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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
8
W R Ward of Dyersburg Tennessee testimonials Foley's Urino Laxative as a thorough practical remedy for chronic constipation. Lemmon's Pharmacy shares the reference. M Y Wallace and son returned home from a brief business trip to Wyman via Pollok.
A morning wedding linked Miss Pearl Josephine Klein of Davenport to Julius John Ochs, with about a hundred relatives and friends in attendance at the outing club. The ceremony featured Lohengrin music, a pink rose setting, and a full reception followed before the couple departed for Chicago and a Niagara honeymoon.
A group of west end girls enjoyed a pleasant picnic at Sunset Park last evening. After supper they played games and shared good times. The park has grown popular for picnics with new flower beds and repainted seats enhancing evening leisure.
Miss Ruth Winter entertained a group of young ladies at her home on South Iowa Avenue. Five hundred was the chosen game at two tables, and refreshments followed the lively cards before the guests departed.
Last evening at 8 oclock a wedding joined Miss Margaret Williams of Cotter and Mr. Edwin Owen of Chicago at Beth el church. Rev Dr H O Rowlands of Davenport and Rev Dr J R Johns of Randolph Wis conducted the ring ceremony. Ruth Williams maid of honor Hadran Owen best man with bridesmaids Amy Richards Katherine Arthur. Ushers Richard Hughes Eben Williams and Miss Beula Roberts Grace Orr ribbon bearers. Reception at bride’s home followed by two course supper. Bridal party then boarded for Columbus Junction and Chicago bound Milwaukee train. several local attendees.
Harvey Shannon returns home from a three week northern Texas trip. Mrs Martha Pratt and daughter go to Muscatine and New Boston Ill. Rev G D Rogers back from Ft Sheridan with Comrades club. M Y Wallace invited to Epworth university graduation Oklahoma City Okla. F E Payden visits R L Cherry and Flora Taylor homes then to Ft Robinson Nebr for cavalry duties. Payden previously served two years in the Philippines and is on furlough.
The official forecast up to 8 pm calls for generally fair conditions in Illinois and Indiana with showers in the south. Higher temperatures in the north, continued cool and fair in Wisconsin, and lower Michigan with fair skies. Town areas: partly cloudy with possible showers in the southwest.
Chicago Board of Trade quotations show mixed grains with July wheat at about 87 percent, corn around 68 percent, oats in the 40s, and hogs, cattle, and lambs listed with various bid ranges. Cash grain and livestock receipts at East Buffalo and local markets anchor a dense price snapshot, while cattle and hog markets show slower demand and steady to lower tones.
News notes a veteran soldier journalist and Irish home ruler named Sooner sounor dying in Chicago after a prolonged illness at age sixty two.
The article stresses choosing beef type calves that mature quickly and deposit flesh where valuable cuts appear. Emphasis is on early maturity, especially in sires, with growing time identified as the most cost effective period to gain weight, noting a hundredweight can be added cheaper then than at maturity.
An Ohio inventor received a patent for a dilator milking machine. The device dilates udder openings to form artificial ducts, enabling milk to flow automatically with minimal handling after setup. In tests, fourteen quarts were drawn in six and a half minutes without air tubes or a power plant.
A Nebraska Experiment Station note states that dairy cows reach maximum profit when fed to full capacity. A Philadelphia North American quip adds a moonlight joke about matches, illustrating light supply up above.
Mr. Dillon formerly of Brighton spent today in the city visiting at the Bennett home on Fast Main Street. Dillon was a former proprietor of the skating rink in this city.
Mrs A Gregory of Denver writes that after an operation and months of worsening female troubles Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her to health. She urges women with backache bearing down and periodic pains to try the remedy and seek Mrs Pinkham's advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
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