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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1912
Page
5
A long list of short items reports travel by residents to Rock Island Columbus Junction Crawfords ville Keokuk and Denver visits with relatives and friends. The Fair ads promote wear aluminum and freezers while local business and social notes mention auctions sales storms and upcoming Chautauqua tickets.
Ernest L. Lucas, a New Yorker who adopted a western persona in Osage County Oklahoma, draws a pistol at Pete Jenkins in a livery stable bootlegger scene. Jenkins, equal parts old cowhand, revives his past and enforces a playful duel ending with Lucas fleeing by train back to New York.
Mrs. Elmer Bickford owns a canary that remains in a separate cage and constantly swings on a swing roost. Even during sleep its head tucked under its wing the bird continues the motion all night long.
Kathryn Fleming Toilet goods are on sale at Snow's college. Special days: Friday and Saturday of each week.
Walter Campbell in Pitney New Jersey reports a lightning strike while he sang in his home. He woke to three missing teeth, recalling a bolt entering through the door and leaving as if playing tag. Neighbors rushed to help, while Campbell remains hopeful and wary of future shocks.
Theosophists in Paris note the arrival of a fifteen year old Hindu prophet from Adgar India. He has written At the Feet of the Master at fourteen and his presence is linked to Mrs Annie Besants Sorbonne address predicting a coming transformation and a new religion led by a master.
Al Crone living east of the city sustained a serious back wound when a hay fork penetrated his back while helping neighbor Will Fleming unload hay. He is recovering with no complications expected. Local residents note several visitors and relatives arriving for visits and a trip by boat to Niagara Falls.
A New York Mail line argues authors who mail manuscripts to editors should at least be eligible for the waiters union rather than an impractical authors union.
In a brief noted exchange two individuals tease each other during a ball game, one jokes about a bounce mishap and the other warns that embarrassment may follow soon, turning a light moment into playful tension.
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