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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1908
Page
3
Miss Frank Buttolph owns the largest menu collection in the world credited as the Buttolph collection. It contains about 15 000 different bills of fare from nearly every country and royalty, stored in the Astor branch of the New York Public Library. The collection reflects historical artistry gastronomy and price trends and is highly indexed for study of customs and cuisine.
Many beads are lost when strung on silk or waxed linen. Use a thin catgut guitar string as the core and secure ends with gold clasps. Jewelers string valuable beads this way for safety and durability.
Book Monthly notes that fiction has shifted to older heroines, with seventeen often replaced by a sensible thirty five. The trend suggests the age of the female lead may eventually reach over forty as writers seek deeper realism in characters.
A Houston Post quotation notes a hired girl singing often after overhearing approval for music. The fragment hints at domestic tension and personality interest without further detail.
SENSIBLE HOBBY claims there is no excuse for sickness with modern medical advances. Miona stomach tablets are promoted as strengthening stomach muscles and curing indigestion. Lemmon's pharmacy offers a 50 cent box with a full money back guarantee if it does not perform as claimed.
Lathrop and Sutherland auctioneers announce a sale at Eli Warfel farm 3 miles southwest of Washington on Thursday February 20. Items include five horses and mules, twenty-five brood sows, twenty young brood sows with April May Farrow, fifteen dozen Plymouth Rocks, twenty cows with calves or milk, a Durham bull, a 20th Century manure spreader, a top buggy, a 2 horse tread power, and buggy harness. Lunch on the ground. terms to be announced.
John Hyde sells his Coppock eatery and stock to his brother Rol lie who gains possession on the first day of March. The transfer includes all business assets and will shift management to Rol lie starting March.
Parties who have not yet paid water rents are urged to call at once at Stewart's Pharmacy to arrange payment.
William Marsden of the Heights is dangerously ill with pneumonia. The Academy play A Modern Ananias is staged in Winfield tonight and tomorrow night in Crawfordsville with Frank Taylor and Howard Hill among the cast. Several locals travel for events and visits, including Mrs. Mary Chambers returning from a funeral and J. W. Ingham’s funeral sparking movements of Lloyd Campbell and others.
Treasury will take no further action after customs raid on Theodore P. Shonts home over alleged undeclared gowns from Europe. Mrs Shonts and her daughter Miss Theodora Shonts, who is to marry the duc de Chaulnes, were involved. Gowns and finery were inspected and a report to Secretary Cortelyou followed. The president was satisfied no smuggling case existed.
At a recent meeting of the South Dakota Press association a unanimous resolution urged Attorney General W. S. Clark to state whether the antipass law bans contracts for exchanges with railroad companies to transport goods within the state. The attorney general replied that contracts entered in good faith on such basis are not forbidden by the law.
Jeffersonville Indiana February 7 Hugh Mitchell of this city has just taken out his full naturalization papers. He has been in the United States fifty three years and he fought through the war of the rebellion being severly wounded in battle. Since that he has twice fallen and broken his leg and on one occasion he was hit over the head with an iron bar and left for dead.
The forecast covers Illinois and Indiana with fair skies and little temperature change. Iowa remains fair. Southeast Lower Michigan sees fair weather with snow flurries in the north and west portions. Wisconsin also reports fair conditions.
Chicago wheat and corn futures quoted with mixed highs and lows as of Feb 6. Cash grain prices listed for winter and spring wheat, corn, oats. Live stock prices show hogs and cattle receipts and bid ranges. hay and prairie feeds noted. East Buffalo market reports include cattle, hogs, sheep, lambs, and calves with price ranges and receipts.
The funeral of the late John W. Ingham was held yesterday at 2 PM from the Methodist church. Rev. A. S. Smith led services with a choir including Misses Blanche Nicola Susie Morton and Samuel Cocklin, and Mrs. Samuel Cocklin on organ. The church was full and floral tributes were many. Pallbearers were C. H. Wilson C. J. Wilson Ab Anderson John Lytle George Griffith Wilson Dougherty and D. A. Boyer. Twenty one Sunday school members escorted the procession to Elm Grove Cemetery.
Brighton February 7 Special Mrs Anna R Crandall fell on a sidewalk and broke her left wrist while bruising her knee. The injuries require extended lay up and come after a series of slips in the area.
The article urges prudence with colds for children and adults, stressing proper food ventilation and warm clothing through autumn to spring. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe and effective, noting its popularity and claimed cures, with Cook & Sherman as sellers.
Citizens Savings Bank announces a limited loan program for farm mortgages with applications urged promptly to secure consideration. The notice appears under a March timing with the bank name cited and a secondary line about Frey’s photos.
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