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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1910
Page
5
Local items report visitors and shoppers in the city including Frey’s Studio Rothschild’s May sale and Vienna bakery specials. Residents Henry Luithly Elsie Wallace Maude Schauenburg Cap Miller and others are noted with visits and purchases. A newborn boy to the Lytles is announced.
Mrs Charles Pauls went to West Chester to spend the day with friends. Over stocked Rothschilds invites purchase or trade. Miss Madge Rozelle from St Louis arrived for a visit at the D S Cole home.
Miss Jarvis of Burlington arrives for a short visit with Miss Jeanette Jamison. Homer Coppock travels to Mt Pleasant to spend Sunday with college friends. Croquet sets featured at The Fair. Everything cased and screened at the Vienna venue.
Community update from Riverside and nearby towns highlights visits, travel, and local shopping. Mrs Nicola returns home from Col Nicola residence in Riverside while Mr Faris visits Roy Faris in Winfield. Do not wait for neighbors to secure plums at Rothschild’s. shop early for various baked goods and groceries. Mrs Sweet and S D Sweet visit Brigh ton. Pauline Peterson returns to Rock Island after city visit. Marie Adams returns to Ainsworth from a day with Merle Rickey. John Chapman of Chicago to speak at Baptist church next Sunday. Macksburg residents Bowden back home after weeks away. Page mentions Vienna big day with cakes and cookies, plus local errands, transportation, and social visits.
A terse notice in The Evening Journal hints at a wide range of unused items ready for sale or swap. The ad implies brisk interest from readers seeking bargains on tools furniture books and other household goods.
Attorney C A Dewey traveled to Iowa City for Mrs. Perry Elgin, who sued Rock Island Road over her husband's death at the coal chute. A settlement paying the widow 1500 dollars was reached. Elgin himself died after a fall from the coal chute trestle and injuries from the incident.
A Burniey Scotland factory was halted when an eel from the Calder river entered the condensing apparatus of the boiler. Workers stopped the machinery to remove the fish and resume operations.
The narrator recalls a 1850s Loudonville Ohio fishing trip with molders and wagon teams, whisky jugs hidden and found, a leaky boat, and a long trek home after a night in rain, ending with a humorous couplet about future farming plans. The piece blends a convivial tale with McKelvy poetry on resilience and crops.
The speaker proposes practical crafts for survival a plan to bridge hardship using food like tomato dumplings or potatoes with sugar and even raising chickens. They envision peace and quiet as hard times fade away, urging self-sufficiency and neighborly prudence.
A Vermont judge Theophilus Harrington in the early 1800s eschews legal quibbling for justice. At a farm case the plaintiff argued a sealless deed could not prove ownership. He creates a seal himself with wafer and paper, declaring the deed valid and refusing any exception.
The article notes a historic Scottish statute that allegedly criminalized golf as a capital offense during times when archery training was required. It claims the law remains on the books though never enforced and questions its current validity in bonnie Scotland.
On a boy’s birthday his parents give a large paper fish painted with a gay bag. A hoop forms the mouth and a string attaches to a pole on the roof. Wind inflates the fish making it seem to swim in the air. The boy preserves each fish and counts birthdays by the fish swimming from the pole.
Mrs W J Southwell and Miss Helen Anderson host a thimble bee on South Iowa Avenue. Lacy and Lottie Meacham invite teachers of the High School and friends to an 8 o'clock breakfast on East Washington Street. The B E B class Jericho’s class of the Methodist Sunday School held a banquet at the church in honor of their retiring teacher. Fifty four members attended with guests, four course banquet by Mrs Milt Dicken and assistants. Caner’s orchestra played. Toastmaster Fred Flynn introduced speakers. Crawford spoke on Our Responsibility, Neal on Right or Wrong, Mrs A B Smith on The Outlook. Others spoke on What May Three Letters Signify and remarks and resolutions for the retiring teacher. Jericho’s heartfelt farewell noted as the class grew from two to over fifty in six years. The evening closed with a midnight sing of God Be With You Till We Meet Again.
The Rest Room Association will meet Saturday afternoon at 2 30 p m at the Rest Room. The regular meeting will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 and all members are requested to be present.
A reflective meditation on pursuing an ideal life and the inner spark that begins with possibility. The author Phillins Brooks explores internal longing and the tension between aspiration and reality.
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