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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1912
Page
4
New York fashion guidance notes minor changes from summer to early fall gowns. Semi princess street dresses with tailored lines, collarless necks, velvet trims, and practical button and stitching accents dominate. leather and cloth buttons shift in vogue as fabrics and color schemes adapt to seasonal wear.
A fashion display on Fifth Avenue showcases taupe and mouse colored broadcloth becoming for winter suits. The ensemble features gray velvet trims, gun metal buttons, pleated skirts, tunic overlays, and long close fitting sleeves with lace frills.
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night thrills Graham audiences with May Stewart as the clever Viola in Illyria. Amid shipwreck mistaken identities, love entanglements, and Malvolio’s comic downfall, siblings reunite, disguises fall, and Viola may reveal true gender, while Olivia and the Duke view the page with new passions.
A A Smith of Bridgeton Indiana who suffered kidney trouble and rheumatism for years says after using Foley Kidney Pills his pain eased and he regained strength He notes he now rests well and believes he could work like a younger man He recommends the remedy to others Refuse substitutes Lemmon's Pharmacy
William Jennings Bryan will embark on the Roosevelt trail from Denver tomorrow. He telegraphed the Democratic national committee confirming plans to speak wherever Roosevelt has spoken across Colorado Utah Nevada California Washington and Oregon before returning to Lincoln on October 2 for rest. He will resume the Roosevelt trail and remain on it until the election.
The Clinton opera house received a telegram from the Graham manager noting May Stewart and an excellent company performed two shows in Clinton Iowa on September 12 1912 and gave the best possible satisfaction. The note guarantees the attraction will be good for Clinton Theatre audiences and that the company will make good.
May Stewart makes her first local appearance with an elaborate production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night or What You Will at the Graham Monday night. Her engagement draws unusual interest as a leading Shakespearean talent of the younger school. The supporting cast includes prominent performers from both the United States and England.
A mixed column features a snappy exchange about stuttering and a prank on landlord Lord Skinner with a chalk message mocking his boastful gate sign. It also includes quips from The Parson and The Nanogenarian and a traveler note urging cooperative spirit and restraint in workplace politics.
A reflective tirade warns against letting quarrels harm careers and reputations. It contrasts petty disputes with a sharp domestic anecdote about Lilly and a disparaging remark from a mistress. A pun on national identity punctuates a border anecdote about a conflicted American.
125 head of young selected breeding ewes and 8 head extra good Shropshire rams for sale or let on shores in flocks to suit. J PF Taylor.
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