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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1909
Page
7
The notice touts a last week sale with extremely low prices on fabrics and notions. It highlights 36 inch black taffeta at various discounted rates, colored messaline, wash cloths, gloves, ribbons, and shopping bags as featured items. It invites shoppers to visit for advertised values and lowest prices.
Charney Winter withdraws from the league and W F Brinton offers a plan to run the home team with only local players, improved facilities, and umpire resolution of disputes. Games to finish, money refunded if storms interrupt, no outside hires, and no gambling by team members. A meeting with Brinton is set for Wednesday at the Air dome.
Iowa City June 28. Saturday closed the first week of summer school at the State university and work is well under way. The program features top instructors from the university and neighboring schools, with regular coursework in progress.
A marriage license was issued today to Thomas Dewees and Bernice Riley.
Miss Lora Martin hosts T Y S club members at Lexington home for a musicale near ten numbers. St James holds a 9 30 musical evening on Tuesday. Miss Carrie Winter hosts a luncheon at 1 00 pm on South Iowa avenue for Miss Gertrude Ward of Oklahoma City. Mrs W J Southwell entertains A B girls this afternoon for Miss Ruth Southwell of Ortonville Minnesota. The Younger Set visited Bruce Wilson Saturday afternoon at his north Washington home for a lawn picnic and basketball game.
The Queen Esther circle holds its regular meeting this evening at the home of Miss Alice Rownd on West Second Street.
This afternoon at 2 30 Thos L Dewees and Miss Bernice Riley of Crawfordsville were married at the groom's mother Mrs G W Pixley's West Washington home. Justice W H Riley performed the ceremony. The bride is the Riley daughter E F and Mrs Riley. The groom, the Pixley’s youngest son, has worked as night man at the city water works for two years and will reside in this city.
The regular business meeting of the Presbyterian Y P S C E occurs Wednesday evening after prayer meeting. This session includes the semi annual election of officers.
Items advertise fair attractions and goods including lemon squeezers new serge suits and a fly killer with prices. Local residents Arch Munro Mrs Richards and families visit or travel as noted. An advertisement promotes Hollister's Tea for health at Lemmon's pharmacy.
A monument at Arlington honors Midshipman James Crouse who died after aiding wounded sailors in the Georgia turret explosion off Cape Cod Bay. At nine teen, he uttered Never mind me Look after the other fellows as he perished. His act stands as a divine display of self denial beyond words.
A dynamite blast in Chicago’s business district near Mark and Washington streets damaged stores and windows for a block, injuring three severely. Estimated damage reached $100,000 as 25 000 telephones were knocked out. Two restaurants were blown into the street and the blast struck nearby saloon entrances, with Martin B. Madden and associates noted in the building.
Afton, Louisiana June 28 mothers impose a reverse quarantine as whooping cough spreads. Healthy children must stay indoors while those with the illness may roam streets attend the circus and other activities under mothers guidance.
In Mason City Iowa on June 28 a car driven by Harley Ransom with his family plunged into Lime River. Ransom was thrown into deep water and sank, but managed to cling to the submerged auto. The rest of the party saved themselves by standing and escaping the water.
President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale University delivered the baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class before a Woolsey Hall audience that filled the commencement gathering in New Haven.
A Erie railroad express train collided with a freight car in Binghamton New York killing fireman Henry Dolan and Oliver Turner. Engineer Philip Young was badly scalped in the wreck.
The W K Kellogg company of Battle Creek Michigan deposits 1000 in gold to award the best ears of corn grown in Iowa. The plan aims to promote high quality corn for Toasted Corn Flakes and will be evaluated at the Ames Short Course January 3-15 with P G Holden and banker Parley Sheldon involved.
KE L Arnott promotes Fletcherism a eating method. He urges tiny mouthfuls two jaw motions per second and chewing until taste disappears. He warns against rushing meals and stresses perseverance for lasting habit change.
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