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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1902
Page
4
Outline of Prayer Meeting to be held at city homes on July 17 with leaders announced for numerous houses. Also reports a big attendance expected for the circus parade and a fine performance as a Cottage Prayer Meetings committee coordinates sessions across multiple street locations.
The Wallace Show arrives with a grand parade and attracts a large crowd at night. The parade features superb horse displays, well cared for ponies, and a golden wagon hobo band, drawing children and spectators to the performance.
The 14 year old Carl Peterson was struck above the right eye by a sledge hammer while setting posts in Ainsworth. Marion Anderson was driving the posts when the hammer flew off, carving a four inch long forehead gash. Medical help arrived and he rested comfortably by last report.
Sheriff Teeter reports an unusually quiet day amid a large crowd. Deputy officers were stationed around the city, with Crawfordsville visitors including S. P. Gordon and B & W arrivals Ollie Gordon and Ida Paisley. William Davidson visited the county seat.
Fielding faced tight finances while the draft of Tom Jones circulated. Thomson spurned a £26 offer and introduced Fielding to Andrew Miller. Miller’s wife saw merit, the deal closed over dinner, awarding Fielding £200 for the story and setting Miller up to gain about £18,000 from the work with Fielding receiving later sums and a legacy.
The text explains that flowering plants seed as their last life stage while ferns reproduce via spores. Fern spores germinate into a green membrane where flowers would appear, then dry and disappear. In New Holland natives Platyceriina the blade remains and enlarges, producing a new blade each year, making a large plant with fronds unlike ordinary ferns.
Wants and lost notices show a house rental near the square seeking a competent housekeeper who can cook, listed with monthly pay. A man promotes wood and yearling cattle for sale and another advertises two-year-old steers available from Charley Gorham at a specific address.
The article traces a medieval custom of baptizing church bells dating to Charlemagne and first clearly noted during Pope XII’s era. It describes the rite where a bishop blesses, sprinkles with holy oil and water, marks the bell with a cross and seven chalky marks, recites psalms, and concludes with prayers and banquets akin to a wedding feast.
July 15 reports include Chas Brown returning home from Haskins to Leoods, A Broden back to Troy, Mrs. Rh P Sears visiting son F R Wallace in Marshalltown, Dlanche Fitzgerald’s Colorado Springs visit, TB A Barrett and Edna F Hough obtaining a license to wed, Nettie Anderson visiting relatives, and Grace Hartman and Mae Walker visiting friends in nearby towns.
The piece notes a dog may earn the greatest compliment by “whipping his Weight in wildcats,” reflecting immense strength and courage. It explains that wildcats avoid fights, yet when cornered or wounded the creature can be deadly, making the dog’s achievement all the more impressive and a sign of boldness beyond mere bravado.
An Indian tale explains Standing Rock's name by a buck who stayed with a beautiful squaw rather than continue the journey. Her tears and pleas failed, she turned to stone where she sat, becoming a standing reproach to faithlessness. The rock resembles a seated woman by a stretch of imagination.
A promotional notice claims Electric Bitters deters all ills from stomach and liver trouble to nerves and blood purification. Advertises as a tonic for run down systems curing kidney and liver issues sleep problems rheumatism neuralgia and malaria. Stewart's Pharmacy guarantees satisfaction at 50 cents.
Tickets for trips to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and Glenwood Junction Colorado and to Ogden and Salt Lake City Utah are offered at less than one fare round trip for specified June July August windows and Sept 1 10. Final return limit Oct 31 1902. Also rates for Grand Lodge Benevolent and Protective Order of Biks in Salt Lake City Aug 12 14 and Young People’s Christian Union Society in Tacoma July 23 27 1902 with Portland Tacoma Seattle as destinations.
Instructions describe cutting two pounds of beef fillet into half inch rounds seasoned with pepper and salt. Fry in butter seven minutes, glaze each piece, and serve atop mashed potatoes with alternating baked tomato slices and beef fat. Add maitre d hotel butter, center vegetables, and a dash of beef gravy. The text then mentions historical figures and odd personal habits.
Burlington Route advertises service to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and Pacific Coast claiming fastest Washington to Denver time of 22 hours 50 minutes outbound and 25 hours 40 minutes return. It touts a new standard gauge lower fares with the Soest train on the Q and urges travelers to join EG Fox Agent with contact options.
The Iowa Central Railway announces a new Sleeping car line from St. Paul and Minneapolis to Kansas City St. Louis and Peoria. The Peoria limited departs Brighton at 041 a.m. daily and arrives in Peoria at 11 20 a.m. See Brighton ticket agent.
The Iowa Central Railway introduces a new fast through train of sleeping cars and coaches to the Twin Cities, departing Brighton at 8 58 P M daily and arriving in Minneapolis at 6 00 A M with low rates. See ticket agent at Brighton for details.
A letter from an aspiring songwriter requests publication of two works titled The Rustic Mill and another same titled piece. The author claims both are unpublished, original, and seeks $0.00 for both plus a commission on future sales.
On April 28 1772 at Mile End the famous goat died. She had circumnavigated the world twice aboard the discovery ship Delphin under Captain Wallis and the Endeavour under Captain Cook. Named as an in pensioner of Greenwich hospital she died before receiving the honor. Dr Johnson drafted a couplet once worn by the animal around her neck.
A twelve foot alligator killed in Sudan yielded an extraordinary stomach contents including eighty five stones, several birds claws, two human finger nails and three donkey hoofs with a rope fragment.
A Baltimore Herald quip notes a busy man may be happiest yet lacks time to enjoy it. It contrasts a joke about rheumatism cures and paralysis by bills, reflecting urban wit on finance and well being.
A humorous Baltimore note on marital suspicion over telephone use. The husband fears accusations of infidelity whether he buys a phone or refrains, as his wife reads motives into each action. The quip captures domestic strains and social teasing about technology.
A fragment from the Chicago News shows Borem speaking of fear of the dark as Miss Cutting explains waking until daylight to go home. The brief exchange centers on childhood fears and a street scene in Chicago.
A terse exchange unfolds as a hopeful son declares intent to marry the daughter, while the father retorts that his own troubles leave him no sympathy for the prospective son-in-law. The brief anecdote appears in the Ohio State Journal.
Uncle Jerry Teebles notes that many self made men believe their work is complete without need for polish while reflecting on the Chicago Tripune context and street wisdom.
A nervous suitor weighs archaic lines and a theatrical plea before proposing to Mary. He stammers in a blend of medieval form and modern speech, but Mary, unfazed, accepts the proposal, with her father pleased.
Wordplay on onions and a leek pun contrasts with a lighthearted exchange about tears and spring humor.
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