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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1911
Page
2
The writer recalls Bernard Shaw's vegetarian habits shared during a dinner at Ayot St Lawrence. He notes Shaw has avoided meat for over two decades and quips about vegetables and luncheon offerings. The anecdote features Shaw’s home and a light, playful exchange on food choices.
A Rothesay visitor who lost a gem ring under a garden seat last year retrieved the piece while idly poking her umbrella among the travel satin on the seat path. The ring survived a year without damage, resting on gravel before being found again.
Community notices highlight visitors from Washington and Colorado, travels to Muscatine and Keota, and social events in Crawfordsville and West Chester. Residents attend church services, picnics, and family gatherings while trains and conventions draw delegates and guests to nearby towns.
A nameless man was brutally murdered by highwaymen in Dubuque Iowa on Wednesday night his body placed in a bonfire and partly cremated Three other men were robbed at about the same time and police held over forty suspects by noon yesterday in the Illinois Central wards.
Des Moines Iowa July 28. The annual state hardware convention and exhibition will be held in Des Moines again next year. Assurance given after a Commercial Club meeting with the Iowa Retail Hardware Men's association executive committee Wednesday night. The meeting will be held in the week of February 20.
In Towa on July 28 housewives heard free speeches by Mayor James R. Hanna and Commissioner Charles Schramm as they shopped for potatoes and produce on the city hall lawn. The crowd doubled the previous turnout for the municipal market opening, dealers sold out despite lower prices, and organizers urged a permanent market building to relieve crowding and create more space for trucks and vendors.
Vera Alberson reports a six day stay in London six in Paris and travels toward Munich en route to the Froebel Kindergarten Institute. A separate item notes a wife deserting husband and two children in Burlington with the husband tracked to Brighton. the solicitors are described as of an undesirable group.
A Farmers Notes column argues skimmed milk should not be thinned for feeding young pigs and mocks artful seed catalogues and showy political candidates. It warns against misreading feed and highlights the election season fad among urban aspirants.
Morlan and another Iowa farmer mortgaged their homes for 8000 each to a Chicago contact named J B Haggins who promised insider horse race winnings. Morlan, in Kansas City to collect his share, could not locate Haggins or his Iowa farm, despite tip about a big race. The Kansas City Commercial Club assisted but provided no farm location or real name.
A light, steady rain fell this morning totaling about 0.46 inches. The steady shower is described as one of the region’s so-called million dollar rains, arriving quietly when most needed.
Chicago and Washington City market notes dated July 28 show mixed opens and high receipts. Wheat oats and corn futures shift with July and September contracts, while cattle and sheep demand stays strong for beef and steady for lambs.
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