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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1910

Page

4

Local social notes and shopping notices fill Dublin town

Long list of residents visiting relatives, travels to West Chester Des Moines Ames Keota and others. Fall goods and tablets advertised at Bowman's The Fair. Numerous brief plans for visits, school openings, and state fair attendance noted.

Bernice Pettit West Chester Keota G. G. Sigler Gladys Des Moines Shelby Homer Crawford W. J. Taylor Town

Pocahontas and Captain Smith in Early Virginia Tale

A father reads a bedtime tale about Pocahontas saving Captain Smith in early Virginia. The story covers Powhatan, the alliance and later clash with settlers, Pocahontas’s acts to spare Smith, her marriage to Thomas Rolfe, and her time in England where she was famed as the Indian princess.

Jack Daddy Virginia John Smith Powhatan Captain Smith Aa Smith Pocahontas Smith Simith Chis Thomas Rolfe England Dadde

Chautauqua Prices and Goods Attract Patronage

The notice advertises very low prices and quality goods to draw customers, urging people to visit the post office for details. It emphasizes that cheap prices bring buyers back.

Hot Day Delivers a Humorous Walt Mason Riff

Uncle Walt Mason riffs on heat and weather in a playful monologue. He contrasts sweating crowds and sunny discomfort with memories of Arctic explorers and polar ice, musing on resilience and humor amid summer heat.

Eskimos Arctic Walt Mason

Sugar fraud case drains two executives fortunes

The government charged two men with fraud involving false weighing of sugar. Both have remained free on $25,000 bonds since trial. Heike lost most of his wealth trying to avoid prison, while Gerbracht, once wealthy from a Vancouver refinery, now faces financial hardship as defense costs consumed much of his funds.

Heike Gerbracht Vancouver B. C

Improvements on Burlington roadbed between city and Winfield

The Burlington line from the city to Winfield begins ballast work with thirteen cars of cinders along Havre to Washington. Ninety miles of track will be ballasted, soft spots solidified, and steel rails upgraded from sixty to seventy five pounds as crews extend ballast and lay new steel from Mediapolis to Oskaloosa to ready the Winfield Washington segment.

Burlington Winfield Havre Washington Crawfordsville Mediapolis Oskaloosa Winfield-Washington

Sentence to be passed on sugar trust officials

In New York on August 29 the court will sentence Charles R. Heike secretary and treasurer and Ernst W. Gerbracht superintendent of the Williamsburg refinery who were recently convicted of conspiracy to de fraud the sugar trust.

Sugar Trust New York Charles R. Heike Ernst W. Gerbracht Williamsburg

Losses Paid by Farmers Mutual Insurance Association

Secretary Sidney Coon reports last week losses paid totaling 55.00 dollars. Yoder at Kalona receives two head of cattle valued at 50.00, Durian of Wellman a barn loss 50.00, Clemmons of Crawfordsville seven head of cattle valued at 45.50, Gerald of Richland a mare 50.00, Veggy of Riverside a calf 15.00. Total 55.00.

Sidney Coon Washington County Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association Yoder Kalona Ser Revere Earnest Durian Wellman Barn Mary Clemmons Crawfordsville Daniel Gerald Richland Mare Joe Veggy Riverside Calf

Buy a Farm in Oklahoma Corn Belt near Tulsa

Henderson and Davis of Broken Arrow advertise farms in northeastern Oklahoma’s corn and fruit belt. They claim yields of 6 bushels per acre oats 25 wheat 35 corn and one bale per acre cotton, with natural gas for fuel and light, in the oil belt near fine schools. Land prices range from 35 to 75 dollars per acre.

Oklahoma Tulsa Henderson & Davis Broken Arrow First Neen Ae Wgoods

Washington Wins One and Loses One in Riverside Trip

Washington split two games at Riverside on Saturday, defeating Harper 6 to 1 behind Hadley and Tallman, then losing 2 to 1 to Riverside with Leverich and Tallman pitching. The team faces Fairfield tomorrow and Medrick on Wednesday, with a busy rest of the week including Riverside, Lone Tree, and Rock Island Independents.

Washington Riverside Harper Hadley Tallman Secor Roller Leverich Washington Battery Goldsberry Fairfield Imedrick Lone Tree Rock Island Independents

Sale of Household Goods at 315 South Ave C Washington

Emily Runyon announces an auction at 315 South Ave C Washington, starting Saturday September 3 at 2 30 p m. Items include parlor suit, rocking chairs, dining chairs, bed room suite, kitchen cabinet, dining table, sewing machine, bedding, canned fruit, dishes, and other furnishings. Macon is auctioneer.

South Ave. C Square Washington

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