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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1910
Page
5
Town traders trumpet end of season cut prices on jewelry, china, glassware and statuary at W J Bradley Jeweler while The Fair advertises apples halved by value. Residents visit, travel and attend shows at the Graham with The Candy Girl the night’s feature.
A milkmaid dreams of wealth while walking home with a full pail and narrates her plans to buy eggs hens chickens a pig and a farm. She triumphantly tosses the pail, spills the milk, and her riches vanish, proving wealth depends on the milk she carries.
Visitors at the state fair day nursery observe dozens of babies under nurses care while parents attend the fair. Men and women watch with tender interest as children play in yard areas with sand piles toys and hammocks. Dickens is cited with the line there is a door to every heart, and the writer muses on the universal maternal instinct.
Local note says Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Brinks depart for Muskogee Oklahoma to stay two or three weeks with Mr. Brinks' parents and visit Kansas City briefly. The scene includes lively compliments from onlookers and a reflection on maternal tenderness observed among the men.
The Navajo club meets with Mrs. William McParland on Wednesday afternoon. The Junior Portniehtly met at Romola Latehem’s Past Main street home last Thursday. Heinrich Eicher just turned five and celebrated with kindergarten friends at Wallace school. He shared his birthday cake with five candles. T. S. girls were entertained at Miss Mildred Martin’s North Marion avenue home Saturday evening for her birthday anniversary.
A local Presbyterian Ladies group launches a charity drive inviting parishioners to donate fruit and jars for a children's welfare project. The effort aims to stock a community pantry and support council activities with donated homegrown produce and supplies.
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