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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1907
Page
10
Mrs. Robert Turkington came home to Wyman after a day of trading. Miss Elsie Schneider and Miss Edna Dempsey returned this morning from a short visit with friends at Keota.
Mrs J M Walker traveled to Ainsworth for a few days visit. John Jones left for Columbus Junction to attend the Chautauqua. Mrs Samuel Thompson and Mrs Dr A M Cowden with daughters Margaret and Helen visited Ainsworth for a day with relatives. C H Wilson departed for Chicago to visit relatives, accompanied by his grandson Robert Wilson who has been visiting here for a month.
Harper's Weekly interviews Commander Peary about his eighth Arctic expedition. He stresses pemmican as a necessity and notes no danger of freezing to death if supplies hold. He bans alcohol and emphasizes crew morale and self denial for success.
Bishop Potter cited a Hudson country house scene where a boy refuses church with the quip that reading is the adult's job, illustrating a point about responsibility and conduct. Harper's Weekly relays the anecdote as part of Potter's address.
Dr Peter McQueen touring the west says America should become a kingdom with Theodore Roosevelt as supreme ruler He criticizes self government apathy cites wealth influence in the Senate and praises Roosevelt as a strong leader fit to be king
Sam H. Gwin of Concord Georgia reports severe illness after a rain exposure during measles. He credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his life and now endorses the product sold by Cook Sherman.
Mrs Stuyvesant Fish rejects Consul the chimpanzee as a social curiosity despite the animal’s Newport reception. The Nar ragansett Pier casino member No 518 drew laughs as Harry Lehr and Oliver Belmont backed her stance. Mrs Louise Cobb led a Narragansett Pier party to Elm Cottage where Consul’s roulette betting amused the group.
A playful exchange from the New York Mail envisions an ultra rich person unable to spend income and the reply suggests marriage as the outcome. The dialogue captures a witty social moment about wealth and romance.
Actress Mrs Madge Kendal praised golf in a London cable to the Sun. She said she knew little of the game yet noted it is commended by good mothers whose daughters grow tired and go to bed on returning home.
A short verse in the Atlanta Constitution imagines a waking catfish pulling up a weary dreamer as happiness arrives only to be followed by departure. The poem reflects on restless days and the inevitability of change.
A teacher threatens punishment and a boy replies with preference for Spencerian style. The boy explains Spencerian technique with up strokes heavy and down strokes light, highlighting a humorous exchange about old discipline methods.
Mrs. C orders lunch by phone and searches for brains. After a string of butcher pauses she learns she has called Dr. Smith’s telephone by error. August Lippincott’s notes the comic mishap revealing a mistaken number in a busy day.
Advertisement notes quick relief from piles with a magnetic ointment claimed to be positive and certain. It promises itching pain protruding or blind piles disappear and sells large nickel-capped glass jars for 50 cents through a. & Stewart.
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