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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1920
Page
8
A cluttered page shows classified items and local news briefs from The Evening Journal. Items include taxi and delivery services, furniture and home goods sales, farm land offers by Godfrey and Eldridge, and brief notes on residents traveling, deaths, editorials, and upcoming sales and events. The mix highlights community commerce and personal notices.
The ad promotes monthly payment subscriptions and club arrangements. Contact Nita Belle McKoon, authorized representative in Washington Iowa, by phone at 59 Red or writing to the Journal.
A Minnesota farmer uses underground root burning to remove stumps. An excavation beside each stump feeds a bore through the roots to a stovepipe set upright. Fire in the excavation draws through the roots, consuming them slowly while the stump remains largely intact and usable as firewood.
Autointoxication is self poisoning caused by toxins from bacteria within the body. It relates to pus pockets decaying teeth pyorrhea and bad tonsils rather than modern automobiles.
Private funeral services for James Porter who died yesterday morning at West Chester will be held at the Woodford chapel Friday afternoon at 2 36 in charge of Rev B M Dobbin. Interment will be in Elm Grove cemetery. Porter born in County Donegal Ireland August 11 1831 died Wednesday morning February 4 oldest person in West Chester. He immigrated to America at nineteen and spent years in Pennsylvania Ohio then settled in Washington County. He was a member of United Presbyterian Church. He is survived by nieces Eliza Porter and Mrs John Woods and nephews Harve Porter and Rev A N Portey.
Chandler cars continue to draw customers as local chatter notes. Victor Perry traveled to Keota on business this morning. Charles H. Mlom of International Correspondence Schools Scranton Pa is in town a few days on business. D F Macon auctioneer Washington Town listed as 251 Red. Mrs Elle Linder returns home after visiting her son in Clarks Grove Minn. For sale a plash davenport 1 Globe Isnip call 414 9th Ave. Wood Harding of Ainsworth in Washington today on business. FE Wilson returns from Marshalltown after visiting relatives. Howard Benn of Kalona was a business visitor in town yesterday.
Farmers Union Exchange delivers groceries to customers, including a box of Roman Beauty apples with orders. The service notes standard equipment on the Chandler Six, highlighting Bosch high tension magneto as standard.
A quotation by O. W. Holmes on men of esprit described as excessive talkers whose thoughts jump in zigzags. Such jerky companions exhaust listeners and leave you relieved only after conversing with a calm friend.
A brief note highlights the value of a good talker and a good listener in sustaining productive conversations as featured in the Buffalo Enquirer.
A playful item explores how the old fashioned belle who once used a snuffstick to whiten teeth has evolved with modern ideas and grooming trends in Dallas society.
During winter a toad becomes torpid and takes no food for four to six months. The note outlines torpor as a natural dormancy reducing activity and feeding during cold months.
The text notes Pliny wrote of the rose at the beginning of the Christian era. It calls the rose a flower known to all nations, equal to wine myrtle and oil in esteem.
A reflective note likens books to enduring edifices and raw quarries from which future ideas are carved. It contrasts works that stand in place with those to be dismantled and repurposed for new knowledge.
Madge and her more serious sister clash after a lecture and a sharp retort. The tomboyish pair navigates irritation, bound by family ties and a wish to change their paths.
Ed. Field column notes Colonel Slister will celebrate his first wedding anniversary tomorrow. The item mentions he has been married since October 1, 1804, and reflects on the milestone in the Monton Bulletin style.
A brief reflection notes Paley’s view that faithfulness in small matters reveals trustworthiness in major issues. The line, “Lines to Be Remembered. I have seldom known anyone who deserted truth in trifles that could be trusted In matters of importance,” underscores a moral standard linking everyday honesty to crucial integrity.
Society notes recount a mid day luncheon hosted by Mrs. James O Loughlin and Mrs. Shultz with a long table of dishes from chicken to ice cream. Martha Wells is praised for quilting, and a business meeting followed. Maude Hott hosted a cooking club luncheon for twelve with a three course menu. Kolah club met with Mrs. Elale Jackson and welcomed two visitors from Scotland, SD.
The voyage records Ferdinand Magellan entering the Pacific through a strait named after him on November 27, 15920. He sailed three months and twenty days without sighting an island while the fleet faced fair weather conditions, leading to the ocean being named the Pacific.
Quote attributed to J. G. Tokland arguing that true reform must start within oneself, warning that external critique without self-scrutiny may not improve the world.
The page continues local notes with names and movements. Ed Kutcher and Miss Sella Rinter assist in town affairs while Mr and Mrs Ira Graber return to Ohio after a honeymoon visit. Mrs Prehlevim of W Nebr expected Saturday for a family gathering.
In the Clay neighborhood several residents are ill or relocating. Miss Rather Savage at Monroe is sick while Glenn Dunbar moved south of Pleasant Plain to a Dunbar farm. Mrs. Mary Waldrich visits her daughter Mrs. Harry Hains at M Eatine. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Saw visited the Savage home. Hagana moved to a new place recently bought from Puzeard.
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