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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1910
Page
2
The Fair promotes clothing bargains with 10 cent towels and enameled pans. Rothschilds advertises cloaks suits at own price and Pictorial pattern sales. Residents from Crawfordsville Haskins Ottumwa and Muscatine visit the city for business and family gatherings while Johnsons and Nicholsons travel for funerals and visits.
Quotation notes that people may seem suited for roles they do not occupy more easily than proving worthy in the actual office. It contrasts perception with real responsibility and authority.
Mrs. J. B. Beatty learns of the death of her nephew John Walker of Pittsburgh on January 4. The 30 year old worker fell four stories when he stepped into an open freight elevator shaft and died two hours later. He had just attended a Cincinnati Christmas reunion with his family. He was a nephew of Mrs. Beatty and connected to Washington residents R. H. Walker and Rev. J. H. Walker.
An opinionated new boarder at table and a neighbor clash during dinner as the neighbor rejects the poetic nickname daffydowndillies for daffodils. The exchange grows tense and silences the sentimental guest, ending with a sharp retort about Wordsworth.
Public auction on January 26 1910 at 10 a m four miles northeast of Washington and one mile south of Living Lake church. Twelve horses twenty six cattle seventeen hogs with brood sows and calves plus corn tools and equipment. Terms include 7 percent interest on notes over ten dollars and cash discounts. Fred Roher Dan Rohrer Austin Sutherland Auctioneer Jack Moriarty Lunch provided.
Charles W. Morse of New York, once an ice magnate and banker, starts a fifteen year sentence at Atlanta’s federal penitentiary as convict No. 2814 in first grade, barred from most freedoms but allowed two visitors monthly and limited mail and books. He vows to fight on in court, cites victimization by a clique, and clings to poems Invictus and Ballad of Reading Gaol for solace.
Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture in Washington argues the United States needs more farmers. He cites inflation in the cost of living and warns too many people pursue urban distribution roles while too few produce food. He urges rural work and farming as the solution.
The New York Tribune explains how dust particles act as nuclei for moisture to form raindrops snow crystals and hail. Without dust the atmosphere would rain ceaselessly without distinct drops and hailstones form from tiny dust specks rising to high clouds then falling as frozen rain.
The Zambezi plunges 400 feet at Victoria Falls as moonlight casts a shimmering spray. The vast torrent, forest backdrop, and distant rainbow create a legendary, awe inspiring scene described by Rand Mail.
Diary entry describes officers at Kimberley dining on horseflesh mistaken for beef. Peakman admits a deliberate ruse to test appetites, revealing the joke after all had eaten. End of dinner finds them surprised by the swap as the exchange unfolds.
A 1910 forecast panel projects South Pole reach within a year and rapid air travel within five years. Willis Moore envisions aeroplanes with aluminum cabins and 200 mph speed. Other contributors tout progress in aeronautics, women’s rights, and global commerce amid a rising era of innovation.
The petition of Jon BR Walsh for a writ of certiorari was denied by the United States Supreme Court. This means he must serve at least five years in the Pt. Leavenworth prison.
Three big services were held yesterday at the Methodist church. Morning service featured Dr Buckner and song directed by Prof Babbitt. Afternoon sermon for men by Dr Buckner titled The Clean Life. Evening crowd heard a strong sermon from Psalm 51 10 Create in me a clean heart O God. Prof Babbitt and Miss Gladys Warner sang a duet. A fuller report will be given tomorrow.
Bold advertisement promises to cure a cold in one day using laxative bromides and quinine tablets. Drugstores refund money if it fails. Signature of KE W Grove appears on each box, priced at 25 cents.
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