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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
6
Local ad notes a big cut in prices on all photo styles at Foley's gallery. Also lists contact Dr. Sexton Dentist on the 1st stairway north of the post office, phone 604. Royal advert promotes spring lamb veal pork and beef as finest in the world with price 2 cents 2?
D R Munro of West Chester delivered five loads of cattle in Wednesday's Chicago market. The exceptionally fine herd brought 87.90 with no effort. He remarks that it surely pays to raise cattle of that kind.
Art Minick and local workers lay a cement sidewalk line from the bank to the depot tracks in West Chester. The project signals ongoing civic progress and forward thinking by the town's residents.
The ship doctor informs a deathwatch steward that a man died in state room 45 and burial is ordered. Hours later the body remains. a mishearing leads to a mistaken burial in room 46 when a living man complains. The Irish attendant confirms the other bunk occupant is not dead.
A reflective poem fragment by Helen Hunt Jackson on waking consciousness after sleep or death. The speaker describes the brief bewilderment at dawn, memory returning like light, revealing that life remains unchanged and questions the nature of waking to a new day or a continuation of the old life.
A Yorkshire farmer explains why he would not attend the neighbor's funeral, noting it would be awkward to accept others' civilities when he has nothing to reciprocate for his own wife. The tale centers on attending the funerals of neighbors' spouses and etiquette in small communities.
A theatrical manager recalls meeting a ragged urchin who offered a mangy yellow dog in exchange for entry to a show. Moved, the manager lets him in and keeps the dog. Afterward the boy says he’s glad he didn’t trade the dog for admission.
A Victorian style exchange at a milliner’s shop features a woman admiring a hat and planning to hide it from her husband. The clerk insists on selling it today, remarking it is easier to find another husband than another hat, capturing period humor and marital tensions.
An Irish body snatching tale describes grave robbers hiding a corpse in a churchyard corner and a tipsy man swapping places to ride home. Halfway to town the driver notices the body is warm and the supposed dead man speaks, revealing his two days of exposure. He is left in the cart, disturbing the snatchers.
A reflective meditation on Ruskin’s view of peace urging effort to build harmony on earth rather than through arms. The passage contrasts desires for votes liberty amusement money with the deeper need for true peace and inner resolve.
A freshly appointed colonel with a new regiment joins Federal forces in the deep south. A cavalry detachment crosses a hill and a pursuit begins, followed by reports of Confederate movements miles away. The third day the colonel and a veteran brigadier ride out for a pleasure trip and encounter a fugitive Confederate party.
A battlefield escape ends with a tense exchange as a general asks a colonel for opinion on war. The colonel notes Wheeler’s constant presence nearby and muses on possible compromise, reflecting the weary mood after a close encounter. The dialogue hints at desire for an offed solution to ongoing conflict.
A New York scenario sees a thug indicted for stealing a truckload of hams. Despite overwhelming evidence and a lawyer's foul mouth, the jury returns a not guilty verdict after a five minute pause, the quip: every juror had a ham.
A prominent eastern clergyman agreed to omit the word to obey in marriage ceremonies if asked. A parishioner confronted him on the issue, and the minister joked that the obligation is a dead letter, noting his own wife promised to obey him eighteen years ago but has not.
James Watson Webb of New York and Tom Marshall of Kentucky dueled near Wilmington Delaware after Webb mocked Marshall. They stood ten feet apart, fired with no effect, then fired simultaneously. Webb was wounded below the knee and confined to a hotel bed for weeks as Marshall declared the phrase I am under Marshall law.
A Louisville Courier Journal reflection on truth as the spring of eternal youth. The piece contrasts truth with pursuit of office, riches, or popularity and argues truth sustains without worldly rewards. It traces truth from Adam to modern figures, urging inner focus over external gain.
A New England clergyman in a western town breakfasts in a hotel. A rough man asks if he's going to the races or the ball game. The clergyman says he is going to church, and the man quips that New England keeps the Sabbath and everything else.
A Shanghai consul, under Daniel Webster as secretary of state, sent a hundred sailors to the native governor for confinement. They later left prison with poles taken from stockade, prompting a ministerial reply advising formal letter formatting. The episode highlights a diplomatic clash and Webster’s noted response.
A guest asks Elizabeth if her father says grace at meals. The girl replies she never thanks anyone for what they have, since they always pay cash. The exchange highlights a child’s material view of gratitude and religion in a humorous, domestic vignette.
The Sporting World reports Edward Corrigan, famed western turfman, likely to be restored to good standing on eastern tracks by the Coney Island Jockey Club. His horses have been barred since 1891 amid a quarrel over ED CORRIGAN and the Futurity entry Huron. A court ruling allowed Huron to race and Corrigan was paid second money, but his entries have not been accepted since.
Spokane observer Louis W. Thiel received a commission from Kid Bransfield to create a Northwestern league owner role with Spokane as Philadelphia Nationals recruitment base. The idea envisions selling or drafting promising players to the middle west, then sending successful prospects to Philadelphia. Thiel would buy the Spokane franchise if offered.
The executive committee of the United States Golf Association appointed G Herbert Windeler Fred James and C B MacDonald as the 1909 nominating committee. Windeler led the federation as president in 1904 1905 James was vice president in 1906 1907 and MacDonald an amateur champion of 1895 and longtime officer. The annual meeting will be in January with reports due in December and clubs urged to apply early for championship tournaments.
University of Pennsylvania and Swarthmore football players travel to Manitoba to work in wheatfields in preparation for the next season. The group includes Big Bill Hollennbach, captain of Penn, D. W. Draper, All American tackle, Swarthmore quarterback O'Brien, ex-Swarthmore pal Charlie Pike enrolled at Penn, and Satchell and Bull among others. Pike, a Manitoba native, leads the party.
Milton Young, owner of the Mc Grathiania stud in Lexington Kentucky, publisher of a major thoroughbred breeding operation second only to Elmendorf stud of James B Haggin, announces an upcoming sale on October 1 by public auction. About 700 thoroughbred stallions mares yearlings and weanlings will be offered along with roughly 2200 acres of land.
James G. Lathrop, long time Harvard track coach, has been dismissed by the Harvard athletic committee. No reason was given for the change. A notice of dismissal was sent to Lathrop at his Windham Connecticut summer home by a prominent Harvard committee member.
A busy update notes a spring chicken at the Royal and mentions Wilber Crawford arriving from Ainsworth last evening. Frey’s photos are praised for price and quality. Miss Helen Wilson returns from Keota after visiting Maud Kerr dice and Mrs Kay Stewart and baby of Missouri arrive from Centerville for two weeks in the city with local families.
In the District Court of Washington County Iowa during the September Term 1908 Christina Meyer files an original notice as plaintiff seeking legal action.
In Washington County a petition filed by Margaret S. Smylie executrix seeks to sell North 71 acres of the East Half of the Southwest Quarter Section 16 Township 74 North Range 6 West to fund equal shares for William Davidson's children. Defendants warned to answer by Sept 2, 1908. otherwise default and judgment. MARSH W. BAILEY, Attorney for Plaintiff.
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