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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1912
Page
2
A compact wrap of village updates across the county includes county clerk notices, school events, church activities, and small town society items. Local schedules, brief reports, and upcoming community meetings illustrate daily life across several communities.
The town records daily activity with brief items. Liveryman moves Brame bach family to Rubio for a day of fishing. Augustine returns from Chicago. Mrs J D Dayton and son Dary visit Keota. Frank V Noll of Muscatine on business. Hay priced at 12 dollars per ton off the field, 1.50 higher than last year. David Fisher claims 140 acres will yield two tons per acre. Several residents travel to Keokuk Illinois and Washington for visits and business. Barnest Cornwall funeral held at Moore home with a good crowd. A Velie auto joins Tip Dayton in Keota. Plummers take over the meat market. Miss Mable Owens and Miss Henn visit C C Owens. Daniels couple return from Washington DC after Baltimore convention.
Richland notes report social visits and departures including Miss Clara Powelson from Des Moines visiting Richland, Miss Thornburg and Miss Harlan returning from Cedar Falls summer school, and Mrs Kate Bergh traveling to Iowa City for eye surgery. Local residents attend conventions, family visits occur in Ottumwa and Sigourney, and a July sales event at the Fair store draws shoppers. Funeral notices mention the death of Dean Witcher of Dakota and infant loss for Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Johnson.
Richard Dautremont, from Chicago, visits his parents Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Mougin after taking a law diploma last month. Peter J Mougin prepares to thresh with a new Advance separator. Jos Barnett travels between Davenport and Rock Island for Barnett Lightning Rod matters. Hilda and Bernadette Schnoebelen test for Monticello and plan a visit with the Dautremont cousins.
Miss Edith McBride spends a week’s vacation near Washington with her folks. Miss Elsie Smid visits the M F Horn family. Miller Brothers show pitches tents south of the livery barn with full crowds nightly. Miss Mary Baschnagel resigns as assistant postmaster. Miss Geneva Kneisel takes the position. Carpenters work on the parochial school roof and interior to be ready for September term. Edward Mougin is critically ill.
Rubio invites the public to July 20 events featuring an afternoon ball game and other sports, followed by a business men’s fireworks display in the evening. Richland and Rubio bands will entertain, with ample hotel space for visitors. Fishing trips offered through Sunday.
A daily roundup from Crawfordsville notes visits by Mrs Will Smylie and children from Ainsworth and Mrs Mae Roth of Wayland at the Smylie and Fishburn homes. Rev John Ferguson of Buffalo visits for Monmouth college, and Miss Mary Torrance returns to Mt Pleasant after a Swickard visit. Church services announce communion prep at United Presbyterian and a union service at 6 with Rev Swickard preaching.
A reflective reminiscence discusses youth and aging with a narrator recalling past worries. The text centers on belief about who dies young and hints at a counternarrative that goodness endures beyond youth.
A vintage style prods readers to save for retirement using a galvanized tin bank. The piece extols frugality and warns of aging fears, urging daily dropping of coins like dimes and small currencies to secure warmth and food in later years.
A Topango passenger stage on the uptrip to a canyon hotel plunged backward off the road on a steep grade near Santa Monica. Nine aboard. several injured including Eli W. Murphy with a broken leg and his wife with a broken arm. Others escaped with minor injuries as the car toppled, then righted and stopped near a precipice.
A cavern near St Kanzion in the Karst mountains yields bronze age artifacts after explorers with a rope ladder reach a subterranean chamber called the Cave of Flies. A Roman helmet dated to the early Christian era was found, and over a thousand bronze implements including two hundred lance heads were dug from three feet deep. The objects are dated about 1000 BCE and may have been thrown into the hole as a subterranean ritual offering.
A young bull escaped from a safe yard in Burton on Trent and roamed busy streets and a recreation ground injuring two men and scattering pedestrians. An inmate of the workhouse was knocked down. Rescue attempts failed for two hours until a herd of cows drove the animal away and calm returned.
Pasadena July 8 Mrs A L Hamilton of Pasadena announced as the first woman candidate for the California legislature She heads the California Congress of Mothers and the Pasadena PTA and is active in clubs churches and education Her bid is backed by the Prohibition league and she is connected to Mrs Maggie Youle a former Washington girl through marriage to a nephew of William and Sadie Hamilton of this city.
Constantinople reports Italian vessels attacked the Dardanelles at 1 30 with Turkish forts sinking two boats and damaging six others. Cannonading lasted forty five minutes. Forecast had preceded the attack since March. Washington dispatch. July 1. House elections committee unseated Theron Catlin and seated Patrick Gill after ruling campaign expenses exceeded legal limits.
Opening shows receipts estimated at 10 000 with improved prospects in light and mixed packers prices. Second report notes total receipts 11 000 yesterday 12 820 shipments 2 690 with strong cattle and steady to higher sheep. hogs and cattle prices range across multiple grades and regions, with western cattle and Texas steers listed and lambs showing gains.
Sabbath school at Second Presbyterian will meet 9 20 on Col Palmer lawn if repairs finish. If ready the service moves to the church. Christian Endeavor follows at 6 15 in the church auditorium.
A short exchange has Jimmy and Tommy discussing fishing luck and appetite. Jimmy insists he can eat even if not hungry while doubting a bite will come.
An inch of rain on one acre adds over two hundred thousand pounds of water. Researchers note the weight equates to about 100 tons per acre, illustrating how a small rainfall translates into massive surface water.
The page shows fractional futures quotes for Wheat, Corn, and Oats with July and September contracts, plus other commodities like Pork and Lard. Many figures appear garbled, but several percentages such as 97 and 71 appear alongside commodity codes, markets, and dates, indicating a chaotic price board.
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