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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1904
Page
5
Local column notes cattle sales by George Hopping to Dave McLaughlin and visits and family events across Round About Rural Route Two. Includes illness updates on Mrs. David Gordon, travel to Washington and Sigourney, and social gatherings from January 11.
Mr and Mrs George Limer man entertained about twenty five young married couples Friday evening with pit and panic then a three course luncheon. Lloyd Latta from New York City visits Kilgore home. Jennie Cook hosts a kitchen shower for Effie Hamilton ahead of her marriage. Mamie and Hattie Ross host guests tonight. Mrs J R Taylor returns from Fairfield. R J Anderson visits his brother Sam Anderson in Verdi. Lemley’s baby is gravely ill. Mae Bain starts school at Oakland after two week illness. Mae Brookhart begins Indian Creek term following two week break for new school house.
Fred Knecht is reported very ill. Dr J G Fordyce and sister Miss Mabel of Ainworth visited in the city. J A Limerman of West Chester is a business visitor. Two members joined the Presbyterian church service with one baptized. Rev Mr Young preached on Bad Bargains drawing lessons from Esau Joseph and Judas. Miss Dwinnie Rankin returns home from Elliott's Business College for a few days' vacation.
Seat sale announced for the production A Royal Slave with tickets priced at 25 cents 50 cents and 75 cents. Proceeds support the theater program and the event runs at the scheduled venue.
The harp, linked to Jubal around 8875 B. C., was King David’s favored instrument. It spread among the Welsh, Saxons, and ancient Irish peoples. One of the oldest harps is in Dublin College museum, once owned by Brian Boru, king of Ireland.
A Detroit Free Press note recounts the discovery of diamonds at Kimberley in autumn 1870. Farmer Van Wyk lived in a mud plaster hut on Dutcspan with diamonds in the mud. His children's digging sparked a rush as Dorstfontein camp formed and the Kimberley mine yielded its first gem in June of the following year.
The secondary period saw a reptile heavy Earth with iguanodons in Sussex and Hampshire Wealds. Complete iguanodon skeletons mounted in Brussels Royal Museum attract visits As plains bore smaller reptiles and predatory giants roamed land and sea ichthyosaurs swam like whales and dolphins Flying reptiles called pterodactyls existed in various sizes.
The word blunderbuss carries a harsh sense about early firearm power yet derives from the Dutch donderbuss meaning thunder box. The piece notes the term likely shifts from thunder barrel to its modern form, highlighting linguistic drift.
A noted doctor states 85 percent of crippled children could work if their diseases were treated in time. The finding highlights the value of early medical intervention for disabled youths.
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