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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1912
Page
2
Announcement by owner planning to quit dairy business to use feed and land for other purposes. Property offered at the home in southeast Washington. Auction details list W A Chilcote D F Macon August M C DeLong Clerk with parcel numbers 16 20 23 27 28.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for a cure of catarrh Hall's Catarrh Cure is claimed to work internally through the blood and mucous surfaces J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is named with endorsements from local banks asserting honesty and solvency.
Local correspondents report on community events and daily happenings across the county. Brief notes cover gatherings, milestones, and notable activities shaping the day-to-day life of residents.
Community readers recount visits by Art Hazen in Dakota and Mrs. Moberly with daughter Margery from Tama. W H Day of Lincoln inspects life insurance in town. Roy Twinam attends the Coneville ox roast and brings a 70 pound watermelon. Church services shift to afternoon with Sunday school at two and preaching at three.
Crawfordsville reports a group including Mr. and Mrs. Will Long and others traveling to Muscatine to visit the J. Carl home and John Lease’s family. Several Washington visitors are listed, and Mr. and Mrs. John McCall return to Havre after staying with W. A. McCall.
City residents and visitors frequent homes of local families in Ainsworth as a new Camp Ground schoolhouse nears completion. Thomas Wallace and Olds families travel from New York Washington D C while Miss Mildred Stearns Miss Hazel White and others participate in shopping and schooling activities. Charles Dennison from Washington visits J E Adams home and Gladys Shoemaker from Washington stays with G Bands home.
West Chester reports J W Stewart and son of Keota delivered two cars of hogs here Saturday. P Stevenson sent 88 hogs on Saturday. Fifty-one heavy weights averaged 346 pounds. Last Friday a hail storm moved through the Hedrick to Oskaloosa area, similar to a prior season event.
A reflective piece personifies Time as Father Time who heals wounds and forgives sorrows. It argues time eases misfortunes, promises better luck, and provides hope and patience as life’s healer despite bitterness and trials.
Mrs J D Dayton and Daryl visited Jas Nelsons in Keota then plan to spend winter in Los Angeles. Rev Grahams sale drew a small crowd. Lectures begin October 7 with a strong course costing 280 dollars and season tickets 1 50 each available at J L Coffey Son lumber. William Smither family to Canada. Epworth League exchange social at the parsonage Friday. Rev Leeper to preach at United Presbyterian Friday through Sunday.
The article argues boys should start in business by raising Shetland ponies. A well-bred mare costs 125 to 200 dollars, with foals ready to ride or drive by age three. Thoroughbreds fetch 125 to 200 dollars, with exceptional specimens sold at higher prices. care notes include easy maintenance, shelter needs, and a sturdy wire fence.
A novel skill game in France tests players by estimating ball weights held in hand. Using a balance device and two nearly identical ball sets, competitors place balls in depressions to maximize the heaviest ball’s distance from center. The beam releases to reveal the winner by point margin.
The American Boy describes making a four section fishing rod from hickory or hard wood two feet long per section. It details tapering to one inch to one eighth inch over eight feet, joint construction with glue and cord, line guides, a wire end loop, and finishing with sandpaper and oil for a tough reliable pole at little cost.
A Persian woman laments the fate of newborn girls and notes harsh gender inequality. She describes high infant mortality due to women’s ignorance, explains early child marriage to curb deaths, and mentions proposals to cut a mother’s finger for each lost child as a shocking though rejected idea.
The Rev W F Graham of West Chester preaches farewell after four years as pastor before leaving to lead Second United Presbyterian in Bellingham Washington. He cites reasons for departure and reflects on goals achieved including a new church building.
Public notice offers male fall yearlings and early spring pigs sows and gifts from J C Lemley of Codisait R8 near Town. No kin to prior sales. Call for details.
During one of Whittier's birthday celebrations a famed singer visited. She sang Robin Adair and Whittier's dog listened intently, then gently pressed her hand with his paw. The dog, hearing his name, treated the song as a tribute to himself and followed the singer, even carrying her bag to the gate on departure.
A brief tale shows Tommy misplacing a penny, then naming the penny for Sunday school as the one he lost, while his mother guides him with a gentle question about the purpose of each coin.
A rubber vacuum cup device fits over the forefinger to help a pitcher bend the ball. Squeezing alters the cup to create more or less curvature, allowing a controlled curve on thrown pitches.
A collection of light brainteasers and jokes asks why a 12 50 train is hardest to catch who had the largest American family George Washington as Famher of His Country when water stops running downhill the reason for a physician to keep temper and a geography riddle about a track from Loston to Milwaukee plus a classic train of ducks puzzle answered with three ducks in all
A mother scolds Harold for being a naughty boy and threatens to tell his father when he returns. Harold jokes that a secret cannot be kept, indicating a playful exchange within a domestic scene.
Delegates from thirty seven states attend the joint State and National meeting in Galveston to promote confidence in Texas land titles. A key topic is establishing a standard for abstracts to reassure eastern investors and improve loan prospects on Texas lands.
Chicago and Hoos markets show steady to lower openings with large receipts. Hogs mixed and heavy shipping grades about 7.95 to 8.75, cattle steady to 10 lower, beef and stockers varied, sheep weak with prices down from Saturday. Week totals reported: hogs 99 833 receipts 18 470 shipments. cattle 22 000 receipts. sheep 55 000 receipts.
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