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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1899

Page

4

Portable bry display at JOURNAL office promoted by Otto C

Otto C promotes a Famous Portable bry on display at the JOURNAL office. Revell's Model Cottage in Chicago shows a $30.00 portable model not as practical as the JOURNAL item. Readers urged to visit and see it as a fine gift for a wife. Mr and Mrs Harry Horne hosted about twelve friends at their East Madison Street home last evening.

Journal i Otto C Revell's Chicago Harry Horne East Madison St W. Kennedy Houston Tex D. M. Brooks East Main Street Kennedy

The Story of an African Farm Scene of Night Moonlight

Olive Schreiner crafts a haunting nighttime tableau on a South African farm. Moonlit plains, a solitary kopje, and a silent homestead frame Tant Sannie and a sleeping child while a German overseer keeps vigil. a boy counts every tick of a hunting watch, linking time to death.

Olive Achreiner Ralph Man Sannie

A Tale of Life in the Boer Republic

A boy Waldo on a Namibian frontier farm endures heat and drought while a wounded world of faith, fear, and death looms. He builds an altar with twelve stones and offers meat, praying for fire, senses divine silence, then learns his prayer yields no miracle as the sun sinks. Lyndall and Em tease as the afternoon ends and the scene lurches toward a continuation.

China India Lyndall Waldo Jesus Christ Ife Cain Kraal Gate Lift White Stone Imn

Gramophone party honors Mr Anderson from Monmouth

Miss Martha Samson hosted about twelve friends at her home for a Gramophone party honoring Mr. Anderson of Monmouth visiting the area. Light refreshments were served as the community notes chilly weather with zero to 18 above readings. An African Farm story starts in tonight's Journal and a Meek family reunion near the city is ongoing with more details promised tomorrow. Paul McKee hosts a small gathering this evening.

Martha Samson Anderson Monmouth L Cherry Meek

New Officers of Cyrus Chapter Chosen for 1900

Cyrus Chapter No. 13 announces its 1900 officers elected at the regular meeting. Miller High Priest Hull King Mullin Scrihe Wallace Treasurer Anderson Secretary Alderson C H Leigh Wallace P Rodman R A C Miller Ist V Wilber Miller 2d V Reynolds 3d V Wyatt Marbourg Tyler installation to be held tonight.

Cyrus M P Miller J H Hull—King G H Mullin A H Wallace Eugene Anderson A N Alderson C H. Leigh Wallace A A Rodman C. Alex Miller Wilber Miller H T Reynolds Wyatt Marbourg Tyler Tobight

Townsley buys Gil Vincent farm as Vincent couple sells and leaves

Brighton reports John Townsley of Washington purchasing the Gil Vincent farm located mid way between Brighton and Washington. The Vinzens will end fifty years of farm life, moving to Guthrie Center to live with their children, as stock and implements were sold at public sale.

Brighton John Townsley Washington Gil Vincent

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