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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1911
Page
3
Spirit Lake on the verge of a buffalo fish drive with mammoth seines prepared for the first Monday in September. Ne northeast bay and north shore will be seined to drive fish into scows for transfer to Orleans and shipment to New York by refrigerator cars. Contract price stands at one and one half cents per pound.
State officers in Clinton describe Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as curing chronic female ailments, citing a Dewittville wife who recovered from pain backache and bearing down, later bearing a healthy daughter. The Pinkham company claims thousands of grateful letters prove effectiveness and offers free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
The Woodmen of the World are perfecting articles of incorporation for the Joseph Cullen Root Memorial Home Association. The order plans a $250,000 home for aged and indigent members in Lyons, a suburb of the city.
Mr and Mrs Charles Rush and their infant were thrown from a runaway carriage in Cambria. The child died instantly from a crushed head while the parents were injured but expected to recover.
Iowa City Aug 28 Miss Helen Vogt resigns as English instructor at the University of Iowa and enters the Sisters of Charity convent in Dubuque taking the name Sister Mary St Theresa. She will two years of novitiate before a life joining the order. She formerly held a chair at Muscatine high school and is an alumna of the university.
Frank L. Wilson & Co. ran a crackerjack sale of Peter Bretz stock shoes in Columbus Junction attracting buyers from surrounding counties. The crowded Saturday sale boosted local business across butcher, baker, and candlestick maker trades as Wilson plans new stock and more customers. John Bailey led the sale with Claud McCoy Donald Chilcote and Mel Kilgore assisting.
Quotations warn against malice and gossip urging sympathy and love. The note cites Ruskin and encourages speaking well of others and avoiding those who criticize without necessity.
A park service halted around 7 45 pm as a sudden shower drove worshipers to shelter. Rev D J Coon delivered much of the sermon on The Lordship of Jesus urging simple faith and personal surrender while other city pastors joined in the service and a chorus choir led the music. The tabernacle meetings begin September 17 using the same song books.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and targets the blood and mucous surfaces. Marketed by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, with testimonials offered, and pills for constipation sold separately.
Walter Scott Meriwether recounts famed sea disasters and the brave leaders who faced peril. Captains Watkins Bourghogne Griffith Von Goessel McIntosh among others are cited for skill or martyrdom as ships meet disaster in fogs, reefs, and collisions.
A young statesman concedes a lengthy speech but promises humorous gems of thought. Mr. Growcher dismisses the tales of buried treasures, saying he has never taken interest in such stories.
A Boston Transcript joke notes Gibbs and Jones trading quips about asking questions in reply. Gibbs remarks on Jones habit of answering questions with questions. The exchange ends with Jones retorting about being considered a fool when asked for five dollars.
This quotation by Coleridge extols the physician who combines care with cleverness, praising a practitioner who uniquely blends skill and insight in the healing arts. The line frames medical excellence as both technical proficiency and inventive problem solving.
A Kansas City Journal story recalls conductor John Becker who challenged two bold cowboys aboard a Santa Fe train. He demanded their tickets and money with a sawn off shotgun in hand, then sent them off at the next station without a word.
Scientific American notes a Sierra peak study in the San Francisco mountains where successive vegetation bands mimic climate zones. Elevations from 6,500 to 11,500 feet host yellow pine Douglas fir silver fir cork fir aspen Engelmann spruce and foxtail pine as the tree line rises.
The London Chronicle notes misnomer titles such as Ruskin’s On the Construction of Sheepfolds and Henry James The Lesson of the Master. It mentions Sir Edward Hamilton’s Conversion and Redemption and Shorthouse’s Disloyal W as early examples of titles provoking misreadings.
A Strand Magazine writer notes that when approached by a human the male ostrich arches his neck, draws a long breath, and emits a three note blow that swells his neck during the final note. The hen never drums, though one attempted to imitate the male with ghastly failure.
A Chicago Record Herald comment features a man lamenting posthumous recognition. His wife replies that people will notice his deeds only after he is gone, underscoring a reflective exchange on fame and memory.
A humorously cramped courtroom dialogue centers on Howard unable to get his wife to pay bills by check. Edward challenges why not as the judge notes she fears bank scrutiny of her expenses.
A reflective note on mutual aid and shared responsibility, urging cooperation and compassion among people in communities as they face common challenges. The quote attributed to Ruskia frames help as a moral obligation and social debt.
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