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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1912
Page
2
New York on October 25 prepares for a major display of Scandinavian art led by Madame Anna Bogert, regarded as a leading figure in northern art. Her sea paintings showcase strength and originality attracting wide recognition.
Public auction of the Jane Stacy Estate Farm in Walnut Township Jefferson County Iowa on Saturday in November 1912 at 2 PM. The 120 acre property includes 90 acres cultivated land and pasture with a two story house and outbuildings. Abstract of merchantable title will be furnished. possession to be delivered March 1913. post and further terms available from Frances Faracy executrix.
A concise rundown of daily notices across county towns highlighting local events, meetings, and community updates from several communities. Courthouse, school, and club activities are summarized with key dates and brief outcomes where available.
Rev Glendenning preached at Bethel and for Haskins people while Rev Hughes spoke in Ainsworth. Local social notes record visits, road trips and family gatherings, plus a church talent play “The Lonelyville Social Club” at the opera house and a Hallowe'en social planned by the Y P C U.
Rubio Sherd Wilson bought about 100 head of sheep at the Lefty yesterday. Roth & Roth began building a residence for Wm. Finke near Wyman. Edd Allen and family and A. W. Wenger and Clara Allen traveled to Ottumwa by car. Jas. Gerig returned from Springdale Ark with apples for Wayland. Co M Roth Miss Baja Wenger and Dr C F Boller Wife left for Chicago.
Keota reports rapid building as residents work on homes barns and cribs while carpenters arrive soon. John K Stick and Laura Moothart celebrate their 25th anniversary with relatives from Cedar Rapids Alburnett Center Point Washington Wellman and West Chester.
A collage of old jokes and anecdotes features a motorist misled by an oiling prank, a house servant James at table with a fish fork, a thrifty West Indies merchant and a foot rule gag, Mrs. Todd and the public, college chums in a peating house, and a waiter who reveals his pride in modest employment.
A seven year old, Howard White, fractured an ankle during a playful wrestling match with William Mc Farland near Ainsworth. In Washington, Miss Mary Jennings and Mr Rosa Gardner wed at 5:50 pm by Rev W O Fisher. D P VanHorn of Cotter Iowa will be buried Saturday at 2 pm. A large crowd attended the show in Washington last night.
Edgar Carson is very sick in Wayland. Lloyd Lytle of Washington was a business caller. Miss Hope Allen of Washington High School spent the weekend at home. Mrs Jesse Bellew of Pekin visited her mother Mrs Anna Kieber and sister Mrs A Shively. Mrs Ella Oswaldt of Aurora Neb visiting Jas Frienberger family. Rev Musselman held meetings at Noble church last week. Jacob Wenger and Levi Wenger families visited Washington Saturday. G W Neff sold his town property.
The sapphires of Ceylon are celebrated for beauty and range from velvet blue to peacock tone with greens and yellows. The Orient emerald and Oriental topaz names refer to blue and yellow sapphires, while the red sapphire is as valuable as Burmese rubies.
J. G. Criswold of 540 North Mulberry Street Hagerstown Maryland reports kidney pain and back discomfort improved after using Foley Kidney Pills. He says mobility returned and bladder function became regular and normal after trying the remedy from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Mrs Peter Holan of Cleveland recommends Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for a boy with a severe bout of whooping cough noting it cured him quickly. Mrs T A Town of Watertown praises its use for frequent colds and a la grippe recovery, saying the remedy always gives good results. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises the product.
Major Zarate and Cuettla, captured with Diaz, were secretly executed last night. Diaz’s death is anticipated today. A satirical item notes three college boys from Yale Princeton and Harvard reacting to a visiting lady with a chair.
Hogs receipts about 10,000 with slow to steady market. light to heavy grades quoted from 8.00 to 8.75. Sheep receipts about 15,000 with steady prospects. cattle receipts around 2,500 to 10,000 with slow to steady markets. Western cattle show steady to slow conditions. native and western sheep and yearlings quoted with varied ranges.
Fragmentary numbers and letters appear without context or identifiable entities. The readable tokens include values like 10.72 9.97 12 127 and names-like text such as Estma Wheat, but no coherent event or subject is evident.
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