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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1911
Page
5
Local readers are invited to hear Dr. Frederick A. Cook the famed Arctic explorer in his lecture My Attainment of the Pole at the Graham tonight with lantern slides from the Polar trip. The program begins at 8 15 and promises an engaging evening of exploration narration.
Miss Lewis displays new and nobby millinery creations Friday and Saturday with invitations extended. Local events note Dr Cook of Arctic fame speaks tonight at 8 15. Various residents travel to Pittsburgh New York West Chester for visits, services, and meetings.
A story in which a country mouse, aiming to sing, studies voice lessons from the Owl after moving to the attic. He seeks a strong voice to scare cats and charm birds, clashes with Mrs Swallow, and encounters Mr Owl who tests the mouse’s voice with a swift breakfast bite.
Albert Lea Minnesota resident Mrs Earnest Turner spent last night with Miss Ella Anderson and left for Oskaloosa. Jesse McCoy and Frank Fletcher of Crawfordsville were in the city. Miss Gladys Maxwell arrived from Crawfordsville to visit friends. Mr and Mrs W S Mayo and two sons traveled to Roscoe to visit Mrs Mayo's sister Mrs William Todd. Mr and Mrs Todd marked their twenty fifth wedding anniversary today.
Miss Alice Yard traveled to Crawfordsville this morning to visit her sister Mrs. E J Davidson. Mr and Mrs J C Mather also went to Crawfordsville to attend the Van Horn reunion at Mrs H C Hulls home.
The county attorney Charley Dewey handles heavy law work while his family welcomes a newborn son last night. He is part of a reception committee and rejoices in the healthy birth. Meanwhile J M Denny is reported seriously ill and hopes for a swift recovery. Sales ads note ladies' tailored outfits near the post office.
Thomas Campbell of Campbell Bynum Giles sold the ten story Campbell building at 10 North Broadway to George H. Paul of Washington Iowa for 200000. The Byron Gow Investment company negotiated the sale that ranks as the state's largest improved property deal to date.
Last night rain totaled 0.63 inch starting about 5 30 and continuing until late. Skies cleared by morning and sunshine returned with clouds. The shower did more good than harm, easing dust on roads and improving conditions for travel.
All roads in Georgia lead to Rome for the annual Confederate veterans reunion drawing thousands of veterans and families. The city is heavily decorated and Rome residents participate in entertainments honoring the old South soldiers.
President Taft continues his Michigan swing with Marquette as the chief stop and planning to visit Grand Rapids Battle Creek and Kalamazoo tomorrow. At Battle Creek he will be hosted to a vegetarian luncheon reflecting the health food industry center status.
Auto mobilists from across Tennessee and surrounding states attended the Good Roads Congress at the state fair. The gathering aims to spur a state highway spanning Tennessee from Memphis to Bristol, promising momentum for the project.
Ogden L. Mills son of Ogden Mills of New York weds Margaret Rutherford daughter of Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt in a Paris area ceremony at Normandy today. The wedding links prominent New York society families in a high society event.
Harvard physic ians will establish a medical school in China next February to graduate native physicians and surgeons educated according to modern occidental methods.
In district court the State versus Wilkins case concluded with a verdict for plaintiff Mike Russell for 2450 dollars against the Rock Island Railroad Company after an Iowa Central engine struck a car. Attorneys Eicher Livingston for Iowa Central and R. L. Parrish for Rock Island represented parties. Brookhart Brothers acted for the plaintiff.
A small freight wreck near Gladwin on the Milwaukee line derailed a freight car as No 5 the Southwest Limited passed. The derailed car blocked a switch and a wrecking crew cleared the track, allowing the Southwest Limited to arrive about two hours late.
In Phoenix on September 20 the recall issue surfaces as a campaign theme vis a vis a future Arizona constitution. A Maricopa county Republican central committee calls a conference of office seekers who are expected to pledge support for submitting a recall amendment after statehood, with pledges from many candidates of both parties anticipated.
Washington reports that twenty first class post offices and fifty second class offices will establish postal savings banks this week. First class offices begin business today and second class offices on Friday.
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