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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1911
Page
7
Alpine Lodge 1913 hosts meetings on the first and third Wednesday each month. Visiting members in good standing are welcome. E G Fox is W P and R C DuBois is Secretary.
G. White Post No 108 meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday in Temple buildings with Commander J W Scott and Adjt J J Kellogg listed. Valley Forge Camp No 868 meets Thursday evenings on North Side Square with Clerk J G Moriarty. Neighbors welcome.
Regular meetings listed for Mason fraternal bodies in Washington area. Washington Lodge No 26 AF and AM meets 1st Friday. Cyrus Chapter No 13 and Bethlehem Commandery No 45 hold 2nd and 3rd Fridays. Washington Chapter No 98 CE S meets 2nd Thursday. Officers named for each body. Visit
Public sale at Milwaukee stock yards Washington Iowa Thursday Sept 21 1911 begins 1 30 p m consisting of twelve head horses and lots of cattle and sheep including draft mares brood mares road mares yearling road fillies and culls plus 100 head cattle 2 year old steers 800 to 1000 pounds and 600 mead of sheep with 200 Shropshire ewes 100 yearling wethers 250 lambs and 50 Shropshire bucks all sold in prescribed lots terms cash or approved six months note at 7 interest Auctioneers D F Macon and J F H Taylor clerk Ralph Dougherty
J M Stewart & Sons announce a public sale of 35 Poland China hogs on their farm 4 miles southeast of Ainsworth Iowa on October 5 1911 at 1 pm. The offering includes two yearling boars spring boars and spring sows plus notable sire Standard Major and brood sows. Free transportation from Ainsworth and Crawfordsville and hogs crated for shipment. Also three high quality Short Horn bulls for private treaty. D F Macon, auctioneer.
Referees announce the sale of real estate in Washington County, a 320 acre farm described as the Southwest Quarter and the East Half of the Southwest, located near Pilotsburg. The notice specifies a forced sale under court authority.
Property listing describes a stock and grain farm in Township 77 North with a fair house a new barn a cattle shed deep well wind mill water to barn orchard and timbered pasture adjoining an unimproved 135 acre tract near Pilotsburg plus city lots in Ashbys Addition Washington Iowa Prices available from referees at Washington Iowa
In Washington County Iowa 1912 district court petition filed by W R Funston seeks partition and sale of the half interest in the southeast quarter of section 36 township 74 north range 9 west containing omitted. He claims heirs include Parmelia Dixon Frank Funston Anna Dutton Carrie Hadley Arthur Funston Grace Vanerus Everett Hallock Robert Hallock and Helen Hallock and others. The estate cannot be divided in kind and one referee should supervise sale with proceeds divided among owners. Defendants are summoned to answer by January term 1912 noon on January 1 1912.
The A. M. E. Church conference at Des Moines closed with appointments in the Keokuk district. Presiding elder I. N. Daniela covers Allen chapel Galesburg. others include T. Tyler Bethel Davenport and more. appointments assign pastors to St. James Monmouth Burlington Clinton Rock Island Davenport etc.
Amusements notes Dr Cook’s lecture on Arctic life avoids dry lore and offers a vivid, human story of struggle against spirit-destroying forces. The talk, rich in pictures of a new world and universal desolation, promises appeal to youth and adults alike at 8 15 Thursday night with tickets 25 35 and 50 cents.
The Danbury Times reports a Saturday show of the farce Weary Willie Walker at Graham, with a large audience audience reaction praising the clever company, special scenery, wardrobe and musical numbers. Curtain rises 8 15.
Concrete buildings need less artificial light due to light reflecting off white walls ceilings and columns. They also allow larger window areas, improving daylight usage.
A Parisian playwright faces a dilemma as a tragic author cannot risk public ridicule by appearing in anything remotely humorous like a French duel. The exchange highlights tension between artistic gravity and social perception in the literary world.
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