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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
5
Partly cloudy with possible local showers tonight or Saturday. Cooler conditions are expected Saturday.
Foreman W. Starr of the Milwaukee railroad who led the Rubio section for weeks has been reassigned to the Washington section. Foreman Kinney now heads the extra gang at Haskins.
The notice lists events and visits around town including meals at the South Side Market and various residents traveling to Keota Chicago Brighton and Cameron. People mentioned include Earnest Dean Glenn Airs S. R. Wallace Mrs. Wallace D. A. Moore Miss Leanna Swisher Miss Blodwin Jones Miss Ellan Toenjes Earl Foshier Miss Lucile Peck and Mrs C L Walker.
In Richland August 20 families and visitors attend Chautauqua events while Mrs Sherman Wade’s funeral in Eldon follows her death in Cody Wyoming. Local residents greet friends from Ohio and Oklahoma and plan to attend Des Moines state fair. Nearby towns report millinery shopping in Chicago, Chautauqua in Washington, and recent lightning repairs to the Friends parsonage. A close Wellman Keota baseball game notes a 5 to 4 Keota win and upcoming band concert and Ramseys show at the post office hall receives audience praise.
August 21 updates show Mrs. W. H. Mitchell and children at Chautauqua in Washington. Mrs. Maggie Black left for Beardston to visit relatives while ill. Miss Kittie Evans spent time with friends in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Pay returned to South Dakota after a visit with Mrs. Lizzie Athearn. D. D. Stephens was a Washington visitor. Mrs. A. Sigafoose and children enjoy a few days with Lone Tree friends. Mrs. Dr. Roberts of Chicago arrived for a visit with her mother, Mrs. McKenzie.
Mrs Birdie Smith of Rubio is a guest at John and Smiths home. Several guests including Mrs Wolf Longnecker Stevenson Mabel Stevenson Alice Keiser Maud Erdice Joe Romine Sanford Shalt attended Chautauqua in Washington today. Ermma Kirchner returns to Chicago after two weeks with Hugh Pettit. Mrs Johnson and children return to Columbus Junction from Goldner near Talleyrand. Mrs T A Bailey and children leave for Washington to attend Chautauqua.
August entries report visits from Oxford Junction Washington and Nebraska residents including Mr and Mrs Jay Orris J P Orris and families plus detours at Chautauqua and local churches A funeral for Nathan Sayres was held at his residence conducted by Rev Hale Congregational Olds various church services listed and a reminder to see the feature show at the airdome tonight
The Puzzler No. 113 presents four flower clues. A falsehood and necessity points to something linked to truth and need. A rich yellow color that shines with intense heat may reference a vivid hue tied to solar or golden tones. A formal and beautiful flower suggests a refined bloom used in ceremonies.
A riddle-like prompt assigns a city to seven pictures. the first hints Canton as the initial city and asks for the remaining six names. The reference to St. Nicholas appears as part of the puzzle, inviting inference of the other cities connected to the theme.
A cryptic puzzle hints at solutions for clues such as small wild animals and acute pain, with a centrally read downward message naming great waves of the sea. The item lists numbered definitions and a final hint about a scattering seed and April letters.
A riddle describes a desert proximity and closeness to the hand, tied to tales of the Holy Land. It hints that earning it requires excellence, and it appears near the queen where it serves her, carrying what she may not touch. The verse ends by foreshadowing tales of woe or glee.
A twenty six letter word puzzle forms a familiar proverb. The clue indexes reveal an exclamation, a geographical division, a married woman, what each person should have, a kind of tooth, and a sense of speed. The solution yields a well known saying embedded in letter positions.
A playful inquiry questions where to buy for dinner and why things go wrong. Phrases imply a riddle about health and sleep, with lines like what makes and where has. The text reads as fragmented verses seeking resolution to a dinner and wellbeing puzzle.
A set of riddles asks three questions about countries. The first hints at a country known for being easily broken into pieces. The second plays on a country name resembling a varnish. The third links a country to a letter and regret.
A brief verse praises a great writer who freed the nation in a fiery hour but whose name spelling eludes readers. It extols wisdom goodness and leadership while noting a hostess once complained about him.
A puzzle asks for five word transformations. Change a body of water into weight, principal into a morning song, genuine into royal, a flower mote to startle, and an animal into a punctuation mark.
A reflective poem line captures two golden hours slipping away between sunrise and sunset. No reward is offered, for they have gone forever.
A list of puzzle numbers with clues and wordplay examples including amputations, combinations, anagram, riddie and syncopations listing paired words and names such as Sherman and Peter among others. The set includes diagonal and hide and seek style pairs for language puzzles and wordplay mechanics.
The Washington Manufacturing company and American Pearl Button works have grown to employ sixty to seventy workers, with many women carding buttons at home. Cutter operations pause this week as cutting machinery moves from a temporary building north of the factory into the main plant. full production resumes by Monday.
In northeast Washington, a heard of feeder cattle shipped from Foster, Iowa, bolted from Milwaukee stockyards Wednesday evening. The stampede wrecked Horatio Benn's garden with tomatoes and potatoes trampled, a grape arbor damaged, and several homes disrupted before handlers located and returned the cattle.
Elmer Mason operated a display tent west of the Chautauqua ground pumping 125 400 gallons of water for eleven days. He used a one horsepower gasoline engine running from 5 a.m. to midnight, consuming eight and a half gallons of gasoline. Mason’s exhibit drew strong interest and was a notable attraction.
Samuel McCleery driven harness horse Sir Patson finished second in the 2:25 trot at West Liberty yesterday. The horse clocked 2:24 5/ ahead of rivals, signaling a promising career for the young horse and its trainer.
Mrs. M McLaughlin of Missouri Valley Iowa writes Father Walsh asking to relocate her father Rhody Hardy from the recently sold old Catholic cemetery to Elm Grove cemetery south of the city. Hardy an early Washington pioneer died in 1889 and is remembered by many.
A special Rock Island service runs August 24 leaving at 5:00 a.m. for Des Moines arriving 10:00 a.m. Return departs Des Moines at 6:00 p.m. and arrives here at 10:35 p.m. Also notes Mr and Mrs O T Smith attended the old settlers' reunion in What Cheer yesterday morning.
Local listings announce 3000 feet of film at the Airdome and a varied program including Old Isaac the Pawnbroker and St Patrick’s Day in New York. Vienna advertises fresh cakes and bread while South Side Market stocks meat for Sunday. Ottumwa trips for horse sale and horse racing notes accompany family visits and updates. Prices on lard at Royal and new cake machine at the Vienna are also noted.
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