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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
4
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with colder temperatures. Tonight likely even cooler in the western part of the state and a continuation of breezy conditions. The outlook calls for continued cloud cover and a chilly weekend ahead.
Daily ledger of residents and visitors including E D Morrison in Brighton, H L White with his sons in Fairfield, Mrs Wm Parker aboard the Firefly, and various trips to Burlington Eldon Mediapolis St. Louis Nashville Bloomington Wayne Crawfordsville and Ottumwa. Also mentions Polly Primrose show troupe arrival and Cloak Co business in St Louis.
Young ladies host a watch party at Miss Vera Rogers home on South avenue. Covenanter church holds its annual dinner on East Jefferson street. Prof Burns Tompkins directs a Phoenix Hall dance with Prof Muhilig's orchestra for about fifteen couples. Bachelor Maids share a six o'clock dinner at Miss Eben Reid's home, with fourteen members present and a crimson and green theme. Miss Anna Dittmar and Lee Gordon wed at the Gordon home seven miles northwest of Washington with a cream silk gown and pink white Carnations. sixty five guests attend a country dinner before a reception for the newlyweds tonight.
A London critic John Griffith presents fresh angles on Macbeth focusing on the witches incantation scene the dreams of Macbeth and Banquo's ghost as part of a contemporary interpretive update for modern readers or audiences.
John Griffith stars in a grand revival of Macbeth at the Graham on Friday evening January 8. The production features elaborate costumes special scenery electrical mechanical and chemical effects and a strong supporting company promising the fashionable event of the season. Home made cakes and pastry served at the Crown Cafe.
Gregory vows he can be arrested in two hours without breaking laws and tests the claim by posing as a ragged man. He buys items with counterfeit money and is shadowed by detectives, then released after lawful explanations. The tale ends with the club verdict that wealth buys leniency under the law.
A rancher's sixteen year old daughter tames a wild stallion by calmly approaching, stroking its mane, and riding it. She claims any woman can manage a horse after using horse castor, oil of cumin, and oil of rhodium, applied via mouth and clothing. The methods are attributed to the New York Commercial Advertiser.
A collection of Brahman proverbs warning against evil, praising measured speech, self awareness, and humility. It advises patience, restraint in anger, and judging others' weakness, noting envy harms the envious and fortune remains uncertain.
Field and Stream notes a beagle requires a different approach from setters and pointers. Training leans into natural scent chasing rather than suppressing it, with young dogs often joining an older one for a few lessons. A beagle will pursue trails naturally, and minimal interference yields best results as long as the dog isn’t fixated on one spot.
In a Baltimore case a witness claims a plumber is sane because he fixed faulty pipes quickly. The judge jokes the man is a hopeless case after the witness describes the short repair and affordable bill, leading to a court commitment.
A joke incident recounts Mrs. Brown giving a baby a bottle that falls from the cradle and breaks, causing a catastrophe reported in a humorous exchange about the bottle rather than the baby.
The report notes Bobbs-Old Titewadd is near death from insomnia and fears sleep. He does not fear burglars but recalls dreaming of giving away his money during a prior sleep.
The route five carrier thanks Mr and Mrs J W Nethergall for a fat dressed chicken for New Year dinner and wishes them a happy new year. Johnson the baker advertises pies cakes buns and bread. Mr PAL Van Horn reports his full blood stallion Decide died at twenty five after a noted career, once selling for 2500 as a two year old.
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