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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1910
Page
2
An advertisement claims superior furniture with latest design and no stock carried over. It emphasizes best manufacture and moderate pricing to attract trade, stating customers will be satisfied with this class by itself.
Disciples of physical culture from around the world attend the third International Congress on Physical Education in Brussels. Dr. R Tait MacKenzie of the University of Pennsylvania represents the United States and will speak on Physical Culture in American Colleges. King Albert welcomes attendees as the congress aims to promote physical moral and intellectual well being of youth. An American committee led by M W O Shea of Wisconsin and W C Bagley of Illinois coordinates propaganda in the United States.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union schedules a Thursday gathering at Mrs. M. A. Maxwell’s home to discuss Vashti and the power of example. Treasurer appeals for dues and attendance before the Chautauqua season. August 11 at 2 30 p m at Mrs Maxwell’s home 4912.
Mrs Lloyd and son from Denver visit Humprey home in Wyman while Winfield crew builds a new hardware store. Marvin Dawson of Washington paints here. Mrs George Hay and two daughters Jean and Esther of Washington visit J K Dunn home. Miss Pearl Williams headed to Crawfordsville last Friday. Helen and Edith Dodds of Burlington visit J K Dunn. Mrs Kate Shaw of Wapello returns from a three week visit with daughter Mrs Co L Willougby. Mrs George McElroy visits Winfield.
Kalona visitors Samuel Strickler and others called in Wellman while Miss Myrl Hicks returned from Columbus Junction. Local residents hosted guests from Iowa City Cedar Rapids and Minneapolis. Rev. Woods preached at the M I church. irrigation troubles and crop losses weighed on farmers. multiple trips to nearby towns noted.
Ainsworth scene reports Mrs. W. A. Chapel arriving to reclaim Gladys. families and friends depart for Chautauqua in Columbus Junction. visits span Sigourney Lincoln Nebr Washington and Winfield with various relatives. Keota entries note visits from Mrs. Martha Adams and Mrs. Mary Kirkpatrick. local reunions and parties mark the week.
A 1910 verse by Walt Mason mocking political rallies and tired statesmen. The speaker contrasts pompous talk with farming toil, arguing a farmer binding grain aids humanity more than loud politicians. Copyright 1910 by George Matthews Adams.
Day visitors at the Don Brindley home near Lexington include Florence Kirkendall who will stay with her grandparents at Douds Leando for the rest of the summer. Vernon Sigler and Wes Phillips traveled to Chicago Monday for a Masonic convention. James Ryan returned from Cedar Rapids Monday.
Rivermen fear the Mississippi's low summer stages will recur as forests were cleared. The article notes late spring melts once fed the June rise, but logging removed natural water supply, causing lasting low water and halted river traffic for the larger steamers.
Fourteen harvest workers shipped from Indianapolis by Baird's Employment Bureau arrive in Keokuk hoping to bind wheat for $2.50 a day with board. They claim they paid $7 each for a ticket, only to find themselves part of a repeated scam targeting Keokuk as a harvest labor hub.
Father Riggs of Creighton University says a very large meteorite burst yesterday afternoon. Inquiries poured in from Red Oak and nearby areas as dishes rattled and pictures shook. Residents within forty miles reported a violent shock around 2 PM, stronger than thunder and like an earthquake, even disturbing clocks on upper floors.
Davenport Iowa Aug 10 25 head of McCausland estate cattle die after grazing on grass and weeds treated with a chemical to destroy them along the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific line. The herd of nearly forty is expected to dwindle as poisoning may have extended to the rest. The cattle were not warned by the railroad to keep off the right of way due to a breach in the fencing of an open ditch permitting access.
Government engineers located a dangerous river snag 100 yards west of the government light at the Burlington ferry landing. It was first found twenty years ago when the steamer Nautilus hit it, injuring D. D. Robinson with three broken ribs. The snag will be marked and withdrawn by snag-puller David Tipton.
Four year old Ralph Juen of Calmar died after children poured water down his throat during play in Mason City on August 10. The water entered his lungs and caused drowning.
A defender asserts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cannot be fake after thirty years of popularity. The remedy is claimed to have proven its merit through actual cures of female ills in thousands of American families.
West Chester items record Miss Mable Jackson visiting relatives in Chicago and two cattle shipments to Chicago by Augustine and Dusenberry. Reports include Keota visits by Richard Godfrey and Daryl Dayton, Cherry girls visiting Gilmore Cherry, Mrs Lilja and Birdie in town, Munro oats yield of 73 bushels per acre, Dayton and Washington-North English ball game trip, Lafe Stout reroofing, and Tony Wallace leaving McFarlane & Co. for Davenport hardware venture.
Advertisement claims deafness due to inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube can be cured only by constitutional remedies. Catarrh described as the cause, promising $100 for any deafness case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Includes mail circulars and product pitches for Hall’s remedies.
Lieut. William Morrison Jr. of Iowa City has been ordered to Japan and will sail for the Orient soon as a young officer in the United States Army.
Local druggist Mr. McElhinney promotes ZEMO as a scientific external remedy for skin and scalp diseases including blackheads pimples dandruff eczema tetter ring worm and other conditions. He promises prompt relief and permanent cures by drawing germ life from beneath the skin to the surface and destroying it.
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