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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1912
Page
5
A mosaic of personal travels and engagements shows Fox and Dewey shopping for shoes in Muscatine, families visiting J. H. Carr and McKee sale at Ainsworth, and arrivals from Paradise Kansas to Chicago. Residents plan moves to Lisle Missouri and Montana while sales at Vienna feature sweets and fresh candies.
The piece notes Russian ladies delay marriage while Bohemia records abnormally long engagements from 15 to 20 years. An elderly Bohemian man died aged ninety-nine after courting for 75 years and marrying on his death bed.
In a village Margie steals a pear and tastes it before ripe. She bites it, gets sick, and a doctor warns of danger. Later when pears are ripe she shuns them, learning that forbidden fruit leaves a bad taste.
Mrs John Dodd entertained a company of friends at a six o'clock dinner last evening at her home in honor of Mrs Frank Votruba of Des Moines visiting the city. The Misses Julia and Martina Swift hosted a china shower for Miss Celeste Critz who is to be married soon. A two course luncheon was served.
The music department of the Fortnightly Club will meet Monday evening at 7 30 at the home of Miss Winifred Mediation.
A twelve game series completed at McKee school after rain caused several contests to be canceled. Four teams posted standings with win loss records and percentage, as a new volleyball and indoor baseball series will begin next week to continue weekly scoring.
Yesterday evening the West Chester church balance of 6200 was pledged. The Women’s Missionary Society planned to cover 300 of the debt, but pledges totaled enough to reach 1200, leaving the congregation unembarrassed and the pastor free to move. The pastor thanks all who helped and the Journal for publicity.
The city business men and others are asked to gather in the Commercial Club rooms Monday at 7 30 PM to discuss plans for greeting the Burlington visitors who will arrive the next morning. Signed B G Gardner President Commercial Club.
Gerrald a five year old son of a hotel proprietor visited a farm with his nurse to meet her parents. On return he says his favorite people were the geese because they eat a little talk a little and bow to you.
Attorney P. J. Hanley receives a note from A. J. Shively of St. Louis Mich praising his Revised Political Primer. Shively encloses 25 cents in stamps and plans to distribute copies to Republican friends during the campaign.
An inhaled antiseptic air therapy claims to cure catarrh by delivering vaporized air to the lungs. The HYOMEI kit, including a hard rubber inhaler, costs $1.00 with extra bottles 50 cents. Lemmon's Pharmacy offers a money back guarantee.
Local youths who have been stealing pears in the west part of town are identified and will face prosecution if caught again.
Miss Mina Johnston offers shampooing hairdressing manicuring facial and scalp massage in rooms at the corner of the square over Lemley's grocery. Office hours 8 to 6. Also listing farm stock including 125 breeding ewes and 8 Shropshire rams for sale or lease. J B H Taylor 1027 KE Main St phone 603.
A Virginia farmer believed his normally mild cow had gone wild after eating ensilage. The Department of Agriculture found the animal intoxicated by fermented cornstalks and raw bourbon whisky.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for an uncured catarrh. It includes endorsements from the National Bank of Commerce Toledo praising F J Cheney and claims internal action through the blood and mucous surfaces. It also mentions testimonials and sales by all druggists plus Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The feed barn on North Iowa avenue owned by A. N. McElwain was sold to Hol Bovee who will clear the structure from the lot and haul away the lumber. The office building will also be removed as the Rock Island railway company seeks to exit the rental business.
Saow’s College Mrs. M C McDonald invites pupils for fall and winter dressmaking classes at the same Washington Iowa location. The school has operated three years and produced eighty seven graduates in this town.
Tax notice warns that this is the final month to submit the second tax payment. McCOY serves as treasurer with the accounting designation k28 Jd.
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