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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1910
Page
4
Local items describe visits and trips by residents and visitors to Davenport and nearby towns. Mentions include Rothschild's sales on wash suits and skirts, invitations for free aluminum thimbles, and various short business and family trips to Ottumwa, Keota, Des Moines, Sigourney, and Crest area towns. The Fair advertises fireworks and a Calorie cooker for hot weather.
Washington Dan Hamilton of Sigourney was in the city this morning en route to his home from Muscatine. The Rev. D. J. Masson returned home this morning from Columbus City where he preached yesterday.
S. E. Ball Park Windmouse and Howard Anderson visit Davenport for business. Dozens of locals travel to Cedar Rapids Crawfordsville Burlington Council Bluffs and Rock Island. Rothschilds offers towels hats belts parasols and dressy undergarments with frequent mentions of returns and hospitalities.
A bedtime animal tale follows Mr Badger as he visits the grumpy Mr Ugly Bear. The chase ends when keepers flood the bear’s tank to save the Badger who had slipped into danger, and the badger learns not to visit that cage again.
The column records visitors and travels across towns including Miss Theresa Quinn, Mrs. John Brown, George Munro and Ruth Knapp. It notes a Mt Pleasant baseball game, sermons by Rev C C McKinney, rainfall of .25 inches, and a school tax levy decision with J W Morton re elected secretary.
Saturday Marshal Shenkle seized 672 cream cone boxes at the river pier alleging they are unfit for human consumption. The federal action targets the disposable cones amid health and safety concerns.
Journalettes critique political agitators while noting drought relief and a strong corn crop in Iowa, Minnesota, and the Dakotas. They contrast Roosevelt, Beveridge, and Lodge campaigning with the current sun and rising wealth, urging present action over waiting for an ideal future.
The speaker laments perpetual struggle and pessimism hindering progress toward a better era. They note civilizations miss joyful advances and urge not to dwell on misery but to seek hope, even amid painful experience.
Miss Vera Rogers entertains the Rose club tomorrow afternoon in honor of her guest Miss Kathryn Kennelly. Robert Cherry hosted a dinner party Saturday for cousins Hazel Scranton and Norene Scranton of Oklahoma City and Helen McArthur of Aledo Illinois plus Jean nette, Marguerite Cherry, and Alice Meek of this city. The host marked his sixteenth birthday with about forty friends, and the Cherry home featured flags and sweet peas with refreshments served by Mr and Mrs Cherry and helpers Marguerite Cherry and Susie Clancy.
The luncheon featured ice cream as a key treat with small flags in each dish marking Robert's birth date. The presentation aimed to be delightful, palatable, and refreshing for attendees.
The Eagle announces a meeting at the ALO tonight with President Pred C Neave of Davenport expected to attend. The M B Ate will hold its regular meeting Tuesday evening. Mrs Ralph Keller invites Section 2 of the Ju Queen Esther Circle to meet tomorrow at 4 PM at 614 EB Main St.
In 1740 London with about 250000 inhabitants recorded 125 deaths from smallpox reflecting the plague’s impact on the city.
A fragment from Fiiegende Hlaetter notes a fashionable exchange about aging and gray hair. The dialogue includes a jab about an elder fiancé and a remark that gray is in style now.
A short note questions what makes a hero and riffs on a man with five dollars as a test of courage and generosity. It contrasts a hero’s claim to aid with the temptation to lend versus lend meager sums.
A humorous quip questions the wedding’s style while noting no police were required to hold back crowds. The remark contrasts fashion with public attention at a social event.
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