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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1911
Page
4
Local items showcase Miss Pansy Minick starting as stenographer at Southwell and McCulley. Shoppers flock to The Fair, Vienna bakery, and Royal for meats, cakes, pies, and party goods. Several residents visit relatives, travel to Cincinnati, Burlingon, Iowa City, and St Paul for business or leisure as small-town commerce and social ties are reported.
A father recounts a humorous story about frogs and a spoof on Mark Twain as children Evelyn and Jack argue playfully. The dialogue shifts from frogs in the yard to jokes about jumping frogs and a Civil War anecdote, ending with light, mischievous banter between father and daughter.
Mrs Frank Crane of Chehalis is visiting at the James Clark and Mary Grecian homes. The Fair line of croquet sets sells for 275 dollars. Mr and Mrs Robi Cook expect to return from California next week to live in the city. Miss Blanche Mann of Moberly Mo visits A M Turner and family for several weeks. Beeker, a Kenosha Wis examiner, checks naturalization records and notes irregularities in cities and industries.
A shed measuring about 10 by 12 feet burned rapidly after curtains aided the spread. Firefighters arrived quickly but could not save the structure, which had no insurance and was empty at the time. Three wheelbarrows were also lost, though insured.
Des Moines reports State Treasurer Morrow received 50000 from the U S treasury as Ames college annual share of the Morrell endowment named for Senator Morrell of Vermont who helped create the fund. In Boone a four year old boy loses a toe and thumb after a grain binder run over him while his father called to supper.
Spirit Lake Iowa July 14 The Knights Templar of Iowa meet in annual conclave electing Grand Commander A B Lyveux Cherokee Department Grand Commander Ellison Anaina Grand Generalissimo W P Zeer Stuart Grand Senior Warden W L O Connor Council Bluffs Grand Junior Warden Glenn Port Vinton Grand Recorder D M Brownlee Sioux City Grand Treasurer T Hi Whitney Ilantie
Idle School 8 30 Young People 6 30 morning service 11 preaching by the pastor D 1 evening service in park 7 30 Midweek service Wednesday 8 o'clock All cordially invited to worship with Somey church.
A Manila New York carpenter E. B. Lopez writes of Bucklen’s Ar Salve carried in his pocket healing every cut wound bruise or burn quickly. The ad touts the salve as a greatest healer for burns boils scalds chapped hands sores eczema corns and piles and directs readers to Lemmon’s Pharmacy.
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