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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1910
Page
2
A fragmented verse sequence features Puffing at a heap in Manila and a speaker asking about love for wealthy Priscilla. Echo replies with scattered exclamations about wealth, cosmetics, and ballroom dances while a narrator muses on a last of the OGradys and social constraints.
Local news from Wellman April 29 covers social visits in Lone Tree and Washington, Elks initiation for area businessmen, home improvements, illnesses and recoveries, W R C meeting, Grandma Huffman’s death and funeral, arrivals and travels of residents, station studio purchase by Karl Fry, booster visit from Iowa City, and migratory travel of William Downing and others.
An American youth jokes about marriage for a title after receiving a frost digit. The heiress declares she will only love a man with a title, insisting love must precede any romance. The scene ends with the man metaphorically struck out after a symbolic brick house is toppled.
A visitor views a bustling magazine office where Penner, famed for business depression pieces, laughs uproariously. Homer Happy, the poet behind “When the World Is Going Wrong Smile,” appears dour and friendless in demeanor.
A verse by Walt Mason laments a hard working husband tormented by a nagging wife. It contrasts the grim daily grind with a hoped for peaceful home, urging wives to provide a kinder, kinder atmosphere and noting the strain of labor and debt.
Keota and surrounding towns report a flurry of visits and health notes. Highlights include Mrs Albert Glider ill with tonsillitis, Lewis Gardner and others traveling to Washington. Iowa City visitors and kinfolk gatherings. measles affecting several families. and community events at the Keota school with Senior banquet planning and medal contests.
Relatives report the graduation of Rev J Willard De Yor of Chicago and note his wife is daughter of LN Carr and frequent visitor here. He stays in Chicago where he leads a church. Chris Ruegsegger repairs his barn foundation. Harry Burns returns from a week with his grandfather Byers east of Lexington.
West Chester reports a W F M convention visit by Mrs. Lane Coffey in Wellman to care for grandchildren with measles. Local sales note cattle delivered to Augustine Bros at seven dollars fifty per hundred, matching recent sales. Several new buildings planned this summer near town and several residents in Washington today for various errands.
A miscellany of weekend travels and visits. Ainsworth May N oN returns from Burlington, Paul A Marsh attends Central University in Pella and came home Thursday. CC Chathers returns from Burlington Friday. Mr and Mrs ME Brown visit daughter Mrs FF L Woodburn Saturday. J P Will travels eastbound Saturday morning. Mrs R J Rowan visits Washington Saturday. Mrs T tastier shops in Washington Saturday. Mrs J I Chapel and grandchildren Glandhe Reynold visit W A Chapel in Verdi late week. Charles Hightshoe returns to Mt Pleasant after visiting his parents. Rev Hightshoe attends missionary meeting in Chicago. Jennie Stevenson returns to Yarmouth for school work.
Mr and Mrs Waldo Wells and son Robert Mr and Mrs Will Anwyl David Gordon Mrs T W Rickey and SG Gordon went to Washington this morning to attend the funeral of Mrs Moulton Luther Williams and Robert Fergusua
The note asks if Frey’s photographs are highly valued by leading judges and hints at a simple reason: superior quality. It invites readers to visit and see for themselves, asserting quality as the sole factor.
A vintage medical ad from Maplewood Alabama touts Vinci as a cure for grip after other doctors and syrups failed. It claims Vinci restores strength and cures cough and calls it a great public blessing. Cook & Sherman advertise in the journal.
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