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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1902
Page
4
After a busy board meeting the County Supervisors adjourned their session. Grace Hill hosted a reception following the adjournment featuring local officials and residents.
A hectic week at the academy featured student gatherings at Miss Dwinnie Rankin's East Main home with music and games. Literary societies met amid election changes, a box supper funded minor improvements, and chapel talks by Rev. Young inspired attendees. A county board adjournment and road case decisions concluded the period, with road grants in Jackson township and Dutch Creek and Clay.
The Queen Esther Circle of the First M. E. church at Armory D hosted a chicken pie supper and reports a larger crowd than expected. A gasoline store accident disrupted service, but proceeds reached $70 for missionary use. Tickets for Mrs. Norton’s Oct 21 concert go on sale at Carris Pharmacy tomorrow morning.
Grace Hill hosted a family reception at T. E. Rehmel’s home on October 17 in honor of Mr and Mrs A Rehmel. Mrs Rehmel is Jennie Brollier of Richland, married in Brighton the day before, and the couple will reside in Richland where Mr Rehmel runs a restaurant. Community offers congratulations.
A telegram from Civil Service Examiner Joyce of St Paul instructs that the Civil Service examination will be held in the City Hall at 8 a m Monday next the 21st inst instead of the List Applicants are asked to take notice The notice appears in a local paper among various social notes including a marriage, visits and club plans and a report on A.A Smith of Sunny Vale Cal improving after paralysis
The Iowa Central R. A. will sell tickets to bona fide landseekers at rate of one fare plus 2.00 to Tres in Homeseekers territory in M ota and North Dakota on any Tr day, good for 2 days. For further particulars call on or address lowa Central Ry. 2-206.
Captain Ed gar Russel recalls a tale from the Philippines where four Montana troopers charged exposed to natives. The enemy fled as the troopers advanced in the open, their nerve turning a trench battle into a rout. The anecdote shifted to a gambling metaphor about bravado and risk.
Lost items seek return or reward including a red comfort kept as keepsake from Haskins to Washington. Beaver collar with eight tails also sought. Jobs offered include dressmaking work and a home sewing machine trade. Available in Washington Iowa at Journal office and Main Street listings.
Local notes report visits by Robert McCleary of Crawfordsville and others, with minor illness news about Mr Hicks. Parsons boys and girls concert at the Academy Friday night. Several residents travel to Chicago, Kansas City, and New London for shopping, shooting tournaments, synod, and family visits. Johnson’s bakery advertises a big selection for Saturday including pound cakes and cream puffs.
Crawfordsville notes visitors from Bedford Lone Tree and Washington. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Walter Sewall yesterday. Mrs Frank Ferguson and Martha Cherryholmes hosted a dinner for Elizabeth McCahan and John Lenox visitors. Sam Ferguson’s dinner party honored Elizabeth McCahan. J T Crooks travels to Chicago on business. Frank Hull welcomes a new baby boy yesterday.
W. L. Derby and A. L. Tucker went to Burlington to consult with Dr. Young the oculist. Derby shows marked improvement while Tucker received no encouragement from the visit.
Oct T P Riley of Burlington was a business visitor yesterday. Miss Belle Marsden visits her brother William in Washington. Mrs Ruth Cook, returning from the Synod meeting, visited friends and home in Washington. Rev Jas R Logue of Washington, at Synod, demonstrated his unfitness as a barber by slicing his face in seven places. The 43rd annual Synod of Iowa closed at noon, ministers and elders departing for homes. Walter Strohm returned to Grace Hill after a week in Chicago.
In Langum the women hold sway as market leaders and family financiers while men play only a minor role. The piece notes Langum oysters as a local fame, contrasting female dominance with male passivity in this sequestered Welsh coast village.
A Kennebec Journal excerpt captures two councilmen in a terse exchange about a bill they supported. The first questions Bribem’s interest while the second confirms receiving a note about the vote. The dialogue hints at influence and behind the scenes communication in local governance.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer exchange segment quotes a retort on manners stating a girl’s manners aren’t from her father’s side. It adds a quip that true genius in letter writing lies in remembering what to omit, highlighting writing craft through concise wit.
Travel bargains announced for multiple routes including Puget Sound California and New Orleans with low one way and round trip fares. Advertises daily sale through Septem ber and October plus sleeping cars to Pacific coast via Denver and Salt Lake City. References cattle and horse show travel and land agents in Burlington Iowa with K G Fox and Morell Law as contacts.
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