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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1907
Page
3
The account recalls an American actor's London reception after receiving an invitation from a stranger. A jovial host appears, shares stories, and pays the bill, while the guest learns the man’s anonymity and the evening’s charm contrasts with a warning about drinking. The bon vivant cites a line about a party around a pump.
A Pittsburg man recalls temperance reformer Francis Murphy's odd life episodes including a clubman who briefly outwitted him in an argument over a drink. The anecdote highlights Murphy’s formative, sometimes humorous, experiences during his long advocacy.
Instructions describe ripping seams with a pressed garment and cutting knife, waxing and ironing slip fabrics to prevent fringe, using heavy muslin for slips, creating dresser scarfs with satin faced pique, outlining floral borders, and shrinking wool by steaming skeins over boiling water to prevent woolen stockings from shrinking after repair.
Oct. 23 reports include John Griffith departing for LaPlata Missouri after visiting his mother Mrs. Mahala Griffith. Mrs. N Crawford and son Elmer travel to Des Moines for a definite time while Mr. Crawford works on an extra steel gang. A.M. Deller arrives from Honeycreek Pennsylvania. first trip west. Communion scheduled at Mennonite church on November 3. Funeral for Jos Garrick of Wayland attended. buried at Sugarcreek. Several families visit relatives in Milford Nebraska and Washington. Cattle and hog shipments to Chicago noted.
A garbled clipping mentions a French chauffeur with an imported machine being read by a mechanic who questions whether an Irishman runs it. It also references studying the STUDEBAK wagon and a car storage firm Mason T & Storage Co. along with a Keota home return by Ezra Eckerman and wife after a day out.
A boss scolds Henry for lateness but the office boy jokes he wanted the employer to be the first to hear of it. The exchange highlights workplace wit as a light moment in daily routine.
Local residents travel to Riverside to hear Rev. Father Weil. Community members fill vacancies at banks in Kalona and sightseeing trips to the east. Families visit, guests host, band practice continues, and several residents perform home projects and photography work.
Oct 21 Miss E Snyder begins as a clerk at Bon Ton restaurant. T Frederick improves his home with a new cellar and pantry. D Wertz is in the country today. Miss Mauthe the trimmer visits Des Moines this week with her family. Mrs Jim Knebel travels from Riverside Monday. Frank Jackson visits his parents and relatives.
Article endorses a home remedy for rheumatism kidney and bladder issues detailing a prescription with cascara bark oil and aromatic elixir. It urges diet water exercise as preventives and claims cure once taken, noting other papers may copy.
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