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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 29, 1921

Page

5

North East Oregon youth publish a comic Oriole tale

A thirteen year old Herbert Atwater and his friend Henry Rooter launch a local newspaper the Oriole with help from Florence Atwater and cousins. A secret about two boys is used to pressure them into running the paper while family suitors and letters hint at engagements and gossip in the town.

Joseph Herbert Lilingsworth Atwater, Jr Henry Rooter North Ee Tess Oe Herbert Oriole Oarh Miss Atwater Oriolle Florence Parsquee Chum Patty Faircchild Misa Anne Herbert Atwater Henry Tweter Miss Fairchild Hengz Rooter Miss Airchild Julia Atwater Crum Atwater Lorence Jeaner Wallie Torbin Henry Oriale Carrie Newland Saunders Julia Newland Jimn Herbert Wingsworth Atwater George Jum Clairdyce North End Fignee Man Crum Mr. Atwater Mrs. Atwater Cole Company Murdock Hawes

North End daily Oriole subscription details

Atwater and Company owners inform readers to subscribe with both owners and proprietors listed. Subscriptions are 4 cents daily or cents per year and must be brought to the East Main Entrance of the newspaper building each afternoon.

Atwater & Co VIS Atwater Family Connection North End Oriole

PoeMS My Soul by Vlorence Atwater

A poem presents a weary heart and a broken wing metaphor with church bells and a hopeful idea. It notes poems by Plorence Atwater will appear in the paper each Sunday.

My Soul By Vlorence Atwater Plorence Atwater

Local Advertisements Mention City Residents and Goods

Advertisements list items from Joseph K Atwater Co and Miss Florence Atwater with school marks in history. Other notes mention blue hair ribbons, Miss Patty Fairchild in Declamation, Mr Noble VIII smoking, Miss Julia Atwater away, and the Rayfert family receiving a new cat gift from Geo of Balf & Co. stray lines reference visiting friends and the moth.

Florence Atwater Patty Fairchild Julia Atwater Phe Fum

Family in Atwater turmoil over Julia engagement and Crum rumor

Florence Atwater drifted from the family fray as her relatives debate Julia's engagement and a mysterious Crum, while Herbert Hawes's printing press scandal spreads. Uncle Joseph abducts Florence for a ride as the town follows the Oriole turmoil.

Real Victory in Life Through Patience and Trust

The message emphasizes true triumph comes from inward resilience. It urges patience, trust, and kindness regardless of outward circumstances, guiding readers to cultivate strength of spirit over material control.

The Same Light and Measure

Quote by William Venn on the need for using a common light and measure to reach shared understanding, noting that differing use leads to discord despite a universal end.

William Venn

Culture Club hears Mrs Grace Wilkins on War Risk Bureau

Keota September meeting of the Culture Club featured Mrs Grace Wilkins speaking on the War Risk Bureau now Veterans' Bureau. She shared duties, case numbers rising to over 66 000, and noted administrative strains from wartime cuts. The talk covered changes in the bureau, compensation for disabled soldiers and dependents, and raised allotments under a bill aiding totally disabled veterans.

Veterans’ Bureau Department of the Bureau Iowa Sweet Nellie McKeon

Tunnel Water and Air Power in Alps Digging feat

The Simplon tunnel, the world’s greatest, leaked 15 000 gaillons of water per minute from its southern end. Water pressure powered drills and refrigeration of the tunnel. Heat in deeper sections reached about 150 degrees Fahrenheit even when cooled artificially.

Simplon Alps

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