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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1911
Page
2
Milwaukee railroad station is being repainted with a dark apple green body and light red roof. Two years after a first coat, painters complete the job. The roadmaster's office and other Milwaukee yard buildings also receive green coats.
Judge Stevens, stuttering briefly, orders in court as his dog Snip battles another canine. The judge taps with his cane and declares that the dog must desist in a terse, tongue tied outburst that mirrors the day’s odd moment in the morning courtroom.
Community items recount travel to reunions and colleges, visits by relatives, and local happenings. Residents including Mr and Mrs Will Hellopeter, Jake Brier, Paul Endicott, Georgia Lloyd, Maude Brinton, Guy Lundin, Ralph Long, Mrs Allie Peasley, Mrs Mary Richardson, Steve Wood, Maggie Johnson, Viola Thompson, Flossie Miksch, Sheriff McCarty, Mrs John Cramer, Elrod Dayton, Cleve Dayton, Tom Brinton, Robi Griffith, Mr Kisor, the M E church Pool, and Hustlers club of the Christian church are noted for journeys, illness, performances, and church activities.
Ainsworth residents describe visiting relatives in Washington and Davenport with Kansas City and Chicago ties. The NRA item notes Mrs. EK Bishop's trip with her daughter to Davenport for a school entry and visits by several families to local homes.
Fall classes set at Pleasant Plains with Miss Julia White teaching. Pratt ordination services at Prairie Flower drew visitors including Mr and Mrs Hamilton of Crawfordsville. Harry and Pearl Phillips resume studies at Pella. Mrs Ethel Wheelan Mack visits parental Wheelan home as Mrs Johnson of Hedrick visits sister Ms Franz Landau. Will Todd attends Winfield fair. Rev Charles Hamilton praised for ordination performance as pastors Weston Bailey Beyle Shippe Huxford Coon and Lloyd preside. Richland reports burglaries with multiple homes entered Tuesday night and valuables taken. no clues yet.
Mrs Harriet Hendricks took her daughter Mable Hope to Des Moines last Monday for tonsil and adenoid removal. Many locals and visitors are mentioned including Rev Decker becoming M E church pastor and various trips to Sigourney Kalona Chicago and Washington.
A satirical column mocks mole control and automotive innovations. It ridicules a fictional inventor Mr Woostinghouse and a proposed tireless device, contrasting gardening dogmas with unsafe road experiences and exaggerated physical discomfort from large wheels.
The West Chester United Presbyterian church will be dedicated on Sunday November 5 according to plans. Contractor J F Simpson of this city expects to complete the building soon with exterior finished and interior carpentry underway. Simpson and his crew Elmer Collins Orville Abbey Arthur Helphistine Leslie Blick and Perry Woods traveled to West Chester today to continue work.
The Tabernacle hosts the last choir practice led by Mr Dickson before evangelistic meetings begin tomorrow. Over two hundred singers may attend with seats assigned tonight and kept each night.
Miss Susan Reichart died in Greenport New York after a thorn pricked her finger while picking a rose for a bouquet. Doctors fought blood poisoning from the wound but could not save her.
Adelaide questions Cornelia about her mussed hair after a man named George allegedly kissed her. Cornelia explains he grabbed a dozen knses before she could scream and refuses to fix her hair for the mirror, noting no girl would believe the kiss.
N. H. Hill of Temple & Burrows Davenport inspected the county hospital site for the third time. He praised contractor Roy Davis and crew as the building rises to the third story and prepares to pour concrete for the third floor.
Presbyterian Bible school begins at 9 45 with services at the tabernacle and youth groups scheduled. Junior Endeavor meets at 3 30 and Senior Endeavor at 6 with preaching services listed at the tabernacle.
A child asks what it means to be dead after learning a man across the street has died. His five year old sister hesitantly replies that to be dead means that you are all in.
Quote from Belvedere Brooks urges personal best and responsibility at work. It emphasizes giving the best effort, rejecting complacency, and maintaining ethical standards over compromises during conflict. The message motivates dedication to duties and self-improvement.
Market prospects steady to higher with receipts of 7 000 estimated and 9 548 left over from yesterday. Light hogs quoted 6 85 to 7 40, mixed packers 6 70 to 7 42 percent, heavy shipping grades 6 65 to 7 35, rough 6 65 to 6 85. Cattle 400 head and sheep 4 000 head, both prospects steady.
Chicago Illinois September 16 1911 estimated receipts today seven thousand official receipts yesterday thirteen thousand four hundred twenty official shipments yesterday two thousand eight hundred sixty three official left over yesterday three thousand three hundred forty eight estimated receipts tomorrow twenty seven thousand market steady at Friday's average bulk six eighty five to seven twenty five light six eighty five to seven forty mixed packers six seventy to seven forty heavy shipping grades six sixty five to six eighty five rough six sixty five to six eighty five porkers seven three to seven thirty five pigs six sixty to seven hundred estimated receipts four hundred market steady sheep estimated receipts four thousand
Chicago market report for Sept 16, 1911 shows hogs opening firm with bulk 6.85 to 7.25, mixed packers 6.70 to 7.40, heavy shipping grades 6.65 to 7.35, rough 6.65 to 6.85. cattle and sheep shown steady.
Wheat and oats close values fluctuate across futures contracts with Sept Dec and May positions. The report from Beach-Wickham Grain Company lists bid and ask quotes including percentages for yields and market movements.
Washington readers are urged to try Merital Digestive Tonic as a powerful general tonic. Advertisers claim it strengthens the system, tones digestion, and revitalizes wornout persons, with Lemmon's Pharmacy named as the source.
The Ceylon Mail argues Western education did not erase caste class or racial prejudices among Ceylonese, and questions why Oriental education would do better. It stresses that schooling fails to remove entrenched social biases across cultures.
Colds and related respiratory illnesses can sap vitality and increase risk of serious infection. Prompt use of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is advised for coughs colds croup whooping cough bronchitis and throat chest lung issues. Available for sale by all druggists.
Angora goat hair from a Texas flock will be used by hair goods makers to craft switches. The 28 inch strand is described as fine silky with a natural wave.
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