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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1906
Page
5
M L Miller, a business visitor from Ainsworth, spent the day in town. Mr and Mrs Frank Dokes traveled to Davenport this morning to visit friends and relatives. Miss Pearl White and Mrs Will Goble returned to Ainsworth after attending the Home Guards reception last night.
An advertisement promotes Cole's Original Hot Blast Stove as a airtight fireproof heater that saves fuel all winter. It claims no putty seams, reduced air leaks, and extended overnight heat, compatible with soft coal slack hard coal lignite or wood, urging a showroom visit.
Anna Held to star in A Paria Model by Harry B. Smith next season. Helen Whitman with John P. Harris stock at Olympia Park theater McKeesport Pa under Kirk La Bhelle estate contract. Henry B. Irving to open American tour at New Amsterdam theater Oct. 8 in Paola and Francesca. Ernest Denny to bring All-of-a-Sudden Peggy to America for Henrietta Crosman. Violet Dale engaged as ingénue in The Strenuous Life with Joe Weber star, Scott Cooper in cast. Robert Mantell to perform Rosencranz and Guildenstern as King Claudius under W A Brady banner.
A quick sketch of vintage newspaper voices lampooning public figures and trends. The gag reel ranges from Upton Sinclair and the servant problem to locust plagues and tea fueled vanity projects. Witty quips mirror era politics and media ironies.
English scenes include straw helmet police in summer and Fulbourn’s sixpence for churchgoers. Bank of England employs about 1,000, with annual wages of £250,000 and pensions of £35,000. Theaters use gramophones for stage shouts to save costs and boost volume. Worcester refuses a cavalry barracks site despite council concern over 1,500 soldiers and fewer domestic servants.
Facts from France report the government denying the usual cut for sick pilgrims to Lourdes. Paris population density rises from 214 to 322 inhabitants per hectare in 1878 to today. Count de la Vaulx sets dirigible height record over Bois de Boulogne for eight hours. A Paris man previously jailed for counterfeit coin fraud feigned dumbness but spoke at trial, receiving life penal servitude.
The Atchison Globe recalls figures from a quaint era a forthright old fashioned woman who reads fortunes by coffee grounds an old fashioned man who boasted he could whip his foe on a sheepskin a man who chided a boy smoking a giant cigar and a woman who changed outfits by simply adding a shawl in any season offering a peek at bygone customs.
A collection of maxims on love deception belief and perception. It notes true love resembles ghosts talked about but rarely seen and cautions that adversity among friends may reveal unexpected pleasures. It also claims neither sun nor death can be faced calmly and silence minds distrustful souls.
Washington readers are invited to visit R. Stuart & Son as they launch the Royal Meat Market in the former Windsor store space. The business features an all new slaughterhouse on the Madison Orr farm, Nor they refrigerator, spotless furnishings, and experienced cutters Charley Stuart and Joe Morette. The owners promise bright, clean facilities and top quality meats to win local patronage.
Miss Belle Marsden returned to Washington after visiting at the Bert Jeffrey home. J C McGuire went back to Clio following a brief stay with relatives. Miss Pearl White returned to Washington after a stay here. Jesse Marr was a brief business visitor at Washington. Mr and Mrs J M Stewart and son Everett came home after visiting Des Moines and Ames where their daughter and son are progressing in college. R W Gardnner and G F Wallace transacted business at the county seat yesterday.
A reader touts Anderson's Coal as superior, branding it "Hot-Stuff" and contrasting it with ordinary coal. The note comments on past beliefs about coal quality and expresses satisfaction with the product.
Dr. Lorena M. Breed formerly of Nolgonda British India departed last evening to visit her sister Mrs. S J Wilkins in Keota before relocating to her new home in California.
Sept 1&8 Rev J A Boatman the new Methodist minister there has been quite sick since Friday and is no better today Rev W L Clapp is ready to ship Nits goods today if he can get a car
Crawfordsville on September 18 reports Mr and Mrs Ralph Smith and Miss Agnes Stewart of Washington and John Stewart of Struthers Ohio visiting H Manners and Niblace homes and George Maxwell Anwyl and Charles Anderson and Kennedy of Chicago spending the day at Mt Pleasant for a picnic. Lois Thomp son of De Lancey New York is recovering well. Charles Yeager travels to Iowa City for the State university. William Davidson was a passenger.
Washington this morning saw Las Williams drive to Chicago with a car load of stock. S. W. Neal visits relatives in town. Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Cowden arrived from Washington to visit relatives for a few days. Murray Smiley sold his livery barn to Ray Miller of Hillsboro who will arrive this week to take charge of the barn.
Last night the Home Guards entertained at their north side hall before about one hundred twenty members and friends. The event featured a full banquet with fried chicken, meats, buns, pickles, cheese, salad, fruit, cake, cream, coffee and a decorated hall. The program included an orchestra quartet, song titles, a piano solo, and an address by Captain J. J. Keb lore.
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