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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
3
A Chicago American quote reports Chimmie claiming no regret over spending 40 cents on a voice culture course. The remark highlights frugal self-improvement and humorous self-assessment.
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt shows a strained exchange where a wife asserts her cooking skills but questions whether she must use them to keep peace. The man protests, insisting she once claimed she could manage without such measures.
The Ton ga islands disbanded its whole standing army of six officers and thirty men, deemed unnecessary by the London Standard. A proverb about place is cited, defining place as wherever the thing was left.
A courtroom quip depicts a judge grilling a job applicant who admits he was merely the office boy at his last job. The exchange highlights modest duties and raises questions about readiness for new responsibilities.
A young visitor asks Tommy why he won’t attend the Sabbath school. He names a red headed boy Jimmy Brown as a key reason, and then unexpectedly agrees to visit next Sunday after expressing long anticipation for meeting that child.
The Kalona news column lists visits and travels among residents including J M Bonham J A Fry John Venes and family and Miss Essie Augustine. It notes illnesses runaways and several trips to Red Oak South Dakota Minot N D and Dub lin with various family birthdays dances and farewells among locals.
Robert Taylor shipped cattle and hogs from here the first of the week. Frank Abdi and Will Cherry delivered oats at Verdi the last of the week. N F Wood of Washington spent Friday at the Linas Wood home. Ida Shrader visited at Chas McMullen's the last of the week. George Fetters spent Sunday at J F Abdill's. Mellie Longer returned home from a visit near Richmond Sunday. Chas McMullen's moved to a farm near West Chester Monday. Mrs Jas Clegg is spending today at the Frank Abdill home. 5 P Keefer's of Washington visiting at the Geo Fetters home. Curt Green and family of Muscatine visiting at his brother John Green's.
Miss Edna Detwiler and Miss Emma Buxbaum, both teachers in Wallace school, visited Washington. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shull last week. The Dan Nichols and Ed Libe homes hosted Sunday visits by local families. Several residents attended a coast ing party after Christian Endeavor. Vitus Disch held a Hereford cattle sale managed by Mt. Pleasant's Mr. Wright with Cary Jones of Chicago as auctioneer. cattle sold between 40 and 105 dollars.
Pleasant Hill reports Arthur Therion ill with sickness prompting friends to help with ice. Ed Hauenstein dies from pneumonia at 5 a.m. sorrow shared by Mrs. Hauenstein and kin. Children of James Thompson improve slowly. Earl Kephart works for Roy Foss briefly. Several residents visit George Benson and Robert Kephart. A large crowd heard Rev. James Nichols.
Feb 11 notes Nick Tinnes is on the sick list while Mr and Mrs Eugene Tucker and others are mentioned in the update.
Feb 12 mentions Mrs John Godwin and children visiting Corwith relatives at the Wm Coppock home. Frank McKune and Lon Darnell families spent Sunday at Hermon Petratz home. Phil Shrader plans to move to his father's Pleasant Ridge farm. Herman Buntenbach will move to the vacated farm. Ice cut by several locals for next summer. Literary meeting drew a crowd with the debate canceled. A Bidwell home party for neighborhood youths is planned tomorrow night.
An eastern society warns of disease risks from handling dirty money in a pamphlet titled Clean Money. It cites bacteria counts on pennies and bills, urges banks to consider sterilizing money, and notes risky habits like moistened fingers and coins in the mouth. The circular is signed by A. Cressy Morrison.
Advertises Foley's Kidney Cure as a universal remedy for kidney and bladder troubles. Claims to stop irregularities and cure any case not beyond medicine, and notes availability at all druggists.
Keck Floral Co reports flowers for Valentine day. Mrs. W C Mayhew Sr. left for Harrisonville Missouri to visit ill daughter Mrs Earl Draper for a few weeks. N H Denison at Hereford Texas reports birth of a daughter eight pounds in his Panhandle family and notes good wheat prospects after rain.
Sutherland and McNurlen will hold a public sale on February 20 at 10 a.m. on the Eli Humphrey and Wm Chance farms near Grace Hill and Brighton. The catalog covers horses, cattle, hogs, farm machinery, wagons, bobsled, corn, hay and bees with terms of 12 months on sums over ten dollars, 6 percent cash discount, notes drawing 7 percent interest if unpaid. Lunch provided. E C Statler and Wm Chance listed as organizers.
Advertises Urine Fruit Syrup as a cure for chronic constipation aiding digestion and liver and bowel action. Claims immediate relief and contrasts with Laxative Fruit Syrup which is said to nauseate or gripe and be hard to take.
Weather forecast notes increasing cloudiness tonight with likely rain or snow on Friday. Special to The Evening Journal reports conditions for Washington, D C and Iowa for today and tomorrow.
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