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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1919
Page
6
Canvassing for next year’s Chautauqua season tickets began yesterday afternoon and by last night nearly 500 pledges were recorded, an unprecedented first day total. Tickets remain two dollars with no price raise, as organizers hope for 1,500 pledges to secure the strongest lineup yet.
Ripon College president Dr Henry Coe Culbertson will lecture tomorrow afternoon at the Chautauqua. An oversight left him unlisted in the program booklet. Culbertson has traveled widely and was in Europe when the war began in 1914. The Garner Justice Singers will give a short concert in the afternoon. Adam Bede, former congressman and long time platform leader, will speak Wednesday evening with the Jubilee Singers providing the accompaniment.
Capt. James Norman Hall, Rhodes Scholar and war veteran, will lecture Thursday at the Washington chautauqua. Admission is five cents, same as other days, with events featuring the Volunteers of America in the afternoon and a fall concert in the evening.
Last evening about six o clock the boys learned the watermelon feast at the artesian well on the David McLaughlin farm after a three mile hike. Fifty eight boys contributed a 15 cent charge but five dollars was donated to cover the shortage. A wrist watch was lost on grounds and a reward offered. Tomorrow Hare and Hound chase returns to a shorter route with Murray McCreedy leading hares and Donald Ross hounds. Thursday features horseshoe tournaments and a play festival. Sunday school held on grounds with Secre tary Huxford as superintendent and Mrs Duke at the piano.
A reflective fragment describes flowers as solace for ordinary humanity and children while capturing their appeal to workers and cottagers alike, seen as a rainbow fragment brightening the windows and symbolizing a covenant of peace.
The piece notes the famed speed of camels in their native lands, comparing it to Arab horses and citing a Fastern proverb about a rider’s quick departure after a greeting. It emphasizes the camel’s swiftness as a key desert image and cultural motif.
A Chicago Tribune quip recalls a girl with tight curls who replies that the curls were on her when she turned, a childlike pun that charms a departing traveler as he boards his train in a quaint country setting.
The article discusses that two famous brogues and broken English are imperfect forms of individual foreigners. It lists Polgin lish and Fr man as brogues alongside Creolle English and Pennsylvania Dutch as examples of brogue speech.
The narrator recalls a night in a Pullman sleeper with family. Little Jack expresses awe at the small seats and the arrangement of berths. Grandson and Mauwrman share a flat while Jeuddy occupies another, highlighting travel life on board.
In Laveto Colorado nestled in Huerfano county an explosion trapped forty coal miners in the Oakview mine operated by Oakdale Coal company rescue and helmet crews were dispatched from the Walsen and Trinidad districts authorities report. In separate news William A Mare of Chicago was nominated by President Wilson to be collector of customs for the port of Chicago to replace Rivers McNeill who recently died. Mr Mare has served in the customs department as a preparer.
In Meveland Ohio on January 19 two automobile bandits restrained Miss Augusta K Limack and fled with a $4,000 payroll from a local fruit company. Authorities are investigating the robbery and seeking suspects.
Announcements describe Edith Mae Corette's marriage to Henry Sherwin Shields in August 1919 Hartford Michigan with details on families and backgrounds. Also noted is Roy Humston's marriage to Faetta Harbison in Macon Missouri, and a nearby country party hosted by Lloyd Humston for Amelia Gould and Esther Kahre with music and refreshments.
A concise reflection on nature imitating itself and a grain sown in good ground yielding fruit. The passage links mind and principle under a single master, presenting the root branch and fruits as connected through universal conduct.
A ninety year old patriarch leads forty four descendants on a voyage to Brazil and South America seeking new adventures and a fresh fortune, having already saved a handsome stake.
A description of the poisonous Asclepias gigantea noting its widespread presence in Abyssinia and Ceylon. The plant secretes milky sap that can cause total blindness if the sap touches the eyes.
Mrs Blunderby remarks on the Blonis hosting a grand dinner with astonishment saying it was a sumptuous repost as noted in a Boston transcript referencing the event and guests.
A Kansas City Star note mocks tailoring in a playful clash of sexes. It claims women tailors succeed where men often fail to fit customers by performing skills men allegedly lack and highlights a humorous contrast in craft.
A Galveston Nowa snippet notes that some women endure nervous prostration rather than give up their own way, reflecting social attitudes of the era.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a thirty five year trusted remedy. It claims the medicine works through the blood to mucous surfaces, removes poison, heals diseased areas, and promises relief and improved health after short use with free testimonials available.
Don Salvador Sol M recently named minister of Salvador to the United States studied Salvadoran politics and traveled widely. He has focused on the economic and political life of the United States and knows many influential people in this country.
The Kolah club meeting scheduled earlier has been postponed and will now take place on September 3rd. Members are advised to note the new date and adjust plans accordingly.
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