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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1908
Page
6
The piece recounts Elizabethan dining customs as forks were rare and hands ruled meals. It notes washing hands at table, serving each person a personal portion, and early resistance to forks brought from abroad before their gradual adoption by the wealthy. The text cites travels and lingering use of water bowls and napkins during meals.
A breezy collection of riddles and party games. It describes questions like which is more valuable a ten note or ten silver dollars and explains a circle seating game where children pass a button and forfeit if caught. The piece mentions versions played in Ireland and England and a game with a ring and a box.
A description of a children’s game where a chosen warner stands at home and calls Warning three times. The warner tries to touch players with clasped hands, who try to unclasp him. If caught the warner loses. if touched, the touched player becomes ally and they run home. The line grows as captives join, increasing difficulty and risk. The last free player becomes the next warner.
In a schoolroom Mary Grey and Kit Kendall hide a story book as the teacher nears. The teacher praises the girls for studying. Afterward Kit says she saw the teacher in time while Mary wishes the teacher had caught her reading, feeling ashamed.
Cleveland February message shows President Roosevelt thanking Thomas P Ballard for his letter praising the recent address to Congress. Ballard calls the plan a brave treatment to shield the public from greed and graft as well as want and hate.
Miss Mary Robinson admitted full perjury in the Cruce case. She claimed Virginia lineage while Scotland Yard officials said she is the daughter of a London policeman. On the stand she said Charles Dickens brought her from the United States to serve as secretary to the Duke of Portland and T. C. Druce, and that in 1871 Druce claimed he was the Duke.
Newburg New York February 5 Winter weather does not halt progress on E U Harriman residence two miles east of Arden. A large work force is employed and the winter payroll runs about $19,000 monthly. The mansion, styled like an old English castle, is three years in build with another year needed. Total cost is said to reach 4 million dollars.
Official forecast up to 8 pm calls for rain in southern Illinois and Indiana with rain or snow in northern areas, rising temperatures. Lower Michigan and Wisconsin to see snow possibly turning to rain with warming. Iowa to expect rain or snow and warmer conditions in the east.
Chicago Board of Trade quotes show wheat futures weak to firm across May July and Sept. corn and oats display narrow ranges. Cash grain prices list No. 2 red and hard varieties with mixed premiums, while live stock receipts in Chicago and East Buffalo reflect modest demand for hogs cattle and sheep with steady to soft pricing in spots.
The forecast calls for generally fair weather in Iowa tonight and tomorrow with colder conditions overnight. Temperatures should chill further tonight, then remain cool as tomorrow progresses.
Mrs. Max Keller serves as night operator at the Mutual telephone office. George Ruebsam left for Winfield on brief business. Laura Graham plans a Chicago visit for a few days. T. L. Dodds heads to Montezuma for short business. Miss Bessie Curran stood in for Dr. Cleo Thomas at the dental clinic in Iowa City. Kathryne Wopengardner leaves for Brighton to serve as nurse in a sickness case. Frank J. Sardan, District Leader manager, guests in the city. Mrs. R. M. Hamilton and daughter Nora shop in town. Rev. S. K. Coates returns from Black Rock after visiting friends.
Thursday through Saturday sales at Embroideries Muslins Big lots Bowman's. 7 C. H. Kelly and wife visit Belle Plaine then Oklahoma. Mrs Cannon return from Crawfords ville. Licenses to wed issued to Edmondson Fungton Rathmell Wilcox Thomann Laney. Mrs McFarland travels to Havre for Everett Gardner illness. Rev Coates returns from Oklahoma. George Lemon tours western points via Denver Wray Palisade Helena. Banks offer limited farm mortgage loans March 1. Dede buys into Barnes tailoring. Barnes & Dede to run shop with high quality cuts.
Captain L B Raymond editor of the Franklin County Recorder and former lieutenant governor candidate, is seriously ill after a paralytic stroke at his Loja Soldiers home in Hampton Iowa. Lucius Raymond two neighbors and a physician aided him as he recovered briefly from the fall and injuries. The notice also carries an advertisement urging Dr Shoop s Restorative for weak nerves and internal organs with a Racine Wisconsin offer.
Two Englishmen argued over who could tell the tallest story in a London restaurant after a bet. The tales included a charming woman turned to wood aboard a vessel and a deaf man who regained speech in a minute, followed by a bicycle shop wheel that spoke.
A historical ad claims Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic constipation by aiding digestion and stimulating the liver and bowels. It promises immediate improvement, no nausea or griping, pleasant to take, and warns against substitutes with availability at all druggists.
The fourth annual meeting of the Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa will be held in Fort Dodge February 13 and 14 with speakers including U S senator P J McCumber and several others from Washington, Chicago and Fort Dodge. Sessions are set for the armory with headquarters at the Duncombe hotel. Also noted is the funeral procession of David Terhune of Keota en route to Selma for interment and Mrs D J Evans joining the party.
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