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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1910
Page
2
The piece surveys cookery books and new memoirs in the library catalog. It notes Mrs Rorer’s Vegetable Cookery and Meat Substitute, Cora Scofield’s My Day, and Reminiscences of Peace and War. It also mentions Madam How and Lady Why for children and anecdotes about Mark Twain including his “Innocents at Home” and the “New Stormfield” home.
Keota April 29 The Presbyterian Kensington hostess Mrs L H Smith served fine refreshments and new viand praised Miss Ama Holsworth of Harper and Miss Edna Stewart of West Chester visited. District Woman's Foreign Missionary society held in Wellman this week with attendees Mines Shrader Stephen Richardson and Robertson. Elva Downing home from Chicago. Collier returned from visit with father Isaac Schreckengast ill with cancer. Rev Ayrault to occupy Keota Baptist pulpit at Talleyrand Sundays with Sunday school. Mr Mrs William Chatfield and son visiting from Lallata Missouri. Bower attended Baptist gathering in Des Moines. Holmes away to South Dakota Real estate trip. Sharts and Shorts announce birth of son April 21. Pond family moved from West Liberty to Keota. Methodist class attendance contest tied 346 total 285-6 average for Tufts Lindauer and Glover/Gilbert classes. Claire Reisman grandparents Storey moved from Wellman to Keota. James T Nichols to lecture at Christian church Sunday on Holy Land. Arbor Day program at grammar school this afternoon. W F M S to meet at Miss Allie Keiser’s. Wellman district convention delegates report. Young men's social postponed to Monday at Wright place. Dr Boatman of Muscatine to preach at Methodist Sunday with Communion. Miss Lordie Tucker hosted C B A’s at Droz home Thursday.
The piece blends a playful verse about Booster Bill with moral counsel on generosity and reciprocity. It notes social rituals such as a return home to a lighted house and 25 post cards, plus brief local notices of visits by J. W. Patton and Harley McCreedy and church services at United Presbyterian and Methodist churches.
A poem by Walt Mason from 1910 laments modern complacency and social pretense. It mocks fashionable dress, car travel, and patriotic slogans while railing against political and moral decline. The speaker foresees a restless, critical public lingering in discontent across nations.
From the Exchanges Misses Eva and Mae Allen will teach at Gravity Iowa for the coming school year with Miss Eva as principal and Mrs Mae in the primary department. Salaries will be advanced and the appointments are described as excellent.
April 28 report from Ainsworth lists Chatfield family leaving for Keota and Mrs FE Stone and Grace Stone heading to St Joseph. Merle Chambers, nine, fractured his arm and shoulder during noon play. a Washington doctor assisted. Mrs A J Peterson and Edith shopped in Muscatine. Griffith Jones and wife from Cotter shopped here. J M Utterback visited Washington.
Mrs M L Dix of Clarksville Tennessee credits Dr Kings New Discovery with curing four years of severe lung trouble and persistent coughs and recommends it for throat and lung ailments. The ad promotes 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes with trial bottles free and notes Lemmon’s Pharmacy guarantees. It also touts Foley’s Honey and Tar as a popular cough remedy available at Lemmon’s Pharmacy and McElhinney Drag Company.
A call for candor in law stresses truth as essential to fair courts. The statement argues that without truthful testimony the justice system cannot function.
Last evening in Ainsworth nineteen girls gathered at the park for a bonfire. They toasted meat and hot dogs, sang songs, and shared stories around the camp fire, enjoying a pleasant social evening.
A tired person can loosen facial knots by mopping with cold water in a soft cloth. The cold water acts as a tonic and freshens appearance, reducing wrinkles and fatigue lines for a youthful look. Ice rubbing also helps, using a small lump wrapped in clean cloth to glide across the face.
Crawfordsville April 24 Misses Pearl and Florence Glancy of Washington visited friends here yesterday. Relatives of Mrs J l Mc Cleary surprised her at her home last evening for her 15th birthday anniversary. She was taken out.
A brief Home Notes reflection on female charm centered on simplicity. It argues real charm comes from candor and sincerity, not boldness or cynicism, and that such traits attract men when choosing a life partner.
A brief editorial urging that character is forged by hardship, arguing the best education comes from discipline, resilience, and tough experiences shaping boys into capable men.
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