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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1905
Page
4
Special train from Washington leaves Wednesday April 26 at 8 05 am for Davenport and returns at 12 midnight the same day. Round trip fare 1 50. Organized by C R I P R Popular Rate Excursion to Davenport for I O O F celebration. 56 31 H W Russell.
Mrs. Cinda departed for her Muscatine home after a few days with her sister Mrs. E Donovan. Mrs. A A DeLong and her son Claus of Crawfordsville are visiting Mrs. George Stewart, her sister.
Rain tonight and Friday with colder air. West portion affected tonight while east and central portions feel the chill Friday. Washington D C weather service notes the forthcoming unsettled pattern across the state.
The Second United Presbyterian youth plan an evening social at the McLogan home on the Heights inviting all church youths and friends. The Ladies Aid Mite Social of the M E church hosts Mrs. L D Higgins Friday at 2 30 PM. A Columbus Junction dance invites local attendees. Chapter 1 P B O Society meets with Mrs. Nellie Cunningham at 7 30 PM. full attendance is requested.
In Center ville Saturday Miss Coy Ward of Fairfield and N M Warnick of Centerville were married, a romance that began when Warnick, a traveling salesman for a Keokuk wholesale grocery house, heard her sing and was converted. Mrs Warnick has many friends in Fairfield who wish her happiness.
The Journal explains a hall tree as a furniture piece used in the recorder office. It humorously notes it as something to fall over on when arriving late at night and mentions instances of men misusing it as if it were stairs.
Mrs. Cloyce Dougherty and her daughter Harriet left this morning for West Liberty to visit Mrs. A. Hise, who will soon move to a new home in Minnesota.
W. BR. Stryker remains in Chicago while Wm. Papiis leaves for Sigourney. Milt Dennison heads to Crawfordsville and Walt Arthur to Muscatine on business. Brighton’s Job McKain visits the county seat. W. A. Rowe travels to Havre to inspect his farm. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bidwe╝ depart for Quincy, Illinois. Riverside couple Chas. Overfelt visit the city. Dr. H. B. Hamilton of Ainsworth spends time with friends here. W. T. Henry of Oable visits the Samuel Thompson home. Dr. and Mrs. W. Crawford return from New York state. Miss Lillian Smith returns to Davenport after a week’s vacation at home. Rev. Ralph K. Acheson arrives from Allerton for a visit. Little Paul Langenberger recovers from a bad night. Mrs. John Lytle to return from Carlsbad New Mexico. Henry Sanford in Lincoln after sister Rose Wilkinson’s death. Martha Brindley improving after illness. Miss Florence Parrish returns from Winfield with her music class. Miss Reichert of St. Joseph Mo. visits the George Stewart home en route to Chicago. Mart Neiswanger to manage the Ainsworth hotel. repairs and refurnishing planned. J. W. Dunham resumes Mall Clerk duties on No 3 after layoff. County Superintendent and Board of Supervisors offices at the Court House being refurbished by Chas. Dodder and crew. Mt. Pleasant News to switch to eight-page format next Saturday. Miss Nellie Vee Richards returns to Ottumwa from a stay for Ottumwa Children’s Home Finding Association. Parrish store room being improved with new drawer shelving to aid handling of goods.
A narrator notes at a theater many uncovered heads looked brown or gray while at a later scholarly gathering with 200 or 300 attendees she spots at least a dozen auburn haired women. She treats it as a probable link between hair color and intellect.
The piece notes a paradox where a man with large hands favors small details and fine, precise work, while a man with small hands enjoys grand, ostentatious displays, large estates, and vast projects. handwriting mirrors the trait with large flourishes or small precision.
Thorpe teases a trap driving girl Nan, robs a moment with a mock highway raid, then proposes marriage as a path to paradise. He jokes about a Claude Duval persona, plans a ride, and hints the journey to happiness depends on Nan agreeing to wed him along the road.
Busy Lad 39275 a dark brown 16 hand stallion foaled 1894 by Ellersnie Wilkes 3804 out of Sequel by Victor Bis mark 326. Bred by A A Kitemiller Knoxville Iowa passed to Daniel Rohrer Washington Iowa Elerslie Wilkes 804 by Geo Wilkes 51 dam Aileen. A well bred horse descendant of George Wilkes with double cross to Hamiltonian 10. First three dams of Busy Lad and sire’s line are productive.
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