Modern Woodmen Box Supper Planned for May 21
Society column notes the Modern Woodmen will hold a box supper Thursday evening in the hall on May 21.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1908
Page
8
Miss Iola Mayo to Wed Ralph Humble in May
Miss Iola Mayo the bride to be was guest of honor at a pre nuptial party held at Miss Edna Foss home in southeast Washington. Guests played party games and presented plate shower gifts. A luncheon was served by the hostess with Miss Bess Jones assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iola Mayo
Ralph Humble
Edna Foss
Washington
Bess Jones
Southern College for Girls Commencement in LaGrange
Invitations sent in LaGrange Georgia for the Southern College for Girls commencement exercises on Tuesday evening May 19. Miss Maud Helen Wilson’s card is enclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern College For Girls
LaGrange
Georgia
Maud Helen Wilson
Surprise farewell party for Miss Sadie Reynolds in Washington
About twenty neighbors and friends gathered at Mrs. Oscar George's home in east Washington after 8 PM to honor Miss Sadie Reynolds before her departure tonight for Wilcox, Canada. The evening featured social time, phonograph entertainment by Mr. George, and ice cream and cake serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Reynolds
Oscar George
East
Washington
Miss Reynolds
Wilcox
Canada
Mr. George
Narrow Escape From Drowning In Reservoir Overflow
Master James Fulton, son of Mr and Mrs Howard Fulton, narrowly escaped drowning after wading in the reservoir overflow east of Wallace school. He sank twice before companions pulled him to shallower water in about five feet of depth, preventing a potential fatal ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fulton
Howard Fulton
Wallace School
James
Man from Rome Burletta at Pekin Theater in Chicago
The Pekin theater presents The Man from Rome a musical burletta on the Man from Home with colored players led by Bob Motts. Writers Victor H Smalley and Bernie Adler behind the new show. A Friday afternoon benefit for the kindergarten at Institutional church is announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Pekin Theater
Motts
Victor H. Smalley
Bernie Adler
Pekin
Institutional Church
Chicago Tribune
Card of Thanks for Ray mond Kennedy
The Kennedy family thanks friends for kindness during illness and after the death of their son and brother Ray mond Kennedy. Gratitude is extended for flowers and many expressions of sympathy from John Kennedy and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Kennedy
John Kennedy
Hollister Tea Brings Back That Feeling of by-Gone Days
An old advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea for new life and hope. The copy notes 35 cents for Tea or Tablets and lists Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co as sellers. Tomorrow evening is ladies' evening at the Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Lemmon’s Pharmacy and
McElhinney Drug Co
Afternoon Ames Graduates Class of 167 To Be Turned Out
Muscatine Iowa May 19 Judge J Scott Richman the oldest practicing lawyer in Iowa died at his country home two miles north of Muscatine Sunday afternoon Admitted to the bar in 1839 he helped form Iowa s first constitution in 1846 served in the state legislature in 1863 was elected to the district bench until 1872 and later resumed law practice He was also one of the oldest Masons in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Iowa
J. Scott Richman
Richman
Hawkeye State
Iowa State College Graduates Count 167 This Year
Ames Iowa May 19 The number of graduates at Iowa State college shows a substantial increase over last year s class In all there will be 167 who will receive their diplomas They are divided as follows Agronomy 7 dairying 4 animal husbandry 24 horticulture 5 veterinary 14 mechanical engineering 22 mining engineering 1 civil engineering 31 electrical engineering 31 science 6 general and domestic science 16 domestic science 4
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
One of the Essentials of the happy homes today
An advertisement extols a healthful lifestyle and endorses products approved by the Well-Informed of the World. It highlights a genuine laxative Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. as a trusted family remedy available through leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Rock Island Announces June Time Card and Personnel Change
Rock Island lines schedule a time card around June 1. Robert Shaw, former roadmaster's clerk after Eldon office move, takes a similar post with Roadmaster Burke in St. Joseph Missouri and has already started. Only minor projects remain, with little maintenance of way work planned. regular section gangs will handle repairs this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Shaw
Eldon
Burke
St. Joe
Pleasant Plain
Rock Island
Rainy concert rescheduled for park evening
The band concert postponed by rain will be held this evening in the park. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kephart received a bouquet from Mrs. Will Rathmel of Kremlin Oklahoma showing ten kinds of double roses carnations clematis peonies and other flowers plus wheat and blue grass. Dr. and Mrs. Ed MacConnaughey and family visited relatives in West Branch last night. Mrs. Carpenter and daughter Bella returned to Rock Island. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Smith of Wellman shopped in the city yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Kephart
Will Rathmel
Kremlin
Okla
Washington
Ed MacConnaughey
William
Helen Fulton
Lucile Miller
West Branch
Local notes from city visitors and life events
Miss Mildred Shoemaker assists at Caner music store. H Manners of Crawfordsville visits friends in the city. Roy Twinam and Ida Florence Rhum obtain a marriage license. A new boy arrives at the W F Jurgingy home on East Second Street. Laura Chilcote returns from Keokuk. George Webb of Valley Junction visits his uncle Frank Webb. Mrs J M Chittum of Richmond visits her sister Mrs G H Biskamp. Joe Limerman and wife from West Chester spend the day here. Mary McAtlin arrives on the Burlington for a visit with Titus relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Shoemaker
Caner
H. Manners
Crawfordsville
Roy Twinam
Noear Olds
Louis E. Voss
Ida Florence Rhum
Laura Chilcote
Keokuk
George Webb
Valley Junction
Frank Webb
J. M. Chittum
Richmond
G. H. Biskamp
Joe Limerman
West Chester
Mary McAtlin
Arriva
Burington
Titus
Raw beef and eggs advised for recuperation diet
A historical note promotes raw beef paste on bread or crackers for any time consumption and raw eggs as a bloodmaker. It suggests grating round steak, salting, and spreading as a paste, plus a simple method to swallow eggs with lemon juice and tenon. Eight eggs daily is encouraged for recovery.
Learned Woman Wears Knowledge But Relies On Husband
Detroit Free Press notes a learned woman versed in Greek Latin German and the classics she could discuss heroes and Rome but must ask her husband to fasten her hat noting the era's social norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Detroit Free Press
Ruskin's Toys and early taste for architecture
John Ruskin owned only four toys in childhood yet spent many enraptured hours with them. He credited his lifelong interest in architecture to blocks, one toy, that sparked his fascination with building from an early age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruskin
John Ruskin
Roses and their attractants for insects
In roses insects are drawn by perfume and vivid color along with plentiful pollen serving as nourishment. The plants do not secrete honey in their blossoms. pollinators visit for nectarless forage.
Unlucky shirtwaist and local notices at the Star
Local item brief summarizing shop notices and visits. Mrs Wes Ragan and others from Ainsworth and nearby towns were in the city on business or shopping. Miss Mollie Cherry returned from Keola. Miss Idella Lakin arrived from Chicago for a visit. many residents planned weddings and medical meetings in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Douglas
Tf Zweiback
Vienna
Wes Ragan
Newt Wilkins
Ainsworth
Harry White
Tillie Gardner
Mary Rush
Haskins
Mollie Cherry
Keola
Idella Lakin
Chicago
J. D. Hawkins
Mary Masson
Keswick
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Standard Oil Company ([Incorporated
Im Society
Wanda Willis
Star Pictorium
Dolly Dare
S. W
Don Hawkins
Mgr
Dr. King
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Bob’ Motts
Theater
the Star
Ames Graduates
Railroad Notes
E. F. Smith
Wellman
W. F. Jurgingy
East Second Street
J. H. Wagner Company
Fort Madison, Iowa
U.S. A
The
Star
N. S
the Star Tonight
Grant Snyder
Kalona
City
Delpha Cummings
Columbus Junction
Mrs. W. ©. Ralston
Mrs
Walter Hays
Harry Ward
St. Louis
Hattie Bates
Mediapolis
C. A. Boice
Des Moines
State Medical Society
R.S. Cunningham
Ollie
Robert
J. B. Crooks
Lyle Nicola
Norfolk
Nebr
Carro
Lydia E. Pinkham
Maggie Gilmer
West Union
D. C
Mrs. Pinkham
Josephine Hall
Bardstown
Lydia EK
Pinkham
Courte and Eiaesiers
Sprague
Colorado
Yellowstone Park
Pacific Coast
MUU Cn Hunt
J. E. Eye
Manager
Stice Farm
Nutwood
Carrie
Geo. Wilkes
ManaGer H
Bus Manager
Pana
Pridewood
Mantell
A. G. F. Stice
Washington, Iowa
Wayland Telephone Line
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