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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1908
Page
8
A compact digest of daily county life highlights notable events from various towns. Readers get brief notes on people, local events, and everyday happenings that illustrate community activity and regional news.
Nov 10 relatives in town report the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Guy Tomdinson of Morning Sun. Mrs Jane Mitchell visited Washington today with friends. W Neal of Washington stayed overnight here and left this morning. Mr and Mrs J H McCleary traveled to Washington this morning to visit their son Lee and family. Virgil Ferguson returned home to Havre after a visit with her grandfather James Ferguson. Mrs John Witting left last week for Ohio due to her father's death.
Mrs. George Goble left last evening to visit her mother in Malakoff Texas. Mrs. Essie Richardson and her children Cora and Clayton returned home after spending the summer with relatives in Allerton Iowa.
Mr and Mrs F D Harding announce the birth of a baby boy last evening. Lou Gormly of Crawfordsville was a business visitor in town yesterday.
Nov 7 to Nov 9 entries detail visits and travel for local residents. George Daiber and Hazel Williams plan a Des Moines weekend with Littler family. Funeral of Edd Sheets at Valley church and interment at Tyrone cemetery. Several locals attend services and visit relatives in Washington St. Louis Muscatine Des Moines and Eldon contexts.
Quite a few residents visited friends and relatives including Mrs. Joe Maxwell at Rob Dawson's and Mr and Mrs Logan at John Hillhouse's. Charlie Roe suffered a serious accident during a ride with Jim Heaps, but improved after medical care. Edits note juries and Illinois trip for Edith Swift.
Advertises Foley's Orino Laxative as a permanent cure for liver trouble by stimulating digestive organs. Claims it does not gripe and is pleasant to take with no need for continual laxative use after. Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Milwaukee on November 10 Judge Turner signed an order for the sale of the Barry Line of steamers to JF Reynolds of Milwaukee and Gus Kitzinger of Manistee, officials of the Pere Marquette line. The purchase price is $80,000.
Howard Smith, twelve, is reported to have tetanus after a football tackle injured his kneecap. A physician stated the boy could not live, and the illness followed two weeks after the game in which he was thrown during a tackle.
Sam Hope, a farmer in Oakland City Indiana reports a beet weighing nine and a half pounds that resembles a pig. The nose legs and tail are formed by roots and bristle-like residues, giving the vegetable an uncanny likeness.
Lt. H. Tweed recounts his sheep raising experience including trial losses, selection of stock with emphasis on vigor over pedigree, dog and parasite controls, and the shift to larger flocks with more land and alfalfa. He notes dipping for parasites and tobacco use as a feed additive, plus continued use of corn and stover.
The age of sheep is shown by teeth. A lamb shows its first permanent front teeth at ten months, second at eighteen, third at twenty eight, and fourth at thirty three to forty months. Full mouth appears by four years. Merinos mature later. by age ten to twelve teeth wear smooth.
Richard Croker will depart for a visit to the United States next Saturday. Major General Fred Grant will assume command of the department of the lakes in Chicago this week. Portage county Ohio votes dry by 1200 in a local option election with twenty nine saloons closed. The Episcopal diocese of Washington meets for the fourth time in four months to elect a bishop. The president invites labor leaders to a White House dinner on hibor legislation, omitting several federation leaders.
A simple home project creates a desk pad from two 20 by 14 inch cardboard panels pasted to form a cover. Flowery cretonne decorates the exterior with white paper lining inside, blotting paper between covers, and ribbons running diagonally to secure the pages.
Directions mix molasses milk and dried fruit with graham flour and spices. The batter is steamed in baking powder caps or cans for two to four hours depending on size. Serve with a light pudding sauce.
A teacher sends Sammy Jones home with a note for misbehavior. Sammy reads it and laughs claiming dad cannot find a fault. The note contains a list of words that split into clues revealing a hidden message about his conduct.
A riddle about a cat named Thomas climbing a sixty foot tree. Each day he ascends eleven feet and each night descends seven. Determine the day his paws first reach the top if he never slips below.
A famous proverb is concealed across four sentences with one word from each in order. Look not behind you when climbing a perilous mountain. You never know your capabilities before trying yourself. A true friend will stand beside you in the hour of trouble. Never leap till you have looked.
Forty five can be split into four parts whose adjusted forms all yield the same value: add 2 to the first part, subtract 2 from the second, halve the third, and double the fourth. Find the four portions that satisfy this condition.
A playful verse hides clues in phrases about removing an eye to reveal words. Each line hints a different meaning through wordplay, tying to a country overseas a measure a demanded thing a mollusk and a youth. The refrain invites deciphering multiple layers.
Aesop tells a fable where a father and son try to ride a donkey and then carry it after criticism. The village schoolmaster advises adjusting the load so the man bears 125 pounds and the boy 95 pounds, with the donkey weighing 220 pounds. The distance from shoulder to shoulder is four feet.
The accompanying diagram depicts how the stoveman arranged his pipes into a square box with white spaces indicating pieces he turned over. It follows a series of word and puzzle items including No 287 No 288 and a malefactor clue.
A list of rhymes and word pairs such as Beheaded Rhymes with Prate rate ate Flout lout out and related items No 291 Cross Diamond U B No 292 Central Exceptions Hopes hoes Dream dram Tones toes Ti ger tier Rouse rose Maize maze Pines ples No 293 Mystic Ants Servant infant slant mendicant truant chant tegnant lieutenant
A plea highlights thousands of American women sacrificing health to keep homes tidy and children well dressed. It urges support to help women overcome daily pains and burdens caused by excessive domestic labor.
Personal testimonials from Mrs. Ellsworth of Mayville New York and Mrs. Boyd of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a help for female ailments. The ad notes the product has helped many women with displacements inflammation irregularities pain backache and nervous symptoms and invites sick women to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for guidance.
The Everson property adjoining the City Library includes lot 7 in block 9 and lot 1 in block 26 of Highland Park. It is offered for sale to close the estate of Mrs E E Everson. For price and terms, contact A Anderson, Executor.
A Foley's Honey and Tar promotion urges prevention of winter illnesses by using the cough remedy to strengthen lungs and avert pneumonia pleurisy and consumption. Lemmon's Pharmacy markets the product as the cure for obstinate coughs and colds before winter arrives.
The Pleasant Hill ladies host a church social at B. F. Miller's Wednesday night to raise funds for the church benefit. Everyone is invited to attend.
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