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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1911
Page
5
Readable items note Bowmans Wooltex sale and special showing at Bowmans. Shoppers visit Davenport and Burlington for events while multiple residents travel for visits to Aberdeen Ainsworth and other towns. Local couples wed and stores promote fall stock and Holiday items with a focus on groceries clothing and household goods.
A poor boy peddler helps a grasshopper and hears a fairy voice on midsummer night. He sleeps under the elder tree by a bridge, and a king’s party discovers him. Impressed by his tale, the king makes him a poet and his fortune is made.
Mrs William Fulton sustained painful bruises after a buggy wheels cramped by a sudden left turn caused a runaway on the northeast corner of the square. She was cared for at the Farmers and Merchants bank then returned home on West Main street. The horse fled down South Iowa avenue but was stopped without further damage.
Mrs. Alex Nelson traveled to Columbus Junction to visit friends. Milt Dennison Don Wittman and Dave Martin went to Fairfield on business. Mr and Mrs M W Bailey went to Fairfield this afternoon for the dedication of the new chapel at Parsons College given to the school by Mrs Bailey's uncle Mr Barhydt.
The Baptist church announces its annual meeting this evening at 7 30. Election of officers and other business will be conducted. A large attendance is desired at this important gathering.
The skating rink will be open every Tuesday and Friday night for the season.
A four story Atlas distillery feed house owned by United States Industrial Alcohol in Peoria burned rapidly. The 200 by 200 foot building collapsed within minutes. Loss pegged at 106090 dollars. Fireman John Wenzell sustained serious injuries.
State authorities and Southern Pacific detectives search statewide for suspects tied to a plot to wreck the Taft special near Santa Barbara California. A watchman found dynamite under the Carlton viaduct after a skirmish with two suspicious men.
The jury to hear Maurice Enright's murder case was completed in Judge William Mc Surely's court. Enright, alleged slayer and labor slugger leader, faces trial for Vincent Altman's March 2 death at the Briggs house bar. Thirteen days were consumed securing the panel.
An old gentleman in a top heat wave exclaims amid a busy street as a fire engine speeds by. The scene captures summer stress and public concern over fires in extreme heat.
A gossip brief from the St. Louis Republic notes a notoriety seeking woman loudly courts a “real mate” while promising more noise than ten thousand content wives who would not swap places with the queen of the Indies.
New York on October 18 reports Migs Olive Fremstad secured a final decree of divorce from Edson W. Sutphen on July 11. The identities were concealed during the hearing before referee Robert L. Luce and became public only now.
O Willard Hayes, chief geologist of the U S Geological Survey, resigns to join Lord Cowdry and H Clay Pierce in a Mexico oil power struggle. The move follows tensions with Standard Oil over Pierce’s tactics, amid Mexican President-elect Madero’s apparent support for Cowdry interests.
The church hosts meetings Wednesday through Friday evenings to discuss religion via Toy and Dickson meetings. Though aimed at Presbyterians and their sympathizers, the invitation is open to all. The pastor will preach daily with a praise service at 7 30.
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