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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1911

Page

5

Vienna and The Fair Courts Local Shoppers

Local notes show Mrs FDR Minkter visiting Davenport and Roy Nolan returning from Central College. McNamara's promotes Hammocks Vador Shades and window screens while The Fair stocks lawn mowers and washing gear.

May Day Queen Story Wins Disabled Girl Honored

A school May Day tale tells how Martha, a girl with a twisted foot and poor parents, is chosen as queen over prettier competitors after Amy and Miss Brown testify to her courage kindness. The town crowds cheer as Martha receives a pocketbook toward medical care.

Tittle School Cane Lully Amy Marthy Ecrutch Miss Brown Mice Brown Joer Medore Martha Evelyn Jack

Local Sale Opportunity at 417 W Madison Auction

The sale lists office desk and chair, rockers, dresser, bed and springs, mattress, lawn mower, a nearly new bearing, sewing items, kitchen gear, rug and miscellaneous goods. Mary Forman and others travel to Vavre then Withershack for two weeks. Migs hubd kanile and Aine attend events in May.

W. Madison F. Macon Ralph Dougherty

Indignant Caller Demands Retraction Over Charity Contributor Name

A caller protests being named as a charity fund contributor. The exchange focuses on a promised and corrected donation amount of $25 versus $5, with insistence on preserving or retracting the printing. The caller questions attribution and asks for no retraction.

Preservation by nitrogen packing for fruit and fish

Oranges pears grapes and cherries are packed in paper boxes with nitrogen to exclude oxygen and slow decay. A Paris exhibit of 1900 featured fish preserved in nitrogen for seven years.

Paris

New Zealand Known By Many Names in Early Descriptions

In early accounts New Zealand is described by inhabitants as The Fortunate Isles The Star of the South and The Wonderland of the Pacific reflecting its celebrated status and exotic appeal in regional literature and travel lore.

New Zealand

Washington records break as hottest day in decade

Temperature data from government thermometer by W A Cook show 20 degrees at 2 90 afternoon with earlier readings reaching 97 last Monday. Historic highs over eleven years list 1901 106.5 and several later years with upper 90s. A stray quote mocks a driver who harms others, noting tenderheartedness amid groans.

W A. Cook Toon Washington

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