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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1920
Page
3
The Knights of Pythias invite members and families to a picnic Friday evening the 17th from 4 to 6 in Sunset Park. They will supply food and service, ask guests to bring utensils, and move to Castle Hall if weather fails.
Notice announces a Knights of Pythias regular meeting on Monday evening. Arthur Therion is listed with the title C C 7812 and work in the Esquire rank.
Gulls along the Pacific coast include three common species the glaucous winged and western gulls and the California gulls not found in the East. They are white headed forms not strikingly different from the herring gull.
Announcements list various September meetings including Mrs Shearer hosting the Pythian circle at Mrs Geo Hebners home 7812 Athbert Huff Post No 26 Spanish Veterans meet at the courthouse September 21 at eight oclock with installation of new members First section of home economics meets with Mrs W A Carson September 14 Evening literature of Fortnightly club discusses Wisdom literature in the Bible with questions and references included Say it always I saw your ad.
In district court Judge Wagner will hear the Kalona drainage case and then rule on the Blankenhorn versus W J Edgar and Bessie Edgar matter from Crawfordsville. The 1919 contract for 194 acre Edgar farm near Crawfordsville valued at 60551 calls for 5000 paid by Blankenhorn with the rest due. Edgar claims right to rescind the deal under a forfeiture clause and the defendants’ lengthy answer outlines contract issues. Attorneys Livingston Eicher for the plaintiff Seerley Clark McCord Brookhart Bros for the defendants.
Forty guests enjoyed a one hour recital at Miss Carolyn Hamilton's studio. Elwyn Davidson, Doris Chalmers, Virgie Griffith, Irma Martin, Gwendolen Lane and others performed with praise for their voices. Chalmers and Harvey provided piano accompaniments while several pupils performed solos. A post recital picnic and meeting followed at Mrs. Stutsman home with Golda Schulty elected president and officers named.
Harry G. Moore longtime Wellman banker died in Kansas City after a paralysis stroke. He leaves wife, daughter Mrs. Robert Moth of Council Bluffs, mother, sister Mrs. Belle Parger of Independence Kansas. Funeral plans not announced. burial likely in Kansas City or Des Moines per relatives.
Dr. Stanley L. Krebs will arrive Monday afternoon in Washington. He will deliver addresses Monday Tuesday and Wednesday evenings on business subjects at the old Methodist church. A large ticket sale indicates the series will attract many attendees.
The 3rd Section Home Economics Department of the Fortnightly club will meet at the home of lead er Mrs. F. L. Wilson on Tuesday afternoon Sept 14 at 2 45. Members should bring pencil tablets and 10 cents tax for demonstration. W. P. Moothart adjutant issues travel and ticket instructions for national encampment and one cent fare certificates.
The Ainsworth United Presbyterian Women and Young Ladies societies held a joint meeting at Mrs. D. M. Davis home with readings by Mrs. Colthurst and Mrs. McCreedy. About fifty young people attended as teachers and college students were introduced during the social hour with refreshments served.
Sunday marks the father birthday as he reaches seventy one. He has candle eggs for fifty years and still works at it today. The company notes no one in their employ candles as many and plans not to keep him working past sixty.
The Just Us club met at Mrs. R. C. Lemley's home with twelve members and two guests. Mrs. Ivan Rehmel read aloud while music and refreshments followed. The next meeting, in two weeks, will be hosted by Mrs. Ray Lemley.
Ancient Britons were famed for basket making and costly wares in Italian palaces. They produced woven boats, skins-covered goods, and huts from osier lattice. Shields were reed built and highly impervious, reflecting skilled material use.
The naval observatory states the Big Dipper orbits the pole star every 28 hours 50 minutes, a sidereal day. When above the pole it moves east to west. when below the pole it moves west to east, due to Earth's rotation.
The Yale Record quotes a daughter retorting to her mother about propriety and romance. The mother cautions against kissing a boy, while the daughter mocks the idea that long distances equate to restraint. The exchange notes changing social norms.
Orison Swett Marden urges harmony to avoid life energy waste. He argues worry and anxiety drain energy and waste life forces, noting many failers could achieve greatness if they maintained inner balance.
As early as 1670 Abbe Gabriel Monton proposed a length unit based on one minute of Earth's circumference. French researchers expanded the concept, leading to a metric system adopted in parts by several nations.
American Forestry Magazine notes nuthatches and chickadees sweep through branches during winter killing hundreds of embryo caterpillars. Crows also reportedly eat the varnished egg packets, highlighting avian feeding behavior in cold months.
A stray, overly curious headline questions why bachelors do not marry, remarking on the seeming rarity of married bachelors and noting the odd phrasing and unclear source. The text appears as a fragmentary, humorous observation without clear events or named individuals.
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