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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1912
Page
2
Chicago 1912 market report shows receipts 26 000 hogs 6 000 cattle 17 000 sheep with early prices steady to higher and ranges 7.00 to 7.50 for hogs light to heavy. cattle slow. sheep steady to 10 higher. second report cites daily receipts 26 000 and 47 270 yesterday with mixed price activity and totals for several categories.
Readable fragments show a numeric value 002.40 and the label cote ve 045 with related digits. The text lacks clear persons or organizations and presents only partial OCR data.
The piece contrasts elder day mince pies made from family recipes with modern store bought mixtures. It laments loss of craft and flavor as homemakers rely on inexpensive oblong chunks instead of grandmotherly methods. Local notices mention visitors to Washington and relatives visiting in town.
A roundup of local events across the county highlights community meetings, school activities, church socials, and small-town notices. Residents share upcoming fairs, volunteer drives, and seasonal celebrations across multiple communities.
Mr Andy Meyer and Miss Cora Ramge visited at the Andy Meyer home and spent Tuesday at the Carl Meyer home. Mrs Lena Horning is ill. Tom Anderson started a blacksmith shop at the John Conklin home. Donald Cady goes to Kansas City for automotive school. Mrs Burrel Foster visited grandmother Tallman. Miss Mabel Palmer of Kalona visits the Gardner sisters. Sanford Anderson took cattle to Chicago. The Pettit anniversary celebration drew many locals. Cora Blanche Anderson and Hattie Faulkner visited. Lena Palm of Keota sews for Mrs Henderson. Clara Horning visits Will Horning.
E A Anderson shipped a car load of stock to Chicago today. Doris Lydy stayed at the West Ramsey home near Washington. Mrs Floyd Roe and Irene visited Schendel home. W B Ingham shredding fodder today. Howard Mangold and wife visited F E Hutt. Todd family guests at O L Page home. James Stevenson Walter Kleese and Will Ingham shipped hogs to Chicago last Thursday. Farmers attended the West sale last Wednesday.
Protracted meetings started last Sunday night in Black Hawk and are to continue for two or three weeks. D N Kleinschmidt traveled to Chicago with two cattle cars Tuesday morning. A new Wells station is being built on the C M St P railway. Wesley Engle attended the International Live Stock Show in Chicago.
Havre on December 12 1912 reports Mrs Jim Shrader of Washington visiting Jake Shrader and Roy Foss baling straw for Claude McCall and George Long last week. Mrs John Hillhouse of Washington visited son Clyde. Art Long moved his saw mill to A B Carr timber. Mrs Vista Lewis of Colorado left for Albia after illness in the family. The Garrets little daughter is sick. Mrs Jim Moothart and Roy visit John Caldwell. Gola Miller Lloyd Haster and Ross Benson help bale hay for Roy Foss. Will Logan of Washington is painting for Mr Mayhew. Mr and Mrs W M Bradford visited Washington.
J. M. Stewart of Ainsworth Iowa receives an advisory committee appointment for the livestock department of the Panama Pacific International Exposition and will serve as a personal representative of the American Poland China Association with potential travel to San Francisco in 1915. The appointment remains through the Exposition’s close. Mrs Miller and daughter Winifred of Washington visited.
Crawfordsville Iowa December 11. Roy Stewart J H Hustom and Robert Wells traveled to Washington this morning. Mrs Frain of Wyman visited between trains. Nick Roth and plasterers from Wayland arrived to start plastering the new bank building. Miss Mary Manners returned from Davenport and Hopkinton. Rev J C Currie returned from Columbus City after U P church meeting and Keokuk Presbytery. Mrs Roy Stewart went to Burlington to visit Mrs Eva Nicola.
Keota residents welcome Will McNurren from Canada for the winter. C O Keiser couple head to Canyon City Texas after visiting. Miss Nelle Dayton to Oaks North Carolina for winter. Mrs Margaret Nuttall visits Am anda Johnson in Keota. Miss Emma Disney returns from Sigourney. Mrs Roth and daughter Bradshaw visit Dr A J Droz in Fairfield. Henry Snakenberg visits Keota relatives. D Brown buys half interest in Harry Page’s blacksmith shop. Willoughby seeks new location for Page’s shop. Ames Glee club concert planned for January 17. Miss Lucile Richardson marries Myron Matthews. couple to Webster farm after January. Leo faced with decision as leap year days remain.
Katherine recalls Mr Squeezer delivering a ringing speech last night and Virginia admits she missed it. Katherine claims she cannot repeat the speech but can show the ring as proof of his persuasive performance.
A Grand Rapids Press prognostic quip notes the dental field faces decline while the scavenger and astronomer see gains. It jokes that steeplejacks may fall behind, and auto and railroad lines slump. A celebrated woman lawyer asserts women are as honest as some men.
Reports from South Bethlehem Cumberland and Detroit detail deadly train collision in Cumberland Maryland and a railway wreck on the B and O line. A double-header ran away on Sam Patch road. The government sues the master horseshoers association for anti trust. Carlo Baptista confesses to the Palermo murder and names others.
A three year old girl, Katherine Witham, died after her dress caught fire at her home in Des Moines. With no one present, she wrapped herself in a bed covering in a failed attempt to extinguish the flames. Doctors prolonged her life for a few hours before she died.
In Los Angeles on December 12, women of fashion vow to oppose a city council move to shorten willow plumes. Councilman Toppan pushes an amendment limiting millinery plumage while women protest the measure as irritating as hat pins.
Chicago December 12 The great Poultry Show at the Coliseum opens with new features including the egg laying contest restarting tomorrow. Seven hens are placed in a 6 by 8 foot cage with perches nests and a watcher provided to judge laying qualities of several breeds.
Four cars of an eastbound freight were sidetracked and partly demolished west of the M and St L depot. The cause is not known as most of the train had passed the switch. Fifty Greeks sleeping in their cars on the sidetrack were thrown from bed but escaped serious injury.
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