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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1910
Page
6
Alvin Shaw returns to school after a two week illness. The Magnets and Aurora clubs elected officers. Cloyce Kerr hosted a student gathering with a sleigh trip and music. Chapels speaker Rev. J. C. Abels spoke on comets and Christ as the sun’s center. Upcoming programs include Magnet and Aurora acts and scenes from Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabage Patch.
Mrs W G Gibson of Lexington Kentucky reports her three year old daughter recovered from a severe cold and bronchitis in five days after using Chamberlains Cough Remedy. She credits the medicine as the surest safest quickest cure for colds for children and adults. For sale by D J Ross and Lemmons pharmacy.
257 acres half mile from Pawnee City Nebrak good house barn and outbuildings vineyard fruit trees orchard town with churches and a United Presbyterian Academy. 160 acres good black loam 110 acres excellent creek bottom. Financing available $15000 for twelve years at 5 percent. Write for terms.
A collection of brief moral vignettes contrasts a boy choosing a 10 cent piece for the plate over a quarter for cheer and a housekeeper training a new maid. In a soup table moment the maid asks a guest about more soup, only to be told none remains.
A mother doubts a suitor named Jack will reform quickly, noting skepticism about immediate changes. Her daughter asserts a bargain hinging on acceptance.
A little girl asks if her deceased brother would have stayed on earth to play with her. Her mother probes the child’s belief and the girl replies she will ask him when she goes to heaven. If he isn’t there, she tells her mother to ask him herself.
A dialogue shows Clara denying a kiss with Mr Hold as a remembered encounter. The father questions the gesture and suggests it resembles a keepsake memento rather than affection.
Mrs Offer confronts a remark about a policeman seen in the kitchen with her companion last evening. The man deflects, insisting there is no jealousy involved as the exchange reveals tension and possible misinterpretation.
Dr. John Haseman of the Carnegie Institute reports discovering a fish with rudimentary legs at the Rio Negro and Amazon river junction near Manos Brazil, seen as a missing link between salamanders and fish during a South American expedition.
Lexington Kentucky January 29 The court of appeals in Frankfort Kentucky ruled Beach H Hargis must serve life imprisonment for the murder of his father James Hargis the feudist. Hargis had sought a rehearing of his appeal.
In Washington on January 29 a Balinger drafted conservation bill sparks a clash in the Senate Public Lands Committee. A proposed clause would let the interior secretary make temporary land withdrawals and report to Congress, potentially leaving lands under secret perpetual entry. The measure raises fears of partisan control and secrecy.
Chicago wheat and corn prices by sample with No. 2 red at 1.27 to 1.29 dollars and No. 2 yellow corn around 65 to 66 cents. Livestock: Chicago hogs steady to mixed in a wide range from 7.25 to 8.95 dollars, cattle and sheep bids shown, Omaha and East Buffalo markets listed with receipts and price bands.
Washington January 29 The agricultural appropriation bill was taken up after pension bills. Rep Scott Kansas chairman notes a key change boosting forest service funding by 495 500 to cover 26 500 000 added acres to the national forest reserve since the last bill. Passage expected next week.
Four men died when a caboose carrying workers careened down a sixty foot embankment on the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio line near St Paul West Virginia on January 29. The accident occurred as the train traversed a stretch near Bluefields.
Auction at residence nine and a half miles northeast of Washington on Tuesday February 1 1910 at 10 a m. Includes seven horses two cows one spring calf ten tons hay five hundred bushels corn farming implements and more. Terms cash under ten dollars and credit with note for ten months at eight percent interest. cash discount five percent. Chapek Welte lunch W P Prebyl Charles Brown auctioneer Geo Eglin clerk. 12-21-29
Doctor Buckner and Professor Rabbitt draw crowds with sermons on choosing faith, using the sower parable and Genesis 13 on personal choice. Buckner praised as a strong Bible talker and thoughtful speaker. Rabbitt praised for singing and leadership, with a positive, humorous presence.
A program featuring eighty natural colored views and songs by Caruso Patti Melba and other artists on Monday night February 7 with admission including a one year subscription to Home Life magazine. Be sure to attend this entertainment.
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