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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1911
Page
5
Local baseball features Washington versus Eldora at the S. E. ball grounds with games called at 2 30. Several residents and visitors travel between Keota Ottumwa Davenport College Springs Burlington and Monmouth for visits, shopping, and vacations.
Local note lists Monday baseball with El Dora facing Washington at S E ball grounds for the Iowa Semi Pro Championship. Also updates on residents visiting, travels to Des Moines and Fairfield, and a vaudeville program at the Opera House tonight.
Local notes report Eldora facing Washington in three big baseball games this Monday Tuesday and Wednesday at Washington. The item lists numerous residents traveling for visits and family news along with a new baby girl born to the Livingston family and ongoing local chatter.
A father tells his children a tale about fish that seemingly pick blueberries near a brook. A Massachusetts fisherman watches pickerel leap toward berry bushes, forgets his line, and returns home fishless, while noting the fish’s cleverness over humans.
Lucy Meacham and Laura Noyes host a six oclock dinner for ladies in the city to honor Elizabeth Klein who departs next week for Everett Washington to resume school duties. A Maxwell family reunion drew 114 attendees at the Fleming home with a large outdoor dinner and devotional closing, marking the first reunion with descendants from all nine Maxwell children in forty five years.
Sabbath afternoon service planned at three o clock near Verdi at Walnut school house by Rev. W R Sawhill.
A boy was severely injured when a motor vehicle went off a bridge near Draper. The machine sustained heavy damage and four of the boy’s legs were cut. Neighbors and family aided the scene. hospital care was arranged as rescuers noted the accident could have been worse. The boy’s condition was described as serious but stable. family members expressed hope for a speedy recovery.
The article notes a performer from last year, the McCabe Georgia Trow, who previously entertained the city, is slated to return with a new act and enhanced presentation led by Graham Ang, promising a refined display and arrival of a noted excellence in showmanship.
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