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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1919
Page
2
A prompt offers up to date news in top magazines and includes price lists for cab rates. It invites readers to call or write via Journal contact, mentioning 50 Red as a reference and care of the publication.
Mrs D J Dewey returned home from a Chicago visit with relatives and friends. Mrs Mary Moore and Mrs Howard Crozier with baby Ferne accompanied by Thomas McKee traveled to Fairfield to visit relatives. Mrs Chas Perrine left for Centralia Illinois via Chicago to spend a few days with relatives. J W Meyer in Kokomo previously, now Keota Palmer School Chiropractor with overseas Medical Corps service.
The item lists various local notices and ads including prices on cream and butter fat, hair and health claims for Rheuma, a marriage license for Glenn A. Green and Martha Salladay, moves by Walter Meek to Harvard Law, visitors Theodore and family, and several local exchanges and sales. It mentions Lemmon's Pharmacy selling Hyomel and other small town notices.
A party who removed decorations from the Sunset park band stand must return them to Rothechild's store to avoid prosecution for potential rain spoilage prevention. If not returned, legal action will follow.
All parties with bills against the homecoming are asked to present them at once to J. R. Maxwell at 8212.
Regular meeting of Bethlehem Commandery Knights Templar Friday evening September 19 at 7 30 o clock sharp. Regular order of business petitions to be acted upon closing with work in the order Ted Cross 8312 James D Glasgow C C
An old colored woman speaks of avoiding rides on the mercy round and recalls seeing Treen Ray Joh ride a dollar's worth and exit at the same stop. The fragmentary Resten Transcript captures dialect dialogue and reminiscence.
Miss Vera Thomas attended the What Cheer Fair. Olive Leets and Isabel McGimpsey left for home after visits. Mrs. Babcock returned to Chicago. Dr. Reid has gone home to Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Moore of Chicago visited relatives. Mrs. Shawhan returned home after a funeral. Dr. and Mrs. Scott traveled to Des Moines to see Flora Scott. Mrs. Todd and Mrs. Powers visited Centerville. 26 women wanted for part time work at American Pearl Button Co. Eckels family returned to South Dakota. Vera Eckels to Pierre. Minteer family members returned to Cedar Falls and Los Angeles.
A rambunctious attendee described as an old farmer woman with umbrella and fanny pack roams the ring calling Albert just after a show begins. A policeman orders her to move on, she assaults him, and her wig and petticoats fall away revealing a red flannel garment. The piece notes she is not old or a lady after all.
The excerpt extolls balancing hard work with regular relaxation through enthusiastic hobbies to promote emotional control, a key factor in winning business success. It claims such a plan lets average men advance quickly while brilliant men may falter without it.
In his Travels the medieval writer nicknames the giraffe Gerfauntz or Orofiles and describes it as spotted and taller than a horse with a neck twenty cubits long, able to peer over tall houses.
A ten year old boy told Kingston Children’s Court he was tired of life as the reason for an alleged death by own action attempt. Another boy saw him with his head on the railway track and a struggle ensued before he could be removed.
The Journal published a list of public school teachers but omitted junior high instructors. The included names are J. R. Allen principal physics physiology Minnie Conner seventh eighth grade grammar Kathryn Latta seventh eighth grade line May Winter history Ruth Armstrong reading and spelling Mae Allen sixth grade language arithmetic Eleanor Walker sixth grade reading history Helen Crabbe geography.
Lockers in the new high school building were assigned to students this morning with each student paying a 25 cent key deposit. The deposit is refunded upon return of the key at graduation. if the key is lost, the deposit remains to cover the cost of a replacement. The plan aims to reduce key loss and encourage careful handling.
Federal census workers stationed in the city will conclude their highway travel survey this week. They mapped traffic on four routes including the White Way ends, the Southwest Trail, and the C. K. C. G. road entering North Marion avenue.
The annual Washington County Sunday school convention will be held at Crawfordsville on Friday and Saturday September 26 and 27. It will be one of the best conventions in the county and every teacher and superintendent is urged to attend. Walter Hutton and Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner will be present as state workers.
A nominational body issues guidance aimed at every teacher in all Sunday schools across Washington County, urging uniform practices and updated curricula. The move highlights emphasis on consistent teaching materials and attendance expectations.
Dr. J. B. Edgington plans to reopen his medical office on the second floor of the Farmers & Merchants Bank building in Washington after a two year absence in military service. He returns from overseas where he commanded a medical unit in northern Germany and southern Russia aiding repatriation of Russian prisoners of war. His offices will open October 1.
States ratified the Constitution on varied dates from December 1787 to May 1790. Delaware December 7 1787 Pennsylvania December 12 1787 New Jersey December 18 1787 Georgia January 2 1788 Connecticut January 9 1788 Massachusetts February 6 1788 Maryland April 28 1788 South Carolina May 23 1788 New Hampshire June 1 1788 Virginia June 25 1788 New York June 26 1788 North Carolina November 21 1789 Rhode Island May 29 1790.
The emerald has long been valued in Europe and parts of the Orient for its color and rarity. Its name derives from an old word appearing in Greek as smargados, noted by Theophrastus around 300 B C.
Frank Ward of Richmond Missouri used a live turtle to clear a stopped sewer pipe. He cut a small hole in the shell and threaded a string through it. The turtle tugged forward when pulled, steadily clearing the blockage.
National League results list Chicago over Philadelphia two to seven with Cincinnati beating New York three to four and Pittsburgh six against Brooklyn by? Boston defeats the New York team eight to two while Louisville records are incomplete American League notes Cleveland wins nine to twelve over Philadelphia and Washington eight to five with no other games played.
Arthur Henderson, secretary of the Labour party, told the International Brotherhood Congress in London that world unrest signals the old order is dying and a new society is near birth. He said age long injustices and inequalities burdening the common people will be swept away.
Naples authorities report the arrest of a 30 year old man in an alleged murder case involving an American girl. He is said to have confessed to eloping with Miss Ellis of Geneva and later murdering her in 100.
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