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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1904
Page
8
For Sale good dry wood and cags leave orders at Win Smovss s le 68 5¢. For Sale one Percheron stallion and two to three year old colts see H F Saas. ti Furnished rooms for rent furnace heat hot and cold water and use of the bath over the Crown Cafe. 5b tf.
Corner Jefferson Street and Iowa Avenue host Sunday worship at 10 30 am with Sunday School at 0 15 am and Wednesday 7 30 pm meetings. All are cordially invited to attend.
Sabbath School at 9 30 a m Church services at 11 a m and 7 p m Subjects Morning Rights and Privileges of Sonship Evening Visions and their relation to life Junior Endeavor at 4 p m Senior Endeavor at 6 p m All church members urged to attend for special pulpit announcements
A church invites worshippers to morning preaching at 11 and evening service at 7 with additional services as usual. The notice extends a cordial invitation to all to attend.
Sunday services begin with 9:20 a m Sunday School followed by morning preaching. Junior League at 3:20 and Epworth League at 5:45 led by Alyce Fluke on growth needed in 1904. Rev J H Dimmitt may preach evening sermon. visitors with no home church invited.
The notice announces Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 11:00 a.m. with junior and senior activities at 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. followed by a preaching service at 7:00 p.m. inviting attendance on the first Sunday of the New Year.
Church of Covenanters holds services tomorrow at 11 a m with a sermon by Rev W C Allen. Sabbath School begins at 9 45 o clock and Christian Endeavor at 5 45 p m.
Market notes show estimated receipts of 24000 with 4300 left yesterday. Prospects for lighter demand listed at 415 to 470 for mixed packers, 425 to 485 for heavy shipping grades, and 3435 to 455 for rough cattle. Sheep totals around 10000 with no change.
Estimated hog receipts today are 24 000 and tomorrow 45 000 with light hogs quoted 415 to 470 and mixed packers at 435 to 485. Cattle receipts 300 and market steady. Sheep receipts 10 000 and market steady. Official receipts yesterday 20 984, month totals 835 389, shipments 107 175, yesterday shipments 6 466.
Good hogs strong at early auction in Chicago with a run of heavy fancy hogs at 4.8714 dollars, light 4 15 to 4 70, mixed packers 4 35 to 4 82, heavy ship's grades 4 35 to 4 85. Cattle dull, sheep and lambs steady.
Mrs Lucy B Thompson, age 86, of Faribault Minnesota, died yesterday morning after moving to Minnesota three years ago. Her daughter Mrs A G Leet and son Walter left to attend the funeral. Also notes birth of a 10 pound boy to Rev and Mrs A M Stephenson. Diphtheria case under control. no further cases expected. Fisher and Augustine shipped two cars hogs and Lewis and Munro car reported.
Mrs. Mattie Shepherd and children of Wayland are visiting relatives in Brighton. George McCoy traveled to Rock Island yesterday. Mrs. Hattie Anderson and children, who were visiting here, returned to Chicago. Eddie Morgan is visiting relatives in Crawfordsville.
Jan 2 residents including Mrs Mary Hanlon Sigourney arrive for sister in law illness. Fred Davis spends day with friends in Columbus Junction. Mrs N M Anderson and children return from visit with G T Auld Washington. Miss Jessie Clarahan returns to West Chester after visiting JH Clarahan. Rev W H Davis and family go Davenport after visit with J P Davis. J C Pearson heads to Washington. Claire Booth returns to Washington from Rex Sands visit. Miss Eva Davis returns from Cotter relatives. J R Love visits Washington. A Crawfordsville talent play last night drew a fair crowd and was well received.
The first regular meeting of I. G White Post No 108 G A R will be held Tuesday evening January 5 1904 at 730. Agenda includes installation of officers and action on a pension matter. Post Commander J A Young urges attendance.
Mrs J M Wright of Keota spent last night visiting at Mr and Mrs R G Vincents on her way home from Lenox Iowa where she had been visiting for some time. The Vincents' daughter Ruth visited in Lenox as well. Mrs A H Anderson of Henry County visited yesterday at the home of Mr and Mrs Howard Carter and returned on the one o'clock train today.
About twenty four guests were entertained at the home of Mrs John Hayes for a New Year’s dinner honoring Mr Hayes’s mother.
An 1815 Madrid duel between Jean Louis master of arms of the French Thirty second and Giacomo Ferrari of the Italian regiment drew ten thousand witnesses. Louis defeats each challenger in rapid bouts after a fatal first exchange and a final cease fire ends the rival skirmishes between French and Italian soldiers.
The exchange compares knowledge of the seven wonders to marriage counts with a quip about three marriages. The humor hinges on the punchline that “three” is both a fact and a value. The snippet reflects a light conversational tone without broader context.
A passage shows a character pondering self harm and another noting that four houses had already received price lists for revolvers, implying impending violence or coercion.
A historical anecdote recalls Emperor Nicholas I of Russia asking Franz Liszt to perform. Liszt reportedly refused or offered a rebuke, highlighting tension between sovereign authority and artistic independence in 19th century Europe.
The musician Liszt halted his performance as the czar conversed with an aide de camp. Liszt noted that when the emperor speaks, everyone must be silent. the czar smiled and the concert continued.
An observer notes a test vote in a Sunday school setting where the superintendent asks what seed yields certain crops. The exchange leads to a tie between turnip seed and tomato seed as a playful illustration of sowing and reaping.
A small South American fish attacks fellow aquatic life and terrifies natives who must ford rivers during certain seasons. Bathers suffer bites as sharp chisel shaped teeth take flesh. They act as scavengers, feeding on dead or alive animals drifting in rivers.
An entertainer touring Fiji islands reported a night’s receipts including four sucking pigs 800 cocoanuts 1000 moonstones 40 pearls 28 model canoes 200 yards of cloth 42 Fiji costumes 3 whale teeth hundreds of sharks teeth coral war implements spears knives mats pillows and seven grog bowls.
More than 30,000 people are employed in toy production across Sonneberg and surrounding Thuringian Forest villages. About 75 percent work from their homes, supporting a widespread home industry in the region.
Rosewood derives its name from the aromatic fragrance released when wood is freshly cut. This historic note links the timber to its celebrated rosy scent.
The chivalry of Europe is shaped largely by Saracen chivalry entering via two routes through Constantinople and Spain, influencing European ideals of knighthood and conduct.
Rev Everette Smith presented a stereopticon illustrated lecture titled Lights and Shadows at the First United Presbyterian church after prayer meeting. The talk on Christianity's impact on the United States drew many adults and was praised as one of the best of its kind in the city. Mrs Dr McClelland returned from Burlington where she visited her sister Mrs Hannah Winters.
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