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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1912
Page
2
Poem reflects on dreamers who never reach fame while praising those who do rise to top. The speaker laments countless gifted souls in rail yards and village forges who yearn for artistic success but fail to arrive.
During a recent electric storm EF. S. Whlcott lost a horse H. S. Robinson two steers and Mrs. H. A. Waterhouse a cow all injured in the Farmers Mutual of Washington county. Leona Thomas returned home after visiting the Morgan family. Nelson Woodford hosted his U S class for a birthday. Woodford residence on South Street to be added to by new home. R S Woodford and C H Meacham repainted their houses. A Brady and son of Pleasant Plain attended church with Tom Brady and family. Mrs. R E Brown had an operation Friday and is recovering. Clay township picnic committees for Aug 8 near Black Hawk church busy planning.
July 22 1912 notice column reports Mr and Mrs John C Roth and daughter Eliza plan a Pacific coast trip visiting relatives. Frank Leeper and two children visit friends nearby. Mrs E B Benson and son Ralph arrive from St Louis to stay with Andrew and Mrs Rinner. About thirty Chicago children found temporary homes until August. J M Rich injured with a broken ankle. L G Wenger of Wayland visits town. Robert Wells of near Crawfordsville visits Meadow Brook farm. Mayor Kauffman to be separator tender for Sam Nebel this thrashing season. Fern Cliff popular camp site for Washington visitors. Local section hands repair a culvert after rain.
New Haven highlights include visits by Mrs. Frank Anderson and Anna Marie to Frank Smith and by Sadie Strum to Mrs. Bert Smith. Several residents travel to Washington Des Moines Burlington and Ft Madison for visits and business.
W. Hi. Keiper visits with his daughter in Dakota before returning home. R. Miller family ship to Washington after a few days with friends in Fairfield. W. T. Trotter spends Sunday with his mother in Fairfield. Rev J A Glendenning preaches both services. Rev Smith of Washington fills Fairfield pulpit. Dr W T Lindsey and family visit at Dr W L Alcorn’s home. J H W Pearson leaves for Chicago with stock. Susie Trotter listed as sick.
Al Duvall delivered 8 cent cattle to A T Augustine. Cars stayed in Washington due to rain with five to six inches reported. Crooked creek overflowed. Visitors include Mr Beck at F G Martin home and Nebraska visitor Mr Buckley at M Hollinger home.
July 24 notes say the couple will be greeted with a reception July 25 at the R. S. Kirkpatrick home in Keota before sailing from New York August 7 for a European honeymoon. They studied at Coe College and will live on the farm Charles will operate next year.
Announcements note Mrs BEdhiberz will entertain the Poinsettia club Thursday afternoon. The Rebekahs are requested to meet tomorrow at 2 50 in the IOOF hall.
Mr and Mrs Albert Bell issue invitations for the marriage of their daughter Miss Jennie L to Mr Joseph S Dillon. The wedding will occur at their home 621 East Washington Street on Wednesday evening August 7.
Federal cavalry under General Pope disrupted Confederate railway communications north of Richmond on the Virginia Central line. Forrest’s forces burned the Nashville railroad bridge after taking the Federal garrison, severing links between Nashville and Louisville. At Queen Victoria’s Jubilee naval review, 34 battleships and cruisers, 75 torpedo boats and ironclad defenses joined 100 armed vessels in a grand pageant.
Miss Alma Pitlinter, once engaged to a Cincinnati lawyer, has lived eight years in Topanga canyon near Santa Monica in a two room ranch. She dresses as a man, shuns society, and is guarded by two deer hounds. She travels rarely and has no regular visitors.
In Woodbury New Jersey Dr John Cy Cury a former city councilman installs an overhead irrigation system on Holroyd Place. Two long lines of pipes with a gasoline pump draw water from a well and spray it as needed over the yard showing a controllable rainlike effect for crops.
New Jersey records show over forty thousand cars this year while the Automobile club of Kenosha fights farmers over speed trap bumps on highways. A planned Wolverine Automobile club eight story clubhouse with roof garden is set for Detroit within a year. Massachusetts Supreme Court rules horn blasts do not grant speed or control exemption after Ames H Whipple appeals a $2000 verdict for a fatal injury to Albert Rasmus sean the newsboy.
G A West left yesterday evening for a tour through Dakota and Montana while D C Crawford also departed for an unspecified trip, recent local notices show. The brief item records two residents undertaking journeys away from Ainsworth.
Zemo claims instant relief for eczema chafing pimples and salt rheum sinking in with no trace. Marketed by RE W Rose Medicine Co St Louis and sold by druggists at 1 per bottle now offered in trial 25 cent bottles with money back guarantee through McElhinney Drug Store Washington.
In Washington July 23 Judge Whett in the District Court sentenced John Mitchell of the American Federation of Labor to nine months in jail for contempt of court. Mitchell's attorney noted an appeal to the District Court of Appeals and bonds for five thousand dollars were entered. Gompers and Morrison appeared and are under bonds. Snowstorms in July affect warm regions near Mount Etna as it begins to shed snow from the crater.
Chicago market notes show receipts and outlooks for cattle hogs and sheep. Prices vary across categories with mixed packs and heavy types reporting shifts, while forecasts indicate steady to higher tendencies in different runs and regions.
The government plans a new model convict prison on Realp mountain in Uri Canton high above sea level at 6060 feet. The single building is projected to cost 400000 dollars and is touted as a healthy and scenic site for imprisonment.
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