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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1910
Page
5
Local and personal items include shop visits by Mrs. W R Crawford of Ainsworth and Mrs Charles Hays visiting Muscatine. Mrs Fred Reid traveled to Bloomington Illinois to visit relatives. Also references to a High school class play Friday night and camera supplies at Freys Studio.
Ainsworth resident Mrs John Adams arrives in the city for the day. Miss Ruth Chihak visits Keota friends. Lula Laughead leaves for Des Moines to see her brother. Frey’s Studio ads the Vienna goods. Several locals, H H Willson, Kilmer Mason, and others, travel for business or visits. The paper notes visits, illness, and community events with brief mentions. A new Dewey portrait hangs in the court room, with other judges pictured.
Mrs. R. J. Huffman of Seattle arrived for a visit with her son R. J. Huffman. Miss Ethel Huston of Wyman came for a visit with sister Mrs. Edwin Griffith. Master Robert McGugin attends the Sixth Presbyterian Kindergarten in Chicago as Miss Mary Steck cadets. Miss Wilma Row returns from Chicago after a week visiting friends at the university. Fresh dipped chocolates and spiced dates are noted at the Vienna.
Seats will be placed on sale for the high school class play on Wednesday morning at 8:00. Usual prices apply 50c 35c and 2he. Mrs H J Boice of Rock Springs Wyoming departed this morning for home after spending the past three months at the Boice homes here.
Prices 25c 35c 50c Miss Alma Johnson returns to Crawfordsville after a season at Mide C. Lewis millinery. Martin Essley comes home from Dallas Illinois where he stayed with son J. L. Essley. Mrs A J Applegate of Wichita Kansas leaves for Atlanta Illinois en route to Michigan after visiting J W Applegate. Dr and Mrs C A Boice depart for Des Moines for a state medical meeting. Mrs C J Stewart and baby visit Winfield with her mother Mrs McCaulley of Chicago who has been visiting.
Visitors from Wellman West Chester and Keota attended a K P lodge gathering in the city with speeches and a supper. Local youths and townspeople spoke and a pleasant evening followed. The Junior Fortnightly met with Miss Cora Teeter for an afternoon program of duets solos and recitations. Eighth grade students and Miss Klein picnicked at Box Springs after a school outing.
The Montreal Standard recalls London bridge with its houses and tradesmen, noting Holbein and Os borne, the daughter rescue, the Leeds ducal line, Crispin Tucker’s bookshop, writers visiting, Crocker’s Dictionary, and Nonsuch House. It ends with the bridge’s removal for a newer stone successor.
In an era of growing German musical dominance, the piece recalls past judgments on Teutonic singers. Frederick the Great reportedly preferred a horse’s neighing to a German prima donna, while an Italian gasps at a Sontag aria, deciding to leave before being convinced.
A lighthearted note wonders if the proverb about the early worm being caught by the bird still holds appeal in modern humor, suggesting a flip on the familiar saying.
A fair weather forecast promises an excellent chance to observe the great comet next Thursday. The sky should be clear enough for observers to track the celestial visitor for about seven hours, giving skywatchers a rare viewing window.
News notes warn of a possible meteor shower and atmospheric effects as the comet’s tail may be visible after sunset. Astronomers including Barnard Frost and Hall offer varied predictions from meteorite showers to faint aurora like displays. experts caution no major danger to Earth while urging readiness for viewing.
Reports from Port au Prince Hazarded by locals describe a sudden outbreak of comet pill use among all blacks as a voodoo doctor outside the city profits from selling pills. Patients take one pill per hour awaiting the comets recession.
Foley Kidney Pills described as antiseptic tonic restorative and a prompt corrective for urinary irregularities. Refuse substitutes. Lemmon's Pharmacy McKiinney Drug Co.
The seat sale for the high school class play starts tomorrow morning with in person lines only. No telephone reservations will be accepted. patrons are urged to arrive and get in line by 8 o'clock.
In a bedtime tale set in ancient Rome, a near city’s plan to seize Rome by night is foiled when restless geese on guard duty cackle, waking sentinels and the city. The geese prevent the attack, and the invaders flee.
Sheriff Black and Jack Heath captured Frank Fracht after a night intrusion at Harve Wilson’s home five miles north of town. Fracht waived prelims but was bound over to the grand jury and jailed until the session. He came from Jackson Kentucky and walked from Kalona to Richmond last week.
A passing thunderstorm brought 2 inches of rain, with lightning and thunder observed. The brief shower cooled the evening as forecasts promise clearer weather soon.
A Budapest woman, Schnei der, petitions for divorce claiming her husband insists on displaying in the house portraits of her three predecessors. The case highlights tension over household portraits and marital harmony.
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