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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1909
Page
4
A short meditation on idiosyncratic thrift in daily life. The author laughs at minor savings habits from knot-tying parcel care to hoarding scraps of lace and half sheets of note paper. A clergyman’s aunt is cited for parsimony in wasting none of the medicine.
The article recounts Napoleons early ambition as a dramatic writer with Hector, his desk-bound manuscript, and how the Comedie Francaise finally accepted and staged it after his coronation. It notes the awards and the unique voyder knife used to clear fragments, as mentioned in Old English Plate.
A simple cranberry sauce method uses one quart of cranberries with half a pint of water. Cook until the berries break, then add a pound of sugar and simmer until dissolved. Remove from heat and let the mixture stand to finish cooking.
The note warns that some cannot take quinine as it affects the head. It suggests a dangerous method: fill a quinine capsule with cayenne pepper to intensify head effects, then take as usual.
Forty men from Alton Tr will display their feet at a December foot fair. The event awards a blue ribbon to the owner of the biggest foot and a display of the longest toe will be central to the judging.
W G Premeau, jailed for several days, waived the preliminary hearing before Justice R T MecCall this afternoon and will await grand jury action. The January grand jury was dismissed and will not meet again before March. Bond was fixed at $800.
Jurors for the January term, except those in the McClelland vs. C. R. I. & P. Ry. Co. case, were dismissed today. At press time the verdict in the McClelland suit had not yet been rendered. Wooley Bros. sold a Rambler touring car to H. A. Beenblossom and a Rambler roadster to Car Combs.
Local news brief highlights various happenings and daily events from communities in the county. Correspondents report on gatherings, travel, and civic notes shaping the day’s social landscape.
Jerome DeHarpport from Madison county Iowa visits his brother Frank DeHarpport. Luther Gormly returns from Burlington. G W Nicholaus Henry Mast and George Shaner travel to Kansas City on business. R S White and Warren Williams visit Washington. Lloyd DeHarpourt becomes the Jesse McCoy grocery clerk. Will Stull fills his role at Home Lumber Co.
Jan 19 notes show D. W. Griffith visiting Washington. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Trotter left for Fairfield Iowa to visit her mother Mrs. A J Mikesell. D R Beatty of Fairfield was a business visitor. W J Smylie joined Wm Kilgore in Burlington for a foot disease operation. J B Carden and wife returned to Osage after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs A R Clegg.
Chriss Wenger Sr is on the sick list. Revival meetings are in progress at the M BE church.
Albert Imhoff and family moved into the Jos Gerig property. Rev J H Taylor assisted by Rev Mr Collier led meetings last week. Mrs Moore is very low. Gerig and Sam Wenger bought new autos at Iowa City. Stanley Fishburn visited Wayland from Crawfordsville. John Kauffman moved to. Dan Wenger and family from Washington were visitors yesterday. Miss Margaret Musser visited relatives. Miss Mabel Wenger at Mt Pleasant spent weekend with her parents. D J Boller and Levi Miller returned from Texas. Henry and Sam Witting visited parents yesterday. Prof Jacob Roth returned to school after visiting family. Clyde Troutman to move into Kauffman’s vacated house. Dr E G Rittler and family back from Floyd and Mason City. Miss Barbara Rittler returned from Washington.
Mrs Bell of Ottumwa visits Mrs Beasore while Mrs J Shebek returns from Cedar Rapids Solon and Iowa City. Neighbors celebrate S W Hart’s birthday. Marvy Streb visits from Iowa City for the weekend. Mrs J Kelly and children return from Marengo after three weeks away. Editor Kueneman and son Willie attend Iowa City. E Robinson moves into the area.
Conlon house vacated by Yaro Blecho. Miss Mary Florang traveled with a morning passenger for Wellman after spending Sunday at home. Mary Scott property sold last Saturday by administrator E K An nas. purchaser Lou Rumelhart paid 1300 dollars. Florence Vreeswick visited Kalona over the weekend. Editor Kueneman bought the Motter brick on Main street and plans to move by March first with a cylinder press and gasoline engine. A J Thomann returned from Missouri for Jos Barnett & Co. Chas Westfall of Pottawattamie county visits his brother-in-law John R Nelderness. F F Havel called to Colorado Springs for his brother Yarrow, not expected to live. Mrs Nick of Marengo visits daughter Mrs H B Kelly. Mr and Mrs R V Manatt seek a residence in Burlington. Dr B Miller reports his brother B Miller improving after another operation. Mr Garver and son of Ottumwa visiting Mrs J W Snider. Garver is her brother. Mr and Mrs Banks Mouser returned home from three weeks in western Iowa.
Mrs C Strohm and Miss Alice Strohm visited Mrs John Libe. C L Beitel cut ice last week from Indian creek measuring eleven and a half inches. Will Holle family spent Sunday at Ed Libe's. Ladies' Aid met Mrs J F Kaiser with about thirteen ladies present. Homer Brown from Washington Ernest Badham Miles Foster and Laura Foster visited Sunday at Will Taylors.
January 18 entries describe W. H. Wertz and wife visiting at Dan Wertz’s home. Glyn Jones returned from Chicago with a stock shipment. Dan Gingerich visited Wellman. John Grecian made a Chicago business trip spending Wednesday there. Mrs. Jacob C. Brenneman returned from Centralia Missouri visiting friends.
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