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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1902
Page
2
Harry C. Hale and Ethel Dillon were wed last evening at the George Hale residence. The couple plans a future reception and will reside locally.
De White Swick wedding reported at the Presbyterian Parsonage last evening with Rev L D Young officiating. Witness Win Strader of Des Moines. The event followed by a large luncheon for city teachers and academy staff in the Kindergarten rooms with ample provisions and music. Also notes the quiet marriage of Miss Ethel M Dillon to Mr Harry Hale at North Iowa Avenue with Rev Jas R Logue officiating. Both couples presented as well known, with congratulations from the Journal.
A Chicago man extols kindness over real estate deeds and promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy. He claims few doses cure colds and prevent pneumonia, praising its safety and past personal success. Sold by Stewart's pharmacy Cook & Sherman.
Mr and Mrs Hugh Teeter express appreciation for kindness shown during their son Chauncey illness and death. They note generous acts and floral offerings from friends were deeply appreciated beyond words.
Mr Henry Beresford and company perform that comedy at the Graham with a likely large audience. Seat sales start four days prior at Carris pharmacy. Also includes product notices for Canton Coal and Bucklen's Arnica Salve with cures for skin complaints and piles.
A Yale Medical School anecdote shows Dean Smith warning a student. After he initially answers a dosage, the student revises his response as seconds pass. The professor reveals the patient has been dead for forty seconds, highlighting the need for rapid, accurate judgment in medical practice.
The October American Boy presents eighty pictures and thirty two pages for boys with stories such as Napoleon Bonaparte and Buccephalus, The strike at the Continental Muswak a tale of the north woods, and The wreck of My Love. It includes features like the Roll of Honor, Morse telegraph history, projects, and various departments for boy readers. It is published by Sprague Publishing Co in Detroit and sold via Columbia Pharmacy.
In October 1901 St Luke's church in Dubuque Town lauds Marion Green as a bass cantante with a remarkable future. A concert is announced with Miss McNett, Mrs Norton and others on October 21 at St Luke's Episcopal. admission 25, 50 and 75 cents. The St James School Carnival opens November 10.
Washington high school weekly notes Chauncey Teeter’s death after long illness and honors him as a model pupil. Teachers report increased football interest, Juniors’ geometry pride division continues, and Paul Allen visited the auditorium. The team held Columbus Junction 1.8 but scored no points, hoping two heavy players would bolster Friday’s game.
J C Mount of Three Mile Bay New York ran a ten penny nail through the fleshy part of his hand while opening a box. He applied Chamberlain's Pain Balm and later, amazed by the relief, said the pain and soreness disappeared and the injury healed promptly. Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman carry it.
Maurice Thompson describes the American belted alcyou or common kingfisher as an expert hole borer that nests in clay banks along streams. He praises its cheerful presence on angling days, noting its round burrow, upward shaft, and jug shaped chamber where minnows are stored, and its insatiable appetite from morning to night.
Excerpt recounts racial fear in the South focusing on two triggers: cracking finger joints and being stepped over while lying on the ground. It notes beliefs about luck and child growth, plus a mill district practice of weekly per capita funds for towels and supplies. A worker named Reddy favors practical humor over grievance.
A Washington Times excerpt notes that women show curiosity in different lines. Women may own sewing machines yet not know their construction, but would not tolerate a seamstress in the house without knowing all about her.
A Louisiana colonel recalls driving bay horses that suddenly bolted stopped under a tree with his wife and daughters aboard. After the frightful moment the surrey slid to the sidewalk untouched and the harness showed no fault. He wonders if supernatural forces were at work in the unhooking incident witnessed by about twenty bicyclists on St. Charles Avenue near Carrollton Gardens.
Fragments describe frigate birds flying for a week without rest. Liberia cats glow red in moonlight. A seal’s cry flags distress as tears flow. Herring difficult to preserve alive for a wounded whale to survive. Cranes and storks fly from northern Europe to Africa in a week, with many resting near the Mediterranean. A fox hunts lambs then tears tired sheep tongues for food. Caterpillars see only about a centimeter ahead. hairs on their bodies aid awareness as eyes would.
In North Carolina mountains Uncle Lige Downs travels toward town with a bed bundle. He laments his wife Aunt Hootie’s holiness, saying no sin left in her and that she is beyond his reach, enough goodness to drive him away from their cabin and toward others.
A New York Tribune excerpt recalls a Brooklyn clergy man who visited the Hawaiian Islands and noted the abundance of vowels. He joked about Spreckelsville lacking euphony and repeatedly used a playful line about taking the steamer ly-ally-ally to Nawiliwili, provoking laughs in his lectures.
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