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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1908
Page
4
Justice Dowling denied Harry K. Thaw’s bid to move from Matteawan state asylum for the criminally insane. He ruled that after sufficient observation it is proper to remove him to another institution if state authorities deem it desirable.
Walker Allen arrives from Crawfordsville this morning while visitors from Wayland Omaha and Rock Island greet townsfolk. Miss Thusa Allen stays with Rev W R Sawhill and Miss Bella Carpenter plans a week with Mrs Laura Maxwell. Lemmon's Pharmacy offers daily service and cooling drinks. Ralph L Bunce invites letters statements and bill collections at the Academy office.
Advice on building shocks of wheat with standardized methods. Two bundles at center, caps at ends and sides, and variations for size. Caps improve wind resistance and reduce kernel exposure in wet weather. uncapped shocks risk damage and sprouting.
A farmer recalls improving soil fertility on 160 acres by deep plowing and careful manuring, claiming clay land yields rose from ten to fifteen to thirty to forty bushels of corn per acre and black soil from thirty to forty to fifty to sixty. He advocates tile drainage, no commercial fertilizer, and repeated crop rotation. Also instructions for building a small push cart from old wheels and a box. A tip warns about chicken mites and suggests kerosene spray as a cheap remedy.
The passage urges apples as profitable yet warns against worm damage and praises fencing soil and proper cultivation. It notes benefits of grapevines for garden backlines and endorses grafting suited to orchards, plus value of good seed and household conveniences over outdoor tools.
O B Cissell of Washington and Miss Madelon Reynolds of Monmouth were married at the bride’s home on June 20. The couple recently moved to Washington to begin housekeeping at 415 West Washington street. Cissell junior, son of C K Cissell, a Chicago real estate businessman, is described as a hustling young man with a bright future.
Seven teen friends gathered Friday at West Main Street to celebrate Jay Brewers twelfth birthday with refreshments and games. Guests included Harold Ross Lloyd Maxwell Charles Beliel Harry Ray Roy Keyes Clarence Bickford Harry Sproull Donald McLaughlin Everett Patterson Charles Vincent Lloyd Grecian Ward Lathrop Earl Fulton Frank Godfrey and Owen Wilson. Also reported is the marriage of Miss Ella Laird to Mr Howard Crawford in El Paso Texas both natives of Ainsworth.
Miss Hanna Eicher will be hostess to the Ready Maids this evening at her home on East Main Street.
Griffiths ad notes furniture bargains at North Side Furniture from the 15th to the 21st. The column also lists local arrivals and departures including Walter Keiper Crawfordsville visitors Mrs C A Sprague Columbus Junction and others visiting or traveling through the city. Messages include social updates and small ads for kindling wood by Washington Mfg. Co. at 15 36.
The Star advertises a big week at the airdome with three times larger pictures twice the length, top notch music, and high class vaudeville all for a low admission of ten cents. CARD OF THANKS Frank Beatty thanks friends for kindness during illness and after his wife’s death.
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