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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1908
Page
2
Muscatine Iowa reveals a population of 19 200 in the new directory. The prior census listed 15 400, a rise of nearly 4 000. City investment reached over 82 000 000 spent on buildings this year, signaling industrial advancement.
Brief Bloomfield post office incident where two men rushed in after dinner on Wednesday. They demanded a money order then grabbed a wad of money totaling 180 dollars and escaped while the postmaster searched through letters. The two suspects worked together.
Earl Rice of the Des Moines Pantatorium and Dress Club becomes manager at the Shel labarger Pantatorium. He specializes in ladies dress goods and is an expert pantatorium man. Also offers suits overcoats straw hats dyeing dry cleaning and shoe shine services with phone 342.
A county weed display and scientific extermination method by Professor Pammel of Iowa Agricultural College highlighted the Mason City district fair held September 9 through 11. Racing drew big crowds with six events and over one hundred horses on the grounds.
A nostalgic meditation on memory as an alchemist of life, recalling childhood joys, old homes, players, and a churchyard grave. The Narrator contrasts Past Present and Future with a painted stairway vision, showing a struggling older self, a hopeful middle age, and a youthful aspirant rising toward a brighter horizon.
A speaker urges moving toward freedom and progress while honoring previous generations. The past is a mother and foundation, yet living for the future requires sacrifice and support for what is wholesome, avoiding burdening progress with old rubbish.
In this reflection the author extols the uniquely American rural character, especially in the hill country and central plains, contrasting it with urban and immigrant influences. Nature, forests, and trees are celebrated as moral and spiritual tutors, with Bryant’s line about groves as temples cited to underscore nature’s comfort in sorrow and its role in shaping national literature.
A poetic excerpt recalls moonlit June thoughts and a boundless sea of light. The prose shifts to a Hudson River context noting John D. Rockefeller and Benedict Arnold, urging respect for people and placing the highest ideals before any man, with time and conscience guiding behavior.
A letter from James A. Edgerton of Cold Spring on the Hudson, N Y, discusses loving what we shape and express as God loves likeness to himself. It asserts only the good and the truth endure while imperfect things die, and notes appearances can mislead as a toad catching a fly demonstrates.
Community names, travels, arrivals, and a farm sale announcement outline social activity. Dan W. Hamilton visits the city on business. People arrive from Pleasant Plain, Brighton, Fairfield, and Pueblo. A public sale near Washington lists horses cattle hogs sheep and farm equipment with payment terms and auctioneers Steve Jones Austin Sutherland H. T. Reynolds.
Miss Margaret Smith left Thursday night for Portland Oregon to resume her teaching role at the Portland academy. En route she will visit her sister Mrs. Chas Ward at Omaha.
Fresh oysters celery and fish prominent in ad for Royal market says it offers the finest seafood in the land with emphasis on quality ingredients and a low price point. The brief note ends with a numeric figure 78-21.
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