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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1910
Page
2
Amusements notice’annonce moving pictures music and illustrated songs at the Air Dome each night this week. The venue offers cool comfort on hot summer evenings with pure fresh air. Admission is five or ten cents with ladies free tonight with a paying companion or two ladies on one ticket.
Eureka Sunday school plans an ice cream social at the church on Wednesday evening the 13th. Proceeds benefit the church and everyone is invited to attend.
In Keokuk Iowa a young Italian man named Goldman was struck with a billiard cue by Doland Pollard in a poolroom owned by Police Commissioner Gray. Goldman suffered a crushed skull and is in critical condition, doctors warn of possible death or insanity without surgery. Both men were intoxicated at the time of the incident.
Local notes from Wellman July 9 record visits and visits by residents to Iowa City Kalona Keota and Des Moines. Socials include house parties Farm visits and a Eureka Sunday school ice cream social set for the 13th with corrections on the date.
Oxsear Anderson and Robert Buntenhbach went to Rock Island last Saturday and returned Monday for Washington celebrations. Rob and Billie Buntenbach raced home the Fourth night. Rob lost his hat, recovered broken the next morning by John McKune. Lester Beenblossom drives a new auto buggy from Bell factory as farmers in the area cut oats or have them cut.
A reflective poem celebrates enduring spirit despite aging. It envisions older years yet insists the heart remains youthful and hopeful, urging resilience as lines of time etch the face. Copyright 1910 by George Matthews Adame.
A fragmentary report notes tensions rising around Junkin as a near collapse threatens a scaffold, with July 207th cited for tangling hazards and high costs likely hindering low price film displays.
Local mentions of residents visiting in Washington Centerville and Des Moines mingle with a detailed Centerville prediction of John Junkin’s nervous collapse as his July 20 hanging nears. Sheriff Clark plans scaffold setup at Ft Madison with guards preventing any self harm.
George Munroe of Omaha visiting his brother D R Munroe Willie Hay preached at the Baptist church Sunday evening Jacob Limerman building an addition to his house M Hollinger to have a fine home when finished They have it up now Miss Oro Topkingon deaconess was a passenger for Burlington Saturday No rain here Saturday not even a sprinkle
Des Moines report quotes Everett Hayes manager of the Unique theatre arguing that few Iowa houses could afford to lease the Juan Friez Johnson fight films. He notes costs would be prohibitive even if legal, with a weekly fee running into thousands and many theatres unlikely to host such provocative shows amid strict morals codes.
Governor Carroll appointed delegates from Des Moines Decorah Forest City Sioux City Mason City and others to attend a conservation congress to be held in Paris and addressed by Taft perhaps. Included are A J Jonson George Perk ins Ruthven James Powell Willa Parrott S R Miles M F Healy Benedict Walter Dewey and more.
Des Moines coroner Tver G Newlen cites ninety baby deaths in the past year from infants sleeping with parents. He urges a law making it a crime for parents to share a bed with children under two to reduce infant mortality.
Quote reflects a child's playful question about body hair and aging, capturing a domestic moment. The exchange hints at humor and family dynamics within a household remark. The line presents no external events or named entities beyond a parent and child.
A reflective note argues that a girl who believes she is the only one caring for a man shows little regard for him, while discovering another girl values him prompts her to revalue him and feel the world toward him.
The Iowa Society of the Christian Endeavor in convention at Vinton elected officers including President Rev. H. J. Vantorn of Des Moines, Vice President William Hardcastle of Iowa, Secretary Miss Zevilda Black of Tinton, Treasurer O. W. Walker of Grinnell, and Junior Superintendent Miss Jene Thomas of Iowa Falls.
John Cates, a noted local Black man, was arrested yesterday by Deputy Sheriff John Reid for misbehavior. He pleaded to see a friend at the Holst hotel before jail and escaped from the basement via a manhole. An auto chase ensued before recapture.
Philadelphia July 11 Sophie Beck one of the principals in the Storey cotton swindle was found guilty of using the mails to defraud and sentenced to pay $200 fine and $200 costs. After exposure five years ago she fled to Europe returning last year and being arrested. All principals except Stanley Moranes.
Francis recently finished a prison sentence. Frank Marrin, president, serves a fifteen year term in Sing Sing for charges in New York. Watt Storey, another promoter, died in a French insane asylum.
R F Jeffrins, a discharged mechanic at Hanson and Tyler auto garage, is jailed on $1000 bond for malicious mischief. He allegedly poured sulphuric acid into engines and copper plating of three large company autos to take vengeance on former employers. A dramatic chase through the country led to his capture.
The Iowa State Manufacturers association plans a Des Moines traffic bureau to audit freight bills and handle overcharge complaints against railroads. President FH Pease of Council Bluffs and Secretary Wrightman discussed the plan, aiming to hire a manager and cut Iowa freight rates.
A lady snapshotter scaled a 269 foot high staging on Berlin's town hall to gain a bird's eye view of the city. Report notes she did not exhibit giddiness during the ascent or vantage.
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