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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1911
Page
8
The Traveling Salesman drew a large Graham audience Saturday night and received a warm reception. Robert Elinor led a visually clever company in a heartwarming comedy about a man who loves a pantry railway station operator, thwarts a drummer villain, and ends with a happy union. The play has toured well nationwide for its clever humor and engaging plot.
Entries recount Buckner’s retirement to Bowling Green after false promises of reinforcements and a failed defense of Louisville. A Guatemala poisoning plot against the president led to the execution of two druggist brothers.
Muscatine Oct 10 Trains will run on the North and South extension within about thirty days if weather permits. Recent rains have delayed work as embankments were damaged and rails and ties laid. Initial entry will use Rock Island tracks at the city limits with freight yards planned on three city lots. Direct rail link to Elrick Junction Oakville Kingston and Burlington expected before November if conditions improve.
Sale of household goods scheduled for Saturday October 14 at the northeast corner of the square. Auction details listed for Macon.
Bethel school pupils in Cedar township named Clarence Phillips Ruth Phillips Merle Green Glenn Knupp Gladys Kaoupp KNilen Creen achieved perfect attendance for the month, reflecting steady punctuality and dedication.
An advertisement touts Paxton Toilet Antiseptic powder as a dissolvable germicide for mouth care teeth whitening tartar removal and decay prevention. It claims to disinfect the mouth purify breath keep dental work clean and remove nicotine odors while also offering body cleansing and eye healing uses. The package is advertised at 25 and 40 cents a box with free samples by mail from The Paxton Toilet Co Boston Mass.
The Washington lecture course begins Friday with the Evelyn Bargelt Concert company to open the Opera House program. Bargelt, a Lyceum star, will illustrate readings with crayons and deliver humorous drawings. Supporting artists include Gertrude Bates violin Horace Victor Benjamin baritone and Willamena Harter pianist. Tickets are $2 for the course or 50 cents for a single ticket.
In Chicago and Philadelphia and Brooklyn and Cincinnati doubleheaders, teams posted varied results with pitchers like Liefield Robinson Simon Cole Brown Needham and batters Weaver Raridan Shultz Stan ley Killefer Quinn Hogg Pfeffer Gowdy Cotter Wiltse Hartley Knet zer Steele Miller Geyer Wingo Sever oid and others contributing. Early games featured small run gaps while late games saw decisive innings.
Final standings show teams and win loss records across the league with percentages. Ros and Det figures appear among the group of clubs, including Cleveland Washington Chicago with varying wins and losses and overall paces.
Federal agents in St Paul report a tiny Nell Gwynne portrait found in a woodsman’s trunk after crossing from Canada. The incused gold framed piece, encrusted with diamonds, is believed stolen from the British Museum and no owner has been located.
Detroit observers report Captain Pred M. Alger and aviator Fraenk Coffyn alighted in a biplane with pontoons on Lake St. Clair after several successful water landings. No injuries were recorded.
The American Pearl Button Company opens a gym in a former Washington Manufacturing wagon box factory building for evening and Saturday use. A cement floor, basketball and indoor baseball gear, and a laid out baseball diamond support new activities. Sixty men and thirty girls work there, with a worker committee to manage the gym and organize teams.
Victoria B C Oct 10 Ten were killed and others injured by a cave in at a Canadian northwestern construction camp near Colwood Vancouver Island. Lieut Lynch killed himself. Washington Oct 10 Second Lieutenant John R Lynch of the Third Cavalry died by his own hand at Fort Sam Houston Texas. death attributed to self-inflicted cause. H S Perry dies Warren Pa aged eighty five. Perry was a business partner of John D Rockefeller in forming the Western Development Company.
Mrs. W. W. Gould of Pittsfield New Hampshire says Electric Bitters cured her stomach and kidney trouble after other medicines failed. She touts the tonic as the best liver and kidney remedy and urges others to try it, available at Lemmon's Pharmacy for 50 cents.
An ad notes sage and sulphur hair tonic benefits for darkening hair and curing dandruff. It contrasts home brews with ready made Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy from Wyeth Chemical Co New York, sold by druggists for fifty cents a bottle with refund if unsatisfactory.
For sale 100 young Shropshire breeding ewes or possible term share arrangement. 25 yearling Shropshire rams 90 to 125 lbs. One black 2-year-old Shetland pony and a 4 month old black Shetland pony, both gentle. Also a top buggy and 14 harness. See Ed. R. Harve farm near Washington. Terms cash or bankable note.
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