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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1909
Page
2
A quirky piece describes a hat worn by Mary that blocks a theater audience from seeing the stage. The crowd questions its size while she proclaims she wears it because she has nothing inside. The scene follows an usher’s failed attempts to remove the hat.
Local notes announce big markdowns on suits skirts and silk garments at Rothschilds with $30.00 suits at 19.50 and $20.00 leis at 12.50. Additions cover hats, gloves, and silk waists. Various residents travel for visits and a lecture on animal coloration by Prof. Nutting is listed at Presbyterian church. Washington faces Sigourney in the Thanksgiving football game.
Residents and visitors are noted returning home from city trips and outings. Names include Lizzie Wooley, E S Mabie, Maud Murphy, Mack Maxwell, Jennie Madden, C W Hannan, and others. Consolidated city to town movements, travel by train and ship mentioned with brief destinations such as Columbus Junction and Keota.
A farmer announces a will sell at his residence one mile east of Washington near No 11 schoolhouse on Wednesday November 24 at 10 am. The auction features 10 horses and 16 cattle with calves, 1000 bushels of corn, 15 tons Timothy hay, 60 acres of stalk pasture, farm implements, household goods, and more. Terms offer 10 month credit over $10 with 7 percent interest, cash under $10, and 5 percent discount for cash over $10. ALEX JOHNSON D. F. Macon Audt Ralph Dougherty Clerk. 18-19-22
Classified ad notes a cheap sale of a range valued at 80 with cash or part payment. Commission offered to finder who sends a buyer. Contact phone number partially legible.
Captain Edwin Coffin reports mirages of cities and towers above ice in the Arctic during a 1900 Corwin voyage and describes a mock sun near St Lawrence Island. He attributes the effect to layered air refraction and notes a related phenomenon at Damascus with 4 000 street lights.
A meeting for all mothers and teachers will be held at Mrs. E. T. Wickham's Monday at 3 p m. Two Fortnightly club members report on the Burlington Purity Congress focusing on how to teach children about sex and guard against evil talk.
A Paris shopkeeper writes to a customer offering cloth at nine francs per meter with a note that if no reply is received the customer is assumed to accept eight francs. The message implies a negotiation tactic to avoid delays and confirms a quick deadline on price.
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