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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1907
Page
4
The article extols sweets as a sign of healthy vigor praising children's and youths appetites for ice creams and desserts. It contrasts wholesome taste with the depraved classes who reject sweets, linking indulgence to moral character and self control.
A brief reader note from the St. Louis Post Dispatch quotes a child asking for shelter while a mother cleans the house for spring. The exchange underscores domestic labor during the season.
A severe hail storm in Jasper Indiana caused a horse owned by John Shillers of Dubois to die from the hail. Witnesses claim hailstones weighed about a pound each. Shillers narrowly escaped injury during the storm.
Western standings show Omaha atop the race with a 2 to 0 win sealing momentum. Denver lost 24 to 8 to Sioux City while Pueblo edged Lincoln 4 to 3 in a tight contest.
Walter Wellman arrived at Tromson aboard the Frith Jof from Spitzbergen on the way home. He declares he will not attempt the North Pole airship voyage this year after a disastrous trial. Mr and Mrs Ab Anderson and Marion, from Kansas City, arrived last night. Marion, previously ill in Colorado Springs, is much improved and rest is needed after the journey.
An Alabama testimonial describes a severe diarrhoea attack cured by Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after nine days with other medicines. The speaker R G Stewart of Stewart & Bros Greenville recommends it as the best bowel remedy and notes local sale by iCook and Sherman.
Miss Mary Steck hosts the Ready Maids at East Main Street tonight in honor of Hazel Martin and Dorothy Miller as they prepare to leave for college. Coralie Geneva Tedford and Bennie C Briley plan a wedding at the W H Tedford home west of Columbus Junction on Wednesday evening September 1 at 8 o clock.
Mrs Fallon hosted friends at West Chester for Grace Fallon of Knoxville visiting, while a moonlit Box Springs picnic honored Hanna Eicher bound for Milwaukee Downer school. S. K. Statler home near West Chester marked Mattie Statler’s eighteenth with cake and gifts as about fifty guests attended from Has kins and Muscatine associations.
The Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio Veterans association held a successful reunion at Dr. J. C. Boice home last evening. John Warnock presided over a brief business meeting electing M. D. Scott as president H. E. McCollum as vice president Henry Shields as secretary and treasurer. A program followed with talks music and a reading by S A White on Malvern Hill. The next meeting will be at the M J Scott home with date to be announced.
The Senior and Junior Christian Endeavor societies were entertained last evening at the Ira Sproul home on West Main street. About one hundred members and friends attended and received slips with curt sentences hinting at a word ending in nation for an examination of the word portion.
A social event featured prizes and guessing contests for guests. The highlight was an afterparty with a water melon repast on the lawn. Many melons were eaten and twelve baskets of fragments were left as proof of hearty appetites. Attendees call the evening one of the most successful socials they have attended.
In district court the Sutherland vs C R I and P R R claim for 1800 dollars concluded with a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiffs. Damages set at 795 dollars. Earlier Hanly vs Anderson sought 975 dollars for attorney fees tied to the Josephine Collett murder defense. The case is pending with Wenger to be present. Jury list follows.
The McGraw family home on the Marbourg farm six miles north of town burned this morning. The two story house, built about twenty four years ago by J K Marbourg, was destroyed before flames were controlled. The loss is reportedly insured and most household goods were saved.
A rough country squire dining at Hamilton palace, one of Scotland's first great houses, was served a dessert with a cream or jelly and a servant handed him a dessertspoon. The laird examined it, questioned the purpose, joking that his mouth had not shrunk since he finished his soup.
A Philadelphia Ledger item notes a man acquitted of murder demanding his lawyer explain a bill for services. The exchange ends with the man declaring he cannot do business with a lunatic, prompting the lawyer to hand over the bill and leave.
A Washington to Dalhart land excursion promotes the Trans- Canadian Texas fair at Dalhart September 18 19 and 20 1907. The Lewash Land Co offers free berths meals and a special train with ads noting Dalhart’s growth electric lights water works and two railroad systems. Agents: The Washington Land Co 78 41 Washington Iowa.
The Vienna offers a full selection of doughnuts at Johnson's this Saturday. All kinds will be available at all times.
Numerous short notices. Dr Cure All to night at Baptist Church promises event. H M Morris travels to Columbus Junction on business. H L Mayhew and wife depart for Burlington. Emma McChesney visits Columbus Junction. Johnsons bakery promotes fresh cookies. W R Beamer to Wapello for Standard Land Co business. Mrs Kurtz and Mrs Bickford to Ainsworth. Mrs Morris to Brooksfield Missouri. for sale cheap dry soft wood. advertisement urges bakery goods from the Vienna.
Miss Eva Jones rode the Firefly this morning toward Davenport where she will meet friends and return by auto tomorrow. The Cow-Puncher will play at Graham on Saturday Sept 21. a major East success last season.
A short Chicago News quip notes a playful exchange about a baby and heaven with a blunt question from William and a motherly reply, reflecting social humor of the era. The brief item captures a domestic vignette with a light tone.
Stomach troubles and heart or kidney ailments are claimed to be quickly corrected by Dr Shoop's Restorative. The remedy is said to act on the controlling nerves of the stomach and heart, with free samples by mail from Dr Shoop of Racine Wisconsin. J H Stewart sells it locally.
The W F Brinton Entertaining Co. presents performances in Keota tonight and tomorrow night and in West Chester Monday night. The troupe reports strong success on this trip with many new acts and widespread audience attendance in the tent show.
Des Moines officers of the Iowa Anti-Saloon league file petitions in district court seeking injunctions to bar nineteen druggists from selling intoxicants. The league vows a continued war with local drug stores and says additional injunctions will follow. Names listed include McArthur Randolph Drug Co Holmes Co Narum Enroe Hammer Ream Johnson Speers Victoria Higgins Whitney McCurnin Hurlbut Lawrence Weaver Pitenry Philleo and Higgins Pharmacy Co.
In Davenport October term federal court, grand juror Claude Lemmon is listed locally. Petit jurors include J D Martin Crawfordsville W T Shearer Washington Verne Sigler Wellman and Arthur Weade Washington.
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