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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1905
Page
5
Special weather forecast notes showers and thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday with cooler readings in the northwest portion. Washington reports Iowa conditions to The Evening Journal.
W R McClean representing the Washington Chautauqua visited Friday to publicize the August 15 to 25 meetings. Highlights include Gun Day on August 1éth with rapid fire firearms demonstrations and a fort battle. Dr S S N McClean, noted weapons inventor, will lecture on the Evolution of Firearms while Fighting Joe Wheeler offers Civil and Spanish war reminiscences.
A Johnsons oven bakes seven loaves of bread each day for 25 cents a loaf.
D. C. Kyle and son James with Lloyd Purvis depart tomorrow for Spokane Washington where Kyle will perform engineering work for the Spokane International Railway. The son is praised as capable and the men may be away for months.
The East End Fancy Work club meeting with Mrs. BE. G. Fox is postponed. Epworth League holds regular meeting and social next Friday at 7:30 with officers to be elected and a box supper at 8. Standard Bearers met with Miss Hala Bradford and read letters from Mrs. Holland. Miss Carrie Miksch celebrated a birthday with a surprise party at Miss Minnie Wilkins’ home. Royal Neighbors meet tonight at eight with full attendance urged. State P B O convention opens next week with open meeting at the Methodist church May 10 at 3:30. Bible study at Fortnightly club discussed papers led by Mrs. Andy Stranahan. G T club ladies meet tonight with Miss Lucy Johnson. Fresh bread baked at the Vienna.
A Hannibal MO Daily Journal endorsement extols W P Hall's Circus noting promises fulfilled during a Washington DC exhibit and urging readers to see the show. It mentions May 17 as the Washington appearance and lauds the parade acts and overall entertainment value. weitere details include a bakery advert and Geneva College debates with John Schuman and William Dismont.
A Chicago Limited conductor recounts poking a sleeping, ticketless traveler. The man, a London lawyer, threatens to sue the railroad for lost tickets and damage but the conductor averts a lawsuit by arranging a remedy and departing at Chicago with the man’s health noting an improvement.
A man recalling an incident describes poking a ticket buyer during travel and receiving a postdated confession. He reveals the prank led to a forged check for a New York to Chicago fare signed The Man You Poked. The writer later notes his liver health improved and vows not to poke again.
A Century article portrays Diana of Poitiers as a formidable force behind the Chenonceau project. She bridged the Cher with a vast palace of sport and festival, pursuing power through strategic marriage, patronage to artists, and relentless, cold determination.
A humorous set of cautions on safe sewing habits from the Kansas City Star. Advises using a proper thimble and needle size, avoiding teeth to push thread, not leaving the needle in the chair, selecting the correct button size, and not enlarging button holes with a knife. Includes warnings about profanity and general safety while sewing.
A London Pall Mall Gazette report notes ponies used in racing are often measurably reduced in height by three quarters to one inch. It explains methods to adjust ponies by booting and head-tying to fit the standard, with two pounds per quarter inch as the regular allowance in the scale for age class and inches.
A schoolteacher uses the Cavities routine to teach a small boy about body spaces. The boy, described as very round, answers with lines about the head cavity holding brains and thorax cavities housing lungs and vowels, including A E I O U and sometimes W and Y.
A flirtation sparks a scheme as Young Feathertop asks to elope when opposed by parents and Miss Sharpe-Chinn suggests the idea would be openly criticized by everyone who knows them.
All kinds of bread at the Vienna every day. It is mighty fine. C. D. Gove, who has been on the road for months, came in Saturday evening for a stay at home.
Elrod Dayton of Brighton traveled to the city today to pay respects at the funeral service for the late C S Reeves.
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