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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1911
Page
5
Ads and brief personal notes cover jewelry, cosmetics, and sales. Visitors, funerals, hospital stays, and travels are listed alongside assorted local business items and a convict made inlaid checker board exhibit.
Mr and Mrs J A Carden return from Colorado after several weeks away. They report Mr and Mrs Harry Nutt recovering well and likely to visit in the fall.
A father uses a bedtime tale about Magliabechi, a poor Italian boy who taught himself to read, to urge his son to train memory. Mag grows from grocer’s helper to librarian, proving genius through self education, reading, and restraint.
American presents two dramas and a western comedy tonight. Local visits include P Maxwell at Ainsworth, Roy Stewart in Crawfordsville, and Mrs Bidwell in Burlington. Store reports an $1500 Buick and a $1650 Maytag sale to buyers Allen and Longer.
More than 1800 students are enrolled at Iowa State College for the new year, with 650 freshmen and a surge in home economics and agriculture programs. Acting President E W Stanton cites drought relief and finances as factors in enrollment shifts amid a crowded campus.
A compact, period voice note appears to summarize a person named Tim with initials and partial phrases. The readable text shows fragmented references and potential dates or events but lacks clear context or complete facts for a full news item.
Mrs. Rush Morris left for Harris Missouri to visit her son and will also visit Chillicothe Missouri. Rush Morris reported two peaches from his tree seen as rare in Iowa. about a peck were on one tree. A Philadelphia curfew whistle shipped yesterday promising nine pm signaling soon.
Court of Honor announces a regular meeting on September 8 with officers to be elected for the coming year by order of the Chancellor.
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