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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1908
Page
4
John Sharp Williams headlines daily Chautauqua attractions with a varied program. Cutter and Mack provide afternoon entertainment as the grounds host a sequence of engaging events for attendees seeking cultural and public speaking fare.
Rain after afternoon events dampened crowds but did not stop the program. The campfire night featured J. C. Milliman and Chaplain Jesse Cole, with remarks on Civil War veterans, patriotism, and national unity. The evening included music by Rounds orchestra and a tribute to Old Abe’s regiment.
Strickland Gillilan opens with Gipsy Smith on Monday and Maud Ballington Booth on Tuesday at 2. Maud Ballington Booth discusses the Civil War and the role of foreign born soldiers. Cole’s address pleases the audience while Kellogg’s brief remarks yield humor. History hour examines Aaron Burr as a study in opportunity evil and calamity with supporting facts.
Mr Wilcox will lecture Monday morning on Roger Sherman the Signer tracing a life of gifted start, religious rejection after Princeton, exile in Europe, return in 1812, poverty and burial at public expense, ending in an eighty year old man’s marked failure.
Numerous residents and visitors from Keota Crawfordsville West Chester Iola Kan Mason City Iowa Newton Newton visiting Chautauqua grounds and tents with friends. Events include fudge and slumber parties at tent 140 and East Main street while witnesses recount a dramatic lightning strike shattering a tooth.
Marble and nut pound cake featured at the Vienna cafe alongside coffee cakes and German loaves. Mrs. R. G. Vincent visits Keota, Alice Finkbinder leaves Muscatine, and Mr. and Mrs. Peter McColl travel to Eldon to visit Ada Dooley. Col. J. C. Milliman, Iowa G A R commander, delivered an address in town and returned to Logan. Perry Clinkenbeard, longtime Firefly brakeman, died suddenly in a Rock Island coach, heart failure likely, with services planned after his body was sent to Evans.
Masonic brethren are urged to meet at 12 15 pm Sunday August 16 to attend the funeral of William W Wells at his West Washington street residence. Interment will be at New Haven church in Franklin township with carriages provided. John H Steck Master. Congressman Dan W Hamilton of Sigourney is in the city to hear John Sharp Williams’s afternoon lecture.
A compact note traces Christmas traditions from Yule dough gifts in ancient Rome to mince pies and the evolution of plum pudding. It cites historical beliefs about offerings by the wise men, the poet Herrick, and early kitchen practices, ending with a wry cartoon caption about a mole and a lizard in Detroit.
A narrator urges forming a grand poetic theme but a subtle inner voice counsels focusing on personal conceit. The exchange, from Smart Set, frames a witty caution about grand ambitions versus self-centered verse.
The Columbia Jester runs a witty exchange about a new song tied to the subway. Bill hears the words are solid but the air is poor, delivering a light local humor note.
A clerk with ribbon shears asks if anyone awaits the maiden. She blushes and reveals George has waited for her two years, a quiet local romance recounted in the Detroit Tribune.
Miss Helen Chance travels to Burlington this morning for a short visit with her sister. Miss Laura Wilson, who has stayed with relatives here, returned to Crawfords ville this morning.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the inventor of the cat tle car faced rejection from railroads. The industry showed little interest in adopting the new design, stalling its progress and leaving the project at a standstill.
A short Cleveland Plain Dealer verse critiques politicians chasing narrow economy as a virtue. It warns against greed and calls for fresh platforms beyond reused stances from both parties.
Mrs Charles Adams of near Lexington died yesterday around noon. Cause not stated but presumed to be heart failure. She had been in frail health weeks, but able to move about. her son Max found her dead after returning from an errand following dinner.
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