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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1907
Page
5
Nellie E. Wilson of this city and John J. Huff of Muscatine shared the Lowden prize in Greek. Ora Rogers of Kalona also won a Teeters prize in organic drugs.
Mr. E. W. Goodloe of Dallas says in the past year he has become acquainted with Dr King’s New Life Pills. He claims they effectively dispose of malaria and biliousness without grinding or gripping. 25c at Stewart’s Pharmacy.
The Rev. Elias Handy of this city will deliver an address at the Fairfield township Sunday school convention to be held in Fairfield. The subject is labeled "Labeling a Man" and the event will take place in June.
Fedora Tenn resident W. Pepper describes severe lung and throat hemorrhages with doctors unable to help. After starting King’s New Discovery, his coughing stopped, bleeding diminished, and he returned to work in three weeks. Trial bottle free at Stewart's Pharmacy.
National Association event in Los Angeles prompts Iowa Central Railway to offer round trip tickets to San Francisco and Los Angeles from June 22 to July 5. Return validity through September 15, 1907 with one fare for the round trip. Tickets valid via direct routes. stopovers allowed. For details contact agents or A B Cutts G P T Minneapolis Minn.
June 10 items report a birth to Mr. and Mrs. J S McClelland. Mrs. Laura Menefee and son Homer visit Wm Wiles'. The rising river threatens damage. Geo and Mont Simpson make ties on the Mississippi bottom. Odd Fellows memorial day drew a small local turnout. Marc Crandall and Renne Dawson visit Winfield folks. Hoy McElhinney works for W L Tucker. Mr and Mrs Stout of Birmingham visit John Jones' family. J H Allred and family from Moravia visit Will Allred. Johnie Hiller stays with Wm Dawson.
June 13 notices report Ella Goff Maxie Martin Mayme Reynolds and Golda Messenger at a teachers institute in Mt Pleasant. Mae Allen Grace McConnaughey return from Cedar Falls. Frederick Schantz ill with whooping cough. Mrs Ella Oswald visits her relatives. Tom Brooks and Nellie visit Washington. Sam Berg hosts Mt Pleasant relatives. Eva Mae Allen host girls in West Wayland. Nick Roth visits fishburns near Crawfordsville. Swartzendruber family arrives for a visit. Mrs Kraybill and Emma Rittler households have daily health and country outings.
June 14 notes report Mrs. Lulu Shearer and her son visiting Albia before returning home. Grace Walker and Ella Porter travel to Washington for business and visits. Miss Marie Adams to Muscatine for several days at the Sherfey home, with Alice Stephens journeying to Grangeville Idaho for a year teaching post. Protzman of West Liberty visits his mother, and Cooper of Tipton joins family in Leonard home.
Crawfordsville on June 14. Mr. and Mrs. Jacquith and Mrs. Sarah Young of Bedford returned home after a visit here. Mrs. S. J. Cocklin of Washington also returned to her home last evening.
A stream of visits and arrivals fills the town scene with departures for summer study. People from Washington Davenport Olds and Winfield joinlocals for visits while ministers plan sermons in Ainsworth and Topeka with a General Missionary report in hand.
Ben Hill of Wayland and Mrs. Caldwell from West Chester call on friends. Brighton visitors Barl Friend Hesseltine and wives travel by auto. A courthouse notice notes Rev R A Bruce of Brighton applying for naturalization under the 1906 law, first under the new act. A telegram reports fishermen at Pelican Lake catching Muskelounge and planning a fish distribution to local boys and girls.
Salt in the sea comes from minerals like sodium chloride magnesium potassium and calcium carried by rivers and streams from rocks. Evaporation removes water but leaves salt, gradually increasing salinity. Rock salt mines and salt springs provide higher quality salt, with rapid boiling yielding fine table salt and slow boiling producing coarse salt.
A playful science note explains how earth formed its shape by layering water and oil in a glass. Stirring rapidly causes the oil to swirl into a globe-like ball between water layers, illustrating planetary formation in simple terms.
The piece asserts that opal remains unworn by counterfeits due to its many facets held by cohesion that refracts light like a prism. It notes that artificial opals exist only as laboratory accidents and replication fails.
A playful trio of questions advancing jokes about life being a riddle to give up, the alligator’s deceit with a friendly look, and Goliath unable to keep an empty stomach after one soft boiled egg.
The earliest skater's name is unknown though skating is ancient. Saxo Grammaticus mentions it in 1134, William Fitz Stephens cites it in 1180, and figures of skates appear in Olus Magnus' history printed in 1555.
A humorous Chicago Tribune line notes a teacher asks if a term refers to a household pet and Tom answers with embarrassment that it is indeed him, describing a bristly dirty doglike humor.
A lighthouse exists in the Arizona desert not shown on charts. It marks a well of fresh water that refreshes travelers, serving as a landmark in Home Notes.
An excerpt from St. Nicholas ponders dogs forming a vast empire. It jokes about a canine ruler titled Grand Kai-yi-ser and muses on how canine leadership might mirror human states in wit and fantasy.
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