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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1910
Page
5
Local notices from The Fair feature Calorie Cooker promotions sold by Rothschild's and Demands for Denatured alcohol, vacuum cleaner, shutters, and curtain rods. City visitors include Ralph Disenberry and Jeff Tucker while regional residents travel for over Sunday visits. several funerals and family updates noted with Crawfordsville and Havre mentions.
The town paper heralds Boost er Bill as the editor backs ads to fuel growth. Local merchants Rothschilds and West Side Drug store tout goods from silks to petticoats while Miss Josie Miller heads to Chicago for ten days.
The article outlines cleaning methods for jewelry using prepared chalk, chamois, and chalk paste. It covers benzine caution around pearls and certain stones, soaking rings in benzine, rinsing, and drying. It also recommends sawdust storage, chamois bags, and proper care for secondary gems and imitation stones.
Fur cleaning tips cover Ermine and miniver using soft flannel and flour, with bran for sable and other furs. The text notes removing lining, brushing, and flattening the item, and describes a Russian method heating rye flour and rubbing it into the fur, then brushing out.
Advice for sewists and embroiderers to protect hands. Wash hands before work and file rough spots with a fine pumice stone. Use acetic acid or cider vinegar from a drugstore or kitchen to soften skin and prevent roughness.
Ruchings are treated by placing the rubbing in a wide mouthed bottle or jar and covering with gasoline. After two hours the gas is poured off and the rubbing is worked between the hands if needed. For softness a rinse in sugar water and air drying without wringing is suggested.
Instructions instruct making a thick paste of flour and gasoline to clean delicate net yokes and waists. Apply with a small stiff brush, rub well, and let dry with a thick coating. As gasoline evaporates the flour brushes out, leaving the net clean and white.
The guide teaches canning corn by placing eight pints of cut cob corn with one pint of salt. Cover with water, heat until thorough, then can with water to cover. Add sugar just before serving to improve flavor.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will meet Thursday at 2 30 p m at Mrs James Rieming home. Devotional topic The True Aim of Life Romans 14 7 led by Mrs M Nelson with general discussion on Our Influence. Opened by Mrs A E Mayo. Everyone urged to attend.
Yesterday morning the death of the two days old son of Mr and Mrs Harry Bennett was reported. The remains were buried yesterday afternoon at Elm Grove cemetery after a brief service at the grave conducted by Rev. W R Sawhill. The family receives many expressions of sympathy.
Federal services for A B Wilbur were conducted Friday at 2 pm at the residence by Rev I B Schreckengast of Burlington. Music by Mabel Brinton and Gladys Warner. Pallbearers from the A O U W included Frank Edworthy Lee McAvoy Lorien Neal Harry McCall N H Jones and O F Haight. Interment in Elm Grove cemetery with Degree of Honor members attending and a brief grave service.
Funeral services for the late Mrs. A. R. Sirnum were conducted at the residence seven miles west of town by Rev. S. K. Coats with the Pleasant Hill choir. Large crowd attended and floral displays were abundant. Pallbearers included Elmer Frank Robert Charles John Kephart and Henry Lovelett of Lone Tree. Interment followed in Elm Grove cemetery. Court of Honor friends accompanied the procession to the cemetery.
Brief morning visits report shows 8S W Brookhart, Miss Nettie Larson, Frank Wells, Ray Blankenhorn, Miss Vera White, Mrs J E Renean, Dr J G Henderson, Mr and Mrs Charles Strum and others traveling to Burlington Muscatine Sigourney Marietta Galesburg Osceola Havre Harper and nearby areas for short visits or family matters. An advertisement by Edmund D Morrison of Washington promotes farm loan payment flexibility at 5 or 5 percent interest.
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