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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1919
Page
8
The paper lists various local notices and social items including visits, travels, and letters from residents. It notes changes in residents, arrivals from Cedar Rapids and Chicago, and attendances at events. Also includes advertisements and a government revenue reporting notice from the Washington Telephone Company urging prompt payments.
A regular Ad Club meeting will be held Tuesday evening at Ann Houdeks. As the first meeting of the new year, full attendance is desired. Plans for the coming year's work will be discussed and committees named.
Notice for a Knights of Pythias regular meeting this evening at eight o'clock sharp. Full attendance desired for important business. J. H. Squire is the C C.
Local ad invites readers to subscribe to world magazines and save money through clubs or single subscriptions. Call after 5 30 p m or write to the Journal care for details. Authorized agent Nita Belle McKeoon handles lists and club prices.
A reflective line from Lowell on poetry as heavenly, piercing pride and fear to human life. The speaker notes poetry’s power to reveal deepest truths in ordinary experience. The remark treats poetry as a luminous force shaping perception and emotion.
Mrs. C. T. Olson of Washington Iowa died at St Mary's hospital Galesburg after dental extraction complications. She was born Anna Seaholm in Galesburg October 2 1892 and married C. T. Olson on June 7 1912. She leaves her husband, her father Carl Seaholm of Washington and brothers Carl Buffalo New York and Oscar Ottumwa, with many local friends.
Mr and Mrs W H Graves of Lincoln Nebr arrive as guests at their son W C Graves photographer James Palmer is very ill at home east of town and not expected to live through the night Barclay Miller is in New York and Richard traveled from Paris to Brest then to the George Washington sailing two days later
A mother buys a bright red coat for her daughter but a family death leads to dressing her in an old black coat. The child cries and says she won’t have a good time at the funeral if she cannot wear the new red coat.
A ruined sugar mill on Trinidad's island site shows a tropical tree shooting up through the center of a solid chimney. The plant is overgrown with vegetation while the chimney remains intact and supports this growing tree in full bloom.
The first reason for being thankful in the morning is that you have lived to see the dawn of another day with opportunities to finish something begun yesterday and to begin something you may do better than ever before.
The president of an afternoon bridge club announces a motion to ban conversation at the card tables. A sprightly member suggests discussing the motion while continuing to play, highlighting humorous club dialogue.
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