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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1910
Page
2
The ad touts a Caloric method for corn and other foods claiming sweeter juicier results. It claims kernels break with light pressure and that raw state baking and roasting without pre-cooking is possible.
The column highlights neighborhood events and daily life across local towns. Residents share greetings, weddings, fairs, school news, and church notices reflecting community ties and seasonal activities.
Ainsworth August 3 report of numerous visits and departures. John J. Seerly and family called on Dr. A. J. Laird before heading to Wisconsin by touring car. Miss Molly Snider of Pennsylvania leaves for Washington with relatives. Several residents, including Mrs. BE. J. Bietel and Mrs. C. P. Nichols, travel or visit relatives in nearby towns.
Keota notes show residents traveling to Washington Indiana and Oklahoma and visits in West Chester Seymour Oskaloosa Indiana and Kansas City. Names mentioned include Mrs W S Helscher Mrs Will Holmes Mr and Mrs W L McKee Rev and Mrs J Willard De Yoe and Mrs J W Stewart Mrs C A Lacey Miss Audie Holmes and Miss Mable Carris Mildred Ochs and others. A. A. Hulse & Co. issued bills and Birthday Embroidery club met at the Lacey home.
The poem depicts a worried wife recounting daily woes including a street accident and a fate of a child, while the husband urges calm and cites progress in science and technology as a brighter focus. The piece ends noting copyright in 1910 by George Matthews Adams.
Mrs. Jennie Penrose traveled from South Dakota to visit friends in Sterling Alabama after staying with the Nuise family. The Methodist Sunday school young men’s class will hold a business meeting in the lecture room Friday evening.
Mrs. John Davidson spent Saturday with relatives at Kalona. Lucile and Ralph Hanley are spending this week in Scotland. Leonard Furman moved to Kalona last week. Grant Griffith went to Des Moines in his auto as a delegate to the State convention. Workmen busy with abutments on White's bridge. Dr Heald and family moved to South English. A fine rain Tuesday dampened threshing but not farmer spirits.
Grace Hill August 3. Nellie Engle of Brighton sews for the Buxbaum sisters. Mrs Rob Shull visits Grundy Center. Harry Taylor returns from Cedar Rapids with Elmer Thoma in a touring car. Chas Chance family visit Ed Statler. Aid Society meets with Mrs Fred Mauthe. John Cline buys cattle in Kansas City. Livya Hayes visits McNeese home. Jay Carris family visits relatives.
Brighton reports Mrs. Donovan of Fairfield visiting her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Abe Diller are seriously ill, with little hope of recovery. Grandma Spohn shows slight improvement after a stroke. Mrs. Wilcoxson of Oklahoma visits relatives here. Angie Elmore and daughter return to Rock Island after visiting Mrs. Hicks. Will Coffman and son Oscar travel to Chicago for extended visit with relatives. Myra Hoover of Fairfield visits. Claude Waterhouse and family were Fairfield visitors. Amy Rich returns from Batavia after visiting daughter Ima Dawson and Chas Mumper celebration.
Miss Jennie Vernon returns home to Fairfield after months with relatives. Miss Odessa Darbyshire leaves Washington after visiting Miss Cecil Walker. J. B. McCoy comes home from Ottumwa Democratic convention and Chicago. Kenry Crooks returns from Burlington. J. H. Rhea and Herman Twinam arrive from Chicago with stock.
Instructions describe moving 24 to 36 hour old chicks to brooder hovers near the furnace. Heat hovers 12 hours ahead, add dry sand or road dust, feed rolled oatmeal after 36 hours, supplement with evaporated bonemeal and grit, provide water and milk via inverted tin-can fountains, begin feeding meat and grain after a few days, offer six feeds daily, plant rape in yards for week-old chicks, and whitewash houses with a sprayer. Also spray yards and hovers with sulfuric acid during wartime.
Describes the 1833 meteor shower and 1853 descriptions in Seharf’s Chronicles of Baltimore with editor notes. Accounts praise the display as grand and charming while some readers saw it as a divine warning portending end times.
The London Chronicle notes Stevenson believed much of his work came from subconscious collaborators or brownies in sleep. He recounts dreaming a scene of Hyde pursued by investigators and transforming after taking powder, with the rest written upon waking.
A discussion on how opportunity favors industrious individuals regardless of formal schooling. It argues practical studies plus broad general education build a foundation for a successful career, while undereducation limits growth. Emphasizes value of both technical and broad learning.
A morning exchange between Mr Marphin and Mrs Marphin reflects on a wife as heaven given to man and as pure inspiration. The dialogue toys with moral judgment and literary metaphor as Jeremiah is invoked in a moment of warning.
A speaker accuses a lover of seeking possession rather than true selfless affection. The other asks what reveals such selfish intent, prompting a tense exchange about motive and devotion. The dialogue centers on jealousy and the desire for exclusive affection.
The piece surveys giants from myth and history noting many were unhealthy or frail. It cites Goliath and a second Kings giant with extra fingers as signs of degeneracy. Mentions Marcel Donnal in Milan, William Hans, Cromwell’s porter, and O'Brien the Irish giant with super growth.
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