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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
5
Ottumwa residents visit relatives in Letts and Davenport while others attend commencements and weddings. High school games are promoted at the ball park with admission 25 cents. Several locals travel to Des Moines Keota Brighton and Muscatine for business and church events.
Beginning Sunday June 4 the town will offer all day Sunday service for the remainder of the fan season. The annual memorial sermon for old soldiers of Washington Penn was delivered last Sunday by Rev J R Logue former pastor of the Second United Presbyterian church and a delegate to the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian church. The sermon praised Civil War sacrifices and urged pursuit of other battles to preserve postwar blessings.
A farmer famed for trapping and shooting foxes bets his own wits when Mr. Fox slips from a chicken coop. He traps the bird, but the fox plays dead, leaving the farmer humbled and his story a grocery store legend.
The Graham opera house will host commencement exercises starting at 8 15 this evening. All seats are sold out but a generous supply of chairs will be provided for attendees without seats.
An old tip recommends a cheap fungicidal method for house plants by mixing soot and water in a pail, letting the content settle, and using a very weak solution to water plants. The soot is described as a valuable fungicide.
A compact civic reflection on educated leaders sharing a common standard of good and right, emphasizing harmony in pursuing communal progress within the city.
The Ladies Missionary Society of Bethel church held a monthly meeting at Mrs. Boyd Mooter's home. Miss Ruth Leggett hosted friends in Fairfield for Miss Bessie McGregor's upcoming marriage to Oscar Swanson. Vocalist Nora Curran of Oberlin Conservatory gave a May recital. Mr and Mrs Ed Mayhew entertained about thirty guests in the country for Lenore Andrews, with music by Hazel Caldwell and others and a pleasant luncheon.
Masonic Fraternity Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M will meet Friday June 2 1911 at 7059 sharp with work on the third degree and banqueting to follow by Eastern Star. Church circles plan guest day programs and missionary society meetings with invited speakers and visits to homes in town.
R Roudebush a Rock Inland freight brakeman had a narrow escape while switching near the coal chute. He fell on the pilot after stumbling on coal, was dragged a few feet at seven miles an hour, suffered a back bruise but seemed uninjured otherwise. He was treated at the station and sent home. doctors expect a quick return to work.
Washington reports the senate finance committee will vote next Wednesday on a reciprocity bill report. The panel plans to report without recommendation and push the issue to the floor. Testimony from two lawyers tied to Alien and Graham of New York disputed the measure, citing National Grange opposition and farmer education efforts.
Five persons are reported drowned after two row boats capsized in a storm near Lorain harbor. A woman's body has been recovered as rain pours and winds reach sixty miles per hour. Life savers search the harbor. two men from Elyria say they saw two other boats go down.
During a thunderstorm at Hartville Ohio on June 1 Ada Morgan a high school girl was knocked unconscious while talking on a telephone lightning struck the line Hair burned off the left side of her head one ear burned a strip of skin burned along the body from head to foot where the shoe was torn off She is expected to recover.
Ottawa residents report the hypochloride of lime used in the water supply after a fever epidemic is harming private goldfish and feared to damage brass lawns. City authorities face growing complaints over water treatment.
Lapeer Michigan May 31 a Grand Trunk Railway man from Durand was standing on a car that had been kicked by an engine during local work. The car struck a dead rail and he fell, suffering several broken ribs and internal injuries that are fatally serious according to doctors.
A June cloudburst with heavy hail caused severe flooding across Germany. Sixteen people drowned when floods swept away six houses in a village in the Grand Duchy of Baden and twelve perished near Heidelberg.
Ottawa reports the largest monthly customs revenue in Canada’s history for May at 6,658, eed, about half a million more than the prior month.
A major blaze in Umea northern Sweden has destroyed a large portion of the town. Officials report damage around 100000 dollars and are assessing the extent of the loss to local homes and businesses.
The Wallfield team arrives this morning for the opening game of the season on the southeast ball grounds this afternoon. The day is ideal and local merchants close for a few hours to join the turnout, with Washington and Fairfield boys eager for lively action.
The 1911 class song by Edie Boyee and Mary Forman celebrates the thirty strong class from Hileh School. It recalls high school days with memories, and the chorus asks to duty and guidance to stay true to the class motto and ideals.
A vintage advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for women’s health, beauty, and temper. It links constipation and kidney issues to skin eruptions and pimples, claiming the tonic purifies blood, steadies nerves, and improves complexion, breath, and eyes. Sold for 60 cents at Lemmon's Pharmacy with price and address wording.
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