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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1907

Page

3

Miss Della Patton Heads to Walnut High as Assistant Principal

Miss Della Patton left yesterday morning for Walnut Iowa where she has accepted the position of assistant principal at Walnut High School. Also mentions Dr Shoop Restorative and a free book offer, with dealer J H Stewart, Racine Wisconsin.

Della Patton Walnut Iowa Walnut High School Dr. Shoop Shoop Charley Thomas Brighton R. E. Gensler Columbus Junction Harry Maxwell

In Memoriam Thelma Ruth Tillotson

An obituary tribute for Thelma Ruth Tillotson who died August 26 1907 at age one year nine teen months and twenty six days. Edith Adams notes sorrow over the loss and faith in God providing a place with Christ in heaven. The poem expresses yearning and spiritual comfort for grieving family and readers.

Thelma Ruth Tillotson

Fresh Line at Johns on Saturday Shoes North Side Ad

Local note mentions a new stock line at John s own for Saturday with a shoe store ad on page 5. Several residents travel for business including Will Handy to Burlington S C Gardner to Sigourney and others visiting or arriving from Ainsworth Columbus Junction and Des Moines.

Johnson's Will Handy Burlington Miss Gowdy Omaha Nebra T. M. Reynolds S. J. Cocklin Keota

Wading Contest Headlines Clear Lake Harvest Festival

Clear Lake Iowa plans a grand harvest festival September 3 and 4 with a wading contest for tall girls in bathing suits, a clay pigeon shoot, speeches by Professors McKay and Bliss, free watermelon, and daily baseball games. The contest invites spectators to watch contestants wade into deep water to claim the prize.

Clear Lake Iowa Cleveland McKay Bliss State Agricutural College

A Thoroughbred Tramp Melodrama at Graham August 30

A good moral melodrama features a tramp hero in A Thoroughbred Tramp. The Graham presentation on August 30 is expected to draw enthusiastic crowds with a clean show where virtue triumphs and the hero quits demon rum. Scenery and special features are planned to enhance appeal.

Graham T. Rush Thompson

Prosecution Seek Mob in Loren Higgins Lynching

Sioux City reports the coroner's jury verdict that Loren Higgins was strangled by a mob, with his body hanged from a tree at Logan creek near Bancroft. Officials seek to identify masked attackers, but neighbors of Higgins are suspected and identification is expected to be difficult.

Sioux City Iowa Loren Higgins Logan Creek Bancroft Higgins

Crawfordsville Schools Open Next Monday Under Weber

Crawfordsville schools will open next Monday with Prof. Geo W Weber as principal. William Brown leads the grammar room, Miss Myrtle Jacobs the intermediate, and Miss Jessie Anderson the primary. Attendance and staff are strong with potential plans for a music department. Miss Lillian Patton leaves for Grinnell to teach there, and Miss Olive Ramsey returns home to Mt. Pleasant after a visit.

Crawfordsville Geo. W. Weber William Brown Myrtle Jacobs Jessie Anderson

Borrowed Smiles in a Bohemian Verse

The piece quotes a June Bohemian poem by William J. Lampton about love and timing. A young maiden insists age is only a number while a man insists fate keeps him wed to others. The dialogue contrasts aging lovers with playful banter.

Barbers and Bakers Schedule Rematch at S E Park

Barbers and Bakers will try out again Tuesday September 3 at the S. E. ball park. Be there for another of those fine games.

Barbers and Bakers S. E. Ball Park

Priest's Appeal Wins

Archbishop Ireland loses rebuff in Rome as Rev. J. T. Harrison is to be restored to a parish. Harrison, ex pastor of St. Joseph's, lived in San Francisco eighteen months and may return to a Minneapolis parish. He opposed the new cathedral plan and was removed for refusing a Minneapolis assignment.

St. Paul Archbishop Ireland Rome J. T. Harrison Harrison San Francisco Minneapolis Father Harrison St. Joseph’s Ireland

Brinton to Stage Entertainment at Ainsworth

The Brinton Entertaining Co. will present an evening show at Ainsworth on Monday night September 2. The act features moving pictures and illustrated songs in a large canopy top tent for residents and visitors.

Brinton Entertaining Co Ainsworth

Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Sale At North Side Store

The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church will hold an edible and produce sale next Saturday at the north side furniture store.

Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church North Side

City heats up as boilers spur summer comfort

In a Bohemian June issue, Flatte notes city living offers ease with steam pipes, while Spatte jokes about not constantly scrubbing for more heat. The exchange highlights urban summer living quirks and municipal boiler concerns.

Flatte Spatte

Bohemian June Echoes Youth and Education Lexicon

A dialogue contrasts youth and aging as The Bohemian for June notes the bright lexicon of youth lacks the word fail. The older voice concedes education changes the vocabulary and perspective over time.

Mrs Yacht and Mortgage Bargain Dialogue

A brief dialogue shows Mrs. Yacht boasting of a yacht and another woman retorting that only her husband can hold the mortgage on such a vessel. The exchange reflects social pretensions and financial leverage in a domestic setting.

Maiden in Androscoggin Dreams of a Bold Notion

A lonely maiden from Androscoggin forms a half formed idea that fate then defeats after she completes it in a small verse with playful moral.

Androscoggin Noggin

Quotations and Epigrams From The Bohemian July

A collection of satirical witticisms on matrimony male strength and virtue. Includes lines on patrimony marriage and trust with quips about men and money. Ends with the firefly poem and a note: Washington Stary.

Fragmentary Quote Recounts Moving Items By Mail

A Philadelphia Bulletin quote describes a man moving possessions by mail rather than a trunk. The exchange notes no trunk left the room and suggests the man sent his effects in a large envelope to a new address.

Philadelphia Bulletin

All men are created free says flamboyant citizen

A Pittsburg Post quote captures a debate as a flamboyant citizen proclaims that marriage is a personal choice while a skeptical citizen counters that wedlock is a personal responsibility. The exchange highlights views on individual liberty and marriage.

Pittsburg

Do you remember the fishing hole of your boyhood days

A reminiscence about a favored fishing spot from youth and a wish to furnish it with comforts and a firearm for a quiet afternoon among familiar memories as recalled in the Houston Chronicle.

Houston Chronicle

Rubbing Out a New Idea Sparks Tatler Banter

In a humorous exchange, an artist explains a new effect achieved by rubbing out, while a candid friend laments the idea and wonders about extending it, as captured by the Tatler.

Tatler

Honeymoon Book Sparks Bitter Retort in Tit-Bits Snippet

A sharp exchange unfolds as a man dismisses a beloved honeymoon book as foolish while a woman defends it, recalling the gift that accompanied their honeymoon and the many readings they shared.

John

Insurance claim for summer colic relief bottle

For twenty five cents you can insure yourself against bad results from colic or diarrhea during the summer months. The price buys Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy, a medicine that has never failed. Buy it now. it may save life. For sale by Cook & Sherman.

Cook & Sherman

Also Mentioned on This Page

Frank L. Wilson & Co Ed. V. Price & Company Antee Dougherty Bros Washington National Bank Washington, Iowa Toms Don Thelma Altho Thelma Dear Thee Christ Edith Adams S. C. Gardner Sigourney Tina Patton Des Moines John Hardin Ralph Gibson James Wooley Glen Latfer Harry Coppock Will S.S.S THE Swift Specific CO Atlanta Lillian Patton Grinnell Olive Ramsey Mt. Pleasant Jacob Major William J. Lampton Bohemian Brinton Nature Washington Stary Life Insurance J.A. Harwood
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