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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1912
Page
2
Loveliest Sweet Peas Offer From Edgar A Higgins
A flower seed ad touts Fox and Dewey Sweet Peas as premier, selling eight packets for 25 cents and ten orchid-spread packets for 50 cents. Orders include extra Spencer varieties if placed by March 1st and coin remittance preferred. mailing address in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Piles cure claim from druggist with PAZO OINTMENT
The ad states PAZO OINTMENT cures itching bleeding and protruding piles or the druggist refunds the purchase price if no improvement in 6 to 14 days. The offer calls for 0c. refund policy.
Alpine Aerie 1948 Meeta Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday
Pr O KF Alpine Aerie No 1948 Meeta every 2nd and 4th Wednesday evening of each month visiting members in good standing always welcome BE G FOX W P R C DuBOIS Secy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Aerie No
G. Fox
W. P.R, C, Dubois
Secy
Valley Forge Camp Meets Thursdays in North Side Hall
Valley Forge Camp No. 868 holds weekly meetings every Thursday evening in the hall on North Side Square. All neighbors are welcome. J. G. Moriarty, Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Forge Camp
Hall
North Side Square
Masonic Fraternities Regular Meetings Listed
Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday night monthly. Cyrus Chapter No 18 R A M meets on the second Friday night. Bethlehem Commandery No 45 K T meets on the third Friday night. Washington Chapter No 98 O E regular meeting is on the second Thursday night. Visiting brethren are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Lodge
A. F
A. M
C. A. Dewey
W. M
J. W. Morton
Cyrus
Ao Bu
Sec
Bethlehem Commandery
K. T
Wyatt B. Marbourg
Washington
J. BE. Kunath
M. Hst2
Happenings in the County and Other Day News
County reporters recount local doings and community happenings across the area. Brief notes cover people, places, and small events shaping daily life.
Land purchase and local visits in Havre area
Jake Shrader bought 60 acres of pasture and timber land of John Hillhouse south of Havre. Ida Miller of Washington visited Shrader's home. Mrs. Julia Ferguson and daughter Muriel travelled to West Chester to visit Mrs. Ferguson's brother R. C. Ferguson. Bob McCall of Crawfordsville filed for George Long. Art Long and Frank Earl shell corn southwest of Crawfordsville. Charlie Goodwin finished carpenter work at the Will Easter home and returned to Washington. Tom Nicholson ditched for Joe Klopfenstein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
Jake Shrader
John Hillhouse
Ida Miller
Washington
Julia Ferguson
Muriel
West Chester
Will
Tom Nicholson
Joe Klopfenstein
Untimely Optinism Finds Foe in Gloomy Gate
A speaker recalls a day of misfortune and restless animals while lamenting a bitter mood. An upbeat passerby offers cheer and a demand to celebrate. The speaker resolves that optimistic pep is tiresome and resolves to reject hollow cheer, choosing to vent with violence.
Rail notes from Crawfordsville and regional rail news
Railway notes cover visits by Misses Porter and others in Crawfordsville, church services by Dr Stoddard, and various local travels. It reports broader items on Milwaukee railways courting French capital for electric lines in Central Washington, a pin waste campaign, and punctuality appeals by Illinois Central. It also notes Texas cattle movement to Oklahoma, awards for Southern Pacific staff, Panama Railroad rate critiques, and proposed midwest meat rate readjustments by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Railroad
Washington
Illinois Central
Panama Railroad
United States
B. L. Winchell
Frisco
Interstate Commerce Commission
Panama
Birthday Party for Mr. Smith and Riverside Wedding Plans
Mrs. Harry Smith hosted a small reception in north Washington on Saturday for Mr. Smith's birthday. Invitations were issued for the May 1 1912 wedding of Miss Fannie Fern Sodestrom and Mr. La Roy Patton Simms at Calvary Presbyterian Church Riverside California. The couple will reside at 807 Rubidoux Drive Riverside. The Sodestrom family previously lived in Washington. The L V Cs and their teacher Miss Latta visited Miss Virginia Wallace Saturday afternoon for Bible stories and music, with conundrums and light refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Harry Smith
North
Washington
Mr. Smith
Fannie Fern Sodestrom
Frances Taylor Sodestrom
la Roy Patton Simms
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Riverside
California
Rubidoux Drive
Sodestrom
Miss Latta
Virginia Wallace
Latta
Wallace
Henry Tollenaar
Neal Tollenant
Cassie Anna Welliver
W. R. Sawhill
Second United Presbyterian Church
West Monroe Street
Joe Hayes
Rock Island
John Tollenaar
Thomas
Sigourney
Presbyterian Sabbath School
J. A. McCall
Comin
W. G. Stewart
Carl Roberts
C.S. Lemmon
J. O. Elder
W D. Shearer
Mae Rittler
Phoebe Maxwell
Kedgington
Holland family arrives as immigration help enables stay
The Cnossen family from Hommerts Friesland Holland arrived in Washington after March 28 sailing via Amsterdam and New York. They received aid from a YMCA worker who secured affidavits guaranteeing a home here, but one son Abbe was detained for health reasons and later sent back to Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cnossen
Hommerts
Friesland
Holland
Amsterdam
New York
Ellis Island
Island
Abbe
Washington
Kennedy
Cummins
America
Caessen
Local residents visit and shop across Muscatine and nearby towns
Ainsworth residents visited Muscatine shopping Saturday including Mrs. A J Peterson and daughter Ethel with Cora Olds Tressa Chihak and C P Nichols wife and daughter Vera. David Thompson spent Sunday with his son R L at Washington. G A West attended to business in Davenport Saturday. W Woodside and daughters Mae and Pearl shopped in Washington. Mrs J Lindley Coon and Newton visitors visited her parents S C Pearsons. Mrs David Thompson visited her son R L to help with her granddaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Pearson
David Thompson
R. L
Walping for Homesteads opens May first in Lethbridge
The land office at Lethbridge, Canada, is crowded with applicants awaiting homestead openings on May 1. Applicants have camped in lean-tos outside the office while restaurant staff bring meals. one man with rheumatism holds his place, cared for by his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lethbridge
Can
Longworth Declines Referee Role in Roosevelt Gardner Debate
Representative Longworth of Ohio avoids serving as referee in the campaign debate between his father in law Colonel Roosevelt and Representative Gardner of Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longworth
Ohio
Roosevelt
Gardner
Massachusetts
Notice of Business Move to Savings Bank Building
The business relocates to the Citizens' Savings Bank building on the southwest square corner to greet old customers and attract new ones at 55tf Washington County Savings Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington County Savings Bank
Question on home issue by single candidate Patrick Reilly
In a ward campaign exchange Patrick Reilly argues about the home question. He asks if married men and bachelors will approve of his stance, framing the issue around his single status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Reilly
Government Opens 6300 Acres in Wyoming Irrigation Project
Washington reports the Shoshone irrigation project in Wyoming has opened 6300 acres. The first unit received water four years ago and today adds the fourth unit to a system intended to irrigate 164000 acres. Located in the Big Horn Basin the climate and farming prospects attract 300 to 400 families turning a sheep range into small farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wyoming
Big Horn
Peafowl Face Extinction Risk Says Washington Report
Washington April 22. The vain glorious peafowl may go extinct in the United States unless action is taken. Zoological gardens in New York and Philadelphia plan to appeal to the government to save the bird. The census shows only 6 458 peafowls nationwide last year, with Texas Tennessee Kentucky and Missouri home to the most.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Zoological Gardens of
New York
Philadelphia
Texas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
Union
Markets Open With Mixed Pack, Cattle and Sheep Outlooks
This morning's market notes from Chicago on April 22, 1912 show estimated receipts of 60,000 with yesterday's leftovers at 4,051. Prospects are 10 to 15 lower with light trading at 7.40 to 7.85, heavy shipping grades 7.50 to 7.874, and rough 7.50 to 7.65. Cattle receipts at 22,000 with prospects fading. sheep at 25,000 with prospects steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Livestock Market Report April 22 1912
Receipts today and yesterday varied across cattle hogs and sheep with mixed prices. Market conditions ranged from dull to slow, generally steady for cattle and steady for sheep, while hogs showed lower than Saturday’s average and a slow market.
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Fox & Dewey
Edgar A, Higgins
Avaca, N. Y
BASE
Nicola
Harmon
Pr. O. KF
J. G. Moriarty
Che
Dobbin
Crawfordsville
Bina
Martha Porter
Ainsworth
Henry McCoy
Mt. Pleasant
J. B. McCoy
Marie
John Hammill
Hazel
Burlington
Will Orbin
George McElroy
Wyman
Stoddard
Grinnell
United Presbyterian Church
Max Keller
Brighton
Northwestern
Oklahoma
J.C. Lincoln
Merchants’ Association
St. Louis
Southern Pacific
Coast Division
Thomas Ahern
Middle West
Ice Society
Gnossen
AP EL
YMCA
Florence Patterson
P. Orion Lodge
J. A. Y. Ashby
C. C
Poinsettia Club
Sherm Welch
M. M
Westminster Guild of the Presbyterian Church
Vera Alberson
West Washington Street
the Fortnightly
Aner Gardner
Cedar Rapids
A. P. Cnossen
Anne
Geert
Peter
Mr. Cnossen
R. T. Knottnerus Farm
Y. M. C. A. Helps
Serge
Iresses
iGirls
Mutual
City
Mean
Reister & Son
Lil
Sheen
John A. Babcock Commission
U. S. Yards
Illinois
Baentiahad
L. Kaga
Morrison
Osana
Lamson Bros. & Co
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