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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1911
Page
5
Local notes list J A Young on a Minneapolis trip with many residents visiting Des Moines Chicago and Fairfield. An upcoming Cal Stewart show at the Graham headlines entertainment with special scenery and curtain at 8 15.
A father reads a bedtime tale where King Winter wars with Queen Summer. Mother Nature ends the conflict with a yearly balance as sunbeam elves paint leaves red yellow and russet before trees shed for winter.
Miss Josephine Babcock secretary of the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs left the 9 25 train for Des Moines to attend the federation board meeting. The session opens tomorrow morning at the Chamberlain hotel with about forty prominent women in attendance. Mrs Homer A Miller Des Moines is the new federation president. Meetings are expected tomorrow afternoon and evening.
The article reports a surge in resignations among West Point and Annapolis graduates amid peace propaganda and scarce entry pools. It notes generals and departments worry about officer shortages, with seasickness and marriage plans as key disincentives, and cites transfers between services and faster promotions as tempting factors.
A large Sunday gathering at Covenanter Church featured speakers including Mrs G W Hay and Mrs Marion Crawford. The event paralleled meetings at the Methodist church and the men’s tabernacle, focusing on Christian fellowship and practical guidance for workers, with prayers for the men’s meeting and spiritual blessings.
Mrs. B W Bender of Atlanta claimed as the world's youngest grandmother at twenty nine after becoming grandmother to three children by age thirty and mother to a daughter who married in 1909 and bore twins in January 1910.
The Twenty-seventh company of coast artillery at Battery Cranston in the Presidio practiced with ten inch guns and hit a moving target at 10000 yards eight times with six shots.
The funeral for D. W. Wolfe, who died last Friday, was held yesterday at 2 p.m. in the M. E. church at Keota. Survivors include a wife, two adopted sons Sam and Earl Wolfe, three sisters Mrs. Taylor of Phillipsburg Kansas Mrs. Dell Stewart of near West Chester and Mrs. Lettie Pritchard of Kansas. He was 67 and died after three months illness from liver complications and other ailments.
A popular trysting place promotes its meat market offering the best cuts by phone or at counters. The ad appeals to customers who seek quality groceries and meats in a rendezvous style market.
Principal Churchill completes the high school football schedule with one open date to be filled. A Muscatine game is the highlight for November 11 as the team, coached by Bert Scofield, prepares one of the best squads in local history. The plan lists two games each in Winfield Morning Sun and Sigourney with potential additions. The lineup features many returnees and heavier players adding depth to the squad.
Marriage licenses were issued today to Fred G. Schwartz and Lulu Duvall as well as Cleon Noffsinger and Ella Faulkner.
Court proceedings resumed with Judge Talbott after a vacation. The Wagner estate case in Washington was started. Nine other paying job cases are listed. Petitions allege substandard work and overvaluation on certain property. The new case may take two days as several witnesses are to be examined.
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