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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1910
Page
4
Local items report visitors and residents in Monmouth Iowa and nearby towns. Notes include marriages license for Geneve Pratt and Nels Westermack, travel to Ames and Chicago for work or study, shopping trips at the Vienna bakery, and numerous short social visits among families and neighbors.
Joe Limerman traded his 160 acre Cedar township farm to Will McFarland for 425 acres in Montgomery county Missouri near Montgomery City. The property sits in saddle horse country and is described as a fine improved tract. Joe and his family plan to move soon.
A bedtime tale within a newspaper fragment tells of a four year old king who mourns his lost family until a chance playmate helps him smile. Readers note brief society notices of Miss Sadie Caldwell and Mrs Hughella Nicola traveling, with local mentions of the Nicola and Caldwell families in Mt. Hamilton area and West Chester.
The Ministers' Association of Washington will meet with Rev. W. W. Williams at his home on South Avenue C Monday morning January 2 at 10 30.
The 1911 program at St James School Hall features a piano solo by Miss Martina Swift, a debate on women’s suffrage with both sides, readings by Miss Theresa Quinn and Mrs. Smart learning to skate, a pantomime by High School Girls, and a curtain at 7 45 with admission 10 cents.
A local store cuts prices by one fourth on all mens and boys suits and overcoats pants dress shirts flannel shirts underwear hats and caps, offering bold savings across the entire department.
A Rochester man reports kidney pain and fatigue improved after using Foley Kidney Pills. He says the treatment restored regular kidney action and left him stronger than in years, with the drug marketed by Lemon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co.
Advertisement notes one fourth off on all meats and children s suits and overcoats pants dress shirts flannel shirts underwear hats and caps offered by Dougherty Bros in a brief retail notice.
Auction lists six and a half miles southeast of Washington and five miles north of Noble. On Thursday January 5 at 10 a.m. Joseph R. McGinnis and Will Saville, clerks, handle a sale of 9 horses and mules, 27 cattle with a Short Horn, 60 hogs and sheep including 29 Shropshire ewes, a Herford bull, and various calves. Terms include ten months credit on larger sums with 7 percent interest, cash under $10. Wenger Bros. Auctioneers.
Three months of winter yet one fourth off on all suits overcoats pants shirts hats caps underwear flannel shirts duck coats offered by Dougherty Bros in a local sales notice.
The fragment shows a terse exchange about distress with a sardonic punchline. One speaker jokes that they were affected only by a dollar while others may have deeper concern. The brief line captures a curdled humor about empathy.
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