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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1910
Page
5
A meeting of the committees and all interested persons will be held at the office of J. W. Morten on Friday evening the 26th at 7 30 p m by call of.
Havre items note A B Carr in Chicago on business Mrs Hattie Shrader ill Dr Hay called two carloads of cattle from Omaha McBride and Koehler shelled corn for Zieglowsky group visits by Will Palmer and Will Saville John Swift shipped hogs to Chicago John Putman family visits Washington trip and other small notes Kalona prepares for Woodman picnic August 31 with races a grand parade and bands in Southeastern Iowa.
An advertisement promotes Mi o Na stomach tablets claiming quick relief from stomach misery biliousness dizziness and indigestion. A Kansas woman testimonial from Mrs Cordelia D B Mann Kans Junction City credits the product with curing her stomach trouble after doctors failed. Also notes price 50 cents a large box and free samples from Booths Mi o Na Buffalo N Y.
Keota August 25. The Chautauqua continues with Capt. Charles H. Stanley and Col. John Sobieski as two day’s main attractions. Sobieski’s lecture on The Rise and Fall of Poland draws strong interest. Meneley Quartet and Dr. B. W. Burleigh scheduled for Thursday and Friday. Local social notes include visits from Colorado and Illinois visitors and a mistaken travel joke by Dr. J. S. Stoutner.
Crawfordsville notes list visitors including Matthew McCoy and daughter Mrs Cachette heading to Washington with several others. Also Miss Esther Maxwell returns home after nursing Mrs Taylor. Church notices mention Presbyterian and United services with Rev Edwin J Wright and Dr. Thompson of Tarkio College preaching at specified times.
Household goods to be sold at the residence 520 West Washington Street. Sale starts Saturday morning August 27 and runs through Monday evening August 29. F M Colton signs the notice for Gis MKS.
A comic exchange shows Lafferty and Rafferty discussing Tooley and his new wife. She insists the first wife’s portrait stay in the sitting room, asserting self esteem by keeping the image visible as a contrast to his second marriage.
A juror explains he would hunt down a man who owes five pounds to pay a debt, prompting the judge to excuse him as not suitable for jury service. The exchange shows blunt, practical reasoning about debt collection in court.
Jones pauses before a painting titled The First and the Last showing two men with silver spades. Smith notes it represents the man who began the Panama Canal excavation and his great descendant who finished the work.
The report says Cameron, a photographer, faced a task after boasting to finish six full length photos for two dollars. A menagerie proprietor offered him 69 dozen pictures of a giraffe, but he would not back down on his word, proving he was too foolishly honest for the assignment.
In a playful briefing, Tess jokes that at the old maida party they give each man a tiny flat iron so he can press his entitlements. The banter riffs on wartime thrift and practical gifts amid lighthearted chatter.
A fragmented verse recalls a bride named Dry Brand caught in a shower that left her unaltered as rice rained down, a traditional wedding moment described in poetic fashion.
An applicant for a position asks about references from a past employer. He says he can provide them in about a month. The interviewer notes a delay, explaining the applicant is currently in the hospital.
In a playful exchange, one compliment praises Torkin while another quips about his attempt to name a car correctly. The dialogue highlights amusement at his chosen term versus coined slang like puff Wagon buzz buggy or automobubble.
Titcomb Faynder suffered a dizzy spell yesterday and fell from a fifth floor window. Greene asks if he was hurt. Titcomb replies he was not as badly injured as feared, though he was light headed after the fall.
Seymour asks about his dachshund standing on hind legs Ashley says he can but she won’t allow it as he tends to bump his head on the ceiling.
A justice of the peace who is also a shoemaker is noted as a favorite wedding official, especially with widows, highlighting his two trades in shoe repair and marriage.
A playful exchange questions who bears blame for the high cost of living. The storekeeper offers a prize to the best guesser guessing the cause rather than the seed count in a pumpkin.
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