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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1912
Page
5
Local residents and visitors weave through Washington and nearby towns. Bakeries offer Vienna coffee cake and pies while shops advertise sewing machines and salt. Notables like Paul T. Robarts and Lafe Young stop through. several families return from visits in Webster, Davenport, and Des Moines.
W. W. Copeland distributed a fine lot of pineapples in your town for canning. Prices are reasonable and stock is good. Put up your pine apples while they are available for $216.
A storyteller father recounts how a robin, stranded in winter, seeks shelter among trees. The oak and beech refuse, maple is unkind, birch weak, but pine spruce cedar juniper offer warmth or sustenance. Winter winds strip proud trees while kind trees keep green, teaching gratitude.
The D of H will host a 15 cent social on Saturday May 25 in A O U W hall with good music and a pleasant time. W. M. Sutherland handles Mutual Fire and Tornado Insurance. Washington Cereal Mill now ready for business offering grinding grain dump and no shoveling. Glenn Burham invites a trial at the yard one block west of Marbourg and Helwick feed yard.
Engineers estimate that a waterfall in Iceland could produce 60 000 horsepower and another falls similarly, indicating a major potential for hydroelectric generation.
A reflective guide on designing a practical kitchen focusing on simplicity in taste and function. It advocates a small, efficient space with a well placed sink, a sturdy zinc table, and sanitary cleanliness. It suggests a wall art inspiration, a rocking chair for brief rests, linoleum floors, and mindful ironing to ease daily chores.
President Taft praised the commerce court as a major administration achievement though the House voted to abolish its creation. The court, created by June act, was to be permanently open with sessions in Washington and other regions. It held circuit court powers, with five judges to be appointed and assigned by the chief justice for five year terms. The act outlined its exclusive jurisdiction over specified Interstate Commerce Commission orders and related actions.
In Mamburr two masonry bridges with dangerous cracks were bored with holes to access interiors and cement injected under pressure. Reports on their condition after the procedure are favorable.
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