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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1910
Page
2
A poem portrait envisions Uncle Walt seeking a hermitage away from city clamor to write life’s final page among birds and bees. He favors outdoor toil, grass and trees, grazing cowslips, hay, lambs, and guarding chickens, deeming desk work a treadmill. Copyright 1910 by George Matthews Adams.
In Kalona August 15 a large crowd attended Wellman Old Settlers picnic with positive reports of fun and sights. Local residents and families traveled to nearby towns for visits and shopping while several residents left for trips to Chicago, Davenport, Iowa City and Minneapolis. The Kalona school board elected Celia Snider to teach the grammar room for the coming year, completing the teachers list after two resignations.
Lee Tinnes is on the sick list. Mr and Mrs Sam Hout of Washington spent Sunday at the EK Grubb home. Miss Lorey Tucker returning from normal at Sigourney. Miss Irene Rock and Zeno Tinnes visiting relatives at Creston Iowa. Funeral of M Horning attended by many from here. Mrs August Tines attended church at Valley. Miss Katie Goldner taking two weeks vacation. John Engle traded his automobile and now hoofs it. Mrs Laurence Steven of Blackhawk shopped in town.
Mr and Mrs L I Hayes and their son Harold visited last Sunday at Elmer Swickard s near Dublin.
Southeast town district ministers met with Pastor Sprenger to discuss church work and the proposed new college. Rev. Werning was elected president and Rev. Sprenger secretary for the coming year, with Clarence chosen for the next annual meeting venue.
Eli Hesser of Coppock was a visitor in the city yesterday. Miss Nena Wilson returned home Tuesday from a visit with friends in Waterloo. Archie Stephenson and family of Olds are visiting Dr. and Mrs. J. O. Sexton. Mrs. R. H. Quinn of Vinton returned home this morning after visiting her sister Mrs. J. M. Bratton. Miss Katherine Stichter visits her sister Mrs. C. J. Fulton in Fairfield and teaches in the Fairfield Chautauqua kindergarten.
Mason Transfer and Storage advertises a free visitors event at the west end of the Chautauqua grounds. The tent showcases washing machines churns cream separators feed grinders and pumping water, inviting all to view the operating engines during the day.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the sickness and death of our little son Adrian. Grateful for the beautiful floral offerings. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Bear.
The excerpt urges starting the day by acknowledging difficult people yet recognizing goodness and ugliness in actions. It frames resilience by noting that those who know the nature of good and bad cannot be harmed by such persons.
A new mixing spade features long oval perforations in the blade. The design lets finer cement pass through and leaves a smoother face for better results.
Local notes report John McCall of Mondamin Iowa visiting his parents and heading to Washington. Several residents including KF Maxwell and family and Mrs John Cannon travel to Washington for the Chautauqua. Dr N J Lease and Walter depart for Iowa City. Mrs A E Ross and children from Corpus Christi Texas visit N L Long in town before going to Winfield for visits.
Peary Schull is ill as report. Mrs. Else Beitel and her Pekin family visit BLF and C. L. Beitel homes. Mrs. Ed Libe and daughters plan a Kansas visit. Dr. Cash and spouse from Ohio visit Engle and Rehrel homes.
Mrs M G Campbell returned to Fairfield after visiting her sister Mrs W R McCreed. Stephen Hayden and wife traveled to Washington for the Chautauqua. Miss Nellie Bryant came from Louisville to live with Mrs Joseph Harding. C Durant Jones closed plans for a Chautauqua in Iowa from August 25 to 28. Mr and Mrs A L Armstrong hastened to Fairfield due to their daughter Mrs Godwin’s illness. Bert Willits with two children Glenn and Stella visited Washington for the Chautauqua. Edward Gookis made a business visit to Washington yesterday.
The United Presbyterian church in Santa Ana hosts a Monday social at the Getty home on North Main Street for Rev. and Mrs. Lloyd Samson returning from a three months east trip. About 175 congregation members attend with Colonel Finley presiding and A. H. Morrow delivering a greeting and welcome home remarks.
The infant daughter of Mrs. Jessie Deuel died at 6 a.m. at the Moreland home. She was one month old and had been ill two weeks. The private funeral will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. with interment in Ainsworth cemetery, conducted by Rev. S. I Greer.
The article argues that rising dairy prices and improved delivery reduce risk and expand opportunities. It emphasizes co operation among farmers to build cream eries and paste the butter supply, notes the need to predict cattle values, and discusses profitability factors in beef and dairy ventures amid intensive farming trends.
The piece argues that long term population growth makes intensive farming essential. It praises the dairy cow for high production and fertility benefits, noting butter fat as a valuable market product. On small farms, dairy cows enable efficient use of grain and grass to support milk, animal feed, and fattening livestock, boosting fertility and profits.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer report recalls a woman aboard a Shaker Lakes car watched by a conductor. He fears she contemplates self harm, but she only uses a powder rag on her nose, while he hesitates to intervene.
A Pittsburgh family moved to Pittsburg last week and the eldest son, thirteen, was sent to Bellefield school in Oakland. In the office the principal urged the boy to spell his name while the boy stuttered through David Daniel Dud Donnelly.
Dr Henry Pritchett president of the Carnegie foundation notes America has three times as many physicians per population as Europe. He joked at a reception that excess doctors resemble a man who falls ill saying the health food helped too much, leading him to overeat. Minneapolis Journal.
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