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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1910
Page
5
Klein of Davenport visits the city as a business Nose visitor. Rev J M Walsh travels to Iowa City for a day. James Plaird to Des Moines for a few days with friends. Fred Steck back from Chicago business trip. Vi Van Sickle returns from Des Moines. Bowmans offers dress goods 35¢ yard for school dresses.
The Rev J L Sawyer from Crawfordsville was a city visitor yesterday. Mr and Mrs Carry Ward and daughter Dorothy spend the week in Chicago. Miss Blanche Record of Moline Md arrived to visit her sister Mrs W J Bradtey.
The Rev. W. R. Sawhill departed for Monmouth Illinois this morning and will stay two days in the area. Mrs. John Bailey left for St Paul Minnesota last evening to visit her sister Mrs. William Booz. Mrs. W. Dorman, who had been visiting at the J. J. McKeone home, returned to Keokuk this morning.
Local notes cover new fall dress goods and silks at Bowman's 6612 along with fall coats. Several residents travel for visits and fairs including Des Moines Cincinnati and Cedar Rapids. People named include Miss Mildred Brook Judson Snively Velma Bolton Eva Neiswanger and Miss Kate Stichter with trips to Columbus Junction Fairfield and Oklahoma City.
Miss Edna DeMarco returned to her Delta home after visiting Miss Blanche Glick for a week. Miss Rose Springman spent yesterday in Mt. Union on business and expects to teach there this year.
Miss Marguerite McGugin left for Valley Junction to visit Viv and Mrs John Gibson. Grades 7 and 8 students should enroll afternoons Wednesday Thursday or Friday this week at the high school building. Mrs Gilbert from Seymour Indiana and Mrs W Grecian left for Winfield to visit relatives.
Mrs. E Fulton and her three children from near Wellman travel with Clay this morning to visit relatives. Ben Helmick heads for Ames to enroll in Iowa State College agricultural course. Clearfield residents stay with J P McCulley before continuing to Allerton. Tom Downing and Fannie Shrock depart for Des Moines for the state fair. Helen Stevenson travels from Rockwell to Muscatine. Dr W R Samson and wife visit Burlington after at O N Samson's home in Birmingham. Mrs F B Ingham and daughter Ethel of Stratford depart for Havre to visit F A Mayhew. Mrs Robert McCall and son Maxwell head to New Concord with a Chicago stop.
A little girl cares for Bunny a tame gray squirrel who loves a tin house but loathes confinement. After he vanishes at dinner the family searches the home, and Bunny hides trapped in the chimney after a roof mishap. He survives and rests safely back in the girl’s bed, never to fall again.
Fred Bartholomew and family of Wellman called in the city today. Col W B Bell and Dr C A Boice depart tonight for northern Wisconsin on a fishing trip. Tom Miller of Chicago arrives for a few days visit with his mother Mrs M P Miller. Mrs Lola Wells Hughes leaves for Cedar Falls to begin primary work at the state normal next year. Mr and Mrs H N Maple of M¢ Pleasant and Mrs J G Houser of Salem Iowa leave for home after several weeks visiting.
A Western editor’s sale notice blends a marriage ceremony with livestock and farm equipment in a bizarre auction scene. The event lists William Smith and Lucy Anderson amid mules cattle hogs and nearly every farm item, ending with a long trip for the newlyweds and a humorous misprint laden closing.
The notice states milk will cost 14 quarts for 1.00 bottled and delivered and 6 cents per quart at the house after September 1st due to high feed costs.
Notice states the court house will close at 10 o clock a m on Labor Day Monday September 7 for the annual picnic at the county precinct.
Mrs Wes Mason hosted a small dinner in West Washington. Mr and Mrs T W Harwood plan a welcome dinner in South Washington. Mrs Clarence Hollingsworth entertained ladies on South Marion. Invitations issued for the wedding of Miss Mabelle Beard and Mr J L Ward in Minneola Kansas on September 1. Miss Beard is daughter of Mr and Mrs J M Beard formerly of this city. Miss Mary Steck hosted Ready Maids for Miss Marguerite Marbourg departing to Aurora Illinois. Miss Ina Huston from Struthers Ohio visited. Leigh H Wallace hosted about thirty guests at Solowa avenue in honor of Miss Jessie Laffer and Mr Charles A Dewey. prizes awarded and Mrs Brooking sang. Luncheon on pink and white with heart decorations. Out-of-town guests included Miss Annabelle Needham Sigourney, Mrs Brooking Pueblo Colorado, and Miss Katherine Club Chicago.
The Pythian Circle will meet with Mrs Frank Webb Wednesday afternoon August 31. A special meeting of the M B A lodge is set for tonight at 8 o clock with J N Sage as secretary.
The notice touts a big City Market named Royal south of the post office. It promises low prices and high quality meats to attract business, claiming to offer everything found in a large city market and a repeat customer appeal.
A circular from self styled tourist poets proclaims Venice must abandon its old urban charm. It urges dismantling gondolas and old palaces, replacing curves with straight bridges and factories, and embracing electric lighting to end the moonlit image. Thirteen signed their manifesto and 200000 handbills were dropped from the campanile.
The piece describes Sundown doctors in Washington who work for the federal government by day and practice medicine after hours. It notes many are medical students with clerkships, using government posts to finance training, and some advance to chief roles, making resignation to practice privately unlikely.
A Bolivian legend notes the vast number of saints and shrines with Our Lady of Copacabana as the most famed. Her image is valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars, encrusted with stones, crowned, and holding a doll in the left arm. A jeweled scepter graces the right hand, and a halo encircles the head.
Sicily speeds production of artificial marble using sandstone blocks boiled in volcanic asphalt and coal tar for thirty six hours. The resulting stones are polished and said to rival black marble, with experts unable to distinguish them from the real stone.
An electrically driven floor cleaning machine has been invented weighing less than fifty pounds. It is designed to scrub floors and offer portable, lightweight operation for efficient cleaning tasks.
Poem by Walt Mason from 1910 laments teachers' pay and public spending. Criticizes Congress for waste and politics while praising schoolteachers as builders of the state.
A woman cookbook writer warns readers to beware a cocoanut cake that sags in the middle. The snappy line ends with a playful question whose warning echoes through kitchen lore.
A stage moment captures Mrs Nocknoodle praising kindness while Mr Nock noodle erupts in a sharp rebuke. The exchange highlights domestic tension and gendered expectations in a comic mood.
A humorous exchange where Jones praises his fifteen year old son as a wonderful piano player who can play with his toes. Brown retorts about his one year old son also playing with his toes, highlighting the contrast in ages.
W R Jeffrey escaped serious injury when a buggy wheel broke on So avenue. The horse bolted, dragging the three wheeled vehicle to Eldorado hotel where it overturned. Jeffrey suffered head scrapes and arm scratches while the horse was badly hurt and the buggy wrecked.
A gas stove explosion at the A. J. Smith residence on St Marion Ave sparked a small blaze yesterday around 4:25 pm. Firefighters arrived after the fire was out. Mrs. O J Looney, daughter of the Smiths, sustained slight, non serious burns.
In Chicago Attorney Clifford Thorne, for the Dorm Meat Producers' association, led a protest before the Interstate Commerce Commission as western railways seek higher freight rates. Nineteen lawyers for the roads appeared to defend the carriers while opposing interest groups prepare their case for later sessions.
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