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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1902
Page
4
Guidance for raising puppies includes feeding on fresh buttermilk and corn bread with soup twice weekly, avoiding sweet milk, and ensuring ample exercise. Keep them in kennels with separate feeding, limit medicine, and provide about an hour of daily running in fields and woods to promote health and strong growth.
Vague report outlines a book agent visit at a resident’s house with a request for matches. The snippet contains dialect and unclear details about the incident and parties involved.
A lively exchange declares education starts at home and continues through kindergarten, boarding school, football field, Paris, London and Wall Street, ending in distant ports Bing Sing or Newport, per Life magazine. The quip contrasts impassioned rhetoric with calm observation.
Multiple classified items list lost items like a pair of blue kid gloves and a lady's breastpin, a missing watch chain, and a ball ornament. Notices request return to Journal office. Also listings for selling 200 cabbages, a 4 ton Fairbanks scale, a building for sale, two seven room houses for rent, and a business sale at 108 Main St. Washington Iowa with contact J M Allen and others.
Mrs Addie Blake who has been visiting at the Col Nicola and A Harmon homes the past week departed this morning for Mediapolis.
Funeral services were held for the late Mrs C W Warren after a large attendance. The remains were taken to her mother Mrs Henry Rents home on East Washington street, services conducted by Rev J B Sehreckengast with the First M E church choir. Floral designs were abundant. Interment followed at Alneworth cemetery with pallbearers named as George Clapper Vincent Overholt Will Eichelberger J W Kaye Wm Shannon and J A Ashby.
Funeral services for Mrs Sarah Criil Adams were conducted Saturday at two o'clock from her daughter Mrs Elizabeth Daugherty's East Second Street residence. Rev Mr Allen led the service with assistance from the Covenanter and First United Presbyterian church choirs. Many floral tributes were placed by sorrowing friends. Interment followed in the city cemetery.
Miss Mary B Roberts, formerly of New Cambria Missouri, died this noon at 12 oclock after about a year of illness. She lived with Mrs A Bailey at the Keck residence on East Madison Street and had twenty years of residence with the Kecks. Born in Utica New York December 15 180, she moved to near Columbus Junction then Missouri before settling here. She was a Congregationalist and of exemplary character. Survived by sister Mrs Dan Griffith of Ainsworth and brothers Will Roberts of Cotter and Gwes Roberts of Ainsworth. Funeral at the residence Wednesday at 10 oclock a m with Rev L D Young conducting.
Mr and Mrs R T Walker hosted about forty friends at six pm Saturday at 605 North Marion Ave. The white and yellow chrysanthemums decor complemented a four course dinner. Guests received tin gifts and a cut glass berry dish. a tin gift pan with strings distributed souvenir spoons and tins.
Local notices include Rev. Allen leaving for Glenwood Minnesota to preach next Sabbath no services at his church Rev. Davis of Ainsworth to preach at Living Lake next Sabbath at three o clock Mrs Lon Moothart and children travel to Wayne County for a visit Numerous neighborly visits and travels surround town with several families visiting relatives in Richland Norwich Centerville Fairfield and Chicago including a horse show trip and trips to Coppock and Vinton concluding with upcoming moves and engagements
Samuel Fryer of Belle Plaine Ja. was fined 50 and costs in Justice McCall's court for selling intoxicating liquor at a Rock Island house in a railway camp. His attorney was J Wilson. Fryer paid the fine and said he will quit the business. Mrs Ween of the city will relocate to Colorado. Gg T Auld left for Crawfordsville to visit relatives. A 12 pound boy was born to Mr and Mrs Wim Nicola of Jackson township, grandson of Acting Marshal John Wolfe. Mrs Winner of West Chester shopped in the city. W Warren thanks neighbors for support after his wife’s death.
A frontier era exhortation urges young men to rely on personal strength and self discipline. It counsels steering one’s own course, avoiding excess advice, and embracing pluck, hard work, and moral conduct to build fortune, faith, and civic duty. It promotes sobriety, honesty, generosity, and service to God and country.
A physician told a New York reporter that gout is rapidly increasing in the city among the wealthy. He says the rise outpaces population growth and is linked to clubs, fashionable restaurants, cafes, and cab rides short distances. He urges more open air exercise to reduce risk from heavy meals and says rich foods are more to blame than wine, though they often accompany it.
A Des Moines Register and Leader item notes a humorous feud over patched breeches and a pending payment. The joke centers on a wife provoking a debt, urging her husband to send $40.78 to cover costs and avoid a lawsuit while a new pair of pants is needed.
Towne says he will retract sneers about D Auber after learning he has completed a $5,000 painting for Mr. Riel 8. Browne confirms it was a large sign reading This Corner Lot For Sale GO by 140, with a price of $5,000.
The widow consoles herself after a funeral as a woman offers sympathy on the way home. The afflicted woman replies that the worst is not over, as the lawyer says a bad dawn lies in one of the insurance policies.
A prominent doctor warns that anger harms the average person, noting only those with great physical power can afford to be angry. The remark emphasizes the danger and cost of anger in daily life.
A health column argues there is no general benefit to fasting. It says hunger signals the body needs food, but fasting may help when stomachs are germy, though a fruit diet can achieve similar benefits. One or two days of fruit and optional dry bread can disinfect and cleanse the digestive tract.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt discusses Dan de Cologne from Cologne. It notes Italian priest Giovan Maria Farina invented the fragrance about 200 years ago, with family members joining in Cologne to help manufacture as rivals copied the name and trademarks.
A Savannah rider described passing a whitewashed cabin where a matron watched eight children, seven very dark and one light complexioned. The aunt quips that the mulatto child causes more trouble because she shows dirt so easily.
A man was fined 40 shillings and costs for assaulting a policeman at a police court sitting. On leaving he insulted the magistrate with violent language. An officer pursued him and he was fined again for contempt of court. The magistrate quipped about refined language.
A London Live Stock Journal note debunks the 1868 Patrie tale of a suburban “splashing house” where mud from different counties is retailed. The spoof claims patrons pose with muddy clothes after a mock display to imply landed status and gain credit, a clearly implausible, satirical fabrication.
An excerpt from Outlog discusses the appeal and challenges of deer hunting. It contrasts the thrill of jumping a deer with the wary nature of deer, noting how a beginner often loses sight of the animal while experienced hunters relish the shot and the woods’ climax.
Mrs. Hennepeck asks if tickets permit stopovers. The reply allows stopping anywhere but warns trouble will arise when boarding the next train to continue the trip on the same ticket. Los Angeles Herald.
A concise exchange presents Rector advising that life holds values beyond money while Young Friend acknowledges money buys necessities and opportunities. The dialogue contrasts spiritual or moral gains with material wealth, highlighting a quip about money’s role in life.
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