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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1903
Page
5
Special weather forecast notes partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with likely local thunderstorms and continued warm conditions across Iowa today and tomorrow.
Ads and society items report Allen's ice cream 25¢ quart and stores promoting vanilla flavors while many residents travel for Chautauqua events. Local figures Miss Patton, Judge Dewey, and Mrs. Lull appear among visitors and departures as neighbors share updates on travel, illness, and relatives in Sterling Kansas Indianapolis?
Des Moines reports from a road representative state the Milwaukee cut off line will begin service by August with electrical lighted vestibule cars and speedy locomotives. Superintendent Frank Horton pledged the finest passenger service with all modern conveniences to ensure the fastest possible travel.
Early today at about 5 o clock the large tent on the Chautauqua grounds was blown down. The center pole snapped and the tent had no side curtains allowing wind to sweep under the canvas. No injuries or other damage occurred. Workmen raised the tent by nine o clock.
Tonight closes the Chautauqua with music by the Wesleyans, recitations by Miss Smith, impressions by Montaville Flowers, and a moving picture show by W. F. Brinton. An entertainment for all ages, tickets available, promising value and a good time while supporting a worthy cause.
The advertisement promotes King's New Life Pills as a quick fix for weakness, listlessness, and drained energy turning into mental power and vitality. Sold per box at Stewart's Pharmacy.
Mr Frank Sage and Mrs Sage hosted about thirty friends at their Third avenue home to honor the Wes leyan Quartet and Miss Elma Smith at the Chautauqua. Miss Smith won for guessing the most phrases and received a portrait booklet. Mr F C Palmer got the booby prize. The event featured quartette numbers, a reading by Miss Smith, lantern light, and a luncheon.
Parties may join trips to Canada on July 7 and July 21 and return for 27 dollars. For details contact Cash Caldwell Company, Iowa City, Iowa. 8-24.
A compact slice of period humor notes married life and public views on women modesty. It mentions widowhood preconceptions and a joke about a husband’s house role likened to a jet’s business. Harper’s Weekly item records John Kendick Bangs discussing a Sheridan based musical comedy and a Winchester battle analogy.
A quarrel over grammar in a theater outing ends with the couple parting amid heated debate about the title If I Were a King versus If I Was King. The dispute escalates as two Jess tickets are revealed for Sothern's appearance.
Reporters swarmed to a fifties fire scene as a green officer tried to herd onlookers away. When pressed for details, the wary cop groaned and told them to wait for tomorrow’s papers.
A note describes two tensorial artists and a baker named Pie Johnson ready to assist. It highlights Globe as a place to receive good attention and mentions Matt White as proprietor at East Side Square. Johnson will greet customers tomorrow with baked goods and supplies.
A man impersonates John Vaughan at his office claiming the desk and identity. The intrusion leads to a tense standoff, a failed escape, and a later police recovery of most of the fifteen hundred dollars from the open safe. The impostor, a renowned confidence man, explains his plan after being caught.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a wheat event near Bly with open and close times and numbers. The readable bits indicate a meeting or contest near Bly with unclear details and several numeric fragments.
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