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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1912
Page
2
The County News Happenings in County Communities
The County News covers daily happenings across areas in the county. Local events, community notices, and brief reports highlight civic life and small-town activities across several towns.
Local Notes From Kalona and Lexington August 1912
Kalona and Lexington village items report residents at fairs and picnics. John Durst attends the Des Moines state fair. Oliver Dunlap upgrades river road. Mrs. Edmondson visits Burlington. Homer Jackson travels to the Iowa City fair. Residents mention crops, autos, illnesses, and social visits with several Neighbors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
John Durst
Des Moines
Joe Lasek
Dakota
Fred Skola
George Eglin
Welte
Mrs. Edmondson
Burlington
Homer Jackson
Iowa City
Washington County
Oliver Dunlap
Beitel Family News and Local Society Notes
Grace Hill and Mr and Mrs B F Beitel visit son Frank in Rockford Illinois then return home. Washington Men and Religion movement meeting led by F R Sage with speakers Livingston McCleery Lemley. crowd large and singing praised. A miscellaneous shower for Miss Ella Beitel included Buxbaum guests and yellow themed decorations. Ralph E Brinning and Ella Beltel wed at Moravian parsonage with only the Beitel parents present. couple left for West Chester then Des Moines. Gracehill Ladies Aid met at Mrs Will Taylor’s. Mrs Clarence Hoyle ill but slowly improving. Chas McKinstry tearing down an old barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Beitel
Frank
Rockford
Charles Buxbaum
Ralston
Okla
Washington
Men and Religion
F. R. Sage
Messrs. Livingston
McCleery
Lemley
H. H. Beitel
D. B. Romig
A. de G. Volger
Nannie
Louise Brinning
Will Brinning
West Chester
Des Moines
Gracehill
Will Taylor
Clarence Hoyle
Effie Porter
J. L. Lemley
Chas, McKinstry
Willie and Grandpa Lose Kite Power on the Beach
A grandfather teaches Willie to fly a large kite at the seashore. The wind shifts and Willie runs toward the ocean. Grandpa rescues him and suggests a smaller, safer kite as Willie admits danger and clings to his clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Evelyn
Daddy
Willie
Wille
Grandpa
Local residents plan extended Missouri visit this month
Miss Edna Lemley and her sister Mrs. Tom Carris left this morning for Clarke County Missouri to visit their Aunt Mrs. Ella Mann for a month. A Milwaukee bridge area note mentions using lumber to build another outbuilding for stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Edna Lemley
Tom Carris
Clarke County
Ella Mann
Hidden Drawer Lock by Peg Mechanism
The text describes interlocking a small hidden drawer lock by boring a hole between two drawers and inserting a peg. The peg locks the drawer until the above drawer is fully pulled out, giving access to the peg.
The Creative Power of a Mechanic Joke
A celebrated engineer, on trial, used the phrase the creative power of a mechanic to explain his craft. The judge pressed for meaning, and the engineer replied that it is the ability to turn a goat's tail into a judge's wig.
The Cow and the Moon at Graham Saturday Night
The Cow and the Moon opens at Graham Saturday with entrancing music by Carleton Lee Colby. The show features songs like Town Hall Tonight and They All Look Alike To Mable, with James L. McCabe as a featured comedian and tickets priced from 25 cents to 1.50. Tickets go on sale at Lemmon's Pharmacy Friday at 8 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carleton Lee Colby
Carleton
Mable
Seville
James L. McCabe
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Public Schools to Open September 2 in Washington
The calendar outlines registration on August 29 to 31 for new and returning students. Examinations for makeup work and missed May exams will be held on Friday August 9 at 1 30 p m. Eighth graders take tests at McKee School and high school students at the High School. A teachers meeting at 2 30 p m on Saturday August 21 sets opening plans. Attendance is urged strong on opening day September 2 under Supt A C Fuller Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKee
Centennial
Wallace
Heights
Lincoln
A. C. Fuller, Jr
Equal division city proposed by Los Angeles cooperative
The Co operative Fellowship of Los Angeles plans a model city to share profits from cooperative stores. Land near LA will host an industrial and residence center with equal member shares, a bank using scrip, and leasehold land, eliminating middlemen and including a social center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooperative Fellowship of
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Max Guenther
Utah model school garden showcases diverse crops and student work
The ten acre university garden allocates eight acres to vegetables and fruit with 17 long rows totaling 2,805 feet. It includes 280 fruit trees, 20 garden vegetables, five cereals, two fiber plants, 310 home gardens, and 120 poultry-raising children. managed as a student run enterprise with crop-specific accounts and market sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Uge School of Education
Busines
Sothern Defends Self Promotion in Shakespearean Plays
E H Sothern argues that constant self and Miss Marlowe promotion in Shakespeare is as essential as advertising soap and pickles. He cites a hotel mix up with his own name and a public tendency to ignore what is read or seen, illustrating why repeated marketing matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Marlowe
E. H. Sothern
Miss Mannering
Mansfield
Value of Fairmount Park Reassessed
Philadelphia acquired Fairmount Park when regarded as a worthless tract. It proved costly to develop, costing the city about $10,000,000, yet is now estimated to be worth $300,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmount Park
Philadelphia
Old Fire Dog Is Pensioned From Brooklyn Fire Dept
Mack the Brooklyn fire headquarters mascot, aged and wounded, is retired on a pension and living at a Shelter Island hotel. He now amuses visitors by ladder drills, extinguishing cigars, and playing with children while seldom responding to fire calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mack
Brooklyn Fire Headquarters
Shelter Island
L. 1
Warren Schneider
Schneider
Michael Stacano
Henry Walther
Woman Flies in Plane Over San Francisco Bay
Mrs. Jane Wildman, aiming to become a professional aviatrix, made her first flight near the Alamera marshes rising to 3000 feet and circling Oakland before a descent. Accompanied by aviator Roy Francis she wore a rose coat and white corduroy skirt and said she preferred a plane to motorcycling. She is Frederick Collis Wildman’s wife from Philadelphia visiting San Francisco via Reno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Jane Wildman
Alamera
Oakland
Roy Francis
Frederick Collis Wildman
Philadelphia
London
Reno
Mrs. Wildman
Paris Apaches Slang Becomes Fashionable Society Fad
Paris society circles buzz over the Paris Apaches slang as fashionable people race to learn argot from fortifications and slums. Slang dictionaries sell to tourists at boulevard kiosks and dozens of women, including Americans, take lessons for high fees. The craze grows from fascination with the Paris underworld and motor bandit exploits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Turkeys to Fight Worms In Georgia Farmer’s Plea
Groveland Georgia farmer M M Kicklighter reports turkeys ate army worms in two days saving 600 bushels of corn. He asks Congress to send a relief check as 25 000 already appropriated to combat the worm may be insufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Congress
Washington
M. M. Kicklighter
Groveland
Atlanta
Fears Fish Had Hydrophobia in Brooklyn
Pred Henry of Brooklyn sent the head of a pickerel that bit his toe to the Pasteur Institute for examination amid fears the fish carried hydrophobia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pred Henry
Brooklyn
The
Pasteur Institute
Whiting Cuts End of Hose While Shaving Fly
O Norman Whiting, while shaving, swatted at a fly landing on his face and accidentally severed the end of his hose. The mishap occurred at his home with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charden, O
Norman Whiting
Whiting
Woman Seeks Sacred Knife For Taft At Columbus Hotel
A woman believed to be insane was arrested at the Southern hotel as President Taft rode the elevator. She gave the name Caroline Bears of Greenfield Ohio and claimed to be Taft’s wife and that she wished to present the sacred knife. She said she had followed him to ensure his fidelity.
Chicago Markets Report August 29 1912 Cattle and Sheep Movements
Markets slow at yesterday’s average with mixed and light prices for hogs and cattle. Receipts and shipments detailed for Chicago including cattle beef, sheep and lamb ranges, with prospected arrivals and state of the market noted as steady to 10 lower for sheep and strong for cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
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