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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1910
Page
2
Harper's Weekly notes the capture of Mix the American by Russian troops after landing on Russian soil during the James Gordon Bennett cup race. R. B. Kidd argues European powers guard frontiers against foreign spies while American law lacks explicit aviation provisions for actions around military reservations.
A historical note reports that mouse rents in Mexico have roughly doubled during the last ten years, reflecting rising living costs and changing housing availability across the region.
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh across all stages. It asserts the constitutional nature of the disease requiring internal treatment and promises to destroy its foundations by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The makers offer one hundred dollars for a failure to cure and urge sending for testimonials.
Doings of the People reports W. Jones finished a new barn in Brighton Route One. John A. Augustine remains very low health wise. L. H. O'Loughlin family visited W. B. Rittenhouse's home. Effie Keesel from Washington sick list. A heavy winter snow storm hit the area last weekend.
Saturday was a rough day for the community with plans for a church bake sale next Saturday. Mr and Mrs Stephen Bailey hosted visitors from Oskaloosa recently. Marshall Frazier remains very sick with measles. most afflicted children show improvement. A A Turner family moved into the Mrs John Reed property. Mr Snyder of Oskaloosa will oversee the district schools next year. Milo Lemley returned from the west and visits his mother west of town. Frank Duke, a town mail carrier, now drives a new automobile since last Tuesday.
In Ainsworth on April 20 Mrs LaRue Brandwig of Austin Minnesota arrived Monday evening to visit her sister Mrs J A Glendenning and family. K G Gookin was a Washington visitor Monday. R H Dean of Washington was a business visitor last evening. Miss Pearl Gardner shopped in Washington yesterday. Miss Addie Drummond of Reinersville Ohio, who has been here for a month visiting Joseph Dye and wife, returned home yesterday morning. H B Moore was a passenger for Washington yesterday morning. Mrs Edward Rhodes visiting her daughter Mrs Harold Phillips and family in West Liberty returned home last evening.
Mrs. H. C. Hull travels to Kirkwood Illinois to visit Mr and Mrs W G Robertson. Misses Margaret and Jessie White William Randall J B McCoy and son Frank and Mrs C M Strain were bound for Washington. Claude and Robert McCall went to Havre to ditch. Elizabeth Thompson and Mrs Willis return from Winfield. Charles Hull buried today in Nebraska born in Trenton Iowa not Clinton.
Prof Huxley defines education as the instruction of the intellect in the laws of nature, extending to people and their ways, shaping affections and will toward harmony with those laws. He insists any so called education must meet this standard or he rejects it, regardless of authority or popularity.
A Carlyle quotation urges personal integrity to reduce societal wrongdoing. The line suggests that becoming honest removes a rascal from the world, framing virtue as a solution to moral fault.
The tiny shoes were crafted by a Chester, Pennsylvania blacksmith for a 30 inch high, 100 pound Siberian animal named Adonis owned by E. Bosch. Each shoe is about the size of a silver dollar.
A humorous poem by Walt Mason from 1910 explores idealized romance versus grim daily reality. The speaker contrasts grand romantic vows with the dull work and modest life of domestic duty, ending in a call for honest partnership over fantasies.
Lord Kitchener speaking in Chicago says food supply determines peace and restlessness, praising Canada’s farmland and the Panama Canal. He argues Britain seeks peace but must stay ready, with navy first and army to back it, and that force may be needed even with any international accord.
A writing emphasizes that true fortune lies not in foreign lands but within the heart, urging readers to seek a purpose and direction from inner aims rather than external places. The quote frames purpose as a personal compass guiding life.
Forewarned, a woman asks why fear lingers after a kiss to Miss Effie. The Family Terror notes the incident where a man’s kiss on a staircase led to a slap, shaping responses and suspicions within the household.
Notice to ministers announces a meeting tomorrow Thursday at 4 20 p m with Rev. W C Fisher.
Spike Robson suffered a serious head injury after being knocked out by Jem Driscoll at the National Sporting Club in London. He remained unconscious for forty five minutes, was revived, relapsed, and could not be removed from the club. Doctors fear brain concussion and police plan no action unless Robson dies.
The article describes Miss Eloise Breese as tall and handsome with a gravity tempered temper. It notes her as clever and cultivated with tastes in reading and dancing and motors and horse riding. It mentions her connections to the Connaught daughters and attendance at the 1905 Windsor wedding of the crown princess of Sweden.
About 2 million Siamese are kept busy cultivating rice. Several varieties are grown, some ripen in two months while others take up to six months to ripen.
Inquiries hint Frey’s photos are valued for superior quality. Visitors are invited to compare and decide for themselves, with emphasis on visual excellence as the key reason.
Albert Elmer Wilbur aged 53 died at his Heights home after years of ill health. Born in Steuben County Indiana he lived in Michigan and Kansas before settling near Havre. Survived by wife Carrie J Meigs and two children Myrtle Warren and Irma. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at his residence conducted by Rev. J B Schreckengast if secured.
Harriet Mary Kellogg infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Kellogg died this afternoon at City hospital after sudden illness at noon. The parents receive many friends’ sympathy. Funeral will be tomorrow at 10 o’clock with interment in City cemetery.
The editor questions length and authenticity as the assistant presents a 475 word draft titled Overheard at the Sewing Circle. The exchange highlights tension over manuscript volume and editorial standards in Lippincott's Magazine.
A clerk reports a nighttime collision with an unidentified person who later appears to be his employer. The incident is described using a blunt remark and a terse, wary tone. Details remain sparse in the source fragment.
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