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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1911
Page
5
Local notices mention The Cow Puncher play at the Graham Theatre Thursday night with an unusually capable company and elaborate scenic equipment. Several citizens, including Mrs. C. H. Davis and Mrs. Nine Webb, visit relatives and attend events around the city.
In a Warwick tale a brave knight Sir Guy retrieves a giant’s cow to end famine. After saving the town the cow is neglected and turns wild, tossing villagers with her horns. Guy returns, mortally wounds the beast with a lance, and peace returns as milk again feeds Warwick.
The American ran a splendid bill featuring The Vampire Who Is Nellie and Young Deer's Return Western. Mrs Susan Gardner and Mrs Walter Gardner visited in the city at the William C Ferguson home then returned home near Havre. Mr and Mrs William Horton of Jacksonville Florida left the city after a brief visit with friends and relatives nearby Keota.
Hal Reid's latest play The Cow Puncher has scored an immense hit with lavish scenic production and a strong vaudeville import. The show, praised for its departure from stereotype drama, plays opposite the new Post Office with Jean Huysmans Tailor nearby.
A contemporary critic hails The Vampire as a powerful display of acting and moviemaking brilliance, calling it a masterful piece in picture art and unsurpassed by any comparison.
Wilson Dougherty, ill with grippe and complications, is reported slightly improved today but remains in critical condition. Mrs. Dougherty, also suffering from pneumonia, is in a precarious state.
Anderson and Wilson have completed their natural ice house filling about two thirds. They receive regular artificial ice shipments for homes and businesses. Natural ice stored from the creek will supply meat shops and ice cream factories. artificial ice is available now with another car load due this week.
About twenty young people plus family guests enjoyed a surprise party on the Wilson homestead south of the city honoring Charles Wilson on his twenty third birthday. Games and social hour led to a luncheon before departure.
Announcement says Chap J P E 0 meets Mrs C W Stewart Thursday at 7 30 pm at Masonic Fraternity. Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M calls a special meeting Thursday Jan 19 1911 for master Mason degree. Mystic Workers hold regular meeting Friday with special business. all members urged to attend.
This season favors cough remedies and Meritol Cough Remedy is praised as harmless and non addictive. Lemmon's Pharmacy notes it as one of the best in treating colds hoarseness and related ailments.
Evangelistic meetings open Tuesday night at United Presbyterian Church West Chester with speakers H T Jackson W R Sawhill and J M Duncan of Keota. No service Saturday night. Rev A H Griffith, who held Crawfordsville meetings, will join January 22 for a two week run.
Local hunters report a large rabbit drive with Ed Wells Sidney Smith Martin White Wilber Wolary and Verne Kerr killing one hundred three rabbits but leaving three in the field. Sidney Smith led with twenty eight followed by Matt White with twenty one as remorseful tones describe rabbit families nearby.
The piece presents a moral joke about a wise king advising a slug gardener to visit the ant. It highlights a culprit role for a stubborn sluggard and urges action to avoid busy trouble. The text uses dialect styling and a didactic tone typical of instructional Sunday school material.
Solder will not adhere to any metal until it is as hot as the melted solder. To solder onto thick heavy objects either heat the article or use copper heavy enough to carry and retain heat.
Des Moines January 18 Porter leads with 53 votes followed by Young 32 Kenyon 22 Funk 21 Feeley 7 Eversity Franke 2 Garst 6 in the joint legislative ballot for senator as reported to the Evening Journal.
Advice on watering and care for winter houseplants. Notes on keeping soils rich and rooms cool or warm as needed. Highlights ferns primroses umbrella plant cyclamen geranium petunia heliotropes palms begonias and cautions about red spider and coal gas.
A brief recipe describes bronzing pewter items with two baths. Clean the surface, wash in a solution of twenty parts water, one part green vitriol, and one part blue vitriol, then rinse in a bath of eleven parts water, four parts vinegar and verdigris. Dry and polish with crocus.
D F Macon auctioneer offers at my residence 3 miles southwest of Ainsworth Iowa a public sale of horses cattle pigs farm implements and supplies on Wednesday January 25 1911 starting at 10 am. Seventeen named horses and cattle plus mules and hay feed and equipment including a 6 horse gasoline engine several plows wagons and manure spreader. Terms: 12 months on sums over 10 with note. cash for 10.60 and under. 6 percent discount for cash. Moore Gray lunch.
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