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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1909
Page
8
The Twentieth Century Reading circle will meet Thursday evening instead of this evening with Mrs. J. H. Stewart. Members please notice change of date of meeting.
Yesterday marked the forty sixth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs H F Samson parents of Rev W L C Samson A four course dinner was served at their home with lilies roses and geraniums in the decorations The honorees and guests included Rev and Mrs Samson Mr and Mrs Chariton of Buffalo NY Mr and Mrs James Stewart of Pittsburg PA Miss May Wollenberg of Niagara Falls NY and Mrs Margaret M Copeland of Pittsburg.
The Young Woman's Missionary Society of First United Presbyterian held a social at Miss Faye Taylor's home to honor Miss Myrtle Palmer and Mrs Fred Brazel. Fourteen young women attended despite rain and shared informal courtesies, with Isaiah Taylor guiding guests across muddy crossings by lantern light.
The Daughters of the American Revolution held a colonial birthday dinner at the Ralph Smith home on West Washington street. Forty guests enjoyed a turkey dinner in colonial style with Martha Washington ices and Lady Baltimore cake, as hats and hatchets marked the event.
The stars on the flag were saluted with Mrs. Will White winning honors. The event reflected colonial ideas and featured guests including Mrs. Hilton Letts Mrs. James Letts Mrs. Darrow and Miss Adelia Letts of the Letts D A R chapter.
Mrs Anna Rehmel and Misses Minnie Conner Lucy Meacham and Elizabeth Klein hosted a Martha Washington tea at 4 50 oclock for city teachers in the South building. The informal affair was a delight and thoroughly enjoyed.
Covenanter church members held a social in the church parlors last evening. Guests were given paper and pencil to write about George Washington, then mailed in an improvised post office and read later. Younger members performed recitations and songs while refreshments of sandwiches and coffee were served.
Ralph Livingston moves to Colonel Palmer farm and plans scientific hog and cattle rearing. He aims to market specialized pork products with separate cuts sold as complete lines, a concept the community awaits while he keeps his formulas private.
Wooltex display promotes the latest spring dresses jackets and suits at Bowmans for Monday and Tuesday. Mrs A M Butler is ill and Miss Jeannette Cherry helps at Marsh W Bailey law office. Two marriage licenses issued. Birth announced in Minden Nebraska to Mr and Mrs Nelson.
The rainfall last night totaled .30 inches and a roaring wind rattled windows. Stars appeared briefly before morning clouds and dense fog settled in, with a forecast for colder conditions and possible rain or snow.
George Griffith as referee sold the McGaughey property just north of the Second United Presbyterian church this afternoon for 1276 dollars. The church bought the property from Mrs Robt Mc Gaughey and other heirs.
Charles Burnham president of the Theatrical Managers Association says five Broadway shows should be closed for indecency and argues for a stage censor though Eric Klaw of Klaw and Erlanger opposes it, citing existing laws.
A Boston visitor in Edinburgh asks a policeman for Carlyle’s house. The officer jokes that in a big city a writer who has been dead over five years is hard to locate, illustrating a witty Glasgow News anecdote about misperception and fame.
In Caracas a famed revolutionary plotter was bound to stay in the city as peace bonds and not allowed to leave. He later exacted revenge by imprisoning the former governor, flipping the phrase to mirror his own fate. The jail turned city and city into prison in a dramatic twist of power.
In about 1650 Pierre David issued Maistre d Hostel teaching proper table service and how to fold napkins into shapes such as square twisted bands double and single shells melons cock and hen with chickens pigeon in a basket partridge pheasant and many more including fish and symbols.
Nial VanSickle 64 died Friday at 2419 Pierre Street after a long illness. Born in 1845 in Ohio he moved to Iowa in 1856, later ran a grocery business and traveled for wholesale houses. Survived by widow two sons Newell and Bartlett P and daughter Mrs Corbett. He was a Knights of Pythias member and United Commercial Travelers.
The twelfth annual meeting of Group 11 of the Iowa Bankers Association met in Keokuk with attendees including Fred Smith H Keck Carl Keck D J Ross A W McCulley Frank Sage R L Coulter Chas H Pauls Sam White and Boyd Berdo. A W McCulley was elected to the executive committee and E J Eicher was named chairman with BR L McClurkin secretary and George Swiler W H Evans A R Benbow A W McCulley and F R McCormick as the new executive committee members.
Civil war veteran J A Stone of Kemp Texas believed a plot with lung trouble aimed at his death. He endured a stubborn cold for years before using Dr King s New Discovery which restored his health and weight. It is promoted for severe colds coughs hemorrhages asthma and pneumonia prevention with trial bottles available guaranteed by J E Lemon.
Chauncey E Myer visits his northwest of the city home and Mrs C C Reister with two children head to Davenport for a week. Davenport piano tuner H F Funk is in town. Latta leaves for Garden City Kansas after weeks with relatives. D M Palmer relocates to Burns Kansas to farm and reside. his wife and children stay with Mrs Neill in Washington and express best wishes for their future.
The article explains that federal funds rarely pay inauguration costs. Washington business interests supply the resources for parades lights and events. The president’s oath could be taken anywhere, but the grand pageantry persists each quadrennial year to impress visitors and boost trade.
A dialogue notes a British museum display claiming a book once belonged to Cle ero and mocks American artifacts, mentioning a lead pencil Noah used to count animals aboard the ark.
In a pointed exchange, one speaker notes a son in college moving beyond the Four Hundred while the other insists he is already among the nine. The dialogue highlights social status concerns tied to elite education and peer comparison.
H Benn boarded a train to Ainsworth this morning spending the day there. M T Turbott traveled to Havre with an indefinite stay planned. Chas Corette went to Winfield on business for the day. Mrs Frank Tierney, after a brief city stay, returned home to West Chester. Miss Lucile Morrison headed to Ainsworth to live with Aunt Mrs John DeHarpport. Mr and Mrs L O Morrow with two children and Archie Cox arrived from Robinson. Morrow to work at A B Carr farm.
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