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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1902
Page
4
Regular meeting of Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M tonight at 7:30 sharp. A short session with a number of petitions to be acted on. Prompt attendance desired by order of M. P. Miturr W M.
Prof Bissell presented itemized costs for installing and operating a municipal lighting plant. His figures exceed earlier estimates by Col Coughlin Ottumwa and the Illuminating Co, with total setup around 16000 and annual operating costs near 760 higher than the Illumination Co. estimate. Moonlight service assumed. article urges careful consideration before action.
Prof. G W Bissell returned to Ames this morning. Miss Jennie Young daughter of J B Young was a passenger this morning for Davenport. Mrs Al Keister went to Ainsworth this morning to see her parents.
In Saturday Review this essay argues that solitary speech may be mistaken for insanity but notes that people often soliloquize in ordinary life. It discusses common expressions of inner talk and cites Hamlet as an example, challenging the belief that self-addressed speech marks madness.
An anecdote from Our Dumb Animals recalls two gun horses that drew the same artillery in Spain with Wellington. After one horse was killed the surviving horse refused to eat, turning his head to seek his friend and neighing repeatedly. He never touched food and soon died.
A vivid portrait of Bulgaria contrasting peasants and soldiers, describing the rural life of Bulgarian farmers, Turkish minorities in Sofia, and the sobranje parliament's antics. The piece ends with a light anecdote about a boy named Dick and a horse shoe for luck.
The Wabash Railway announces a February three day sale from Chicago to Toronto and return for 1240, tied to the Students' Volunteer Movement convention. Tickets are valid for outbound to Toronto with return by the same route.
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