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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1912
Page
2
A vintage roadside ad urges safe tire care with vulcanizing services and patchwork. It promotes puncture repairs at low costs and claims vulcanized patches become part of the tire, offering steam curing to prevent scorching.
The evening service at Second United Presbyterian church featured a college meeting by the Christian Endeavor society. Young members spoke on school life while former members, including Miss Mary Gibson, shared insights and plans as they prepare for Monmouth College.
A simple home remedy suggests placing a handful of common salt in the basin bottom and leaving overnight. The salt gradually dissolves and the first morning flush clears soap and slime from waste pipes.
An advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh case and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal medicine. It includes endorsements from F. J. Cheney & Co and the National Bank of Commerce Toledo and notes testimonials are free. The ad also markets Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Doings of residents across communities in the county are highlighted with brief notes on local events and daily life. The column surveys gatherings, small milestones, and noteworthy occurrences shaping the local scene.
Jean McKee of Winterset IA visits Crawfordsville with relatives. Sterling White returns to Washington after a week at home. Mr and Mrs Dudley Robinson of Artesia CA and Mrs Mabel Arkins of Globe AZ plan Wisconsin visit. Allen Paschal of Columbus Junction goes home after visiting his nephew John Paschal. Several others travel to Washington Burlington Colchester and Columbus City.
A young girl Edna, hungry after outdoor play, takes bread and jelly then, to reach more food, grabs a bread knife. The knife slips, Edna cuts her hand, and mother dresses the wound. Edna keeps her muslin bandages on proudly, dreaming of future mishaps with a cautious sister noting the habit.
D E Brumback delivered 2500 bushels of corn. Hungry Holler beat West Chester 7 to 2. Roy Wolf and wife returned to Iowa City after visiting the Connery home. Jas Daniels traveled to Keota during training. F Brown visited on business and urged D R Munro’s election to the legislature. Auto loads went to the Junction fair. No preaching at the M I church. Rev Rowe at Newton. Rev Graham plans a sale of everything. Lighthouse Service cost totals reach 150000000 in fifty years.
Philadelphia Magistrate Thomas MacFarland declares war on the white slave trade arguing prisons fail as deterrents. He urges a new law to convict white slavers on testimony from reputable witnesses, even if victims do not testify, citing widespread criminal support from this evil and calls for long prison terms.
City residents are urged to provide the precise fire location when reporting alarms to the central operator. A recent call failed to specify location, causing operators to only confirm a fire in the north part of town, though the blaze was actually four miles away in the country. DW Mannhardt, Washington Tel Co.
The passage notes 20 006 000 square miles of Africa remain unexplored and highlights a 20 000 square mile tract in Liberia not yet mapped. The tone suggests vast geographic unknowns and potential for exploration.
Judge Willcockson opened the September term as probate work and first of term matters were taken up. The grand jury reports tomorrow at 10 o clock and the petit jury will report on the 16th to begin jury cases unless a court orders otherwise. The term is not heavy but expected to be busy with criminal, civil, and probate matters.
Dr Norvin Green who led Western Union from 1878 to the 1890s recalls talks with William Orton and Senator Roscoe Conkling about the 1876 presidential election. He suggests that if Tilden’s legal majority had been pursued, evidence from the Western Union records might have swayed opinion. The conversation hints at telegrams not found in subpoenas but possibly existing in other channels.
Mr John Burns the labor member argues that women especially married women should have their work curtailed. He claims this would raise husbands' salaries if wives stay at home. Lancashire cotton mills employ about 166000 married women.
A humorous exchange notes Hings remarks that his wife is a great fault-finder and says she even forced poor Bings to install a front door knocker. The quip reflects domestic humor and social chatter.
A quoted remark suggests a trade where a freeze-out creates work for workers. The speaker ponders which occupation benefits from a freeze-out, with a cryptic line attributed to Cutting Hee or similar.
The article notes that global coal use has roughly doubled every ten years for the past century, indicating a sustained and rapid rise in worldwide coal consumption across multiple decades.
Estimated receipts 24000 left over 2522. Prospects strong to five higher. Light 8.50 9.20 mixed 8.00 9.20 heavy shipping grades 7.85 8.90 rough 7808.400. Cattle 17000 prospects steady to 10 higher. Sheep 45000 prospects steady.
Receipts today 29000. receipts yesterday 5839. shipments yesterday 2791. left over yesterday 2522. Estimated receipts tomorrow 18000. Market generally 5 higher than Saturday. Cattle receipts 20000. market steady to higher. beef cattle 5.75 to 10.70. cows and heifers 3.00 to 8.10. Texas steers 4.75 to 6.50. stockers 4.25 to 7.15. western cattle 5.85 to 9.15. Sheep receipts 6000. market steady to strong. native 3.40 to 4.04. western 3.50 to 4.75. yearlings 4.60 to 5.65. lambs 4.70 to 7.25. western lambs 6.75 to 7.35. Close weak at opening. loads 9.25. bulk 8.20 to 8.85. light 8.50 to 9.20. mixed 8.40 to 9.20. heavy 7.80 to 8.90. Cattle strong in parts, sheep strong.
The notice lists prices for flour per sack and corn meal per hundred, alongside other commodities. It provides figures in local units and mentions miscellaneous rates.
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