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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
8
Washington county board of supervisors decided not to use voting machines in the upcoming election. Two machines delivered for demonstration were unsatisfactory and no delivery deadline was met. Ballot voting will proceed as before. The board emphasized machines will be accepted only if perfectly reliable.
Mr and Mrs H E McCollum marked their 50th anniversary at home in the city. Married October 21 1858 in West Lebanon Indiana county Pa the couple now enjoy their 75th year with health and happiness. They are both 74 going on 75 and in good spirits.
Miss Wilma Row will entertain the Ready Maids Friday evening at her home on East Washington Street.
The Rose club announces the Hallowe'en party will be held October 29, not October 0 as reported yesterday.
Nearly one hundred neighbors and friends visited Mr and Mrs George Bereiter at their West Madison street home to extend a pleasant surprise. A fuller account will appear in tomorrow s paper.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Baptist church will hold an all day sewing Friday in the lecture room. All the ladies of the congregation are cordially invited to come.
Yesterday afternoon members of theHome Department and the Cradle Roll of the Baptist church gathered in the church parlors for a reception. The event was informal and pleasant with refreshments served.
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Maxwell hosted a noon wedding anniversary reception for Mr. and Mrs. James H. Maxwell at their Crawfordsville area home. Guests included T. E. Maxwell, M. C. DeLong and daughter Irene, F. J. Maxwell and daughter Alice, Alice Hobart, Teresa Cunningham of Crawfordsville, and Mrs. Elizabeth Moore of the city.
Mr. and Mrs. W A Cook will host a dinner party this evening at five o clock. Guests invited include neighbors and family as they welcome attendees to their home.
The entry notes Mr. and Mrs. Peter Boyle of Davenport hosting an evening reception with numerous guests. Former residents of the city, the Boyles are joined by many friends who attend as the hour marks a social gathering.
The P. E. O. s will host a Hallowe en party Friday evening October 30 at the Chilcote house on South Second Ave. A Rothschild's ad offers a 50c wire hair roll with adjustable combs for 25c.
The Home Guards of the World announce their fourth annual entertainment in the hall next Monday evening. Members may invite two friends and must bring provisions for themselves and guests. Caner's orchestra will provide music for a good old-fashioned picnic supper. 13-31 Committee.
Twenty five percent off on trimmed hats offered Friday and Saturday. Kate Benz promotes hat sale. A pie supper will be held at the Eureka school house south of town Friday evening October 23 inviting all to attend and bring friends and pies to share.
Ed Klopfenstein traveled south on the Burlington last evening. A pie supper is planned Friday at Eureka schoolhouse the 23rd. George Eckerman assists at Patton and McElhinney grocery during Patton’s absence. Prof. T C Davis and his music class plan a concert at Junction tomorrow evening. Mrs Bert Henderson visits with her sister in law Ora Henderson and leaves for Clarinda Iowa. Cup cakes drop cakes and citron drops praised at the Vienna.
Mrs L B Ward and Martha Brown depart for Davenport to visit the Edw Walther home. Mrs Walter Ayers and daughter Isabelle arrive from Chicago for the Bell Wil son wedding and stay at the A H Wallace home. Rev S K Coates returns from Richland after officiating at the Grace Drummond and George Hall wedding. Hon Geo S Tracy and Hon J J Seer ley travel to Wellman for a Democratic meeting with optimism about victory.
In a wry exchange, Eva notes she never had a beau. Katherine claims a face is her fortune, while Eva calls it an “unclaimed fortune” as a sharp social quip from a Chicago News piece.
Poem notes preachers urge living today while speaker treasures childhood with Winnie as companion and looks forward to a home provided by her father, anticipating a balanced present moment. The verse honors present happiness and future stability in a nostalgic tone.
A reader describes a late season pumpkin swelling near a mossy garden wall while nearby watermelons fade and vines curl. A busy dog and a partridge call add rural ambience as summer ends in Chicago.
H T Butterworth a St John jeweler and brother of former Chicago Alderman William Butterworth was killed at night by a watchman near his Portland suburb home. Police believe the robber aimed to steal a $350 diamond ring. a gold watch and cash remained untouched.
A brief World caption notes a boy rushing to school while nearby sirens signal approaching fire engines, capturing a lively urban moment with regional dialect and quick humor.
Tess Brookleigh accepts a proposal from Tess but suspects a counterfeit. Jess explains the suitor lacked the proper ring and context to seal a true engagement. The exchange unfolds with wary humor in the conversation.
Frances Starr is announced for a fresh season production. Hartley Manners wrote a new play titled Birth. Adelaide Manola, star of All For a Girl, is Rupert Hughes's wife. Adeline Genee refutes Denmark marriage reports.
A man breathes about eighteen pints of air a minute, or over six hogs heads a day. A wireless message was read at 2,900 miles, claimed to be a new record. Coral reefs grow slowly. Heilprin, a German scientist, cites a rate of one foot in 100,000 years.
In Saginaw Michigan on October 22 Prosecutor Miles J Purcell writes to Frank J Meyer president of the K Y M S duty alleging saloon keepers formed a large corruption fund to prevent his re election He says only liquor men are members and demands public statements of reasons for opposing him.
Alfred Picard, ex director general of the Paris ex position of 1900, has been offered the marine minister portfolio to succeed Gaston Thomson who resigned after the chamber of deputies censured his department following the March 1907 Toulon ship explosion.
In Louisville a man named Charles Joseph Magnus sits in the county jail charged as a U S navy deserter. He says he is Ada Gorman’s husband, the second daughter of late Senator Arthur Pue Gorman of Maryland. Magnus says the marriage occurred in Louisville on September 5.
Traverse City Michigan hosts the fourteenth annual convention of the Michigan State Federation of Women's Clubs. President Mrs Frances Wheeler Smith of Hastings spoke on parliamentary order in state meetings followed by Mrs Emma Fox of Detroit.
The text explains that dynamite exerts its maximum force toward the side from which pressure is applied. When placed on the ground it blasts downward, when attached to a wall it pushes the wall, and when hung under an object it drives upward.
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