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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1913
Page
5
Names travel to Iowa City Columbus Junction Muscatine and Winfield for visits work and service. Concert by Schmidt Concert Co at New Armory and First U P Church music night. Big Clean Sweep Sale advertised with local business and social notices.
At a council meeting yesterday engineers presented grades for the proposed West Madison street paving project. Plans and specifications are expected ready by the February meeting. Bids and construction should start early spring, paving a three quarters mile route from West Washington and South Avenue D to the city limits. The project aims to connect existing streets, form part of the Great White Way, and improve access toward the chautauqua grounds.
The Journal notes that the First Church ladies organize an entertainment event. Details are sparse but the feature highlights community activity and local social involvement.
Wild animal film billed as a two part Jungle Life feature from The House of Selig over a worldwide renowned production. It is described as the greatest wild animal film ever made and titled Kings of the Forest. Screened Wednesday evening January 29th at the Star.
Vernon O. Lyttle mail carrier on rural route No 5 becomes first to deliver a live baby by parcel post. The 15 cent postage insured for 50 dollars, baby weighing ten and three quarters pounds, fifty pounds limit, seventy two inch length, child of Jesse Beagle of Glen Este, delivered to grandmother Mrs Louis Reagle near the residence.
This afternoon at two at 421 West Madison street Mrs. G C Kisor hosted the marriage of her sister Miss Vaughn Vanerus to Mr. B F Weidner. Rev D I Coon of the First Baptist church officiated in a small family ceremony. Both are from Brighton and plan to reside there after a short wedding journey. Weidner works as a blacksmith.
A collection of potato dishes includes a quick potato salad with sour cream and mustard, a West Indian Sweet Potato Pudding, Savory Potatoes with bacon and milk, Potato With Nuts baked in, and Potato Doughnuts flavored with mace and nutmeg.
The excerpt urges simplifying life by stripping away trivial tasks and focusing on the essential. It compares the mind to a mathematician who reduces problems to their simplest terms to reveal the real question and the real needs.
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