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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1905
Page
5
Journal correspondents file brief notices of daily life including accidents deaths births and marriages in their communities. The page notes prompt reporting by news gatherers and highlights local events and social notices.
March reports show J B Orris returning from Monmouth Iowa to visit his son. Miss Jessie Griffith travels to Wy to stay with sister Mrs O Turkington. Marcus McAtlin heads to Bloomington Illinois. Mrs J W Hunter ill with illness. Dr Alcorn attends Leesman’s pneumonia case. Mrs Henry Boyd sick with la grippe improving. Deborah Boyd improving. Local caucus held at J R Leases shop.
Marion T. Anderson writes a personal letter to his son sharing thoughts, concerns, and family news. The note offers intimate reflections on daily life, affection, and hopes for the future.
The slate includes Robert Gormley for mayor. Council seats: Dr. N. J. Lease and John Smiley for three years, and C. E. Anderson for two years.
Mrs N M Anderson returned from Chicago after weeks in wholesale millinery. Mr and Mrs J T Matthews of Washington visited relatives. M D Yard of Crawfordsville rode to Rock Island. Stone W Scutter returned from Covington Ky. Mrs Dr Laird and Ella were visitors in Washington. Peter Olson of Muscatine transacted business here. Clara Coulter returned home to Washington after visiting the Coulter family. Mrs Jennie Bailey of Washington visits her sister N M Anderson. Tomorrow's sermon is The honest infidel s fearful struggle to fight and truth. A new term will be completed Friday. Newt Gardner and wife visited the Newt Noacker home. Alton resumes teaching after a week’s vacation. Prairie Flower neighbors were surprised by a telephone line twist and a cheerful call from Mrs Casper at her new home.
Mrs. Harry Rittenhouse tends ill parents in Richmond while Reid from Washington bought horses yesterday. T. B. Thrasher sold one. Harvey Knapps' children suffer colds. Mrs. Brimham and son visit Hogue home in Illinois. Academy students return to Washington after vacation. Charles Bear and Ralph Cherry delivered hogs Monday. Wild ducks fly over attracting nimrods. famous shooters include George Brown and Chas Clendenning. Prairie Flower school closes.
Miss Rose Owens in Washington reports relief after using Wine of Cardui for months of lassitude back pain and nervous weariness. The ad claims over a million women have been helped by this tonic, which corrects menstrual derangements and strengthens the nervous system.
Syracuse man Charles F Lemberger recalls using Bucken’s Arnica Salve to treat a severe eye injury suffered by his son. He credits the salve with quick healing and saving the eye, adding it is good for burns and ulcers as well.
J H Kephart returns from Garfield county Oklahoma with observations from his visit. He describes local residents in light clothing and shirt sleeves and notes Kremlin has three grain elevators. He praises an expected record wheat crop, cites dry last year, moist ground this year, and ten thousand bushes of wheat piled on the ground. He mentions an early potato planting and a heavy rain improving road conditions.
Two games concluded at the Commercial club gym with class A Dewey defeating Slocum and class B Keeley defeating Smith. Tonight features Norton vs Wilson and Wailage vs Bowman, with Thursday set Knupp against Slocum and Rodman versus Neal. Kindergarten enrollment nears ninety as new scholars join.
The piece explores whether dogs bury bones as a provident habit, noting that domestication has dulled this instinct. It cites examples from Rowland Robinson and Gilbert White, references Darwin on dog ancestry, and mentions a dog with wolf lineage whose behavior hints at inherited traits.
The head clerk arrives at a wedding afternoon event in a swagger frock coat gray trousers and patent shoes causing amused comment from clerks. A friend visits and quips that the head clerk looks like a certified check provoking shared laughter.
The Philadelphia Record quotes a department store art gallery manager stating sheep fetch strong demand in the art market. He notes sheep’s versatile poses and soft contour suit paintings, with sentimental storm scenes appealing to women and children, while cows rank below and horses sell poorly.
A Honey Grove Texas man Colonel John M Fuller writes that after failing with his family doctor he nearly died from liver and kidney trouble but was cured by a 50 cent bottle of Electric Bitters. He calls them the best medicine on earth and praises the maker. Sold to treat dyspepsia biliousness and kidney disease by J H Stewart druggist at 60 cents a bottle.
WANTS. De a Wanted-Position on farm by mar ried man. Inquire at Journal. For Sale-13 head of coming 2 yr. old steers. All natives and good color. See A. L. Young. Phone 2% on line 13, 16-1n For Sale-Good all round work mare. Weight 1250. Inquire at Journal office. For Rent-Two unfurnished rooms. Apply at The Journal office. SPECIAL HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSIONS wearers SOUTH On Feb. 21st and March 'th and 21st, a special rate of one fare for the round-trip will be made by the Milwaukee to points in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Tex- 83. Stop-overs allowed. march22.
The tale recalls Yen Shih, a mechanic during the Chou dynasty, who created autonomous dancing puppets that amused Emperor Mu. When the puppets drew the ladies’ gaze, the emperor ordered the inventor executed, but Yen Shih revealed the figures were artificial. He was spared and the performance continued, likened to Punch and Judy in the West.
Corette and McElhinney rent the yellow brick corner for their grocery store and begin moving stock today. Dr. G H Pratt was called to Chicago this morning by his mother's illness, and Miss Ethel Tillotson returned yesterday from a ten days visit in Chicago.
Colonist tickets go on sale February 21 and March 1 via C M and St Paul Railway to Southwestern states at half the regular one way fare plus two dollars. Child fare is half. March 22.
Iowa Central Railway offers very low March and April fares to Minnesota and the Dakota territories. Daily through trains to St Paul connect with northern lines at Asion Depot with no car changes en route. Consult Iowa Central Agents or write A. B. Cutts Minneapolis for tickets.
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