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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1907
Page
5
A farmer's wife hosts threshers with a minimal meal of a sandwich a croquette a cheese ball and bouquets for each plate. A Chicago visitor rests as the crowd eats then a parish priest confronts a girl breaking the fourth commandment with a witty reply calling her good morning daughter.
In Ida Grove on July 12 a infant pulled the core from a daisy fly killer and sucked its liquid. A doctor arrived promptly and gave a strong emetic to save the child’s life.
Moulton records a fatal kitchen accident as Mrs. W. Shults poured oil on a stove and touched a match to ignite a fire causing an explosion that killed her.
Miss Kate Burris departs this morning for Chicago to spend a two week vacation at her brother Joseph Burris’s home. Plumbers Tom Arthur and Will Matucha, from Washington, are installing a hot and cold water system in the KR. S. Mitchell house. Mt. Pleasant Free Press July 10.
The Iowa Central Railway offers a popular excursion to Minneapolis St Paul on Saturday July 20. Trains depart Brighton at 9 19 p m and reach Minneapolis 8 52 a m with St Paul arrival at 10 00 a m Sunday. Return tickets valid on any train to July 23. Round trip fare is four dollars. See flyers or call agents for details.
The 1907 Elks reunion in Philadelphia will feature a massive parade with 30 000 uniformed members and lodge floats from across the United States Hawaiian Islands and Cuba. New London Conn lodge No 360 plans 150 people and a whaler themed float. A visit to Valley Forge with Knox as speaker, a giant 30 foot clock at City Hall, and a postal card craze showcase Elks entertainment.
Admirers meet at the Fifth Avenue hotel to organize the Lincoln fellowship a national in scope association to perpetuate Lincoln memory and his principles. Fifty letters from prominent men include Horace White and C W McLellan with varied roles and plans for the group several officers were elected to lead the organization and its birthday and death anniversary observances are set for Lincoln's birthday April 12 and February 12 1909 centennial plans are proposed.
A Des Moines dispatch reports Colonel Henry Birchby of Los Angeles, claiming a million fortune, proposes to wed any one of Edna Smyres's twelve foster mothers who care for the three year old Edna Haven. He says he is touched by the sisters’ devotion to the girl.
Ira Gray of Monticello Indiana has devised a solder and flux that bonds two aluminum pieces as one. He demonstrated the invention before Indiana experts, claiming a strong, permanent joint and practical use for aluminum items.
Local residents undertake brief trips to Columbus Junction Ainsworth and Ottumwa. Betsy Ross is referenced in social queries. Several visits and departures include Miss Sue Campsey Miss Amy Richards Alma Johnson and Mr. Perry Davison with relatives in Pittsburg Havre Fairfield and Chicago. Mrs. R. P. Lewis returns from Ottumwa.
A person named Wilson Dougherty was a passenger this morning in Columbus Junction. Further details about the incident were not provided in the readable text.
A brief record notes the interests pertaining to the Standard Land Company. The information outlines ownership stake, pending transactions, and related corporate actions affecting the property and governance. Further details remain limited in the readable OCR fragment.
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