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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1919
Page
8
Community ads mention Fox and Dewey shoes Crail rugs Hamlin auto painting and baggage services. A long roster lists visits trips to Clinton Evanston Ames Keota Crawfordsville and Chicago with many residents heading to colleges and towns for study work and family visits.
Manchester university Egyptology lecturer T. B. Peet notes an ancient use of the modern slang "to do" for visiting a country. He compares Egyptian usage to current phrases about "doing" Paris or London and muses that Hannibal and Julius Caesar might have regarded campaigns as stunts or being "done in."
The Chinese long used artesian wells for water. The Grenelle well near Paris draws water from 1,708 feet, yielding 516 percent gallons per minute. A historic well at Petsh reached 3,100 feet deep years ago.
Nita Belle McKoon, agent, offers price lists for clubs and can obtain any magazine. Call 59 Red or write in care of the Journal.
An American employee of Allegheny Steel Co. and West Pennsylvan ia Steel Co. reported for work today while about 40 percent of the foreign workforce stayed away. Gary Steel Mills in Pittsburg ran at about 50 percent. Overall the strike appears to affect 20 to 30 percent of steel workers.
The text describes a subterranean pocket filled with pressurized contents that erupts as steam expands. It notes Yellowstone Park's recent decline in volcanic activity but emphasizes the Earth's crust is still thin there. A violent subterranean heat source lies beneath tourist areas, driving geyser eruptions.
A Sunday school class discussing Abraham hears Marian say she knows him because she has him on her penny. The remark adds a light moment to the lesson, illustrating childlike perception of familiar biblical figures and coins.
Mrs. W L Patterson of Pittsburg Kansas arrived Saturday as a guest at her brother R S White's home. Mrs H H Smith of Des Moines sister of Mrs Patterson and Mr White went to Crawfords ville this morning to visit Mrs T H Barnes and will return tomorrow to resume her visit at the White home.
The Fortnightly Music Department meeting opens the year at Mrs. J. L. Fifer’s home. Attendees from all departments are welcome. The program blends papers and music for September 1 and 15, featuring The Drum by Miss Tripp and Miss Langenberg, vocal solos by Mrs. W. C. Hedges and Mrs. Mountford, and selections by Beethoven Liszt Tosti Pinsuti Lohr.
Judge Hamilton returned to Washington and the Temple and Burrows suit against Iowa Gas and Electric was resumed. The jury was excused until 2 pm as attorneys argued the admissibility of certain testimony. The plan was to resume introduction of testimony this afternoon.
The first cable car began operation on August 1 1875 in San Francisco. Inventor Andrew Hallidie designed the system. By 1883 Chicago, New York, Washington, and Philadelphia adopted cable cars, followed by London and other cities.
President Wilson sent a message to President Carranza dated September 16 offering cordial felicitations and best wishes for peace prosperity and progress of the Mexican people on the anniversary of Mexico's independence day per the State Department release.
Say Mills Will Not Close. In Youngstown steel mills will operate as usual with some at full force and others reduced. An organization of mill guards is complete and 100 special officers will be held in reserve at police headquarters. Nearby districts have sworn in many officers with warrants dating from midnight, but they will be used only in emergencies.
A traveler notes Italian women perform heavy labor while men talk. An eighty year old woman is photographed crossing a busy Lugano street with a huge basket of fagots, illustrating persistent feminine activity in Italy.
A reflection on reading as a key to worlds of thought and imagination. It quotes James Russell Lowell who says reading grants access to the greatest minds and vast horizons, allowing us to experience time and space beyond our own.
The Tri County Reunion of Washington, Louisa, and Muscatine counties will meet in Muscatine on Wednesday the 24th. Old Soldiers and W R members attending should notify W P Kart, vice president of Washington county. Trains depart at 4:02 and 9:40 AM, return at 5:25 and 12:25.
The term amen corner traces to London where monks ended the Pater Noster in Paternoster row and said amen at the corner before Corpus Christi processions to St Pauls. In the United States the phrase denotes the church corner where elderly parishioners sit and utter amen at intervals.
The article notes gloves are of great antiquity in England dating back to Saxon times. It claims style changes have mainly affected decoration and cites a fourteenth century pair decorated with jewels costing £5, as reported by the St. Petersburg Times.
In 1892 on August 2 Napoleon Bon aparté was named consul for life. Thirteen years later a convention by Britain Prussia Austria and Russia declared Bonaparte an allied prisoner and entrusted Britain with his custody.
Merle enjoyed a banana and met the newborn brother who arrived last night. His father led him to his mother’s room to see the new baby, and Merle exclaimed with delight that both shared the same day.
A man who admired three women sent duplicate marriage proposals to all hoping the earliest to consent would win. He failed to predict that the two later suitors would sue for breach of promise.
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