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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1909
Page
2
West Chester visitor Lee Ralston and many local residents are listed in daily notes. Dentists, coal sellers, express services, and holiday sales appear alongside farm and school updates, with multiple mentions of Keota Wellman Crawfordsville and Burlington.
An assorted local ad list offers Frey’s Candy glassware in all shapes and colors at the Vienna bakery, with moving pictures at the opera house tonight for 5 and 16 cents. Special candy specialties touted, prices for diamonds noted as rising, bakery variety claimed as the largest in the city, and mentions of residents visiting Keota and Fairfield, plus sewing machines at Haight’s display.
The Copenhagen committee reportedly failed to find proof supporting Dr. Frederick Cook’s claim of discovering the North Pole after preliminary records review. Meanwhile, multiple train wrecks in Ohio and Illinois cause injuries. Lake Shore No. 1 collision leaves several dead or fatally injured and many passengers hurt. Western Springs crash cited a broken rail as the cause.
The veteran reserve corps of the United States is organized in Washington aiming to be the third line of defense behind regulars and militia. Officers include General Andrew 8 Burt and Colonel Bb. P F Chase. permanent headquarters are opened in Washington with plans for a company in every adequately sized location. Eligibility covers those who served in any US wars or with regular army or national guard service.
A jeweler asks a youth to confirm the inside ring inscription reading From Guy to Gwenyth. The customer voices a concern about depth and possibility of future alterations to names such as Gladys or Irenet.
A fragment notes social etiquette about a young girl in town who brings a stranger to a theater. It mentions she circulates a note among friends to identify him and comments on the worker's difficulty enjoying a performance due to curiosity.
Jake Mills suffered a severe injury when his hand was caught in a corn shredder. His thumb was nearly torn off and required amputation, the forefinger broken, and seventeen stitches used for extensive wounds. He stopped the machine with his other hand, saving his arm, but faces weeks of recovery.
Last night the temperature fell to eight degrees below zero making it the coldest so far this year. Today little abatement in the chill but a cool day overall. The extreme cold boosts sleighing and holiday business as towns stay hopeful for a white Christmas.
Basketball lineup for Brighton versus the B B K of the Methodist church shows players Proudfit Clapper Dolies Hays and Kaye scheduled for Tuesday night December 21 at the Commercial club gymnasium.
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