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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1910
Page
2
County correspondents report on diverse local activities with community updates and brief notices from various towns. Readers learn about events, meetings, and everyday concerns shaping life in the county.
Miss Jennie Madden and Mrs. Mary Bales visit Washington to see a ailing sister Mrs. Lester Hanlon. Hellopeter upgrades the Downs' heirs property with a new wood house remodel and an addition. Several locals visit family in Fairfield Washington Seymour and Chicago. The Advent tent meetings continue for weeks. Abe Diller is very ill with dropsy. Jim Lemley buys Henry Tracy’s former house for 375 and moves it. Brighton shows new growth with many houses rising. Grandma Spohn is very ill with paralysis and recovery uncertain.
J H Hering returns from Iowa City hospital still ill with daily Dr. Boice visits. A J Booths visit Prairie T Flower relatives. Cale Lethley family visits West Chester. Linas Wood and George Hopping plan new houses this fall. Elmer Bickford visits from Washington. Hoxworth Hesseltine thrash at Cale Lemley. Jos Snider work. Marie Imhoff Edna Merchant to teach Franklin Eureka schools. Arthur Therion starts thrash. Shiloh run finished. George Brown buys a new Champion auto. Community mourns Mrs C R Been blossom death. funeral well attended. Mrs Beenblossom praised as Christian and well liked.
Farmers urged to visit the big market for boned and seasoned meat ready for the oven or pot. The advert promises fresh, tender meat killed on site and prepared at old time threshing prices for housewives.
A 1910 verse declamation by Walt Mason delivered at a gallows scene. The speaker ponders Taft politics and policy while mockingly debating Pinchot Guggenheimer and conservation issues before the hanging.
This morning at four at her home southeast of Brighton died Mrs. Charles Townsley after a two year diabetes battle. She was 33, survived by her husband two daughters aged eight and eleven, her mother Mrs. Laura Shafit and two sisters. Mrs Townsley lived in Brighton all her life and married Charles Townsley twelve years ago. She belonged to the Brighton M E church. Funeral will be held at 2 PM tomorrow at the residence.
Mrs Mollie McRaney of Prentiss Mississippi writes of a severe kidney and bladder trouble cured by four bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy. She states it saved her life and recommends the remedy to others. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co. are mentioned.
The article outlines melon preparation and serving methods with and without rind. It describes cutting into triangles, removing rind, and presenting pink centers on large platters. It suggests hollowing a rind bowl, scooping pulp, and garnishing with green vine leaves.
Fort Madison Iowa July 28 John Junkin the Clara Rosen slayer of Ottumwa to be hanged Friday will be baptized in the Catholic Church and urged to make a public confession His mental state shows no real change and reports of a prior confession are unfounded Father Zaiser counsels him as he nears execution with observers ready and the restriction on priestly secrecy noted.
A vivid ad touts Bucklen's Arm and Chica Salve as Earth's greatest healer for cuts burns boils sores eczema chapped hands and lips sore eyes or corns and claims prompt cure. Peddled by J B Lemmon Lemmon's Pharmacy at 25 cents for piles.
One hundred dollar reward offered for an incurable catarrh case. F J Cheney and Cie of Toledo endorse the firm as honorable and capable. Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists attest to the firm. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and sold by all druggists at 75 cents per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Flora De Voss company presents A Romance of the North a comed y drama described as exciting and interesting with first class artists. High class specialties between acts ensure a continuous performance with no dull moments. The company promises a fresh weekly program and strong press notices.
In the sixteenth century clothes were sent from all parts of France to be washed in Holland where canal water was believed to have cleansing properties. Transport costs were about ten times higher than today.
Weather record by W A Cook shows fifteen sixteenths of an inch of rain last night with widespread showers across the county. The moisture comes as a relief after a hot wind wilted crops in the cornfields and pastures, and observers report the rain was heavier in the northern part of the county than in town.
A reflective note contrasts idle rest with purposeful leisure spent outdoors. It defends relaxing on grass under trees on a summer day as time well spent, listening to water and watching clouds.
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