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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1911
Page
7
The notice lists No 41 weekly and monthly rates, forty for three months in advance and one dollar yearly in advance. It also references a four dollar total and appears to be a subscription pricing snippet.
Ban nister Merwin explains a rustic method for trout cooking using a bed of hot stones and balsam twigs. The fish are layered and covered, then smoked for about twenty minutes, yielding moist meat with a subtle balsam aroma.
The York round linked New York to Philadelphia and inspired Atlantic coast toll roads. Early turnpikes sprang up in Pennsylvania Connecticut and New Jersey. The first macadam road opened in 1792 between Philadelphia and Lancaster. By 1811 New England and New York had about 4500 miles of chartered turnpikes. Government funding waned after the 1837 panic as railroads rose.
The Cape of Good Hope forms a slender twenty mile peninsula between Valse Bay and the Atlantic. Cape Point marks the trio of headlands Diaz faced the fierce south easterly gales at the Cape of Storms, later renamed in hopeful devotion.
A south seas trader tells Robert Louis Stevenson of tins labeled with animals for beef, mutton, and sardines. The mutton tin bore a frock coated Stiggins-like man in a chimney pot hat, leading natives to believe it contained missionary meat and sparking a rush to the new product line.
A London Telegraph letter from a long time property owner details forty years of losses totaling over £40,000. He cites depreciation £25,000 empty property £10,000 and defaulting tenants £5,000, claiming tenants never paid arrears before leaving.
A suffragette questions the club plan while the president defines home industries as wives tending to family chores. The Chicago News notes the light exchange as the meeting centers on women’s roles and self sufficiency.
John Morton Stevenson, 82, longtime Washington resident, died 1:30 a.m. at Mose Thompson home from Bright's disease and heart failure. Funeral at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Covenanter Church conducted by Rev. S. E. Greer. casket will be open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church. He was born October 3, 1828 in Preble County Ohio, married Eliza Tower in 1850, lived in Iowa before settling here. Survived by two children, Anna Bell of Regina Canada and J. T. Stevenson of Chicago, with 11 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. His life centered in the Covenanter Church. several relatives preceded him in death.
The obituary notes Sharon, a charter member of the Covenanter church at Clarinda, served as deacon there and for many years in the local church. He taught a Sabbath school class for a number of years and helped sustain the congregation morning sun.
A medical note extols Perry Davis Painkiller as a universal remedy for cramps and colds symptoms. It claims swift relief when mixed in warm sweetened water and promotes it as the sole Painkiller identified as Perry Davis.
Cut prices slash one fourth off all men's and children's suits and overcoats pants dress shirts flannel shirts gyder wear hats and caps as the store advertises a broad discount offering at the Dolgherty Bros shop.
A brief health note urges prompt treatment of any cut or wound to prevent infection and complica tions such as blood poisoning. It emphasizes quick care and avoiding neglect.
An 25 cent drugstore remedy promises quick relief and healing without fear. Claims to destroy germs and prevent festering or lockjaw. Advertises mail order from 10-DO Medicine Co. Davenport Iowa.
At 4 a.m. Bilkins tiptoes into the house and removes his shoes. A stair creak prompts a question from Mrs. Bilkins, met with a playful denial attributing the sound to the stairs. The exchange ends with a judge's quip.
The Cleveland Leader reports a man admits breaking his engagement with Miss Jaullier but notes he did so gently by informing her of his salary.
illie Margie spots a Gray wagon loaded with hides passing the house and exclaims to her mother that a man carries a whole stack of cows overcoats. Reported in the Chicago News.
A playful dialogue features a man asking about anger seen in a glass and a woman replying she never becomes angry when she looks in the class. The exchange relies on a pun between glass and class to spark humor.
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