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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1906
Page
4
A business meeting of the Presbyterian Christian Endeavor society will be held this evening after prayer meeting. A large attendance is desired.
The Fortnightly club current events department will meet Thursday evening in March with Mrs Ab Anderson. The regular meeting of the O E B 8S will be held Thursday evening in March at 7 30. Master Ralph Griffin celebrated his ninth birthday at his parents home 715 East Jefferson Street with about thirty friends joining games and fun.
Last evening the Royal Neighbors of America held a pleasant meeting at their hall on the north side. About twenty five members were present. The entertainment committee provided activities including a blind drawing game with prizes. Also reported are plans for upcoming meetings and various visitors and social events across local towns and churches.
The afternoon session featured the hostess presiding as the mite boxes were opened, and attendees found the discussion very engaging from start to finish.
An advertisement invites customers to send carpets to a nearby cleaning machine south of the water works. The operator notes use last spring and fall with satisfactory results, charging 24 cents per yard for in grain and 3 cents for Brussels. Free two way hauling and a phone contact 594.
The Kirkwood Bachelors Club, linked to the Ten Thousand league, organizes officers and bylaws to foster brot herly love while guarding members. Rules enforce dinner attire and sentimental duties, with jealousies settled on parade grounds at midnight and benedicts rewarded with a house, groceries, and a 10 percent sewer tax fund.
The article recounts humorous moments in the U S Senate including Nixon praising a bright young committee aide later identified as Philander Knox and Hemenway’s misaddressed remarks to Heyburn. It describes La Follette smoking in the cloakroom and Pettus joking about exposing executive session secrets after cigars. Bailey and family discuss their son Charles aiming to help build the Panama Canal. Secretary Root weighs Brazil trip options amid Pan American conference plans.
The New York Press notes glove garters rise as a new fashion for society women, easing contact with the outer air for elbows while preserving style. Designs range from elastic buckled varieties to heavy white moire ribbon with gold buckles and ornate lace versions with frilled edges.
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