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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
4
A large crowd heard Rev R Brown speak on the History of the Early Church. The talk stressed Acts as history guiding interpretation and its relevance to modern life. Tomorrow's lecture will cover The Social Re adjustment in the Early Church.
Prof Wilcox spoke on the dangers of democracy focusing on weaknesses from anarchy to demagoguery. He argued that democracy lacks a central loyal head and can mislead with universal equality and illiteracy myths.
A crowded grounds day at Chautauqua features A L Mayer and family from Brighton enjoying camp life. Visitors include Neva Wallace from Haskins and May Crone. Jet and Wade Gardner from Lexington. J L Downs of Brighton. Prof. Wilcox and family. Mrs Joe Murphy and Ina from Crawfordsville. Mrs George Norton and Mrs Frank Dunshee from Chicago. Alex and Jennie Stephens from Keota. Harry Hope from Crafton. F G Martin from Lexington. and others at various tents and grounds. Mae Rev and Henry Wilson of Chicago visit Puqua park with friends.
Vicie Bennet arrived from West Chester and will spend a short time at the Mrs. residence, greeting local acquaintances and sharing news during the brief stop.
Miss Ella Dawson hosted a small dinner for Miss Elizabeth Dawson of Albia visiting the city and the Rev Archie Johnson of Beaver Falls Pa who arrived yesterday to visit relatives and friends. Johnston is a great grandson of the late James Dawson and well known locally.
Forty five years ago today Company C of the Nineteenth Iowa left for the Civil War. Captain Thad H. Stanton led the unit with Lieutenants John S. Gray and Elmer Woodford. The regiment, famed as one of the best in blue, served in the Army of the Frontier, Herron’s division, Gulf operations after Vicksburg, and was mustered out at Mobile on July 10, 1865. Gray is the sole surviving original officer.
Local readers report visitors including Ray Page to Oskaloosa and Miss Mildred Wabnitz to Mediapolis. Mrs. Hooper from Winfield and Mrs. J. F. Frain from Wyman spent the day in the city. People arrived from Ainsworth, Keota, Burlingon, and Crawfordsville for Chautauqua and social visits. A horse theft was reported, with J P Hays named as the suspect.
William Roberts of Wabash township hauled sixty nine bushels eight pounds of corn on the ear seven miles with two teams and a wagon. A Boulder Depot fire case sees J W Reeves confess to starting the blaze last Saturday night causing four deaths and forty injuries. Reeves names another suspect and sheriff withholds details. The Incentive notes a college Greek study joke about football signals and a student named Harry.
The article explains that genuine coins fail counterfeiting tests for weight diameter and thickness. It details methods like sweating plugging and filling gold coins with cheaper metals and describes the dangers of alloys including platinum and silver compositions. It notes mold and die produced counterfeits, varies metals used, and stresses checking weight ring and size against genuine coins.
A brief unreadable fragment discusses courage and bullying with unclear context and missing details. No identifiable persons or organizations are present.
The article advises selecting multiple china sets for different courses, noting 100 to 150 piece dinnersets and stock patterns from major houses. It highlights onion pattern in Germany and Royal Meissen, cautions against gold-heavy pieces, and stresses choosing pieces with maker marks and representative quality over sheer thickness.
The article describes preserving eggs by placing newly laid eggs with the small end downward in a perforated board that is two feet by one foot six inches with five inch legs. This method allows stacking as filled and can keep August and September eggs usable through winter for cooking. A water test is advised: floaters are not fresh.
Advice suggests relief from nervous headaches by loosening the dress waist and tying hair up, then leaning over a basin with a hot sponge on the back of the neck and behind the ears until muscles relax. Repetition may ease tension and often ends pain promptly.
When sweet peas come into bloom, cut flowers as they fade to prevent seed formation. The plants then focus on making more flowers all season. If seed is allowed, fewer flowers appear later in summer.
When paint spills on doorstep during house renovations, prepare a strong potash solution and apply it to the steps. Let it soak, then wash with soap and water. Rinse with cold water. Paint left for a while will yield to this treatment.
When a large bottle is opened and only part used the remaining olives in brine lose flavor. To keep flavor pour half an inch of olive oil on top and cork well. the olives will retain taste and stay fresh.
Shape two lavender flower balls from about a dozen stalks each and bind with mauve ribbon. Intermingle the stalks of the two balls and finish with a bow. Sold well at bazaars and look attractive in different colors.
The article discusses crafting perfumes by blending violet rose tuberose cassia and arginine root extracts with bitter almond oil and rosewater. It emphasizes precise measurements and clean utensils to prevent spoilage, noting the high absorbency of the oils and the need for care to achieve a lasting refined scent.
A fashionable modiste notes superstition about colors as a green dress brings ill luck to a client or her friends. After repeated misfortune the wearer returned the gown and forbade another green creation, though the dressmaker saw no logical link.
A terse exchange from the Tatler with an old salt remarking that deaths here are rare, occurring about once. The quip captures a wartime or coastal small talk mood with a hint of danger avoided.
Mrs E M Gillett, visiting in Muscatine, departed this morning for Delta for a brief call before returning home to What Cheer after a short stay at the Jesse DeMarce residence.
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