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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1910
Page
4
Local notes show The Journal promoting 1911 calendars while the Lyman Twins are set to perform September 8. Several residents and visitors arrive or depart, with teachers and students preparing for new school terms at multiple Iowa and Illinois towns.
Mrs J K Bryson came home to Keota after visiting her son John Bryson in town. Mr and Mrs J A Limerman and Wayne arrived from Des Moines after attending the Des Moines fair. Mrs Dr McCouuaughy and two children with Mrs Fulton headed to Morning Sun for a short visit with friends and relatives.
Misa Carrie Winter and sister Rena returned home from a visit at the H A Otto home. Mrs C R Hartman and children depart for LaPlata Missouri to start a new home. Mr Hartman to join later. Garret Wilson of Chicago visiting relatives. A big tablet sale at Ross Drug continues next week. Miss Mike C Lewis returns from Des Moines. Gertrude Smith back from Kansas City. Families Brookhart to return from Yellowstone Park and Montana travel with Quaid of Ogden to accompany home.
Mrs. William Bridgington travels to Moline Illinois for relatives with niece Miss Kaye en route to Chicago. Dr Worthington and daughter Elinor of Aurora Illinois depart for Iowa City to visit Dr Clapp after visiting M Stinson and A Harvey homes. Several families plan an over Sunday visit in Muscatine. William Coppock suffered two strokes but shows improvement. The Lyman Twins perform The Pirates Winners with lavish stage settings and comedy. Mr and Mrs L D Thompson of Los Angeles visiting Oliver Gray, reminiscing about Myrtle Haigler, as they continue a cross country tour and expect to be away several weeks.
A bedtime tale recalls a circus clown who mimicked pig squeals to win a prize while a farmer’s real squeal finally exposes the imitation. The crowd laughs, the farmer is vexed, and the lesson sticks about judging performances.
The season opener at the Graham features Lem B. Parker's Cast Aside. The critic faults inconsistent heroine and uneven writing but notes tense scenes and a deathly moral, though death arrives irregularly.
A local review condemns an improvised melodrama cast as poor compared with the company’s stronger offerings. The piece features a dramatic heroine and a sudden collapse into helplessness, but the reviewer urges better taste and praises upcoming engagements by the Lyman Twins and the Climax.
The passage notes a shift from dipping glasses into shared water vessels in the eighteenth century to placing multiple wine glasses per guest in the nineteenth century, reflecting evolving dining customs. It highlights table etiquette changes and the communal water cup practice once common at meals.
A suburb resident jokes that a former municipal meter reader, famed for strict enforcement, did not retire but bought a roadster with last year’s fees. The visitor questions the official’s current status as the native explains the funds were saved to purchase the car.
Fred Ramsdell, University of Pennsylvania star, has shown his heels to leading English sprinters and jumpers. His upset wins in the 100 and 200 yard amateur championships stunned critics, drawing comparisons to Walker and other greats and signaling a likely brilliant career.
Harvard coach Wray praises Elliott Bacon as a standout oarsman in the varsity eight. Bacon, son of U S ambassador Robert Bacon, traveled to watch the Harvard Yale race and is described as a tall powerful rower capable of world class speed with coaching.
Tom Longboat, famed Indian runner, hints at a return after a period of time away. While cleaning his Toronto home he found spiked shoes and recalled past days of public support. He plans a three month tour including Montreal with Alf Shrubb and hopes for a tour in Great Britain. Film rights sale is denied at $50,000.
Charles Webb Murphy, president of the Chicago Cubs, sent letters to more than 8,000 baseball fans asking them to report the whereabouts of potential big league players. He will dispatch a scout after multiple reports from the same area and has a method to reward the first to report a player.
Harvard plans to engage Fred Tenney as professional baseball coach next year. The position will be worth as much as $3,000 annually to the former Giants star. Tenney would also be offered remunerative work in spare moments.
Heine Peitz former catcher and late Louisville American Association manager applies for a position on the National League umpire corps. His long service behind the bat should help him judge balls and strikes.
Miss Nena Wilson hosted Ready Maids at East Main Street this afternoon. Mr and Mrs W W Thompson plan an East Madison reception this evening for their son Charles Thompson and wife Elsie Brannen. Charles and Elsie wed in Des Moines Wednesday. Ruth Brindley hosted eight friends at a slumber party for Grace Squire and Jeannette Lemley leaving for college. Mrs W A Carson and Charlotte hosted Junior Fortnightly girls and mothers at a picnic on the Carson farm with swimming and a noon cookout.
Miss Alice Rothschild of Davenport hosted a city guest who arrived for a pleasant day gathering. The visitor from out of town joined local residents for conversation and social cordiality.
Mesers. Davis report the grant of multiple patents to Iowa residents this week. Recipients include A B Bly penholder Des Moines C E Davison vending machine and others such as J Hansen culinary utensil cover and H Heilig check valve. Additional inventors include S Jeffery watering trough L J Kerigan post hole digging machine Paul J Kraetsch smoke consuming furnace C Miller rator mouse trap and I C Strabley coin controlled lock among several.
In the middle ages drinking glasses were scarce and cups were set on a foot of gold or silver with stones. By the fifteenth century Venice began exporting wares and glasses became common, yet people still clung to their decorative tin cups for daily use.
The Handkerchief of Saint Veronica, described as a pictorial phenomenon, appears to show the Saviour's eyes opening and closing. It was painted by German artist Gabriel Max of the Munich school in 1874.
A reform sweep is described as a revolution led by attractive women standing united in support. The passage notes the event being perceived as a peach turnover by observers, including the world, amid widespread bewilderment.
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