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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
2
A concise column summarizes miscellaneous community notes across the county. It highlights local events, gatherings, and short updates from several towns, noting who attended and small changes affecting residents.
August 17 reports show Miss Irma Cris re turned from Muscatine and Burlington. Mrs. John L. Stevens of Iowa City visits sister Alma G. Ott. May and Grace Mottet return from Ot tumwa and Washington. John Schillig and daughter from Westphalia Kan visit Theo Bouquet. H. M. Thomann travels from Iowa City after Johnson County Chautauqua. Albert J. Thomann returns from Pleasant Plain. Estelle and Blanche Cruz were Iowa City visitors. Charles A. Hawthorn visits Iowa City. Jacob Schillig of Cedar Rapids spends weekend with family visiting Frank N. Schnoe belen. Jos Barnett returns from Missouri and Illinois. Fern and Grace Schillig visit Capt. Frank Critz and Mrs P A Cummings in Wichita. Clair Schnoebelen becomes new clerk at Idea restaurant.
August 18 report from Keota notes Oska loosa visitors at Frank Fleming home for the Charles Adams funeral. Washington and Morning Sun families attend, Ezra Gardner joins school board, and Mrs J M Mace shows improvement. Local clergyman A M Smith visits to review property, Chautauqua delegates travel, and Grandma Shaughensay plans to return to western Nebraska.
August 18 report from Brighton Route Three notes several local movements. John Wieneke conducted business at Fairfield Friday. Alex Clark and family attend the State fair. Dave Kurtz visited his brother Will earlier this week. Joe Amarine sustained a bad horse kick Thursday. Earl Dewolf attended church at Coppock Saturday night. Mrs J W Leeper of Verdi visited Willard Farrier last week. Dave Gideon called on Ed Stout Friday. Emma Dencker assists Mrs W F Stockman with carpenters meals. Collet returned to Sigour.
During a few days visit at Joe Albertson's residents exchange rural greetings. Henan Taylor from Chapman visited Frank Lowe and Warren Lowe returned from Kansas on Sunday. Continued on page 5.
A shopper used The Evening Journal to compare ads and bought towels from John instead of Bill after John's store advertised a towel sale. The note warns merchants not to lose customers who may shop elsewhere.
Edward Sherer a 24 year old youth in Council Bluffs Iowa died by his own hand drowning in Biglake the northern part of the city on Sunday. His body was recovered Monday near the boat he had tied to the Illinois Central trestle where his coat was found. A note stated he went to meet his deceased father and mother. He had recently been out of work and despondent though his brother who had been keeping him company dismissed thoughts of suicide.
Mr and Mrs H Rounds of the Rounds orchestra were pleasantly entertained last evening at a six oclock dinner held in the L D Robinson tent No 204.
Lucy M. Donnelly reflects in Atlantic on the shifting fashions from the first empire to modern times. She praises rapid weekly changes and notes Paris absorbing global textiles and accessories from India, Cairo, Turkey, and the East. The piece traces shawls, turbans, and chapeaux as symbols of eastern influence and Gothic elegance shaping feminine style across ages.
A solitary man at work in a shop responds to a business agent that holidays are off. He says he is the boss and stays focused on his task, despite the agent’s interruption. The scene unfolds with terse authority and implied labor tension.
A collection of aphoristic reflections on wisdom, punctuality, popularity, marriage, and honesty. It weighs the folly of the wise, the hazards of proxy actions, and the value of self reliance and truth in daily life. The remarks mix humor with practical philosophy and social observations.
A humorous, era dated exchange describes a man nicknamed Spuds selling himself into servitude to appear wealthy. The dialogue ponders how such a fate is possible in modern times, suggesting unconventional arrangements like a paid chauffeur rather than traditional bondage.
An unclear exchange centers on a boast about raising funds or a breeze that will “blow your family tree into the middle of next week,” highlighting a quirky, ambiguous local dialogue with no clear event or participants named.
A playful verse cautions bashful men about a leap year romance. It argues the leap year woman cannot easily declare love from afar and urges the suitor to seize the moment by proposing first instead of waiting for her signals. The poem blends humor with a social nudge toward decisive action in romance.
Grover Cleveland argues ex presidents should receive pensions to support dignified retirement. He notes high public exposure and expenses of former leaders make saving hard. A grateful nation should provide ample provision so they do not face bread and butter struggles.
A witty exchange reveals a playful sting as one suitor pleads for a new hat and the other counters with a sharp retort about dying first, capturing a light moment of flirtatious banter. The exchange illustrates social humor and style in informal dialogue.
The fragment speaks of enduring pleasure in untracked woods and notes a quick trade remedy when goods are scarce, mentioning an old money shark as a creditor figure ready to supply. It hints at reliance on a hawkish lender during scarcity and a rustic, contemplative mood.
A special legislative highway investigating committee urges radical changes to New York state roads. A new department of highways would supervise all roads, with a recodified highway code and four construction systems including a state funded trunk network and a French local road model. A provisional automobile tax is proposed to fund maintenance.
At a Toledo automobile factory the dust problem on its large rear circular speedway and surrounding driveways is reportedly solved by a simple oil sediment dust treatment. Three applications per season waterproof roads, suppress dust, and prevent ruts and embankment damage from heavy traffic.
President Miller of the Galva Illinois Good Roads association reports more than twenty five miles graded and dragged under their auspices. He notes sections where grading and drainage improvements have ended long standing mud and soft spots, calling the roads now firm and as good as any. He adds highway commissioners are contracting with farmers to drag roads at eight dollars per mile, with cash road-work system widely approved by taxpayers and users.
County Engineer George F. Horton of Houston introduces the stitch in time system for roads under his supervision. Inspectors patrol roads monthly to repair damages and maintain ditches and culverts. Stations along highways store supplies with aim to cut costs and improve road condition versus the old rebuild-on-failure method.
The Ring drag road gathering at Williamsport county courthouse drew about 800 voters. D Ward King of Missouri spoke on Good Roads Right Now, with Deputy State Highway Commissioner Ensign addressing the crowd in the morning. Attendees came from surrounding counties, some traveling seventy five miles. The board of trade contributed 1000 in gold for good road prizes.
The Women's State federation of Delaware has started planting trees to beautify the road from the fork in the New Castle causeway to Farnhurst. The plan includes extending the effort to other parts of the state.
We add four percent to every dollar saved and pay 4 percent interest compounded twice yearly. Since 1876 the bank has paid depositors one hundred fifty thousand dollars in interest.
Advertisement for Steam Power Hay Baler in good repair with portable pulleys scales and a five year guarantee offered by FE A Kennel in Keota Iowa phone 193. Also notes Bulletin No 99 from the Iowa Experiment Station on vitality purity and adulteration of Clover alfalfa and Timothy seed and free copy on request to director Prof. C F Curtiss Ames Iowa.
An old advertisement claims most appendicitis victims are constipated and touts Foley's Orino Laxative as a mild, pleasant remedy that stimulates the liver and bowels. It warns against substitutes and credits Lemmon's Pharmacy as a distributor.
Engagement note clarifies the Columbus Junction fair week schedule. The local band was listed as playing on the coming Thursday but should read the first Thursday in September during the fair week. Includes a separate item: private sale of household goods, stoves and carpets almost new, must be sold by Sept 1, listing Mrs W A Green 1009 West Monroe St City.
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