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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1907
Page
2
The Winfield Beacon editor Stinson visited the city on Saturday showing a cheerful disposition and hinting at prosperous business. A brief rental notice for a small house appears, listing Wilber Miller as contact.
Little Walter wakes in the night and begs for a drink. His father scolds him and offers water. The next night Walter prays to God that Father not come when he calls for mother.
Four year old Dagmar tells her grandmother that the nurse is called Buxton at home and Miss Buxton when she wants something, indicating affectionate yet formal address. The remark reveals a child’s bilingual sense of familiarity with an adult helper.
A four year old calls knocking over a toy house playing rough house while another child proclaims a sister’s reader is as clean as new after being scolded by a mother. The fragment mixes playtime mischief with a comment on reading habits.
An account recalls a smallpox era rule that no child could attend school without vaccination, a teacher asking pupils about inoculation and a boy admitting baptism. The text also mixes stray anecdotes of children, mischief, and a medical advertisement for Dr Shoop’s Restorative, urging nerve and stomach health.
Local items report travelers and visitors across Crawfordsville, Muscatine, Davenport, Greenfield, and Winfield. Lectures by Rogers & Grilley on January 9 and a note on Bartiey’s return for court. Upcoming pantomime at the opera house advertised with Geo H Adams and the Buster Brown chorus.
The M W A installation planned for January 2 is postponed to January 16 due to F R Korns upcoming lecture that evening. Both the installation and the lecture will occur on the night of January 16.
Many rheumatism sufferers report prompt relief from applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm aiding sleep and rest. Sold by Cook and Sherman.
J. E. Van Sickle returns to West Chester after a business visit. Miss Glynne Rowan goes home to Ainsworth following a city visit. Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Wright of Valeria Iowa spend a week with friends and relatives. Mrs. Wright formerly Nora Bickford.
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