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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1904
Page
7
Jan 5 notes list residents and visitors in Washington. Families including Cherryholmes Gaults Griffiths Wooley Hustons Welch Vesey Manners Breed and others travel, host, or return from Des Moines Cedar Falls Columbus Junction Iowa City and Quincy Illinois with illness updates and school duties.
The community marks a week of prayer with services this week. Rev. Howell preaches at the Methodist church Tuesday evening, Rev. Stephenson at the Baptist church Wednesday, and Rev. Dillon at the U P church Friday evening. Ten car loads of cattle and hogs were shipped to Chicago markets today. J D Dayton visited Fairfield today. Miss Edna Roth, visiting her uncle Dr Droz, returned home to Fairfield this morning.
D A Fesler was a business visitor in Washington yesterday. Mr and Mrs Kirkpatrick of Wellman were calling on friends in the city yesterday.
Jan 5 Ralph Hellopeter of Muscatine who has been visiting here returned home Saturday. Mabel Huston who spent her vacation in Mediapolis returned home yesterday morning. Mr and Mrs Dave Irwin returned Sunday from a visit with relatives in Burlington.
Emily and Verne Mathers and Opal Hand came back to Washington for school after two weeks at home. D. F. Hodges returned to work in the lumber yard after a visit with relatives in Waverly Iowa. Mrs J Peckham left for a week with friends in Keokuk Iowa and Kahoka Missouri. Charles Yancy made a business trip to Washington. A good crowd gathered Sunday afternoon to hear Rev Ferguson again. A candidate for the coming year is expected to preach at the church here.
Mrs E H Dunakin credits Vinci with curing years of debility and stomach trouble after four bottles. Cook and Sherman endorse Vinci as a safe rebuilder, claiming it restores color, fights nervousness and coughs, and offers a money back guarantee. Local notices mention visitors at the Durst home and ongoing protracted services with reformist sermons planned.
Mrs O P Dean returned to her Muscatine home after a week with local friends. Mrs Pickens is improving after illness. Bank plastering proceeds slowly due to cold weather, cashier Jones expects business in two weeks. Ladies Aid meets Mrs John Mathers Wednesday at one. Henry Boyd and wife have recovered from severe colds. First Haskins mail out succeeded with about sixty letters, carried to train by John Mathers. Journal subscribers urge direct delivery to Haskins over Milwaukee.
Joe Freund wins a rocking chair at the Catholic fair in Riverside New Year festivities. The first dance of 1904 is planned at the hall this Saturday. Mr and Mrs Ed Shalla drove to West Chester Sunday. Mrs Jos Reiner returns from Washington after a week's visit at Sunny Side. Miss Saur of Iowa City spent holidays with relatives. Mr Frank Haka dies after long residence here his remains brought for burial with ceremony by Rev Father Weil. Bertha McCombs visits home.
Miss Winnie Adams of Washington visited her brother T. D. Adams at his home last week.
Miss Myrtle Snyder visits Lexington sister. Mr. and Mrs. Helley host holidays with W Burnham’s parents. Verna Dierdorff entertains a Kansas City gentleman. Arthur and Mrs Durst of Lexington visit. Blanche and Iva Durst call at J F Durst home. High School pupils present principal Mitchell with shaving set on Christmas. Mrs. Rawson improves slowly after five months ill. Albert Sharpe and wife visit Kalona. Mrs. Sharpe returns from Wellman.
The family of Mrs. M. L. Bobbitt of Bargerton Tenn. witnessed her decline as consumption claimed her life. Dr Kings New Discovery brought relief after one bottle and, with continued use, cured her. Guaranteed bottles one dollar and trial bottles free at Stewarts Drug Store.
The pepper mill is a silver piece rarely seen on tables today but valued by English housekeepers and American silversmiths for traditional use. Pepper once scarce, ground at the table from peppercorns, commanded high prices and even rents in peppercorns, spurring explorers toward distant Indies for abundant pepper.
Sir Edwin Arnold notes Indian philosophy ascribing reality to both the visible and the invisible with Brahma and the embodied infinite seen in the Bhagavad Gita. He contrasts this with Western worry over the supernatural and highlights maya as the illusion of present existence.
A schoolmaster urges young men to value opportunity and education. He warns that those who seek to dominate their teachers end up as slaves and only recognize loss after it is too late. He frames obedience as the path to eventual leadership.
Hoax and Joax exchange line about a thin fellow and a big fat one in a playful Philadelphia Record scene. The terse banter showcases slang and humor typical of the paper’s light features.
Dialogues reveal Clara Cutting laments gender expectations and her mother suggests destiny may differ. The page captures a domestic vignette with satire on gender roles.
A quip from the Atchison Globe notes that a fool may reside among refined society yet learn nothing, underscoring the limits of surroundings on wisdom.
Four drops in a carafe of water sterilize it for drinking within thirty minutes. The remedy provides a simple method to render water safe for consumption.
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