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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1924
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Arthur Yard visited Sunday with Crawfordsville relatives. Arthur Swift went to Fulton Missouri this morning to continue his work at Westminster College.
A visitor, Mise Besse Jones, was seen in Crawfordsville yesterday. A marriage license was issued Saturday to Roy Clifford Woods 23 of Iowa City and Mary Louise Krebs 1% of Riverside.
Mr Applesauce of Big Timber Montana sends impressions of a National Legion convention in St Paul. He recalls travel delays, wish to fund fellow veterans, a gambling ban, chimes at the courthouse, a streetcar ride to a lake and a misfired tour of the state capitol, ending with a joke about the governor and a moving picture show.
Miss Martha Jennings and companions head to Cedar Falls State Teachers College to start their assignments this week. Local notices mention water rent reminders, visits from Densmore Guthrie party, Miss Mildred Woodford’s Washington state plans, and regional bios.
Two prominent city sisters have opened a joint account named Account Number and agreed to save five dollars each week for a definite purpose. The plan has been carried out reliably without fail.
A string of weekend visits and errands around Iowa City includes Miss Alice Pennybaker of Montesta California and Mrs Elizabeth Hemmings of New London Iowa visiting Frank Hemmings. Residents and guests travel to Cedar Falls Monmouth College River Park and Washington for business and leisure with several households mentioned by name.
Rollins Hole reports D E Simmerman and group motored to Iowa City yesterday. Cedar Rapids guests Ralph Gibson and family and Prof. Meyer visited Iowa City. Russell Goodin traveled to Burlington. Piano tuner W H Stephen available. Arthur Custer starts Monmouth College first year. DePauw instructor Dade Bee Shearer heads to Greencastle. Mrs George Ludington family hosted by B F Bostwick Jr. Blanche Beranek arrives to enroll in high school.
The Iowa Child Welfare commission notes counties lack skilled investigators leading to increased family reliance on children for support. Cases show unskilled aid harms self-reliance. among them a 21-year-old who would rely on county support for himself and his wife, and a 16-year-old girl who is an unmarried mother.
Mrs. Jay Parkinson and daughter Mary Gray from Palo Alto, California arrive tonight for a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Wallace. Parkinson, formerly Mazie Scofield, is returning to Washington with her husband Jay Parkinson, brother of Mrs. Wallace, after leaving over thirty years ago for California. They come from New York where they visited another daughter, Mrs. Catherine Weaver, en route home.
Mansfield and Crawfordsville residents note visits as relatives travel. Miss Janet Beaton of Chicago comes to attend the Stewart Keesey wedding next Friday. Multiple locals, including Miss Lou Langworthy and Miss Agnes Stewart, visit as festivities approach.
A Washington Star quote imagines a heated exchange about taxation and charity with sharp rebukes. The dialogue mocks the idea of charitable giving from a bloated income, proposing escalating fractions as penalties.
The text traces the sixteenth century for Polish literature starting with Michael Rey, noted as the father of Polish poetry. It notes a decline in the seventeenth century before a revival in the eighteenth century.
Napoleon argued that a man may choose death by his own act if his death harms no one and life becomes a torment to himself. The remark reflects a stance on self-inflicted death as a personal remedy.
The thirteenth century Flemish painter Gerald David, whose works appear in many European collections, faded from memory until 1860 when archival material in Bruges was discovered revealing his existence and contributions.
On his first day the justice of the peace begins with a case against Frederick Smith alias Jones alias Robinson for assault and battery. He insists on taking cases one at a time and calls for Bilse Jones to be brought in first.
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