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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1907
Page
5
Vernon Sigler of Wellman and many locals are listed visiting relatives and conducting business in the city. People travel to Ottumwa Fairfield Miami Des Moines and Aberdeen while attending appointments and social calls.
The county reports the first open air band concert of the season held last evening despite cold weather. The crowd showed good attendance and the band delivered refined selections under chilly conditions as Israel Cameron from Gladwin arrived to visit Martin Stewart and relatives. Mrs. Julia Tripp’s condition remains unchanged with intense suffering.
Miss Mary Robertson returns home to West Liberty after the death of Mrs. Richardson. Genevieve Hulse comes home from Washington. A. W. Hamil and son Keith depart for Texas. Joe Arnold returns to Washington to assist his mother. Professor Johnson leaves S. S. Wright House for Geo Divilbliss property. Miss Nelle Stevenson shows some improvement. Charley Arnold loses another horse this spring. News arrives of Mrs. Conrad Spangler of Winfield passing away.
May 22 reports John Riley returning to Columbus City after a Crawfordsville visit. Mrs J H Armstrong and daughter Ollie travel to Columbus Junction. Mrs Will Harper and children arrive from Wellington Kansas to visit her mother Mrs T W Rickey. Mrs Chas Bennett was a Washington visitor today.
Comedian Raymond Hitchcock, touring in the west, asked a San Francisco area doctor to aid after a show near the County club. The physician arrived by auto, five miles away, and Hitchcock paid four dollars for the trip, noting hackmen would charge fifteen.
South Dakota reports 2000 prairie dogs at three dollars each have been contracted by English lords who hunt the animals on their English preserves. Mrs Nellie Madden of Waukon Wisconsin has withdrawn her farm near Huron South Dakota from the market, saying demand for prairie dogs has boosted its value. The dogs are rat sized, live in connected colonies and drag wounded or dead mates into their burrows.
A New York press correspondent notes women's eccentric fashion in Paris featuring broad brim hats trimmed with artificial seaweed. The seaweed, not real or dried, pairs with fake flora to create a refined effect, appealing to women avoiding bird plumage and heavy flowers.
A Paris exposition titled Exposition Internationale du Livre will run from late July to October 20, 1907. It covers paper making printing bookbinding and engraving with a special focus on artistic advertising and postcards.
A Mason City Iowa infant of Mrs George Elder toppled from a garden chair near a hot stove and suffered serious burns. Neighbors and mother aided the child, who is expected to survive but will be scarred for life. The family lives in the country near Mason City.
The poem argues true spring arrives with lilacs bloom and bees, softer shadows, fragrant meadows, and the joy of planting seven daisies, rather than mere thaw indicators. It contrasts casual indicators of warmth with the deeper signs of spring.
Havana Illinois May 22. Mrs Aman da M Brown wife of a prominent attorney will go to the Decatur convention to seek endorsement as a candidate for the national presidency of the Woman's Relief Corps.
The B. E. O. club of the Methodist church prepares its annual program for the church and a banquet to follow at Harvey and Warfel's restaurant.
A humorous exchange about joining the church reveals a character's reluctance amid house cleaning. Aunt Rachel questions Caroline while she delays religious commitments, highlighting light domestic tension and social expectation in a Chicago Tribune page fragment.
The Edinburgh Dispatch notes a prophecy on Scotland’s governance and sport asserting that golf and football shall dominate as parliament fades. It contrasts an old decree with a world where football and golf have inherited the earth.
Japan expands its cavalry by purchasing Normandy horses for new regiments and Breton breed stock. Prize trotting winners are favored outcomes as Japan secures high quality mounts for military use.
An Iowa grower in Orange Judd Farmer advises gradual diet changes for fat steers as spring arrives. He favors corn based feeds over ear or shock corn, warns against early pasture, and suggests delaying full pasture until May to avoid weight loss and reduced intake.
The article explains how winter onions are harvested, bunched, and packed for markets, noting the need for ventilation, proper bunch size, and tight packing to avoid heating. It also covers asparagus handling, grading, tying, and market variations from Farm Journal.
California fruit growers debate furrow depth for irrigation. Ten to fifteen years ago orchards used shallow furrows two to two and a half feet apart or surface basins. Citrus irrigation now favors fewer, deeper furrows with water running fifty to seventy hours, increasing duration but reducing total seasonal quantity. Fortier.
Kimball's Dairy Farmer notes many men rely on two wheeled water tight dump carts to haul squid manure daily. They lack enough for a spreader load and fear valuable liquid would drain before spreading.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for nervousness backache irregularities and other female complaints. It cites testimonials from New York City women and invites readers to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass for guidance and free advice.
Howard Benn arrived from Indiana and joined the George H. Paul Land company party bound for Texas. Mrs Harper and children of Wellington Kansas traveled from Ed McFarland home to Crawfordsville for an extended visit with relatives before returning home.
Mrs George Gritin and her sons Ward and Ralph depart for Raymondville Texas to make their future home. Mr Gritin moved the household goods on Saturday and will prepare the home on his recently purchased property. The community extends best wishes for their new start.
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