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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1910
Page
5
Local notes from The Fair pages list shoppers and visitors. Gib Bailey and Dr George Kerr traveled on business to Kalona and Keota respectively. Numerous residents, including W M Johnson Herman Schultz and Miss Beulah Eichelberger, undertaken trips. furniture enhancers Liquid Veneer advertised. Flue stops promoted.
The Great Divide play by Henry Miller's company arrives at the Graham tonight featuring Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Smouse and Elna Bowman. John Simpson returns from Garden City Kansas. audience urged to enjoy Moody's drama hailed as a western life classic.
A notice urges attendance at The Great Divide at the Graham theater in Burlington praising the play as a great recent production. The piece highlights striking pictorials and West setting scenes in Arizona and the Continental Divide with a hero and heroine in conflict.
Mrs Southwell welcomed a small group on Low a Avenue while Mrs Will Wilson hosted the Automobile club on East Second Street. Mrs Hobson's Presbyterian Sabbath school class held its annual meeting at Miss Helen Cowden's home with officers elected: President Miss Viva Jones Secretary Miss Helen White Treasurer Miss Helen Cowden. The event proved very engaging.
The Fort nightly club holds its regular annual meeting on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Mrs Orville Elder's home 418 East Madison to elect officers and conduct other business. The Eastern Star plans its annual inspection on April 20 with Worthy Grand Matron Maggie Wiley and Deputy Grand Matron Fannie Riemcke attending. Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M calls a second degree work meeting on April 21 at 7 p.m. An M B A lodge ice cream social is set for Saturday evening at the A O U W hall with music and a program inviting all.
The Rebekah lodge announces a called meeting for tomorrow evening at 7 30 in the I O O F hall. All members are urged to attend.
Notice states a regular meeting on Thursday evening with all members cordially invited. The brief invites حض.
A brief editorial note from the Atchison Globe argues that many learn the hard lesson that past missteps cannot be repeated without risk, warning readers against repeating harmful judgments and schemes.
Des Moines Iowa April 20 the first half of the week brought warm weather with light to moderate showers. The latter part turned much colder ending 8 to 15 degrees below freezing with general snow flurries. Precipitation aided western sections but damaged fruits garden truck and early cereals less than enough to hinder field work until Saturday. Soil good for plowing with corn planting hastened and some corn already up. Grass and small grains thrived until the freeze. growth likely checked and grain crops injured.
Mrs. Sarah Brandon, 109, of Moundsville West Virginia, is cited as the oldest living woman and the matriarch who produced 16 Civil War soldiers. Her 23 children span generations. two of her sons live nearby and one bears 17 war wounds. Her image resides in the National Gallery in Washington and in Columbus.
New York critics hail The Great Divide as a major American drama. William Vaughn Moody’s work receives unanimous praise and the Graham promises the full production used in over 600 New York performances with admission from 25 to 1 50.
Miss Tye Leung becomes the first Chinese woman named to a federal post in the United States, serving as assistant matron in charge at the Angel Island immigration station in San Francisco. The station detains hundreds of Chinese men and women weekly pending admission. Leung was recommended by the board of foreign missions and is fluent in English and Chinese.
N. P. Babcock of New York American ponders the approaching comet and asks if it will leave observers in good form or in a coma. He jokes about whether astronomers can predict the eternity of the comet’s presence and warns against staking existence on a hazy gamble.
Heavy precipitation drenches the eastern coast of Ireland with rainfall on about 208 days a year, shaping climate and daily life. The pattern suggests a moist Atlantic influence and persistent wet season characteristics across counties.
Two hundred fifty delegates from the National American Woman Suffrage Association will march April 21 in autos to deliver a monster petition to Congress urging women’s suffrage. Mrs. Helen H. Gardener leads with many Washington auto dealers lending cars as about 100 vehicles are promised. The parade aims to show resolve, with badges and flags, led by Rev. Anna Shaw.
The article extols salt's healing value in drinking water and topical use. A salt solution is described as a cheap, effective treatment for throat nasal passages and catarrhal troubles. It also notes eye baths with cold salt water yield satisfactory results.
A short dialogue fragment features Scott remarking on women’s sensitivity to pain and pleasure while Matt notes a limit to joy that remains unspeakable. The exchange hints at a provocative, tension filled moment between the speakers.
The annual county Sunday school convention will be held in a local church on May 10 and 11. State Secretary Fitch of Des Moines will deliver a main address. Topics include The Boy Problem Mission Teaching and The Adult Bible Class with a full program to be announced soon. Rev. E. G. Beyer of Brighton is president.
A man remarks on a terrible cough and stomach upset from cough syrup. He notes cough syrups only palliate and suggests curing the cause with Vinel. Cook and Sherman promote Vinel as a remedy.
No cough medicine is as popular as Foley's Honey and Tar. It reliably cures coughs colds croup and bronchitis sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Company.
A French chemist advances the theory that odors from vegetation dispersed in air diminish the actinic power of solar radiation enough to affect photography. The claim suggests scent in the atmosphere can alter photographic exposure.
Advert says Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure any kidney or bladder issue not beyond medical reach. Lemmon's Pharmacy in McEthig handles the product.
The article recounts annual entertainments by a prince attended by natives and Europeans. Servants steal tableware and bric-a-brac after events, taking advantage of unpaid wages. A questioned prince supposedly replies that his people have no other source to steal from.
Mrs. M. L. Dix of Clarksville Tenn recounts nearly four years of lung illness and relief from Dr Kings New Discovery. The advertisement touts its effectiveness for coughs colds hay fever asthma bronchitis and related throat and lung issues with trial bottles offered free.
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