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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1907
Page
5
A. Loy Knabenshue has built a two cycle valveless gas engine weighing 54 pounds that delivers 12 to 16 horsepower commissioned for use in a new airship. It runs at 100 rpm starts with a half turn and works with any carburetor. The coil has six windings in series with a condenser battery.
Mr and Mrs George Paul arrived from Keota to spend a short time in the city. A pair of artists will be seen at Crawfordsville May 3rd. McCollum and Cherryholmes shipped a fine car load of horses to Buffalo yesterday.
In the city at the Eldorado A L Doseverry Pery Elgin and EB C and McGuire left this morning for Ainworth to complete a three works ditching job. F DeMarce of Texarkana Texas visited here for a week or two and went to Fairfield to stay briefly at the F J DeMarco home. Mrs Roberts and daughter Bevla returned home from Cotter where they visited B Richards and sister Amy Rishards accompanied them for a short stay. Ms Flenderson of Chicago and Mrs Nelle Hol of Pittsburg left after brief visits at Mr H F Steck’s home returning from Oskaloosa after attending their mother Mrs Cavin’s funeral.
Opal Sturdivan returned to Washington last evening after a short stay at the B.S. Sturdivan home. The report notes the county news numbers and instrumental solos as standout features.
C. A. Paisley of Winfield was in town on business. D. H. Fox and G. W. Nickolaus returned from Burlington. Luther Gormley came home from Winfield after several days of business. Mabiel Crooks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Crooks, is quite ill with tonsillitis.
Robert Gault repairs a pew with a cement walk for J. J. Dayton. Augustine travels to Chicago with two carloads of hogs. Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Ross visit Winfield for a few days starting yesterday.
Miss Mehaffey quits teaching due to a smallpox scare west of town. Miss Levana Gardner will take her position. Gus Klockenteger and family departed Monday for Nebraska to settle there. he formerly served as Wellman’s mayor and contributed much to the town.
May 1 notices show preaching at three in the afternoon next Sabbath. Washington visitors Mrs. J. C. Mathers and Mrs. Ross Hancock in town for dental work. Mrs. H. F. Owen visiting at Chula Missouri. Lester Overfelt back from Rubio at Dr F L Woolburn home. Dr W G Bassett of Douds expected to locate here soon. Emma Shippman and Ollie Toid visit J and Emmons home. Two youths plan a social May 8. Barbara Protzman recovering from illness. her West Liberty son called home Monday.
A vintage ad promotes Dr King's New Life Pills from Stewart's Pharmacy. It claims gentle cleansing to prevent appendix issues and guarantees results, urging readers to try the remedy.
A called meeting of Bethlehem Commandery will be held at the asylum Thursday evening May 2 at 7 30 for work in the Order of Red Cross. Full attendance of Sir Knights is requested by order of Wm M Terry E C.
The Junior class at Crawfordsville Academy presents a laughable comedy titled A Pair of Artists on May 3. The belated school event promises light entertainment with student performers and a lighthearted plot.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is praised for its mild action and pleasant taste suitable for women and children. The ad urges readers to obtain the booklet and a sample at local druggists, highlighting its gentle effect compared with harsher purgatives.
Weekly Sunday trips start May 5 from Brighton at 6 40 a m on train 16 arriving Peoria 11 45 am. Return Peoria at 6 30 pm. Round trip 82 06. Promotes visiting friends in Peoria or calling on local agents for details.
Daisy Smith rides to West Chester this morning while Lemmon's jewelry offers four star cut glass tumblers at 25c each. G Gilson departs for Burlington on brief business. Clyde McClaran returns from Grandview Iowa. Various visits, plays, sports notes, and city chatter fill Crawfordsville items.
William Edgar Gail told a Detroit audience that Wall Street cannibalism surpasses Pacific examples in brutality. He argued that modern commerce degrades all it touches, noting Wall Street swallows legislatures and men’s souls in bright light.
The Wash ington Herald reports Surgeon General Wyman held a rechristening ceremony at a gray limestone mansion in Washington. The yellow fever mosquito known as Stegomyia fasciata will hereafter be called Stegomyia calopus, though its function remains unchanged.
A New York dispatch notes a shift from teddy bears and Pomeranian dogs to monkeys as fashionable feminine pets. Silky ermine muffs frame women in Fifth Avenue while small whiskered faces peer from furs. Being able to converse with a monkey and display its origin and age marks social savvy.
Wealthy Vermont sportsmen back a drive to stock state coverts with foreign birds including the daley pa from Norway the capercailzie from Scotland blackcock and ring necked pheasants as likely introductions to the local hunting lands.
The Dalrymple Comedy company presented The Man from Out West at Graham to a large crowd. Mina Griffin led a strong cast including Billy Boston and Minnette Von with Brydon’s dogs drawing laughs. Emmert and Griffin are longtime theater professionals and tonight’s bill features The White Slave as the follow up.
The article notes a correction after claiming Johnson used the same dough for French bread as other varieties. It explains French dough is distinct and already well known, and that Johnson will continue making it despite the error. It also covers a W C T U talk on tainted money, linking dishonesty to blessing and condemning liquor and prostitution.
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