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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1910
Page
2
Neighbors report visitors and travels across Fairfield Keota Kalona and Wellman with farm sales and school postings. Local clergy visits Eureka and Keota events plus fairs and picnics noted. families travel by auto to Washington Davenport and Des Moines.
A list of social updates from Crawfordsville includes visits to the Des Moines fair and Washington trips. Names such as Theresa Chihak Lela Rhodes Frank Sanda and the Sands family appear along with Drs C W McLaughlin C W Stewart and Mrs Ray S Dix and her son Leslie. Church notes mention Rev J B Kerr of Monmouth and services at United Presbyterian and Methodist churches.
A young jockey was killed at Brighton Beach as the crowded track with thirty runners led to a deadly incident. The piece notes the crowding and danger while authorities consider the storm of activity and safety measures after the tragedy.
Chas. K. Harris drama at the Graham tonight titled Cast me from the offeet. The Maneuver features splendor, novel effects, and notable lighting. Prices range boxes $1.00 parquet 75, balcony 35, gallery 25. Air Dome adds McCabe Minstrels with A Trip to the Jungle opening Saturday night September 5.
Mrs Emily Runyon and her sister Mrs Maggie Hood plan a sale of household goods and board at Mrs Mahlon Smith’s home tomorrow afternoon. The sisters have long ties to the area with Runyon’s decades of housekeeping and evangelization work. Emily Runyon, an 81 year old settler who came to the country in 1846 and to Washington later, reflects on a long, fruitful life.
Sterling Silver pieces for personal adornment are priced affordably and in vogue. The Steek's Jewelry store offers a wide range including finger rings chatelaines vanity boxes purses card cases and other trinkets with a comprehensive citywide assortment.
The piece recalls sailor superstitions from old ports, recounting tales of phantom ships and ominous signs. A prank with a cat and a bucket of water drives a shipmate to fear, while a Norwegian sailor falls victim to a doomed prank that ends with him fleeing to the sea.
Poem by Walt Mason from 1910 extols and defends drinking water as a pure, lawful liquor. The speaker contrasts water with other beverages, praises its sobriety, and humorously recounts not getting into trouble from water consumption, finishing with a call to celebrate the refreshing drink.
A collage of cropped jokes and humorous dialogues from various newspapers. It includes playful quips about temperance, a rainbound Irish farmer, a self made man, breakfast at sea, jealous miscommunication, mice in the house and a dog fancier, offering light relief through witty exchanges.
A humorous cartoon caption notes the pyramids location mystery in Houston, joking that Egyptian congressmen likely orchestrated the arrangement. The quip reflects a political jab and playful misdirection typical of Puck cartoons.
Four miles west of Divide Colorado Midland train No. 3 was attacked in a desperate attempt to hold it up. An unknown bandit shot the engineer as Frank Stewart was killed. Witnesses Sterling and Charlies Martin were found at the scene and held for investigation. Sterling suffered a head wound.
Beginning Saturday night barber shops in the city will close at 11 o clock on Saturdays. The notice urges residents to get shaved before that hour as the late closing tires the workers. The change starts this coming Saturday with shops urged to adjust hours promptly.
The article estimates yearly losses from rats in multiple nations. Denmark spends 3000, France 40000000, Germany 60000000, Great Britain 73000000, and the United States at least 100000000, with 15000000 from fires.
A suburban dinner party anecdote features the host jokingly presenting a rib of pork and quipping Eve was in it. A guest replies with a witty reference about the same creature, reflecting light humor from Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
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