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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1909
Page
2
Local notes report arrivals and visits in Keota, Vienna and surrounding towns. Jean Huysmans promotes garments and bakery goods while moving pictures entertain at the Airdome. Residents travel to Burlington and Des Moines for fairs and chautauqua events as Keokuk presbytery meetings unfold.
A bandit halted a westbound Pennsylvania Railroad express about miles east of here at 9 am and robbed the express car of 25000 but fled to the mountains after dropping most of the loot. Conductor P Offenberger was shot in the hand during the confrontation.
The bodies of seven children were removed from the ruins of St Malachias home, a Roman Catholic orphanage at Rockaway Park, after a nighttime fire. More bodies are believed to remain trapped in the rubble.
Al Kldridge and daughter Miss Kate traveled from Vienna to Mediapolis this morning for the Chautauqua. Lolia Paul visited Washington friends then left for Muscatine to enter Brown's business college. Keota Ladies' Band, praised as the west's finest, performs at Air dome tomorrow evening September 1 with admission 10 and 20 cents.
Judge Wilcockson arrived this morning to start the September term. He cleared the probate docket despite a bee sting illness and disposed of substantial business, with civil cases to follow this afternoon as the term is systematized. The grand jury will convene tomorrow.
The government seeks young men over 18 for railway mail clerks with starting pay of 800 dollars a year rising to 1200. Examinations will be held in Iowa in November and other dates elsewhere with an estimated 50,000 appointments this year. The Rochester New York Bureau can prepare applicants in weeks and offers full information via 388 Hamlin Building Rochester NY.
An Australian Ballarat love letter contest awarded first prize to Miss Gertrude Leighton of Black End Cornwall. The winning piece asks for forgiveness and extols enduring love with ornate imagery and whispered devotion.
Des Moines reports a warm week ending August 30 with a cool Saturday night and light frost on low ground. Some drought relief from scattered showers came, corn overall fair to good though dry areas suffer. early planted corn matures rapidly, but many late fields damaged. Potatoes look poor and clover seed yield may drop due to shortened second crop.
5S Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana recounts a three month summer cold that resisted a doctor’s prescription and other medicines before Foley’s Honey and Tar quickly cured him and his wife later used it with success. Lemmon’s Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co.
The south side Tondre & Benz millinery shop changes ownership to Miss Helen Kobisk of Berlin Wisconsin. She has studied Chicago fall and winter styles and brings a strong stock and experience. Katherine Benz leaves to work in a Chicago millinery store and move to the city.
J. L. Snow announces a new college of dressmaking in this city for the benefit of Washington ladies and the community. He has devoted his life to garment cutting and design and is the inventor of an accurate cutting system. Visit his place of business to see offerings and convincing recommendations.
Local ad touts sweet mild cured hams and bacon praised as the best ever tasted. Claim emphasizes freshness and tenderness from home meat processing.
A jagged dialogue features a father and son debating the ultimate consumer. The speaker warns that the final consumer is the one who ends up with the hash, hinting at a collapse of responsibility or outcome.
A short humorous quote notes that the most lost day is one without laughter, attributed to Chamfort. The line frames laughter as essential to time, suggesting wit as a remedy for dull days.
The Court Honor announces a regular meeting on Friday evening September 3 with fall attendance desired for the annual election of officers and other important business.
Keokuk presbytery of the United Presbyterian church met in Keota with Rev. Nat Childs delivering a sermon on the 22nd Psalm. He urged deeper Christian living and family religion and predicted broad future growth of Christianity. A commemorative session followed with Calvin anniversary events planned for afternoon addresses by Rev. Fisher Bailey and McBride.
Baron Fucash questions knowledge of his lineage while Mr. Cumrox replies that the family tree may have been strong but it now appears to reel as if the crop failed.
A quick cure for diarrhoea advises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. One or two doses cure ordinary cases and it is dependable for children and adults. Sold by F. L. Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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