washington Shriners led a standout showing at the Ottumwa Shrine meet. Washington marching band drew crowds while local Ottumwa hosts entertained 2,900 Shriners and a 246 candidate class, the largest in Kaaba temple history.
A birthday celebration at John Mundy’s East Third Street home proceeded smoothly last evening. Mundy, who planned to attend a lodge meeting, chose a cinema outing instead and returned about 10:30 to an early arrival of guests. The event featured an oyster supper served by Mrs. Mundy and Mrs. W. A. Watts, followed by candy and cigars for the attendees.
The text notes George Washington kept and trained baby foxes as a hobby and used them in various tricks, often showing them to friends, reflecting his fondness for fox hunting and animal training.
Dallas News notes a debate over a garage mechanic allegedly not performing adequate work for nine dollars. The piece hints at customer frustration and questions quality versus cost.
The writer and a companion traveled to Ottumwa for the Shrine event and returned on the special train just before four in the morning. They woke sore after the trip and note ongoing poultry transport with trucks collecting chickens daily, offering delivery on request. W. S. REISTER & SONS report no price changes today.
The high school audience praised the home talent production My Uncle From Japan directed by Ralph Dean under American Legion auspices. Everett Peck as Obadiah and Eleanor Walker as Clarice led a strong cast with a lively ten piece orchestra led by J. W. Johnston, while Bill Brown and Edward Squires delivered a hit blackface specialty and Joseph S. Conrad provided popular solos.
The column lists several local events including a ministerial association meeting rescheduled for November 8, a Grace Hill L A S and school children entertainment on November 1 at 7:30 in the Community Building with a silver offering, and a 1912 American Legion meeting for Leon Beatty Post No 29 on November 2 at 7:30 pm with a business session and smoker. Additional items include a No 11 school house program on November hth hosted by Eva Goodwin, and autumn planting plans by Woodlawn Cemetery Committee supported by the Woman's Improvement League beginning November 1 with donation options. A box and candy social is set for No 6 school in Seventy Six township on November 6 with no admission charge.
The Bible department of the Fort nightly club will meet at the home of Mrs. F L Wilson. The Pleasant Plains Missionary society will meet with Mrs. Geo Limerman for an all day session on Wednesday November 3. The music department of the Fort nightly club will gather with Mrs. Hugh McCleery Monday at 7 30 P M. Republican ladies seek riders to polling place in East Washington township for Tuesday.
Pieces of Eight were eight real coins minted early in the seventeenth century in Amsterdam under Spanish rule. They equaled about one Spanish Peruvian dollar and reflected Spain's height of power and prosperity.
Democratic candidate E. W. McManus gains support by echoing Governor Cox's political shift toward prohibition. Report notes his past damp stance in river counties like Keokuk Fort Madison and Burlington but claims a change near the district’s northwestern end. Washington Iowa papers cite the Porter McManus Sumner meeting as evidence.
The passage recalls the 14 July 1789 storming of the Bastile, linking France's July 14 celebration with American Independence Day and noting global commemoration by French descendants.
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