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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1908
Page
6
A blue eyed girl living at forest edge helps the king who is chasing a black bear by discovering a vast cocoon and a guiding butterfly. After danger and detours, they follow the butterfly which may lead them out, seeking a way home through the mysterious woods.
A village girl, Blue Eyed Susan, rescues a lost person in the woods and spares a protective cocoon from destruction. The cocoon bursts to reveal a butterfly then a fairy princess thanks Susan, cures the forest, and the king invites Susan to live in the palace. They wed, a magical butterfly wedding blessing seals the tale.
The magician hides three small edible items under hats to prove clean hands. A participant may mark the items to identify them. Hats are lifted, the magician eats each article, and then claims to reveal all under any chosen hat by simply placing the selected hat on the head.
A fragmented note mentions an extinct bird and a teacher named Johnnie who calls a canary his. The text includes the line The cat ex tincted him, hinting at a playful or coded exchange about extinction.
From Spirit Lake Iowa July 13 1908 a letter describes the Knights Templar park on Spirit Lake noting its opulent main building 170 rooms and 350 capacity plus 30 tents and 50 more in the administration building dining hall for 160, large attendance the presence of notable guests including Sioux City mayor and a Democratic candidate for congressman and the absence of several early promoters recalled as a sadness in farewell.
Evening trains depart with a large majority having stayed the past week, parting like kin. The narrator recalls a fishing party with George Ball and family from Iowa City and Mrs. Louis Block with son from Davenport, noting a day’s haul surpassing a whole week’s effort by other fishers.
Funeral services for the late Mrs. E. A. Henderson were conducted by Rev. W. R. Sawhill yesterday at 4 PM from the Steck home on East Main street. The rites included Scripture readings and prayers and featured floral tributes. Pallbearers were the deceased’s son R. R. Henderson of Chicago and five grandsons Ralph Burnside James Buchanan John Fred and Henry Steck. Interment followed at the city cemetery.
The Misses Carolyn RE Elder of Albia and RE Pearl Shaw of New Sharon registered at the Rest Room on Monday. Mrs Hopkinson and Lois and Herbert Bauer of West Chester were visitors yesterday. Freys studio discounts all quotation. 94-1f Of en Lee i.
Frank Wallace, 19, drowned while dozing by the Des Moines river bank near the old starch works after falling into the water. His brother George and another fisherman nearby could not locate the body before it was lost to the river. Wallace, son of A. J. Wallace of 2543 East Lyon Street, worked for Agar Packing company and is survived by his parents, three brothers and three sisters.
The advertisement states the kidneys strain blood impurities and claims Foley's Kidney Remedy will make kidneys healthy and remove waste from the blood. It asserts the product will make you well and is attributed to Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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