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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1908
Page
8
Text notes the 1908 farm value at 7.778 billion dollars, with Indian corn at 1.615 billion and a hay harvest of 68 million tons valued at 621 million. It highlights corn’s dominance and compares totals to industrial materials and debt, canal, and battleships funding.
A massive premature dynamite blast at Bas Obispo in the Panama Canal zone kills fourteen and injures about fifty. Three Americans are among the dead as investigators seek the cause while workers recover bodies and a stalled train of laborers passed moments earlier.
Porcelain named for Celestial Kingdom origin and kaolin's name from a Chinese hill. It is a fine white clay, easily worked, once discovered on a high hill in China, and later found in the United States and other countries.
The Second United Presbyterian church youth plan a social and business meeting at Will Gibson's home this evening. The Queen Esther circle will serve an oyster supper at M BE church basement on Tuesday December 15 from 6 PM. Fortnightly club current events group meets tonight at Miss Laura Noyes's East Main Street home. Mollie Cherry hosts the Navajo club next Wednesday afternoon.
Ida May Miller died yesterday afternoon at 2 45 at the Fleming home east of the city after a month long valvular heart illness. Born in Cadiz Ohio in 1861 she moved to Iowa in 1876 later living in Atlantic Des Moines and Cheyenne. Survived by brother John Miller of Omaha and sisters Mrs Ruth Bawer of Cincinnati and Florence Miller of Ackley. Funeral at 8 30 tomorrow from the Fleming home followed by interment in Atlantic.
Mrs. Mary H. Lewis a longtime Pasadena resident and founder of the Washington Heights club died suddenly of heart failure at 1036 North Fair Oaks Avenue. She led the club as president for years and contributed to the Presbyterian church and local community. She is survived by a daughter Pauline, a brother in Iowa, and a brother John C. Hamilton in Pasadena. Born November 7, 1841 in near Springfield Illinois, she graduated from the State University of Iowa in 1864 and taught in Washington Iowa for sixteen years.
The Washington Herald notes the eldest daughter is engaged after a notification committee visit last night. The family gathered and celebrated for eighty three minutes using a reliable clock.
The household economics department of the Fortnightly club will meet with Mrs. T. T. Keeley Tuesday afternoon at 2 30.
A large group of about twenty schoolmates gathered at Master Lloyd Humston’s West Madison street home Saturday evening to celebrate his fifteenth birthday. They played games, enjoyed refreshments, and left gifts with well wishes. Out of town guests included Misses Luella Kyle and Hazel Fulton from north of the city.
Charlemagne Tower former U S ambassador to Germany urges a university diploma style Diplomacy course. He says candidates lack rudiments of diplomacy and business methods and recommends an independent graduate school with exams for admission, including French German Spanish law and history.
A young University of Pennsylvania chaplain recalls a dream to rouse students at morning chapel. He tells how every eye would be on him yet no books would be opened, revealing the real reason for inattention after a planned five minute talk. The exchange ends with a quip about another examination.
The notice cites a guilty verdict for counterfeiting and contrasts it with Foley's Honey and Tar as an effective cough and cold remedy. Lemmon's Pharmacy is referenced, and a Home Guards meeting is announced for tonight at 7 30 at 743 South Iowa Ave.
The audience watched Cole debut as a rising star and showcased notable piano playing talento. The performance drew attention from friends and local media curious about his future in music.
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