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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1906
Page
4
In a stormy council session the mayor and allies suffered a sweeping defeat as the select council moved to report a $1,200,000 temporary loan for filtration. President Crothiers abandoned the chair and faced harsh denunciations amid fist fights and turmoil.
Connersville Indiana reports a record turnout as Fayette free fair marks Home Coming Day attracting about 40 thousand visitors to the grounds in Fayette County.
The event attracted an estimated 10 000 by 10 a m with 40 000 on the grounds at Roberts park. Railroads ran crowded special trains and every store closed. Officials call it the greatest success for the county fair in the state.
Jules Simon recalled the clash over tariff concessions with a foreign diplomat as President Grevy and the minister played billiards. Tie urged Grevy to throw the game, but Grevy played to win until the diplomat showed distress. A brief exchange followed about borrowing five dollars for an hour.
A lighthearted Chicago Tribune humor item notes a mispronounced line by Tommy Tucker about stuttering during a classroom moment. The joke hinges on the repetition of it's it s and the miscue.
Journal correspondents file brief items on local events accidents and life events in their communities. Names places and dates appear as readers note births marriages deaths and notable happenings gathered for today’s edition.
Sept and October items from the region record Eva Haster returning from Montezuma after a friend’s wedding. J W Davis visits Washington briefly. Noel returns from New Sharon. George A Carson attends the Columbus Junction fair. Erdice of Keota and Fred Spalding make brief Washington visits. Mrs E A Stone of St Joseph Mo visits J M Stone family then New York relatives. Elizabeth Brockway of Coneville guests Miss Mary Brockway. KE Stone arrives to spend days at J M Stone home. J W Sands returns from Des Moines and Webster City visits.
Sept 7 report lists Mr and Mrs Will Shuman beginning a two week visit with relatives in Cambridge Nebraska. Will Hotle returned from southern Missouri with updates on Joe Wilkins and Fred Carlson now in transition plans. Local notes include Brookhart teaching Centre school Hays to start New Haven school and Frank Smith building a large corn crib. A D Sanders sold a fine horse to Harper buyers.
Sept Joe Moorhead and daughter visited Washington yesterday. Mrs Henry Smare and Ray Miller have returned to Hillsboro. Mrs J B Crooks of Washington spends the day here. Landseekers left for Texas Tuesday. Mr Long does not improve. Dan and Mrs Fox visit Ed Fox home in Washington. Chas Anderson moved into a new residence. Deem Cherryholmes took stock to Burlington. Mrs T W Rickey and Mrs Geo Nicholaus went to Olds. Mrs Wm Marrett and daughter Anna visit J H McCleary home. Mrs Sellers and daughter return to Wapello.
Sept 8 Mrs W Neal returns home after a month visiting relatives in Ainsworth and Crawfordsville. Mr and Mrs Madison Pulver back from a month with relatives and friends in Oklahoma. Funeral of Claude Pond infant daughter held at H Allender home. John Reinert and Mrs Chris Hetzel attend Lizzie Thies funeral in Sigourney. W W Carris dies at home after months of illness. Mrs Wm Seydel returns from month visit in Michigan and Wisconsin.
The four month old baby of Rev and Mrs B H Thompson swallowed an open safety pin while seven miles from a physician. Help arrived after the pin moved to the stomach and an operation failed to locate it. The child nearly died but is improving after the hospital transfer in New York State.
I will sell at public auction my residence on South Marion Avenue four blocks south of the public square Saturday September 22 at 2 p m. The good two story frame house six rooms three closets in good repair with barn and out-buildings cement walk shade trees good well fruit. Describes a desirable home or rental property in a high drainage neighborhood. Terms announced sale day. Mrs D F Haynes Teeter and Lathrop Auctioneers.
A gravedigger explains old beliefs about digging graves. He cites three superstitions: never use a new spade to avoid family death, not leaving a grave open overnight, and a cock’s crow while digging predicting deaths among the digger’s friends.
The orange is described as the longest lived fruit tree it begins bearing in year three and yields abundant crops for a century. It can live up to about 300 years and requires less care than other fruit trees. Early growth is rapid, with tall height and breadth rising fast in the first years, while fruiting increases after the tenth year.
The London World praises the so called society butterfly for persistent effort in charity bazaars and festivals, comparing its diligence to Solomon's ant and urging industrial workers to imitate its perseverance despite fatigue and boredom.
Army and Navy Journal recounts Pepys tale linking the phrase to Charles II and Marines lore with a joke about flying fish. Local notices report Miss Pearl Houser leaving for Columbus City for a school position and sisters Ethel and Dack Montgomery visiting Winfield. Dr W L Downing and son Harold depart Tama after a visit. Margaret Smith heads to Portland, Oregon for school duties.
In a story from a book, author notes war as an instinctive force. He tells of General Symons at headquarters who hears a single shot and stays seated. The rifle fires by accident implying a missed perceived threat. The misfire injures his fingers.
A brief quote attributes a heart driven language as simple and powerful. It notes that true expression comes from inner feeling, effortless in rhythm yet difficult without a genuine heart to speak it.
Advertises Foley's Kidney Cure claiming it can cure most kidney or bladder ailments within medicine's reach. Notes availability through all druggists.
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