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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1908
Page
4
Mrs J N Sands and Mrs W A Sands attended a dinner party at the home of Mr and Mrs W A Walker in Ainsworth. The B E B C plans a Halloween social Monday at Clyde Birney's home east of the city with guests transported by hay ladders.
All members of the W. A. C. are reminded of a meeting tomorrow afternoon with a request for full attendance.
The Hon. and Mrs. J. Fulton hosted a small dating dish party on South Main Street in honor of Miss Cora Scofield professor of history at Vassar College. Ten guests attended and enjoyed the hospitality.
Mrs. Orville Elder entertained nine young men from the Sunday school class at her South Iowa avenue home. The evening featured games and social amusements with a light luncheon served, praising the fine group and their bright opportunities ahead.
Last evening at East Third Street Miss Maude Car son hosted about twenty five friends for a Hallowe en party in honor of Miss Marie Kneese from Muscatine. Jack O lanterns illuminated the home and chrysanthemums provided the décor. A four course supper was served in the latter part of the evening.
The Fortnightly club plans a November 6th 2 30 pm social at Mrs C J Wilson home. It is a thimble bee and members are urged to attend to keep the occasion sociable with former members paying fifty cents for anniversary privileges.
Master Paul Langenberg invites guests to a Hallowe en party Saturday afternoon at his residence on West Madison street. Last night Miss Ruth Gibson hosted about twenty five friends at the W A Gibson home on West Jefferson street with Halloween games and a late luncheon.
Over fifty ladies attended an afternoon reception hosted by Mrs. J. M. Lytle on North Iowa avenue. Mrs. D. A. Chalmers assisted, with Mrs. James Glasgow and Misses Ethel Laughead and Inez Morrow serving. Decorations featured autumn leaves scarlet berries and chrysanthemums. The gathering was described as pleasant.
Mrs. D W Harvey hosted eight tables for five hundred with chrysanthemums and jack o lanterns in decor. Mrs Dr W Steward won the ladies prize and J M Bratten the gentlemen’s honors.
The Home Guards enjoyed their annual banquet in their hall on Monday evening. Tables were spread throughout to accommodate over one hundred guests after a splendid event.
A refined program featured Vera Anderson and Marie Crisswell in a duet, Fern Neal and May Sexton in recitations, Jessie and Velma Richardson in a vocal duo, Walter Peterson and Mae McCaleb in violin and piano, Ethel Reynolds in a piano solo, Barclay Miller and Fred Dokes in a duet, Ruby Peterson in a song, and Clifford Thorne with a speech. Caner's orchestra supplied continuous music, with credit due to Mmes Grayson Sexton Thompson White Hays and Dodder for the evening's success.
Rose club hosted about eighteen guests on South Second avenue for a Hallowe en party. Three ghosts greeted arrivals and guided attendees through dark rooms to a tomblike setting featuring Timothy Tubbs bones and an oyster eye.
Mrs. Claire Dewey hosted a Halloween gathering in a decorated stairway hut with cornstalks and jack o lanterns. Guests included Marian Stewart Jess Laffer Jack Matthews Lena Maxwell and others. fortunes were read by Mrs. Dewey and a luncheon followed in Miss Lillian Norton’s home with red roses and jack o lantern favors.
Ground is measured in Rome for a modern zoological garden by Charles Hagenbeck. Animals will live in open enclosures with natural surroundings, lions in jungles and bears in caves, separated by fences or ditches but hidden by vegetation. The project aims to resemble African and Siberian habitats and will charge 10 cents general admission, 20 cents on a weekday, and 5 cents on the last Sunday each month, with 75,000 school tickets funded by the city.
The United States battleship fleet arrived at Amoy China this morning and was greeted with a rousing welcome. In Cincinnati an eleven story building panic sent hundreds of girls fleeing. eight injured by jumping from windows. Memorial services in Washington honored Baron von Sternberg with President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt in attendance.
New York Oct 30 Steamship officials plan the transportation next year for the largest Roman Catholic pilgrimage to the Holy Land from the United States. It is said two ships will be required to transport the pilgrims to Europe.
Frank Hedges Butler, a noted English balloonist, predicts that aeroplanes will cost no more than $500 each within ten years, signaling a dramatic drop in aviation prices and wider accessibility for the public.
Is who recently returned to London from Le Mans where he ascended in Wilbur Wrights aero plane. Mr Butler predicts lighthouses on land and lamps on aircraft to mark the nights. He envisions speeds to 200 miles an hour and rapid channel crossings with larger planes and floatable craft.
A prospective lodger asks about rental terms while a maid insists she will remain alone. The judge comments on the arrangement as the exchange highlights expectations and privacy in the lodging scenario.
Lem Cherry arrived last evening aboard the Milwaukee line from the west. The event highlights transit movement and passenger arrival details captured in local coverage.
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