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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1910
Page
5
Sawyer was elected head of the State Constitutional Amendment Association in a meeting held yesterday. The group announced readiness and coordination for advocacy efforts across counties. President Tart directed secretaries to notify officials to prepare for planned activities.
President Taft begins his vacation at Beverly Massachusetts by avoiding official mail and enjoying golf at Myopia and a sail on the Sylph with Mrs Taft. Secretary Mac Veagh heads toward New Hampshire while postal savings trustees delay visits.
The Rev. H. H. Sawyer of Sioux City, former Woodbury County Anti Saloon league leader, becomes state superintendent of the Iowa Constitutional Amendment association in Des Moines. He succeeds Rev. J. W. Day who resigned. Prof. C. H. Gordon remains as president. A $50,000 fundraising drive will begin to support the association statewide.
C P Savery, aged 79, once a Des Moines hotel founder, arrived seeking his old home before death. Unable to pay for lodging, he received beds and care at the police station after Night Captain Miller intervened. He recounted building the Savery house and Kirkwood, then the new Savery at Locust and Fourth.
In a terse appeal a city resident states that all his men have left town and he expects to find light work to sustain him until death. He relies on old family friends in the city to secure employment.
In this Delineator excerpt households learn affordable substitutes for beefsteak using Hamburg steak shaped into chops or patties. Garnish with parsley and lemon, decorate with mashed potato borders, stewed tomatoes, or stuffed peppers. Children can form tissue paper frills on toothpicks for decorative chops on a parsley bed.
A vintage guide advises dropping tight collars and choosing collarless dresses to relax the throat muscles. It warns against late meals and offers a five minute daily facial exercise, including ten sharp chops to the chin, as a quick method to melt away the extra chin. It also includes tips on arranging cut flowers for vase life and notes on watering and stem trimming.
Stranger asks a boy if any fish are in the stream and whether they will bite. The boy replies he is unsure and that none of the fish have bitten him.
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