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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1912
Page
5
Mrs. Rose Sampson visits North Liberty guest of friends. Vienna bakery touts cakes and hot weather coping benefits. Several residents return from visits in Brighton Crawfordsville Muscatine and Fairfield. A. Swift selfridge North Dakota ad offers threshing work. Baby boy born at county hospital.
A father tells of Polly the parrot who lived with a naughty girl. Polly repeats all the girl’s angry words until the tantrums stop and the girl learns to behave. When scowling returns, a simple cue, Polly’s coming back again, restores peace.
A satirical note from the Ohio State Journal mocks men who spend rainy Sundays indoors reading magazines and watching ball games instead of keeping up with current events. It critiques leisure pastimes as a measure of modernity.
Jury members debated for twenty five minutes before verdict approval. Spectators anticipated the poll as the decision neared, marking a tense courtroom moment.
Fashion note describes a versatile summer dress or morning frock with a peplum tail and two deep tuck details. The illustration features a sprigged percale material suited to individual tastes, with a bodice coatee commonly worn by the stylish girl.
Reports from Tampa and Janesville describe alarming acts and accidents. A Cuban woman Victoria Ruiz attempted self immolation with kerosene and fire, neighbors witnessed the scene. In Wisconsin a five year old, Gilbert Rubin, was run down in sight of his mother by a car driven by Katherine Jeffries. A Columbus parole board denied Charles L. Warriner’s release after embezzling $643000 from the Big Four railroad treasury.
In New York twelve hundred Italians who had just left a midnight open air celebration knelt in the street at one o'clock in the morning around the scene, showing a solemn gathering near the Gehan area.
Mary Dean discusses dress construction from fabric choice to finishing details. She warns against loose buttons and poor sewers leading to unfit garments, suggests guimpes and net linings to manage heat, and recommends machine belt ing and narrow waistbands to combat stretching.
The article advocates a simple immaculate bedroom designed for rest. It calls for minimal garish furniture and unnecessary items, quiet wall paper, and simple curtains. Floors should be matting or oiled with rugs by the bed and windows flooded with sunshine.
The funeral of the late John Cc. Taylor will be held Monday morning at 10:20 at the residence on East Jefferson Street conducted by Rev. A S. Smith. Interment will be in Elm Grove Cemetery.
Lumber yards announce closures at noon on Thursday August 15 and Friday August 16, with a final closing on Wednesday August 21. Local commerce and suppliers are advised to adjust deliveries and operations accordingly.
The funeral for Mrs. Brida Smith occurred at the Will Ross residence five miles northwest of town at 2 p.m. Rev. Rowe of West Chester, a Methodist minister, led services assisted by a quartet from the West Chester church. Pallbearers were Walter Boyer Frank Ross Will Conger Red Bower John Bower and Chas Owens. Interment followed at Elm Grove Cemetery.
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