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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1907
Page
5
For sale Jenewal range and bar gain if taken this week. H. Logan phone 39 96-3t. For sale 30 bit of 1st class clover D. Rittenhouse & Son. Feed 2w.
Mr. Hays is hauling oats to Washington. Mr. Green delivered hogs to Washington Wednesday. Warren Vanwinkie is hauling corn to Baxter.
Westchester dated January 31 reports Mrs. Rev. W. H. Dillon of Williamsburg is visiting friends in town.
A quiet wedding took place yesterday at 3 30 in Wellman with Mr. T Powers of Wellman and Miss Small of Kalona married by Rev J A Boatman at the parsonage. The couple traveled to Kalona last night, spent the night there, and returned to Wellman this morning to begin married life.
Jan 31 reports Mrs S J Cocklin and Mrs Ed McFarland of Washington visiting T W Rickey and I M McClure in Mediapolis yesterday. Miss Nellie Hull visited Washington between trains. G W Nickolaus conducted business in Mt Pleasant yesterday.
Jan 31 funeral for John Kracaw at 2 pm at the Methodist church with interment in Keota cemetery. Eugene Smith arrived from Winfield after the death of Mrs. Margaret Robb. Relatives learn of Mrs. Charles Bamford's death. she had stayed here last summer seeking health. Marie Thompson visits Sigourney with sister Mrs. Young. Christian church meetings concluded with a successful series and a reception for new members Friday. Vienna offers fresh cream caramels and butter scotch.
The inter denom inational Sunday school institute began at the Methodist church at 10 30 this morning with talks by B F Mitchell state secretary from Des Moines and Mrs Mary Foster Bryner of Peoria on approved methods and principles of teaching. Mitchell urged timely superintendent prep and home visitation while Bryner stressed knowing lessons and scholars and using attention grabbing methods. The program continues with discussions this afternoon and tonight.
A reception followed prayers in the Sabbath school room to welcome twenty two new church members. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Logan and Mrs. Agnes Stewart plan to move to Canon City Colorado next Tuesday. Rev W Fisher spoke for the congregation noting regret at their departure and presented a traveling satchel with accessories. Logan thanked the church for the gift. Out of town guest Rev A L Davidson of Lenox attended.
Felix Pauls hosted about twenty eight children at East Washington Street to bid farewell to Stanley Allen who soon moves to Oakland California. Stanley received twenty eight gifts from attendees as tokens of friendship. The afternoon event ran from 4 to 5 30 p m and was noted as a most enjoyable gathering. The Five honored club entertained at Mrs. Harry Montgomery's home with four players and a luncheon after a two hour five hundred game. Mrs E W Fernow won first prize a painted band plate with a 2820 score. Attendees included Mrs S L Dewey Mrs Ella Miller Mrs Owen Wilson of Des Moines and Miss Maud Morton. Also noted high water at New Orleans with levee protection ongoing and no city risk.
Representative John Sharp Williams introduces a bill in the house to investigate the so called paper trust. William Whitely, the London universal provider, assassinated recently, left by will five million dollars for alms and homes for the aged and deserving poor. Sioux Falls thermometer reads 21 degrees below zero. The latest assassination by Russian Reds is that of M Guidenia, governor of the political prison near St. Petersburg. the assassin escaped.
Professor DD May of the Kentucky Experiment Station estimates that the manure from fattening cattle offsets labor costs. He calculates a ton of clover hay at current prices yields more than $7 in fertilizer value from nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash. Grains fed also fertilize land, peaking with nitrogen rich feeds, and over 90 percent of fertilizer ingredients in feed end up in manure.
Noted English artists began as inn sign painters. Names include Morland David Cox Herring Sir William Beechey Millais painted a George and Dragon at the George inn Hayes common. Wargrave on Thames features a double sided George and Dragon by two R A s. Gor ing on Thames holds a Marcus Stone sign. Signs by Walter Crane Caton Woodville appear at Grayshott and Fittleworth. Hogarth painted signs for friendly publicans.
Miss Myrtle LeCompte of Ottumwa marries Frederick D. Cloud, vice consular general of the United States at Shanghai, after a five year romance that began at Drake University. The couple plan a 10,000 mile honeymoon route via Kansas City, Honolulu, Manila, Japan, and China where Cloud will resume duties at the American legation.
The text notes Miss LeCompte, a prominent Ottumwa figure, married on a Tuesday after an early visit to Ottumwa. She is a Ottumwa High School graduate and former music teacher in Boone schools. She taught music in two Washington Normal Institutes.
Iowa City residents report Arthur D. Ficke of Davenport consents to portray John Webster, the Harvard professor executed for a brutal creditor killing. The mock trial by Iowa state university junior law students aims to test circumstantial evidence and trial rules, set for early February. Also noted are local social items including candy sales and church bake sale plans.
An English resident in Persia debates native honesty with a neighbor. Napier Malcolm notes climate shapes truth telling and cites ancient Greeks. The Persian retorts that climate changes over two millennia, refuting universal morals.
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