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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1908
Page
4
For Parsifal patrons the prior 5:30 start and two hour dinner intermission are removed. The entire performance will run in one sitting with curtain rising at 7:45. Cars may be ordered at 11:15. Auditors must be seated at curtain rise. no seating during the play.
A highly ambitious production tours major cities, boasting grand sets and a star cast. Producers tout technical prowess and critical acclaim as audiences flock to theaters, while critics praise scale and execution amid challenging logistics.
Democratic governor hopeful Fred White spoke this afternoon at the Graham venue. George Tracy of Burlington, a Democratic candidate for Congress in the First district, attended and introduced White. A full account will appear in Monday’s Journal.
Emerson Parks, brother of Dr. W. S. Parks and rural mail carrier from Brighton, died after a brief illness last night at 10. He had recently joined real estate men north of the city, then fell ill after returning home. He leaves a wife and one son, Ralph. The funeral is set for Monday at 2:30 PM with interment in Brighton cemetery. Also notes a Winter Straw Ride at the Star, a pies promotion at Vienna, and Ear Rice returning to oversee the Shellabarger pantatorium starting Monday.
Governor Cummins issued a noon statement saying he would resign the U S Senate seat if elected to the short term pending November primaries, a move not yet met with clear response from legislators. The Allison memorial service is set for Tuesday.
Local notices promote The Heroine at the Star and McCarty’s Wake tonight. Vienna features include fresh baked goods and luxury materials. J E Cummings and daughter Delpha of Riverside visit the city. James Knotek sells 43 steers to McCleery & Link for 123.30 head. Mrs. D J Palmer returns from Toledo for G A R encampment events. Aus Godwin reports a large well filled corn ear, twenty two acres in the field.
The forecast predicts generally fair conditions across Illinois Indiana and the surrounding regions with possible showers in the southern portions of Indiana and in parts of Lower Michigan and Wisconsin The outlook also calls for Iowa to remain fair with no significant precipitation anticipated through the evening
Chicago commodity quotes show wheat and corn futures with mixed open and closing, pork belly and lard figures, and cash sale prices for winter and spring wheat. At Chicago live stock market hogs, cattle, and sheep receipts and ranges, with bids for prime steers and heifers. East Buffalo bids mirror regional cattle and hog quotes with steady to active trades and calf prices.
John Temple Graves a fifty two year old South Carolina native is a leading southern editor and orator and a candidate of the Independence party for vice president He founded the Atlanta Journal edited the Romeo Tribune and wrote for the New York American He has long been a Chautauqua lecturer and was a Democratic presidential elector in 1884 and 1888 He shares a hunting trip with Kermit Roosevelt noting his skills with a rifle and camera work for an African expedition
In St Paul on September 5 Minor Hetr ran a mile in 2 00% at the Minnesota state fair aiming to beat Dan Patch’s unpaced 2 00 record. He competed without a wind shield in the effort.
News Admiral Beobley D Evans tells of hosting a congressman with no whisky left and offering twenty year old brandy. The guest questions why the brandy has remained untouched, sparking a humorous exchange about the danger or quality of the aged spirit.
Alderman Frank L Dowling of New York advocates a crime for chauffeurs who take their masters cars without permission citing frequent accidents blamed on stolen rides He compares the minority of unreliable chauffeurs to a cautious cash grocer who refuses credit using a clipped misquote analogy.
Kermit Roosevelt son of the president is to accompany his distin t journalist on an African hunting expedition planned for the near future.
Dispatches from Nigata report a major blaze in Tohigo province, about 180 miles northwest of Tokio, reducing 4,000 houses to ashes. The disaster causes widespread destitution and suffering while the government provides emergency aid to the stricken populace.
The Second troop of New Jersey won the cavalry team match at the rifle tournament with a score of 435. Squadron A of New York scored 429, the Philadelphia City cavalry first team 408, second team 400, and the Philadelphia City cavalry first troop 308.
A terse exchange frames a clash of wills as one side taunts for combat while the other reveals a preference for distance. The dialogue highlights themes of pride and restraint amid an implied confrontation.
Hot Springs Arkansas September 5 A 8 8 Waters a visitor from Tampa Florida made a spectacular leap to death from a third story window of the New Preston hotel. Before jumping he tore up a handful of currency and threw it into the wash basin. He died half an hour after his fall.
Special notice announces Earl Rice of the Des Moines pantatorium and dress club has moved back to Washington to head the Shellabarger pantatorium, taking charge Monday morning. Rice specializes in ladies dress goods and pantatorium work.
G W Hill proprietor of the north side bakery is in Bloomington Illinois today on business.
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