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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1911
Page
6
Col. Roosevelt finishes a Labor Temple speech in New York City and walks into a large crowd shouting for him. The scene features many supporters and a vivid display of public enthusiasm as the former president mingles with onlookers.
Notice offers ten percent discount on complete stock of single and double driving harness and full saddlery line. Savings encouraged for buyers in need of harness or saddle. All goods guaranteed. Hyink & Hoefflin, Bed 596.
Buyer in Washington at Dave Martins livery barn on Friday December 22 from 4 to 10 years old and 1300 pounds up will pay the highest market prices for good stock. Bring horses regardless of weather. sale is rain or shine.
A farmer visits a Harlem restaurant after reading a sign offering oysters in every style for 25 cents. He orders multiple preparations and pays a quarter, only to be told he owes a dollar and a quarter more. He objects, noting the sign promises oysters in every style for 25 cents.
Local notes from Richland Iowa dated December 18 1911 report travel and visits by Mrs Harriet Hendricks Albert Sherdin and Al Mills from Lancaster visits in town Mrs Katherine Bergh travels to Ottumwa for a daughter’s schooling. A Santa Claus appearance is promised in stores next Saturday and a cantata by the first eight grades is set for Thursday night titled What Happened to Santa. News of fairs stock show visits and a new birth are included with brief mentions of Ottumwa Fairfield and Canterbury area residents.
The Washington Journal notes Christmas buzz with shoppers and decor. Ira Walker and family travel to Moulton for a Walker reunion while Mrs. Fred Leppert visits for dental work. The Geo Trigg home nears completion with move tomorrow. Visitors include Leslie Reed and Gilbert Jones.
Brighton reports on social visits and travel from December 1911. Mrs C R Waterhouse and son Harold went to St Louis. Mrs Daisy Whitacre visited Fairfield. Joe Buzzard stayed in Peoria for days. C A Brook earned prizes at the Chicago stock show. The Presbyterian bazaar raised 82 dollars for charity. Miss Vida Stevens visits Muscatine amid Cyril Henry’s illness.
Miss Myrtle Snider visited friends in Lone Tree over Sunday. Joe Snider made a business trip to Riverside and Wellman. Dr. C. B. Oldaker called near Riverside. Will and Mary Moore visited Burlington for a few days. John Sakulin attended a business visit in Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Mary Wilson of Washington visited Kalona. A Mellinger Jr assists in a Wellman bank during a clerks absence. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bopp returned to Chicago after visiting Dan Bopp. Mrs. Wollrab of Richmond has been ill. Miss Marshall from Iowa City arrived to care for her case.
The Rubio area reports social visits and events from December 18 1911. Families gather at Valley Richland Hope church and Rubio. A school entertainment and a week long holiday break are noted along with upcoming hog and beef killing if cold weather returns. Donations assist P W Keefover toward a new artificial limb with a remaining $75 needed.
Noble County notes Frank Arthaud of Chillicothe Mo visited last Monday. Simon and Sarah Frey of Ohio returned after several days with Missouri relatives. Olive Fox, a Packwood teacher, visits family. A play Paid in Full is staged at the Club house on December 19. Mrs J A Colvard and three children visit from Council Bluffs. Grandma Helenberger weakens with stomach cancer. Christian church ladies host a chicken pie supper at Snyder building. Mrs C E Bennett visits Fairfield. Mrs Endicott returns from Washington trip.
The itemized local society notices list residents and visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wells of near Crawfordsville, J. B. McCoy in Ainsworth, and several movements and trades such as Ross Boyd selling his restaurant to Harry Paschal and Earnest Clark. Names like Peter Wittiig, Clem Bowers, and Elmer Kephart appear among the neighborhood updates.
Dec 19 1911 report from Ainsworth notes Misses Ethel Grace and Madge Stone with Mr and Mrs David Peterson and families shopping in Washington. Eva Easter visited the E E Coffman home. Mrs Sadie Day of Boone Neb arrived for services for her mother Mrs Rebecca Rowan.
A marriage license was issued today to T. J. Coffee of Dubuque Iowa and Miss Helen Chance.
The Crescent Lyceum Bureau brings the Russell Musical Novelty Co to Graham on Wednesday night. Theodore Russell plays twelve novelty instruments with contralto Imma Bornholt and a dramatic reader. A local endorsement from J A Longshore notes Bornholt’s talents. Curtain rises at 8 30 due to prayer meetings with ticket prices 25 35 and 50 cents boxes and loges 75 cents.
Morgan Stock company brings two shows for the price of one at the Graham Theatre each night next week. J Doug Morgan leads a top billed troupe with Aranaldo and his trained leopards as the feature act and vaudeville between plays. Xmas matinee is An American Hustler and Xmas night A Southern Rose with a new bill each evening.
Uncle Eben quips that the man who hides his light generally lacks enough light to risk it in any draft. The line reflects the proverb style and folksy humor of the era.
After years of hardship Philip Draper and his wife Lucille discover in their attic a stash from Jeremiah Suggs worth $30,000 in gold and bonds plus gems, found by their son Bobby while curious about Santa Claus. The boy becomes a local hero as the family contemplates a brighter Christmas.
Chicago markets show steady hog pricing with light to heavy packing grades ranging from 5.60 to 6.25. Cattle and sheep receipts are brisk with mixed prospects, while late reports indicate steady to strong bulk edible cuts and continued demand across Western cattle and Texas steers.
A tale of Briggs a fiancee Maitland girl and a dinner mishap at the club. A corn on the cob pops onto Briggs shirt causing chaos the couple’s waiter Francois is asked for a cobless replacement while guests watch.
A cramp sufferer notes relief when sleeping in a reclining chair and adopts an inclined bed plan. By tilting the bed 12 inches from head to foot and shortening the lower feet, the author reports decisive success in avoiding cramps during sleep.
Experts aver there is little or no ground for the belief that valuable metals lie very deep below the earth’s surface. The claim of hidden ore is challenged by science and exploration.
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