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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1910
Page
2
Local county news round up presents brief notes from several communities. Officials report on meetings, upcoming events, and notable activities across townships including schools, markets, and public projects.
Art Enfield moves to Henry Dorian place to work this summer. Sam Ramsey visits the Doctor daily for a lame hand. Uncle Frank Vorel buys a fine mare from Frank Matthews. Friends of Fred Schachner give him a shower Saturday evening.
A rural note fills Kalona highlights with farm life items and visits. James Haller built a barn this week while others sow oats and plant corn. Residents and guests from Iowa City, Webster, Ames and Centralia are mentioned with minor happenings and travel.
Riverside shines with guest visits from Miss Amelia Hervert and Arthur Marshall while Kalona reports mayoral and council results, a string of local events, weddings, and theater entertainments. West Chester notes include church activity, medical updates, and farm progress.
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Avcet J A Yoder returned from the Dakotas where he conducted several sales and observed fine weather with farmers ahead on spring work. Samuel Strickler to auction household goods next Saturday before a year of travel in the west. Mrs Levi Troyer of Washington ill with pneumonia, Kalona friends wish her speedy recovery.
John Patman lost a horse last week with lung fever. Mr and Mrs Jim Shrader of Washington spent Sunday at the Jake Shrader home. Mr and Mrs Will Mitchell and children of Ainsworth visited John Hillhouse Sunday and attended services at Pleasant Hill church. Mr and Mrs Willis Wagner and daughter Lula visited Silas Caldwell Sunday. John Putman and a son Jake of Washington visited Monday to look after farm interests. Miss Edith McBride commenced teaching Monday.
The report notes passenger movements to Washington including David Gordon L L Twinam T C McCleary and Wilbur Rose. Will Stull visits Havre on business. Mrs M B Vesey arrives from Winfield to spend the day in the city. The piece mentions a school at Indian Creek and a date in April.
The newly elected mayor and city officials were sworn in by retiring mayor J. C. Clark who served twenty-seven years with twenty-three unpaid. Clark plans to retire from public life and move in with relatives as health declines. The issue notes local visits, school enrollments, property sales, and upcoming teacher association activities in Keota and surrounding areas.
Local notices report Mrs J H Pearson and daughter Madge and granddaughter Helen Snelson leaving for Davenport to visit relatives. Grace Simmerman and Bessie Bovee called in Washington and Mrs Ida Patterson traveled west. Various residents, including Addie Drummond and Clara Woodburn, were seeings in Washington and surrounding areas.
Son William of Bennett Towa and Mrs Will Peiffer of Keota arrived and visited friends Miss Theresa Chihak and the Joseph Harding and W T Trotter homes before returning home this morning.
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