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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1911
Page
5
Local shoppers browse The Fair for coal hods and shovels while Madison County residents make short trips to nearby towns. Notable moves include Miss Dorothy Latchem to Keota for piano, Mrs. J. B. Erwin visiting Columbus Junction, and Mrs. Kate Babcock returning to Chicago. Maxwell cars appear at Smith & Gibson, with more new goods arriving at The Fair.
A noisy jumble of shopping lines and social notices lists Rothschilds shop promos and new goods from dresses and scarves to lamps and linens. Readers visit Davenport Iowa and Crawfordsville and see relatives while travel and community updates accompany sales pitches.
The C. C. Starr family living in the city left yesterday for Nebraska by the Burlington. Mr. and Mrs. Starr will visit Mrs. Starrs sister in York while the boys Hubert and Fred stay with their uncle in Pawnee City. The family plans to travel to Portland and Oakland then on the coast and may settle in California. A large group saw them off at the station.
In a bedtime tale Meelin asks about mermaids while Arabella Jones claims seashore mermaids exist. A father recounts Homeric lore of the sirens and Ulysses tying ears with wax to hear them from safe passage. He concludes not to trust such stories.
The stockholders of Washing County Savings Bank elected directors A W McCulley S W Livingston Ab Anderson A E Cunningham H C Hull T J Berdo and D J Ross. Directors organized with Ab Anderson president W Livingston vice president and D J Ross cashier. Boyd B Berdo resigned as assistant cashier and George Breitnbach was elected to succeed him. The bank reported all affairs in satisfactory condition and Breitenbach’s promotion noted as well earned.
Mrs Caughey W Southwell hosts the Rose club Friday afternoon to honor Miss Lena Maxwell, who will wed Dr Leroy R Tripp on October 17. Mrs E J Stewart held a dinner party at her West Second Street home with relatives Mr and Mrs T M Mackey of Superior Nebraska as guests. Mr and Mrs J A Y Ashby hosted a six o clock dinner at East Jefferson Street in honor of Mr and Mrs Harry Nutt of Greeley Colorado who depart today. Anna Henderson entertained the New York store girls at Hast Jefferson Street home with a niece luncheon and a musical finish by Jessica Strawbridge.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist church will hold an all day meeting Friday October 13 in the church basement.
County Superintendent Miss Minnie Conner announces a December 8 spelling contest in connection with the Washington County Farmers Short Course. Forty dollars in prizes plus a banner will go to the winning school with the best speller, based on a single-entry, old fashioned spelling down for students in grades six to eight from rural and graded schools outside Washington.
Bermuda will create a five square mile salt water fishing preserve by building a concrete sill across the narrow opening to Harrington Sound and installing a screen to prevent fish from exiting.
The article notes England began large scale cotton seed product manufacture and, by 1870, led the world with an annual seed crush of 260000 tons, marking its prominence in cotton seed oil production.
A library clerk explains that the only two copies of Joe Miller’s Jest Book are checked out by two writers at the last table. The eager applicant requests a copy from the public library.
A terse reflection on wealth where character mirrors money. The speaker warns that with abundance one may risk some, yet if loss occurs society will still deem the holder rich and offer anchor in trouble.
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