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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1910
Page
6
A sleepy night clerk at a fashionable hotel witnesses a man in evening dress pretend to be Mr Ferguson asking for key to room 44. Minutes later a disheveled guest returns to claim another key saying Mr Ferguson fell from a window and left the key behind.
A fragmentary quotation attributes a maxim on fate and virtue to Alexander Pope. The passage discusses blindness, weakness, and the notion that whatever exists is right, framed as a philosophical reflection on nature, chance, and divine order.
A Cleveland man recalls moving to an east end flat with a terrible janitor service. After a cold night with guests, he confronts the janitor and jokes about seeking warmth elsewhere. The exchange ends with a wry, taunting reply from the janitor.
A fussy Scottish woman traveling to Glasgow suffered embarrassment when an India rubber cushion exploded in a railway carriage. A nearby traveler dismissed the fuss, noting repair would cost about 18 pence, while the woman recalled a prior incident involving Aunty Jean and a near last breath.
An English traveler asks for Walter TMaler and William Bluff known as Grizzly Bill. A grizzled local answers mishearing the request with a humorous reveal, noting Grizzly Bill lives nearby. The exchange hints at mistaken identities and local color.
In a New York Herald tale a man seeks an alibi after a rumor he insulted a woman near 10:50 spreads. His neighbor Smith fabricates the incident to stop his wife’s hiccups, causing alarm until he confesses the ruse and apologizes.
An old south tale recounts Miss Mattie sending water and a bath offer to guest Mr. Firman. Tillie the maid reports the guest laughed hard at the message though the exact words are recalled with humor.
An Irishman appears on the street in a battered but cheerful mood recounting a morning of near disaster. He claims a car hit him but insists he is lucky to be alive after a series of mishaps including a police stop, a fight, a blast, a goat shove, and his wife’s rolling pin incident. Cleveland Leader.
A timely notice recalls Oscar Browning a famous English professor and a witty epigram attributed to pupil John Stephen about obedience to nature and obesity. The verse mocks Browning for corpulence and ends with O B Oh be obedient to nature. You may be too obese.
In Sarajevo the Begova mosque rivals Constantinople and Selim II’s Adrianople as Europe’s largest mosque. A groove in a courtyard stone allegedly measured by a pasha to curb false measures reflects local legend. A separate tale recalls seven holy dervishes beheaded 200 years ago for a theft, each carrying its head under an arm toward the mosque.
A huge dictionary on F street in the Geologic Survey reference room draws attention. Its six volumes share one cover and leather binding made from several calfskins. It runs 7,085 pages and weighs as much as a high school girl, dwarfing Webster’s Unabridged beside it.
A press agent recounts a quarrel over a prima donna’s discharge after he wrote an article praising her singing. The singer rejects praise not directed to her own talents. Washington Star report notes the exchange and reputational tensions.
A quirky literary piece features a worm and a fish in dialogue about fate and danger. The worm warns of death while the angler threads the hook, and the fish is swept away by the lure.
An advertisement touts Mi O Na stomach tablets for relief from indigestion sour stomach and gas. It claims rapid improvement and stomach rebuilding with continued use and notes availability from Lemmon's Pharmacy and druggists with a money back guarantee. Booths Pills are also advertised for torpid liver and constipation.
Plaintiffs W M Tucker and C F Beaty sue numerous named defendants including James Delong John Coffman John Baker and others and unknown heirs in an 1910 district court action over described real estate in Washington County Iowa Begin-
Plaintiffs seek to quiet title to described real estate in fee simple and partition the jointly owned property among multiple Mickle and related defendants. The notice names defendants and unknown claimants, urges court action, and sets a September 6 1910 deadline to appear or face default and judgment.
Franci Mickle files a petition in the September Term 1910 district court alleging she and numerous defendants are heirs and legal representatives of J. P. Mickle deceased. The suit claims ownership in fee simple of described lands in Washington County Iowa including the SE quarter of section five and the NE quarter of section sixteen with specified coordinates and proportions among the plaintiff and named defendants.
Original notice names D B Klopenstein and Donald Ross as plaintiffs and lists numerous defendants including individuals and corporations. It states a petition will be on file by August 1 1910 alleging ownership in fee simple to described Lots 85 86 in Smouse's East Side Addition and Lot 1 8 in Block 4 East Washington with unknown claimants asserting possible interests.
Diligent search failed to locate unknown claimants and plaintiffs ask the court to forever quiet and establish fee title in their favor. Defendants and unknown claimants would be barred from any adverse interests. Deeds mortgages and releases may be reformed as prayed. Court convenes September 6 1910 in Washington Iowa for judgment.
In District Court of Washington County Iowa F Schwartz as plaintiff seeks to quiet title to described real estate in his name claiming record and equitable ownership and long adverse possession. Defendants unknown claimants and others are notified to appear by noon before the next term beginning September 1910 at the Washington County Court House.
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