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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1902
Page
4
Otis Whetstine of Iowa City believed drowned after a buggy incident near Kunker's mill. Clothes match the deceased. family connections listed in Wellman. Local items include the Fairfield Tribune’s Daily Evening Tribune launch and assorted town visits and society notes.
Local items report Jno Shields & Son selling building material in Ainsworth and visits by Attorney Kutterfield, Chas Miller returning from Waterloo, Mrs Kerr and Mrs Quinn traveling or arriving, and about twenty people taking examinations at the courthouse. Social notices include Mra Stahl visiting McMillan, a relape sale offer, and repairs by EB Rasley for Hise’s jewelry shop with Rasley’s 30 years of experience.
The column lists ice cream flavors at Allen's and notes Eureka schoolhouse disaster victim Miss Mary Garrard using a cane. It then catalogs Harvey & Warfe bakery goods, Johnson's bakers, and Jobo S Veeder figures on New Salem commerce. It includes agriculture data, homestead talks, ginger root cultivation, and posts on Mexican and Indian child kindness, ending with a somber drunkard scene.
Report notes asphalt found along Syria’s provincial banks and Dead Sea surface. Earthquakes tore asphalt from sea bottom and pushed it toward shores, with Greek and Roman accounts describing islands carried by salt water. Material is pure and costly, mainly for varnish making, not practical for broad asphalt industry due to brittleness.
The C E of the Presbyterian church sponsors a day trip to Ft Madison on Thursday August 7 with car ride and steamboat option. Cost is 150 cents for the round trip. The Women’s Home Missionary Society of the M KE church reschedules its monthly meeting to Saturday at 2:30 PM at Mrs. J A Harwood’s home due to union meetings.
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Travelers to the Twin Cities can take the Iowa Central Limited from Brighton at 8 58 p m arriving in Minneapolis at 5 00 a m nightly. Contact the Brighton ticket agent for details. An Ice cream Festival will be held in the Prairie Flower school yard on Thursday evening July Stat under U T D Band auspices with refreshments and music for all.
A Berlin memory contest ends with a boastful trio and a witty exchange about memory skills. The second tale from New York Herald features a young woman ordering a policy to surprise a friend, then joking about the costs and the insurer paying a loss if a fire occurs.
The Fahyabs prepare an open air etch by patting a sady cup on the ground and placing a small bulb covered with sand inside. A waist fan shoots the bulb from the cup, yielding a rosebuck over two feet high bearing roses for sale. The rose withers in twenty minutes and fruits briefly in hours. They also leap onto broken glass without injury.
The admiral asks if clerical labor yielded satisfactory results. The chaplain says progress is blocked mainly by sailors swearing when officers themselves use the same taint. The admiral replies with a tolerant joke that officers also swear.
The Duke of Wellington once met an otter inebriated state. He quipped to the officer, “What do you do if you meet one of your men in the condition I find you?” The officer saluted and replied, “I would not condescend to speak to the brute,” a witty remark that preserved his commission.
A dialogue bit from the Inquiring Ming features Jimmy asking where Stan would land if the world ended and the earth was destroyed while Stan rose in a balloon. The piece includes aside remarks on aging and flirtatious comments about a girl with a plump neck and a dimple.
The Atchison Globe notes a paradox where individuals dedicate years to studying a subject yet emerge with limited understanding, reflecting on gaps between effort and knowledge.
A man tends to reach his peak body weight around age forty. This trend notes a common midpoint in adult life where weight increases before potential changes in health or lifestyle.
The notice lists ticket sales to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Greenwood Junction Ogden Salt Lake City and nearby routes with reduced fares for round trips during specified periods. Outside those dates fares rise to one fare plus 200. Final travel return limits extend to Oct 31. Also mentions Annual meetings for Benevolent and Protective Order of K Knights in Salt Lake City and Young People's Christian Union Society in Tacoma with various dates and fare rules.
A free illustrative booklet available on request outlines Spins and Oxoboji Lakes in northwestern Iowa along the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern line. It includes game laws of the state and notes boarding houses inns and rental rooms near the lakes.
The Lowa Central railway offers very low ticket rates to St Paul Minneapolis and Minnesota resorts with return valid to October 31. The Minnesota summer resorts claim superior health and recreation value and encourage trips for pleasure and fishing. Consult Lowa Central for details.
A fragmented notice listing multiple fraternal and social group gatherings across cities including Tacoma Washington, Denver Colorado, Salt Lake City Utah, and Burlington Iowa. It references Special Excursions, biennial meetings, annual gatherings, and agents for more information on rates and routes.
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