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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1919
Page
8
Read the Evening Journal reports ads and shopping mentions. Citizens travel to Minnesota and Edenton for harvest and asphalt paving work. Library hours shift during chautauqua with Saturday access. Family visits span Tipton Batavia Moline and Los Angeles. Local sports note: horse shoe duel sees Dad White beat Conesville champion.
The Washington Band plans a sacred concert next Wednesday evening in Central Park. The free event is donated by the band to let the public enjoy music in more satisfactory settings than the usual Saturday night concerts.
The page lists Fox and Dewey shoes, a Chautauqua dates range August 12 to 21, and a butter fat test cream item. It notes travel by J. M. Finney as a Muscatine morning passenger and various local trips, including Shulty to Burlington, Chadwick visiting Danville, Rolstead leaving for Ottawa, Daily family to Davenport, and Bluffton visitors to the Coulter home.
An agent Nita Belle McKoon promotes access to magazines via price lists for clubs. Readers are urged to call 59 Red or write in care of the Journal to subscribe or obtain any magazine.
A residence on West Second Street part of the late Hervey Bell estate sold at auction last Saturday afternoon. The double house, well built and well arranged, sits next to the Bell home. The sale price was $3,750 and buyer was Rene Warner.
The notice promotes up to date news in top magazines with special rates on clubs. It directs readers to call 50 Red or write to Journal care of Nita Belle McKoon, authorized representative.
Notice states a regular choir rehearsal will be moved to the evening in place of Friday, with the location noted as part of the aces of chautauqua event and schedule changes.
Lake St John near Saguenay headwaters has been flagged to the Royal Society of Arts as a major undeveloped power source in North America. The basin covers about 80 000 square miles draining into 250 square miles, with elevations around 1815 feet. three sites could yield 1 000 000 horsepower at tidewater and more docks and plants are available along the river.
Taxi services operate day and night with City Bus and Taxi Line. Several residents visit relatives in Mt. Union Fairfield Sigourney Davenport and Boone while others travel to Des Moines Los Angeles and Wisconsin for family and work. Local business news notes Safeguard store staff changes and Hartman family moves to Knoxville Iowa.
J F H Taylor advertises bargains in farms and city properties. Will McCall and sister Emma returned from Allerton after visiting brother Dr J H McCall. Mrs W E Bower and son Charles Richard moved from Topeka after visiting Verne Jackson. A C Bailey and daughter Etheldan returned to Des Moines after visiting Ernest Dean and Capt Fred Dean. G W Hobson of Boulder reports a pleasant Fox excursion to Denver and Colorado Springs.
Harvey L Eckhardt 17 and Frank H Eckhardt 16, cousins from Lime Creek township, drowned Sunday afternoon in the English River near Wellman. The two, good swimmers, were last seen at about two pm and their clothes were found on the riverbank. Bodies recovered after four hours in deep water near the clothes. No inquest. coroner Dr. G W Hay found unnecessary. Frank would have graduated Wellman high next year.
The note recalls the Chautauqua dates August 12 to 21. It records Mr and Mrs Rob Coulter and their sons Homer and Donald spending Saturday in Iowa City. It advises arranging Chautauqua grocery supplies with West End Grocery.
In 1774 on June 1 the Boston port bill took effect closing the harbor at noon and halting commerce for 20 days. Citizens lost their livelihoods triggering colonial indignation and support from other cities including Marblehead offering Boston merchants wharf space.
While visiting the minister and his wife John touches a Testament and is rebuked. A week later he returns and asks why God does not take his book, implying curiosity about divine presence. The exchange frames a child’s doubt about sacred texts.
A member of the Essex district council in England sought to show fellow councillors the cottage’s condition by letting them hear tunes played on a mouth organ moved through wall cracks.
Steel is a form of iron that can be hammered thin without cracking and hardened by rapid heating and cooling. It differs from wrought iron which has less carbon and from cast iron which has more and is brittle.
The Encyclopedia Britannica notes that sign language connects deaf people worldwide. It cites conversations with individuals from the British Isles, France, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Finland, Russia, Turkey, the United States, and various tribes in America, demonstrating its universal communicative value with Elie de l Epée signs.
A historical note traces early Massachusetts rules from 1638 banning tobacco near houses and 80 pole distances. It cites a 1798 act forbidding lighting pipes in streets and on wharves with fines from two dollars, rising to one hundred in ropewalks. The text claims the prohibition remained until 1580.
Describes predation among marine life where codfish eat oysters and crabs crack shells to extract meat. Notes shells accumulate on the seabed and claims shipwrecks are consumed by fish leaving only metal debris.
The text defines common Latin and Latin-derived abbreviations and phrases. It explains i e g means that is and for instance while versus means against and vice versa denotes reversed order or relation of terms.
Dr. Clark Wissler notes Kentucky Indians burned forests to create pasture for buffalo and kept rice beds safe by precautions to aid growth, revealing indigenous land management practices in the region.
The oldest living thing may be the cypress in Santa Maria del Tule churchyard near Mexico City. Experts estimate its age at five to six thousand years, claiming it was a sapling around Cheops time.
The latest United States postal guide shows 81 towns named Franklin, with Chester and Clinton tied for second at 80 each. Washington and Newport follow closely in popularity among town names.
The article explains repairing worn leather book covers by mixing equal parts white of egg and water, applying with a soft brush, letting dry, and polishing with clean flannel to restore beauty and durability.
Henry Van Dyke describes a man named Richard who is overwhelmed by life’s mystery and the unknown. His behavior and words arise from instincts beyond his control after hearing Carola’s voice.
The Rogers Pass tunnel on the Canadian Pacific line's Rocky Mountain division is five miles long and runs under Mt. Macdonald in the Selkirk range. It cost over 10 million dollars to construct. Previously the Hoosac tunnel on the Boston and Maine railroad was the longest at four and a half miles.
A brief quotation by John Butler Yeats contrasts Irish life values. He notes that in his youth family would rise to see off ventures of amusement or duty, while commercial plans were treated with indifference.
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