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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1910
Page
4
Local and personal notes list many visitors from Keota Haskins Brighton and Davenport with brief business trips to Ottumwa Columbus Junction Muscatine and Sigourney. A charity ice cream social and lawn event at Prairie Flower church is announced along with sales at The Fair and a birthday for Everette Donald.
A small gray squirrel named Bunny is cared for by a sick girl. He grows bold, tests life outside a tin house, and disappears one day only to be found trapped in a chimney. The girl rescues him, feeds him, and puts him to bed, promising no further chimney adventures.
John Little sold the 124 acre J. A. Maxwell farm east of town to George H. Paul for about 37000 dollars. The price averaged 300 dollars per acre for 100 acres and 275 dollars per acre for 27 acres north of the Rock Island track. Paul plans to keep the farm intact, take possession in March, and build a residence on the adjoining 10 acre tract as his permanent home.
Columbus Ind July 21 Misa Susan Mounts aged 70 is dying from injuries after falling from a chair at her home near Columbus. Physicians report she will die.
The Court of Honor will hold its regular meeting Friday evening at their hall. After the meeting a social time will follow and Mrs. Anna Stewart will report on her attendance at the eighth supreme session at Indianapolis. July 23 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the association. all members are urged to attend the meeting Friday evening July 22.
The Cocklin residence on South Iowa avenue hosted about sixty women as Mrs. B. J. Cocklin gave a musicale. Floral decor featured daisies and sweet peas. Guests entered through a doorway greeted by Miss Hazel Smith and were seated by Mrs. H. M. Shaver Mrs. G. H. Paul and Miss Inez Holden. Programs in yellow and white listed numbers including vocal solos readings and a piano duet performed by local talent.
James Murphy aged 60 a Pere Marquette roundhouse hostler was struck by a Detroit passenger train at Fourth street Saginaw. He suffered a crushed body six broken ribs and possible fatal injuries after being hurled from the tracks. Murphy had worked for the railway for thirty five years and was taken to St Mary’s hospital.
A year old Harold Thompson was severely injured when a vicious dog attacked him on a Kalamazoo street near his home. The dog bit and tore his face and arms, and family members struggled to drive it away. Doctors fear for his life.
The article notes the long decline of traditional English country fairs and feats once as familiar as Lady Day or Michaelmas, remarking that life in many rural districts has become duller in the past fifty years.
A patent has been issued for an attachment that fits rocking chairs to operate a fan, cooling the occupant while seated. The device integrates into the chair mechanism and provides airflow without a separate stand.
A traveling salesman answers if drummers gain business by telling funny stories. He says results depend on the customer, noting that he sometimes tells jokes and other times he abuses the trusts.
The program by Quartette The Goblins drew praise from guests for its excellent performance. Parks Webb Wabnitz Warner Hanter Work Mortonit contributed to a memorable evening, and after the show guests enjoyed refreshments in a dining room adorned with yellow and white colors.
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