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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1912
Page
2
Chicago stockyard report shows estimated receipts for hogs 37 000 and cattle 18 000 with pros pects slow and lower for hogs and cattle while sheep run steady to strong. Second report lists daily receipts 38 000 and 324 678 yesterday with mixed prices and weaker hogs and cattle and stronger sheep.
Estimated receipts for wheat corn oats and hay appear alongside prices for flour butter and bran. The record lists market figures, bagged goods, and per hundred rates with scattered figures in a dense early column format.
Local brief notes from various communities in the county cover upcoming events, small gatherings, and community notices. Readers are advised to watch for postings about meetings, sales, and service hours in neighboring towns.
The Country Club met at the Andy McGuire home Friday evening. The next meeting will be at the Allen Stewart home. Stuart and Mary Cherry hosted a crowd November 29 with games and a two course lunch. Mrs. Russell Davis hosted Missionary Society guests Wednesday afternoon. The Davises plan to move to Washington soon. The Foster families spent Thanksgiving with kin in Washington. The Wayne Gideon family is reported ill. Harve Wilson sold hogs to Washington buyers Wednesday morning.
The King's Heralds under Mrs. Pettit raised about 17 dollars at an oyster supper Friday. Roy Gardner visited his parents Sunday at the N. B. Gardner home. Mrs. Warren Mathews was a Wellman visitor Saturday. Arthur Eyestone returned to Cornell Saturday evening after a home visit. Miss Muriel Cullumber hosted the S. S. club Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Amlong hosted friends Saturday for their twenty fifth anniversary. Wade and Violet Gardner attended the S. S. club Saturday evening. Wayne McClure and wife will host the S. S. club next Saturday.
Titus area notes husking progress among farmers as Dec 3, 1912. Local visitors include Will Snyder and Clarence Rathmel with family. Several residents and guests travel, visit relatives, and judge musical events with Edna Lemley and Florence Crone among the names.
Dialogue fragment shows Bill claiming he never loses temper when shot, Pete counters with remark about Bad Ike. Bill argues staying calm prevents a man from shooting straight, recalling experience as lesson. The exchange highlights moral stance on composure under threat.
Local notices list a chicken supper and bazaar at United Presbyterian Church in West Chester on December 5, a Sunday school club meeting at Mrs. Palmer Babcock on Thursday at 2 pm, a Metho dist church dinner and bazaar in Ainsworth on December 12, and Masonic Washington lodge No 26 planning a Friday meeting with officer elections.
Four sailors from New Brunswick drowned and three were saved when the three masted schooner Ethyl B. Sumner ran ashore during a storm near the Water side breakwater in Albert county. All crew members were residents of the province.
Ezra Gardner visited Lexington on Saturday. Miss Muriel Cullumber returned from Mt. Vernon on Thursday morning for a short visit with her parents.
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw faces a Gorham company suit for 2061 dollars with goods claimed from 1905. Judge Lynch orders a sealed verdict after hours as the jury fails to reach a decision. courtroom crowded and Thaw argues with the examining lawyer.
A note from J. T. Tucker requests a wood saw and prompt completion. Contact via telephone R, 40-40, at 24416.
Friends report Secretary of State Philander Chase Knox plans to resume law practice in Pittsburgh. He will partner with Willis F. McCook, a principal counsel for Henry C. Frick, as Hugh Knox rents rooms at the Hotel Schenley where Knox has voting residence.
Brooklyn reports Miss Lan sing Rowan an actress of ability with her own company and past credits with Annie Russell dies at thirty one after neuritis operation. She was a Batavia New York native nearly six feet tall and renowned for beauty. Guatemala finances to be fixed by American bankers with state department aid without an international convention.
Mrs. Harry Bishop, divorced from her husband for cruelty last spring, consumed carbolic acid in a desperate act. With three small children at home with her parents, she was found dead in Janesville, Wisconsin, on December 4.
Washington December 4. Cannon of Illinois files final campaign expense with the house clerk. He testifies the race cost 3012 dollars and 2 cents, a defeat to Frank T O'Hair.
In the second chapter the protagonist asks about realism as a girl lowers her eyes and Peggy replies with scorn about glass eyes. The exchange exposes concerns about authenticity and perception in the narrative.
Keokuk reports Lee County is arranging to retire a forty year old railroad debt. A flour mill levy is being saved to fund the payoff of a half million dollar bond issue for the Keokuk and St. Paul railroad begun decades ago. Interest paid will nearly equal the principal when the obligation ends in 1919.
The quote reflects a view that without personal faults there is less temptation to judge others. It suggests humility and self-reflection trump the pleasure of finding flaws in people.
A typewritten note from three young men in Cincinnati to a Dallas woman led to a wedding soon after. The playful verses recount two lovers and a proposal under a shade, ending with a hopeful marriage note and a coy reply.
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