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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1907

Page

5

Local residents and visitors gathered for daily city activities

Numerous residents from Wyman Crawfordsville Winfield and beyond were seen in the city for visits business and travel. People including Miss Florence Parrish Mrs G K McFarland Dr T H McMichael and Mr J O Elder were noted departing for trips or arriving for conventions and family gatherings.

T. A. Jones Wyman Florence Parrish Winfield J. C. Marshall Columbus Junction U. P Lou Gormley Crawfordsville

Enrollment at Washington Normal Hits 168 on Opening Day

The Washington County Normal Institute opened with a large first day enrollment reaching 168 by 3 p.m. The event featured lectures by Prof. W. C. Wilcox of Iowa City on race supremacy and the ongoing academic program under Mrs. Woolson Brooks in place of Miss Crump.

Washington County Normal Institute Normalites Hattie Moore Mitchell R. Dpd. Daugherty Pike Iowa City E. C. Roberts Meacham Stichter Porter

Funeral Services for Mrs Mary Ann Webb Held at Home

Funeral services for the late Mrs. Mary Ann Webb were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock from her son Frank Webb's residence conducted by Rev. Elias Handy. The body was later taken to Elm Grove cemetery for interment in a vault until her son Claude arrives from Santa Ana. Pallbearers named Frank Wilson Clifford Thorne Amos Alberson Chas Hebner Jesse Ashby Lem Cherry. Dr Wm A Quayle pastor of St James Methodist Episcopal Chicago will lecture on Jean Valjean June 28 in connection with the Epworth League convention of Muscatine district June 28 to 30.

Mary Ann Webb Frank Webb Elias Handy Elm Grove Cemetery Claude Santa Ana Frank Wilson Clifford Thorne Amos Alberson Chas Hebner Jesse Ashby Lem Cherry Wm. A. Quayle St James Methodist Episcopal Church Chicago Jean Valjean Epworth League Muscatine District

Girl's long trip to wed in Candle City Alaska

Miss Clara G Askwith travels 12 000 miles from London to Candle City Alaska to marry W J Wells a gold miner. She sails from Seattle to Nome and travels by sledge to the Arctic town arriving July 1 for the ceremony to be performed by Justice J C Kepner.

London Arctic Circle Clara G. Askwith New York Candle City Alaska W. J. Wells New York Mail Miss Askwith Minnehaha W. Scott Patmore Cafe Martin Seattle Nome Candie City Justice J. C. Kepner Askwith Wells England Mr. Patmore Mr. Wells

Milwaukee Mayor Promotes Automobile Horn Musical Science

Milwaukee Mayor Sherburn Becker showed a horn attached to his car that can play ragtime to grand opera using exhaust steam. The device, the first of its kind, uses twenty eight brass tubes and a brass keyboard to imitate church organ tones, delivering both forte and pianissimo. Becker played for large crowds in Milwaukee parks.

Sherburn Becker Milwaukee Chicago Record-Herald Becker

Nine Italians Leave Pittsburg With Small Fortune

Nine Italian workers depart Pittsburg for Italy carrying a total wealth of $52,000 earned in local mills over five years. The Philadelphia Record notes seven of the men have large families awaiting them in the old country, with the largest individual sum reaching $17 before departure.

Pittsburg Italy Old Country Philadelphia

Church Yell Replaces Amen at Waukel Revival

A Waukel Tennessee dispatch reports church members replaced amen and similar exclamations with a revival originated chant: Faith hope and charity no blest Christian graces three We will ever practice thee glory hallelujah The piece ends with a provocative quip on survival of the fittest and a sermon critique from James J Montague in the New York American warning of eugenic ideas.

Waukel Daily Press James J. Montague New York American

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