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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1912
Page
5
Long list of for sale notices and personal updates from Vienna and surrounding towns. Vendors tout fresh candy and rabbits at the Royal Market, Bowmans offers discounted gowns and underwear, shoes, and fabrics while residents travel to visit relatives in Ainsworth Kalona Sigourney Keota and Des Moines. The piece also notes local errands and business visits and the Wellman High School opens Monday.
A Saturday sale at Schmidt's Music Store offers bundles of 3 to 6 popular sheet music pieces for ten cents each. The ad lists multiple items including macaroons and cookies from Vienna and notes several local residents and visitors shopping in the city, with various social updates interspersed.
An advertisement urges shoppers not to miss the large stock on display at The Fair. It promises money savings and good quality, urging customers to remember the Big Store.
Mrs Mose DeMarce Rex and Miss Ada Suter paused between trains in Muscatine on their way home from Eldon after attending the funeral of Bernadine Dooley, daughter of Mr and Mrs W J Dooley. Royal Mrs FE C Smith of Winfield seeks 10 000 rabbits after visiting sister Mrs C F Stewart in the city hospital. Bananas is a dozen tomorrow at
Keller and Phillips plan a purchase of 2000 rabbits this week. Mrs W B Macaully of Chicago visited in the city with her daughter Mrs C F Stewart and planned a trip to West Chester to visit sister Mrs S H Roses. Bowman's offers 25 cent quality drawers and vests at 17 cents.
The skating rink offers a one dollar cash prize tonight if 25 paid tickets are sold. The rink opens from 2 to 5 p m on Saturday with five cent admission for the afternoon session.
A brief notice offers a special proposition from Highland Park Nursery about evergreen plants and apples described as the finest grown. The advertisement emphasizes quality and invites inquiries.
A bedtime tale recounts Santa Claus growing tired of post office delays and installing a wireless telegraph at North Vale. He enjoys quick messages until boys with wireless sets spy on him, prompting Santa to order removal of the device and return to traditional mail, lamenting the new method.
During the medieval period doors were small and narrow so only one person could pass at a time for protection against attack. Doorways were sometimes set in a recess with openings for arrows to be shot. Doors were made in one piece and not divided, fastened by strong oak bars drawn across from side to side.
Democratic politicians converge on Washington for the national committee meeting as treasury fears mount and fundraising plans are debated. A close ally says the platform and candidate exist, but funds are depleted. New York Democrats press to host the convention, hoping to boost the Empire State's support next November.
Mark Austin Hardin died this morning at eight at his home 626 West Monroe street after a paralysis stroke last Sunday. He was 74, born August 21 1837 in Sussex County New Jersey. Survived by his wife three children and siblings. funeral at Ainsworth Baptist church with interment in Ainsworth cemetery.
London dispatch reports eleven year old soprano Miss Marjorie Dennis, hailed as the wonder child of song, sailing to the United States to launch a career with worldwide promise. Critics note her mature voice, multilingual diction, and cello like lower tones despite her youth.
During a recent thunderstorm in Bier King County Ireland Miss Julia Browne sat near her door preparing to finish crochet work when a flash of lightning sent her needle flying from her hand. She was uninjured.
About twenty five youths attended a Young Set dance at the Eagle ball with Miss Francis Hutchinson visiting from Fairfield. Mrs. John Chance hosted New Year relatives for her father Sam McAvoy’s 74th birthday with a noon dinner and a large cake. Out of town guests included Geo McAvoy and family from Prairie Flower and Lee McAvoy with his wife from West Chester. Mr. and Mrs. Andy McGuire hosted a New Year’s dinner with music by Martha Eyestone and Sylvia Teets and daughters Maude and Martha serving a bountiful meal. Forty guests visited Mr. and Mrs. S Ek McElhinney and Rev. and Mrs. Greer for a twelve o’clock dinner party with songs and recitations by Wilson Martin and the clergy. The honored Rev. H G McConaugh ey and his wife left for Clarinda Iowa where he serves as pastor after their Pittsburgh marriage on December 27.
New Jersey Supreme Court will review a certiorari from Lackawanna Erie New Jersey Central and Susquehanna railroads over a State Public Utilities Commission order requiring all rail lines in New Jersey to provide passengers with sanitary drinking cups free of cargo. Frank H. Somer argues the board may order safe service. trains must supply cups for water, contending cups are needed with ice water tanks and prevent contamination.
The culture of miniature cacti is a hobby among city society women including Mrs. Arthur Isell. Gardeners with limited space cultivate a dozen plants with long botanical names in a few feet. Fifth Avenue residents use long boxes and then transplant to pots. Some cacti grow to six inches high.
Representatives from wool regions convene in Washington to oppose changes in schedule K and press for higher raw wool rates. Secretary McClure argues tariff board ignores interest charges on investment, showing western costs exceed estimates and that American wool producers are losing money under current duties.
A narrative voice rails at a family scandal as a black sheep of the Warywalk clan changes his name to Wobbleway to escape disgrace. The brother protests the idea of being printed on handbills and associated with the family, fearing linkage and ridicule.
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