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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1922
Page
7
Correspondents report visits by local residents and guests in Keota and vicinity. Mr and Mrs H A Engle and Mr and Mrs Henry Ritz of Kansas visited the Taylor Stout home near Brighton, Zeno Tunnis of Ainsworth spent time with the Nick Tunnis family, and T M Wilkin of Washington with two Cooper nieces called on Hazle Engle. Engle returned home Friday after days with Howard G Mangold. Mr and Mrs Welling Walters shopped in Washington Saturday.
Mrs Mildred Briges and children from Flint Michigan visited Mrs Sadie Savage in Brighton. Stanley Marehall planned work in Trenton Missouri. Rev and Mrs W S Gardner visited Bryce Pringle home. Cora Brinton returned to Cleveland after summer at home. Mr and Mrs Carleton Jones from near Batavia visited Sadie Savage. Mrs Grinnell finished visits in Chicago and Marshalltown. Anson Woodford and Mabel Stevens united in marriage twenty five years ago and planned a gathering with family from Keota Richland and near Batavia.
Sept 14 in Green Vale a barbecue at Brighton drew many residents including Mrs Belle Waterhouse visiting her son Max. Local families and friends shared visits at Waterhouse, Gassaway, Smith, and Book homes. The Pleasant Grove Farm Bureau Ladies Club plans an all day meeting Sept 19 at Mrs Bert Smith’s with a covered dish and dress pattern alterations.
John Koch shipped two car loads of cattle and hogs from Havre on Tuesday and joined the shipment to Chicago. Will McBride shelled corn for Mr. Tuinam near Crawfordsville. Several locals mark timber for sale, while Cunningham prepares. Students Florence Gardner and Theodore Meyers move to schools in Washington and Ainsworth. A watermelon social at Wes Meyers drew a large crowd before rain. Rev. B W Mettit from Albia leads meetings at Pleasant Hill church with music by Des Moines couple Nicholson. Howard McBride and family visit Will McBride, James Thompson hosts young folks Sunday. A B Carr shipped hogs by car from Havre.
Southwest Trail Association and Great White Way group plan re marking the two main arter ies through Muscatine and to reroute the Southwest Trail west of Columbus Junction The effort seeks funding from county officials to paint poles with a white band and SW T, and to switch the West of Columbus Junction segment to the primary road shortening the route to Washington through Cotter.
The Collector of Internal Revenue L B Baldine issues a notice that the third quarterly 1921 income tax installment is due on or before September 15. Taxpayers must pay on time even without a notice. payment can be made at the Dubuque office or branch offices in Davenport Ottumwa Council Bluffs Sioux City Des Moines Fort Dodge Mason City or Cedar Rapids. Payments may be cash money order or check. at branches, use a check or money order payable to Collector of Internal Revenue Dubuque Iowa.
A column urges creation of a labor conciliation court as a remedy for strikes. It argues courts could settle labor contracts and disputes involving utilities with a guaranteed appeal, preserving the status quo while cases are investigated and enabling business to continue.
Portland Indiana resident Stella Newton reports relief from irregularity and pain after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter advocates daughters' health, warning about cold wet feet, overwork, and overstudy, praising the tonic as safe and helpful.
Reports from farmers near Bangsine Rock bridge north of Iowa City describe two years of cattle rustling and hog theft using auto trucks to haul livestock. In Ireton, Albert DeBood loses a milch cow after a pasture fence is torn down and tracks show truck involvement. The rise in farm thefts prompts calls for brand identification and heightened police action.
A popular young lady at a New England club plots to lose a golf match for social reasons. Her partner, an older woman with modest skill, struggles as the girl begs to concede while the caddie moans his struggles with a ringing bell.
By writ of general execution the sheriff will offer for sale on September 30, 1922 in front of Washington County Court House the 146 by 18 Money Maker hay baler built by Swayne and Robinson of Richmond Indiana. The sale begins at 2 p.m. cash terms. The property is levied against A Nebergall and Mrs A Nebergall in favor of Central Unadilla Silo Co.
Ames reports H F Nichols notes poor summer apple market due to rail issues and large crop. Growers delayed selling until near ripeness, spraying boom boosts production, and spray rings spread across Iowa. Nichols and college workers promote proper timing and methods.
Lexington Ladies Aid Society extends cordial invitation to Harvest Home on September 21 at Lexington. Dinner served promptly at 11 o clock with 25 and 40 cent prices. Bazaar offers decorative articles, chicken exhibit with prizes for best pair, ribbons for top breeds. Also prizes for various baking and produce categories. A ball game will close the day.
An exhortation on true education demanding it develop character and inner spirit, turning knowledge into active growth and real understanding rather than mere instruction. It emphasizes piercing to essential principles and applying them in life.
The Iowa Bankers Association agricultural committee led by C E Nar urges farm youths who missed schooling to join a two year non collegiate agricultural course at Town State Institute. The effort aims to equip boys with essential farming knowledge, framing farming as a business and science and stressing education as key to success.
The Iowa state program urges boys to farm intelligently noting 99 percent who complete the work return to farming. Ames hosts the course with free tuition for Iowa residents. Fall term starts September 25. Write to J. C. Cunningham at Ames for information.
Reports from Russia indicate that grain crops are good and expected to yield enough to feed the nation and support exports. Strong yields could boost domestic supply and stabilize regional markets amid uncertain weather.
The passage notes that during the famine year a large portion of working cattle and other stock were consumed and the population suffered from under nourishment, resulting in impaired overall well being.
The article discusses how fish may feel vibrations through a sensitive nerve along their bodies. It suggests fish hear via waterborne sounds sensed by lateral lines, a trait anglers recognize in fishing.
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