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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1910
Page
2
Wellman Community Notices and Memorials Report
John Carter spent Tuesday in Iowa City. Uncle Jerry Bartholomew died at 88 in Wellman. Funeral at M. E. church. Interment at Richmond cemetery. Florence Kirkendall attended Miss Gertrude Branson’s wedding in Iowa City. Various residents visited and traveled to Iowa City, Kalona, and Cedar Rapids. Weather, livestock, and church events noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
John Carter
Iowa City
Jerry Bartholomew
M. E. Church
Richmond Cemetery
Florence Kirkendall
Gertrude Branson
Donald Topping
Vera
Merle Huffman
Colorado Springs
West
Eardley Bell
Cedar Rapids
Ira Bartholomew
Geneva Person
Kalona
Ralph Hicks
Quasqueton
Hicks
Western Lumber Company
Charles Althaus
Community notes share visits and events
Town residents recount visits including Rev Vankirk of Kinross and Mrs J A Dodds hosting friends. Dr Braden starts work on a new house. About seventy ladies and children attend the W F M 8 meeting at Bunker Hill with a fine program. Willard Palmer returns from a road week as mail clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev Vankirk
Kinross
J. A. Dodds
Braden
E. L. Palmer
Bunker Hill
Willard Palmer
Ainsworth Births and Visits Highlight Rural Note
Ainsworth notes a newborn peer one Penne born to Mr. and Mrs. J. McGraw. Mrs. W. T. Trotter Jr. visited Washington to see her mother Mrs. George S. Norton. Mrs. A. J. Laird and her young daughter are also mentioned in local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
One Penne
J. McGraw
W. T. Trotter, Jr
Washington
George 8. Norton
A. J. Laird
Fourth of July verse mixed with prizefight chatter
A 1910 poem parodies Uncle Walt Whitman style as it mashes patriotism with boxing banter about Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson. The speaker alternates between praising freedom and asking who won the bout, closing with a copyright notice for George Matthews Adams.
McCluskey Zimmerman wedding noted in Lone Tree
Riverside reports the McCluskey Zimmerman wedding held at Lone Tree on Wednesday. Local residents including Mrs. Guy Fesler and Mrs. Boucher are mentioned with visits and illness. Arthur Johns visited T. L. Hawthorn’s home and then Lone Tree. Harl McCluskey and Bertha Zimmerman wed at the bride’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Morrison
Davenport
Miss Debrie
Harl McCluskey
Bertha Zimmerman
Lone Tree
Birth of Daughter to Mr and Mrs Bert Orris
Crawfordsville July 2 A daughter was born yesterday to Mr and Mrs Bert Orris. The article lists several locals as travelers to Washington this morning including Mr Nicholson and son T W Rikey Robert Gormly Mr Jeffrey J H Huston Miss Roxie Bailey T H Barnes J H Reid Farrel Huston and Elias Williams. Samuel Harper of Victoria is visiting his brothers J W and Chris Harper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Bert Orris
Nicholson
T. W. Rickey
Robert Gormly
Mr. Jeffrey
J. H. Huston
Roxie Bailey
T. H. Barnes
J. H. Reid
Farrel Huston
Elias Williams
Washington
Samuel Harper
Victoria
J. W
Chris Harper
Sleepy Sentry Saves Life of Crimean Hero
Sir Roger Palmer a Crimean veteran lieutenant aged twenty two died recently. At Balaklava the night before the charge of the six hundred he found a sentry asleep and paid mercy rather than court martial. The next day Palmer led troops into the valley of death when a Russian cavalryman raised his sword. A Hussar trooper rode up and struck the attacker saving Palmer and proving the sentry’s gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Roger Palmer
Roger
Balaklava
Eleventh Hussars
Palmer
Hussars
Congress Dons Garb for Heat
Congress adopts light clothing as hot weather grips Washington. Heflin wears a cream suit, Gussie Gardner sports a yachting costume, and General Keifer returns in a swallowtail with tennis shirt. White duck trousers and crash suits dominate while waistcoats dwindle. Uncle Joe Cannon appears in pearl gray homespun and Champ Clark dons a gray alpaca coat without a vest, pairing with a white lawn tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heflin
Gussie Gardner
General Keifer
Congress
House
Philippines
Philippine National Assembly
Joe Cannon
Champ Clark
J. Thomas Heflin
Beau Brumwine
Democracy
Luna
Longworth
Massachusetts
Gussie
Borland
Panama
Sulzer
Pat
New York
Bill
Keifer
Capitol
Navajo club to meet Tuesday and July 6 reception noted
Mrs. E S Frey will entertain the Navajo club on Tuesday and Mrs G B Norton with Mrs Willis Trotter plan a Wednesday July 6 reception at Mrs Norton's North Washington home in honor of Mrs W F Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dr. Goforth
North Side Square
E. S. Frey
G. 8. Norton
Willis Trotter
Norton
North
W. F. Wilson
Babies Spark Wellesley Undergrad Furor Over Commencement
Two Wellesley College undergrads spark a protest over babies at commencement observances. They suggest relocating mothers and offspring to a designated day area or house to supervise children, allowing undergraduates to enjoy the event without distraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley
Ruth
Presbyterian picnic to be held at Mrs O Loughlin home
The Ladies Benevolent Society of the Presbyterian church will hold a picnic dinner at Mrs Newt O Loughlin's home next Thursday. A conveyance will be at Lemmon's Pharmacy at 10 30 to take those who wish to go. Report to Mrs Remps Hampsher. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Pleasant Plains Auxiliary has postponed its meeting until July 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Benevolent Society of the Presbyterian Church
Newt O'Loughlin
Lemmon’s
O'Loughlin
Remps Hampsher
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
Pleasant Plains
Floating Sawmill Travels Missouri River
F Springfield of Lebeau Louisiana launches a stern wheel flatboat with a portable sawmill on the Missouri River. He aims to drift downstream selling cut lumber to towns along the river and hopes to reach Sioux City by fall, profiting from logs found or retrieved from sand bars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
F. Springfield
Lebeau
Sioux City
London Government Structure Explained
London’s city government comprises the lord mayor 25 aldermen and 206 common councilors forming the city corporation. The body manages municipal affairs and represents the metropolis in civic matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
City of London Corporation
Mayor of Posen Walks on Hands to Raise Cash
At a fashionable soiree in Posen Germany the mayor asked a wealthy guest for 1250 dollars for a public purchase. The man refused and the mayor dropped to all fours then walked on his hands across the room. The guest paid the demanded money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Posen
Germany
Immigration patterns diversify Argentina in a decade
A historical note observes Argentina shifting from a predominantly Italian and Spanish immigrant base to new communities. It cites Russian colonies near Bahia Blanca, 10,000 Poles in Misiones, 7,000 Finns arranging nearby, and growing groups from Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, and Asia Minor Turks settling in increasing streams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Argentine Republic
Bahia Blanca
Misones
Asia Minor
Pepsin Used in English Breadmaking Process
Pepsin in small quantities is used in a new breadmaking method in England. The additive makes the loaf more digestible without altering its appearance or flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Democrats Rally In Outdated County Ticket Harmony
Democrats present a united ticket in the county race with harmonious slate support across party lines, signaling coordinated leadership themes and local campaign unity.
Washington county Democrats hold harmonious convention
Delegates gathered at Smouse's hall electing temporary chair J B McCoy of Crawfordsville. Ed Deeds chairs permanent organization as county ticket filled with Kellogg for clerk Marbourg for recorder Harmeter for attorney Davidson for supervisor Wilson for surveyor and Belle Davis for superintendent. State convention dates and duties outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L. Huber
Saml. J. Kellogg
Alex Marbourg
Ed Harmeter
Davidson
Lawrence Wilson
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Leader
FE. L. Coffey
Max
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OW. G. Moore
William Darnell
Ella Weller
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Ira Wells
Bernice Shaver
Columbus Junction
Bernie
Erlis
B. F. Skola
Doris
Elsia
Clara Sommers
Muscatine Provision Company
Rev. Moore
Burlington
R. B. Manatt
Sammy
Levi Troyer
Zoe
Goshen
Ind
Levi
Marion Erb
S.J. Kempf
Isaac Helmuth
Margaret
J. N. Morrison
Morning Sun
Mary L. Breed
Allen Breed
Perry
John Coakley
Illinois
D. H. Payne
Bloomfield
Ington
Ed Mackey
Walt
Jim Jeffries
Jeff
Johnson
Cathay
George Mat
Thews Adams
Riverside
Mrs. Boucher
Mrs
Fred Mace
Serge
Gannon IN Gray Homespun
Ruth Knapp
South
Iowa Avenue
Florence Narvis
Muscatine
PL McCaulley
William Meyer
C. W. McLaughlin
West Main Street
W. J. Hamilton
Carrie Hamilton
Loveland
Colorado
Hugh McCleery
John McLaughlin
Maurine McLaughlin
Miss Hamilton
Lola Wells Hughes
Dorothy Miller
W. E. Anderson
Frank Batterton
W. K. Chilcote
George H. Paul
Ruth Wells
Lucile Miller
City
Seth Thomas
Ft. Dodge
Ben Mulford
Cincinnati
Ohio
OUT County Ticket
Democrats of Washington
Coun
Ning
Smouse
J. B. McCoy
Crawfords
Ed Deeds
J. C. Lemley
C. M. Keck
James Daniels
Ed. Deeds
Joe Witting
J. L. Mayer
DR. Thomas
Ofice
Temple
Mutual
Stein-Bloch
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