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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1909
Page
4
Notice advertises a pie supper at the Eureka school house next Wednesday evening with all invited. An odd insert cites the 1612 curious Chinese law stating that Chinese sailors must not rescue a drowning man and that rescuers would owe lifelong care. For wood sawing call telephone numbers 494 or 654. Good work guaranteed by Frank McClean.
A devotional poem from Munsey's praising gratitude for sun and rain that fed harvests and health and hope. It thanks divine guidance, love, and peace overcoming discord as life’s journey proceeds with humble praise.
Ella Violet Good seeks a divorce from Reuben Good now serving twenty five years in the Joliet penitentiary for assaulting a young girl in Knox county Illinois. She asks custody of Verne and Dale eight and six. They married May 1 1900 in LaPorte City Iowa and lived in Gal esburg Illinois until 1909.
A young boy accompanies his mother to church and, upon returning home, his grandmother asks him to recite the text. He replies with a line about lilies of the field that neither toil nor spin, reflecting a simple memory.
A concise roundup from across the county highlights everyday events and notices. Read about community happenings, meetings, local interest items, and brief reports from nearby towns and organizations.
Met 20 Lewis Gardner visits Colorado. Walt Pattersons sale postponed by rain. Mrs F G Martin returns from Ft Dodge missionary event. W F M S meeting at Mrs Floyd Timmons. F G Martin in Teoria. Robert Malong on business in Washington. Ladies Aid entertained husbands at Mrs Chas Eagington home. Chas Johnson buys Joe Simerman property near West Chester. W E Pege rents mother's farm next year. Hh C Amalong rents land from Joe Zimerman. Mr and Mrs D P Brindley improving. Q E C meets at Mrs Etta Schulty. Miss Blanche Wallace returns from Oklahoma. Mr Tipton back from Oklahoma visiting son. Miss Critz spending Sunday in Washington. Rev Mr Cornell holds meetings in Pilotburg. Miss Hazel Schulty hosts dinner for Ethel Nagley Vera Knupp Bessie Kyle Hattie Faulkner and others. Mrs C C Gardner of Wellman visits Tipton. Israel Tipton from Oklahoma visiting old home. F M Fleming visiting friends in Illinois.
Barthey Bell and wife returned Saturday from Davenport where they attended an I. O. O. F. convention. J. S. Fisher of Lone Tree was a business visitor in town Saturday. The Misses Liberty Zimerman and...
Mary Henn hosted Sunday school at Miss Zimerman's on Friday night with about twenty five attendees. Notices of visitors include Mrs. Wm Starr of Washington and Mrs. Joe England in Cedar Rapids, plus travel and illness updates for several locals. The item also covers a wedding, a union of the 2nd Iowa cavalry reunion, and a funeral pending for Miss Emma.
The Bargett Concert Company presented the second Union lecture program at the Presbyterian church in Keota Saturday night. The crowd was smaller than expected but the program drew mixed praise with Miss Evelyn Bargell pleasing as reader and artist, and Leon Batchelder as soloist barely encroaching on attention. Joseph Stelzi played piano well and William Clifford sang tenor and trombone although some felt he would have been missed if he had stayed home. The Rev J F Robertson led the morning worship at the Methodist church where the combined congregations attended. George Howard of Abingdon Illinois, visiting Keota, planned a spring return. Chapter CM of the B P E C will meet with Mrs Trumbauer Tuesday evening to initiate Mrs J M White into the sisterhood. John Klein died at his home Saturday.
Ray mond Bix of Blanchard Iowa was elected cashier at a First Savings bank board meeting in Crawfordsville. J R Rickey resigned from the post. Local residents Mrs Robertson and Mrs Dan Anderson visited in town, while several others and passengers headed for Washington. Leroy Coe of Davis City Nebraska visited and left for Winfield.
A fragment describes Pittsburg society as a large pie with a plentiful upper and lower crust, using a playful tone to characterize social layers and textures in the city.
A November issue of Woman's Home Companion uses a culinary metaphor to critique Pittsburg society. It describes a light upper crust with elevated excrescences and a precarious middle layer, symbolizing a pervasive middle class pessimism and a social strain beneath prosperity.
Of Interest to Mothers highlights Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a reliable aid for coughs and colds and especially for early croup treatment. The ad urges keeping a bottle ready for instant use and notes sales through FE ce Owners with Goodrich casings and Bird tubes at a local garage address 1613 B. F. Dix.
A reflective note on choosing to bear weight rather than avoid it. It urges generosity of speech as a moral stance, warning that stinginess with words marks moral poverty.
In Racconighe Italy on October 25 the czar and King Victor Emmanuel toured the farms and shot pheasants. A court banquet followed with formal speeches delivered.
Advice on treating colds emphasizes using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for quick cures. The medication is praised for world wide reputation and effectiveness, aiding expectoration and clearing secretions to restore health. Sold by F. L. Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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