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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1911
Page
5
Mary Gibson returned from a visit in Oskaloosa. Miss Julia Swift, Helen Berry, and Olga McCormick visited here from Farming ton and Keota respectively. Numerous relatives and friends traveled to Brigh ton Omaha Keota and Des Moines for short visits and stays. Plumes shipments and bicycle sale advertised by Asher Co. at 4112 and L. J. McFarland Shop offer repairs and affordable services.
175 sacks of high grade flour offered at $1.25 per sack with money back guarantee. McCall Bros. E R Palmgren returns to Davenport for two weeks visiting parents Mr and Mrs J Palmgren. Mrs Palmgren stays longer. 19th Iowa Volunteer Infantry discharged at Camp McClellan Davenport then sailed to Washington. Kate Burris from Alf Burris family at home visiting, to Des Moines in September for new job at Younker Brothers dry goods cloak and suit dept.
A father and daughter discuss Evelyn's future as an opera singer. The father recalls past conversations about Evelyn's upbringing and schooling, noting extensive practice in piano, singing, gymnastics, and language study. Evelyn agrees to pursue singing while balancing family plans.
Centerville meets Washington tomorrow in a baseball clash. The brief item notes the schedule and upcoming outing with local interest in the matchup.
Mr i. 5S. Magle visits Chicago for weeks with her son Charles and relatives. J Brallar of Richland leaves after a Sunday visit with A B Jones and John Walker families. Mrs M A Criswell and Mrs Nancy Lynn arrive from Rock Island after visiting friends. Brice Jones of New York City visits A B Jones. Dr Harold McWilliams known as Huck visits Washington area and practices in Farmington.
The Journal investigates a false claim about a body at the city water works stand pipe and finds the top sealed for years, sparrow stories and paint on the structure dismissed as baseless. City physicians affirm the water is clean and of fine medicinal quality.
A revolt led by General Acevade presses Gomez to resign within sixteen days. In Abilene Texas a severe storm damages most businesses and kills two, injures seven. In Ontario and Havana fires and storms cause multiple deaths and injuries at the insnae asylum site and surrounding areas.
A fragmentary item lists names including Mayhew Agrilla Rath Stock Wilan Miller and others visiting from Austin Minnesota. It notes a Wallace back gathering and camp life. The Helping Find Circle of the King s Daughter unit of the second United Presbyterian church will meet at 10 30 at Mrs Livale Cherry s home with conveyances prepared. A called Washington Lodge meeting is set for Tuesday evening for third degree work with home attendance requested. Howard S Wilson acting master.
In an Auguster election Missouri voters decide whether to issue 3 million dollars in bonds to build a new state capitol at Jefferson City over thirteen years by a two cent tax. The plan, backed by a bipartisan campaign, would fund construction 3 million, equipment 300 thousand, and ground purchases 200 thousand. A state capitol commission of two Democrats and two Republicans would oversee plans and contracts.
Edwin Abbey, renowned American painter born in Philadelphia in 1852, died in London after a prolonged illness. Abbey studied art in his home state, was sent to England by the Harper brothers, first exhibited A May Day Morning at the Royal Academy, and his last major work in the U S was unfinished mural decorations for the Pennsylvania State House.
Washington has report that the House free list bill was defeated in the Senate this afternoon by a die vote of SH. The brief dispatch notes the bill failed to pass, ending the effort in this session.
Washington D C April 4 The Senate reconsidered and passed the Free List by an 18 to 80 vote. Professor Maynard of Cambridge mass calls snakes wiser than women claim and says if snakes had hands and feet they would dominate the world, leaving man in a primitive savage state.
Washington band members announce an evening concert in the park to entertain the public and support the band. Earnest Hammond and his wife visit the Bergquist home. Clayton Brady and his father plan two weeks in Mexico, joined by Leo Bridger from Minneapolis traveling from Denver for the trip.
A reflective Nugent column argues that public sympathy and aid offered after a disaster carries the glow of fame rather than timely relief, suggesting society values notoriety over immediate assistance.
A claim offers relief for many skin ailments through a wash-D. DD prescription. A 25e trial bottle is promoted to prove its merit for readers and is endorsed by Cook & Sherman.
A short moral piece about Tommy, an impulsive boy, told by a Sunday school teacher. He explains goodness by saying to imagine what you want to do and then never do it, highlighting self control as the path to being good.
In a abroad lecture the Norwegian poet urges that protecting song birds is crucial for education. He notes children form clubs to guard nests and learn restraint, turning destruction into magnanimity, with schools teaching duty to birds.
The remains of Eathan Allen Stone of Balint Joseph Missouri were brought home by his wife, son Eugene, and family. The funeral, conducted by Rev. Rena Sullivan of the United Brethren Church, followed services at the home of Joseph Rowan. Stone, born August 1 in Dearborn County Indiana, was the eldest son of John and Mrs Stone. He came to the U.S. at six, worked 23 years on the hook and ladder, then thirty years as a passenger conductor before a five year battle with apoplexy. He married twice, first to Annie McVie, mother of Karene of Colorado, then to a second wife who cared for him through illness. He had two more children, and leaves brothers James Amesworth, Archie Panama Canal Zone, Will New York City, Sam Cleveland, and Sam Chicago. He was a steady Methodist at St. Joe Me.
A reflection notes that those with little wealth give much to others, echoing the widow’s mite story as applicable today. It emphasizes enduring truth about charity and sacrifice across time.
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