Retrospective Reflections Prompted by Uncle Walt
Fragmentary verse lines recount a midnight musing on past deeds and regrets. The speaker evokes Uncle Walt and a sense of lingering memory tied to an old copyright claim from 1808.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1909
Page
2
Fragmentary verse lines recount a midnight musing on past deeds and regrets. The speaker evokes Uncle Walt and a sense of lingering memory tied to an old copyright claim from 1808.
Local notes show Vienna bakery offering fine homemade candies cakes and cookies for Thanksgiving trade. The Fair and Crone & Co supply fresh poultry and china while shops promote sales and half price hats. Residents Mrs Noel Miss Shaffer and others visit, with several townspeople traveling for business.
The column lists visits and returns of residents like the Rev A B Hightshoe and Mrs Hightshoe, Mrs Peter McColl, A L Dusenberry, Miss Cecil Rogers, Mrs Flora Pond, and many others, along with village business. Advertisements show half price hats at The Asher Co and various local crafts, goods, and services available in the area.
Magnetic ore rocks termed rolling stones of Australia will soon roll together on a relatively smooth surface as a group. The description hints at a mineral with magnetic properties forming a compact cluster. Further details place the phenomenon in geological studies of magnetic ore behavior.
A marriage license was issued this forenoon to Burrell Foster of near Wellman and Hazel Hagist of near Keota, authorizing their marriage.
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