The Happenings In the Different Communities in the County
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1912
Page
2
West Liberty and surrounding visitors list from 1912
Local notes record visits and social events in West Liberty and nearby towns including Mrs. George Black in West Liberty, multiple families in Washington, Des Moines and Crawfordsville trips, Chautauqua attendance, a 85th birthday celebration at Frank Smith's, and various visits by Pratt, Shrader, Gibson, Combs, Carlin, Neal, and Strum households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Smith
S. Smith
Stanley
Sam Gibson
Springville
J. W. Combs
Isabelle Combs
RK. P. Carlin
Bert
Frank Smith
Grandma Carlin
A. R. Strum
Sadie Strum
Washington
Charlie Mc
Chautauqua
William Robertson
A. J. Robertson
Isabelle
Threshing Progress and Local Socials at Dayton Grove
Aug 18 report from Dayton Grove notes thrashing going well with fine weather. Visitors include Frank Smith of Adair and Welling Walters family, D Klopfenstein, Louisa Wombacher and John Washington, and a social list at Welling Walters with Harm Coakley, Mrs Lindsay, and others. Local interest centers on a proposed West Chester school alongside ongoing farming and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Grove
Frank Smith
Adair
Welling Walters
D. Klopfenstein
Nichola
Louisa Wombacher
John
Washington
West Chester
Lewis Smith
Near Riverside
Harm Coakley
Richmond
Glen Lindsey
Henry Chenoweth
Table Grove
Ill
George
Chas. Brush
Goldie
Lance and Family
Winfield, Ta
Embroidery as a Relaxing Pursuit and Its Effects
The piece argues embroidery relaxes women enabling casual conversation while detailing practices from passes on green goods to stints. It contrasts with darning as a garish pastime and humorously critiques old fashioned embroidery and its impact on husbands and male garments.
Local notes from Titus August 27 1912
Town news recounts moves and visits including Mr Stoddard and storekeeper plans to relocate to Muscatine. Land sales feature Herman Meyer selling forty acres for 115 per acre and Cline Brothers buying 120 acres south of Titus from J Statler at 135 per acre. Names of residents and weekly social calls appear throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Hutt
Donald Applegate
Washington
Cline Brothers
Titus
J. Statler
Local visitors and travel notes from Ainsworth area
August 27 1912 reports Mrs G W Fraley of Baltimore visiting her mother Mrs J T Long. Mr and Mrs David Miller of Texas spent days here visiting relatives. W H Hunt attends the state fair. J A Trotter and I J Trotter left for Lynnville Iowa on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
G. W. Fraley
Baltimore
J. T. Long
David Miller
Texas
W. H. Hunt
Crawfordsville News Summary
Crawfordsville August 27 1912 W K Anwyl and D H Fox return home yesterday from Aberdeen business trip 8 D W KE Logan and son Lloyd and John Simpson of Washington were here on business yesterday T J Barnes and Robert E B Davis were also noted as visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
W. K. Anwyl
D. H. Fox
Aberdeen
Davidsons travel to Des Moines for state fair
W P and BF J Davidson left this morning for Des Moines to attend the state fair. Mr and Mrs Roy Stewart and Miss Jennie Williams were passengers for Washington this morning. Miss Benson returned home near Washington after visiting the home of her grandmother Mrs Thos Smylie. W A Harper of Washington was an overnight visitor at the T W Rickey home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P
BF. J. Davidson
Des Moines
Roy Stewart
Jennie Williams
Washington
Miss Benson
Thos. Smylie
W. A. Harper
T. W. Rickey
Boy's Secretary Is Ready for Work in Washington
Paul MacKachron of Waterloo has been appointed Y M C A secretary of boys' work and arrived in Washington to begin preparations. A board meeting is planned tonight to map out work details and launch efforts among city boys. He previously spent time at a state camp in Iowa Falls and attended a Y M C A conference in Blue Ridge North Carolina. He also observed successful community boys' work in Meridian Mississippi, noting it operates through the church school and home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Board of Managers
MacKachron
Iowa Falls
Leonard Paulson
Blue Ridge
North Carolina
Maclackron
Meridian
Mississippi
Mississippi City
Fashionable Couple Sparks Talk of Family Size
A quoted exchange questions style and status of a couple, then remarks they are not stylish and humorously note they have several children implying a large family. The dialogue reveals social perceptions of fashion and family in a lighthearted tone.
Moving Pictures Popular Worldwide
A recent Daily Consular Reports collection shows moving pictures fascinate audiences across England Japan Turkey Mexico India Australia and distant islands. Cinematograph screenings draw instant and sustained welcome in diverse locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Japan
Turkey
Mexico
India
Australia
Islands of the Sea
Keota Voters Defeat Free Library Proposal
Keota residents opposed a free public library with a 1 to 2 mill tax levy, arguing it would hinder sewerage funding or be an unnecessary expense. Promoters hope for future support. Also reports the death of Oliver Brice Jones in New York and return for burial, plus local social events and chautauqua plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Wireless stations planned to link ships with government time
The government plans wireless telegraph stations from Arlington across the Potomac and in Panama, the Pacific near San Francisco, Pearl Harbor, Tutuila, Guam, Luzon, and the Sa moas, each with 3000 mile radius. Noon time signals will be broadcast worldwide, enabling ships to receive standard time daily. A $55 home receiver shown at a Kansas City jewelers’ convention would pick up these signals for free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal Zone
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Tutuila Island
Samoas
Guam
Luzon
Philippine Islands
Arlington
National Convention of Jewelers
Kansas City
Fund for Harlans Family Draws Legal Aid Appeal
A letter signed by prominent lawyers including Joseph H Choate Elihu Root and John L Cadwalader circulates among Supreme Court practitioners asking each attorney to donate 500 toward a total of about 840000 for Justice John M Harlans widow and two daughters. The appeal notes the family faces mortgage and limited funds with only 2500 outside anticipated support from Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Choate
Elihu Root
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Francis I. Stetson
John L. Cadwalader
John M. Harlan
Supreme Court
Washington
Justice Harlan
Congress
Brewer
Railroad Wrecks Increase in First Quarter of 1912
Interstate Commerce Commission reports 2385 killed and 26400 injured in three months ending March 31. Train accidents caused 2367 fatalities and 4785 injuries with trespassers accounting for 1116 deaths. Industrial accidents added 88 deaths and 22076 injuries. Electric lines in interstate commerce saw five deaths and 40 injured. Overall fatalities reach fifty with 912 injuries in other accident types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised as internal remedy
An old advertisement states catarrh cannot be cured by local treatments, claims Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills cure catarrh and constipation by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It cites a Toledo based company F. J. Cheney & Co and urges sending testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Dog Hero Tige Given Funeral in Columbus County Hotel
A funeral was held for Tige the dog who saved lives in a hotel fire three years ago. The dog lay in a small silver-handled casket in a Columbus County hotel, was embalmed, and carried to a cemetery in a real hearse. Tige had his own bank account and earned 10 cents per rat killed, with meals paid from the account. He ran through hotel corridors scratching doors to wake guests during the fire that threatened his master's hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Co
Vige
Tige
Two Toed Horse Fossils Found in Texas by Yale Professor
Professor Richard L. Hull of Yale University reports a fossil find in Briscoe County Texas. He uncovered bones of a two toed horse along with remains of a camel and a ground sloth from the dig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Hull
Yale University
Briscoe County
Tex
Hull
Texas
Auto fire truck crashes into street car in Columbus
Charles Palmer was killed and Robert Harrington seriously injured when an auto fire truck swerved to pass a street car in Columbus. The crash occurred as the vehicle occupants were thrown onto the pavement. women in the truck were preparing for a suffragists parade.
Market notes from Chicago and cattle sheep prices August 1912
Reports from Chicago markets show receipts 10 000 today and 26 844 yesterday with strong prospects for sheep and mixed grades. Cattle and hogs show varied prices across light heavy and rough categories. native and western sheep and lambs command mixed values as the market opens and mos hlong as the week progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Reister and Son Produce Quotations for Farm Goods
Quotations list from Reister and Son Produce includes corn meal per sack at 80 cents, flour per sack at 1.70, shorts per hundred at 1.00, bran per hundred at 1.40, and turkeys at 10 cents each. Also notes about dam and other commodity prices appear in the fragmented OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutiaw Amvidivasuesesteeas i Ghia
Ee Reister & Son
Fiore Cocceencucesectis
Also Mentioned on This Page
FOX & Dewey
Saalke
Nicola & Harmon
North Side Square
Northern Steamboat Company
Morning Star
Davenport
Iowa
St. Paul
Minn
Lake Saint Croix
Stillwater
W. H. Lamont
the County News
Chichester
Smith & Gibson
Washington, Lowa
Havre
George Black
West Liberty
Norm Pratt
Jim Moothart
Don Roy
John Caldwell
Rachel Ganon
Harrison Alliman
T11
C. B. Carr
Lloyd Easter
Knight Wagner
John Wagner
Roll Gamon
Jim Shrader
Jake Shrader
Clyde Hillhouse
Ethel Caldwell
Melvin Spencer
John Putman
Will
Lloyd Foster
Glen Pratt
New Haven
Samuel Gibson
Bert Smith
Sumner
A. P. Peterson
Ernest Strum
Moline
Forbes
Edith Snyder
Hesseltine
Jesse Nichola
James Walker
Ohio
J. McClure
Dubuque
J. T. Martin
Grace Ingham
Mr. Littlefield
Seattle
Wash
Will Ingham
Will Stoddard
Will Anderson
Mrs
Paul Neal
Herman Meyer
J. A. Trotter
I. J. Trotter
Lynnville
Boy
Paul
Actron
Mess
Paul MacKachron
Waterloo
Gasnee
U.S. Indian
North
South Dakota
Geo. Peck
Masonic
New York City
Oliver Brice Jones
Brice Jones
O. B. Jones
Alf. Jones
Chris Brollier
Richland
William Stoutner
Question Club
Mary de Voe
Bess Holmes
Bess Smock
Maude Erdice
Mary DeVoe
Homer Smith
Bessie Holmes
Everett Huber
Oskaloosa
Smith
Lawrence Fitzgerald
Tiskilwa
Dr. Fitzgerald
Homer Easterday
Little Son
Ss. S. Wright
Easterday
Ford Automobile Works
Harold McJunkin
Bernice
Peoria
Bert Poffenberger
Mina
Keith
Harry
Poffenberger
Elias Poffenberger
New Boston
Frank Wright
J. M. Wilcox
Hinkle Orchestra
David B. Allen
Gillett
Thomas P. Byrnes
Relief Corps
Government
Arlington, Va
Potomac
Harlan
Catarre
DOG
Yale
Fossil Hunt
Columbus
the Evening Journal
Charles Palm
Robert
Harrington
Palmer
Atl
W. A. Whiting
John A. Babcock
Harry L. Kaga
Morrison
Lamson Bros. & Co
Chicago, Ill
Hame Ao
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