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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1912

Page

5

Local Notes Highlight Visits and Deliveries Across Town

Mrs W A Carson returns from Tarkio Missouri visiting daughter Miss Margaret Carson a Tarkio college teacher. Miss Mable Buckley from University of Iowa spends a week with her parents Mr and Mrs John Buckley. A E Putnam returns from Sigourney on business. Darbyshire Drug Co advertises initial stationery. Sterling White returns from Crawfordsville. J M Walker and Mrs Walker welcomed a baby boy. Mrs Ray Blankenhorn moves to new home near Wyman. Mrs Frank McClean visits Brighton. Cole's Studio advertises Kodaks and framing. J E Lemmon spends day in Keota on business. Mr and Mrs E P Foss welcome a baby boy. Ice cream social at Woodman hall. Mrs William Ditmars travels to Brighton and on to Monmouth. Mrs R D Page visits Wade Page in Fairfield. Vienna bakery offers coffee cakes and rolls. Mrs Hi McCreedy visits Ainsworth. Miss Aimy Richards of Cotter visits sister Mrs Wm Roberts. Essanay Western Tonight at Star featuring The Deputy the Girl and Lead Kindly Light plus A Cure for Jealousy. S A Walker from Ainsworth visits Washington. Hartman’s Ice Cream advertises sherbets and ice cream. Miss Ethel Dean visits Davenport. Miss Maud Limerman visits in the city. Vienna offers chocolate puff and peanut cluster. R A Bell injured falling from scaffold at Kolosick stock food factory improving, doctor says not serious.

Skating and social visits fill city notices tonight

Residents and visitors fill the city as skating at the Roller Rink features the evening, while a parade of guests arrives and departs. The column lists local calls for painting ice cream orders and a mix of visits, travel to Keota and Tacoma, and plans for summer homes and church events.

Saturday stationery reminder and local visits noted

DARBYSHIRE DRUG CO. Mrs. Elizabeth Todd of Numa Iowa arrived yesterday and visited briefly at her niece Mrs C C Rice home. She is en route to Sigourney for more relatives. Mrs A Fuller returned to Fairfield for her mother's illness. Mr and Mrs H A Laithly and baby of Rubio spent Wednesday in the city. Mrs John Eicher of Springdale Ark visited Keota with illness and death of sister Mrs White and left for home.

C. K. Needham Oskaloosa Elizabeth Todd Numa Iowa C. C. Rice Sigourney Mrs. A. ©. Fuller Fairfield John Eicher Springdale Ark H. M. Eicher Keota

Hornets Nest brigade reunion marks Shiloh anniversary trip

Col. and Mrs. D. J. Palmer Cant and Mrs. J. A. Boyer W. H. Harding and two daughters Miss Bessie Conger and David Livingston returned from Shiloh where they attended a fiftieth anniversary reunion of the Hornets Nest brigade. They traveled by rail to St Louis then by boat along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers encountering high water and challenging conditions.

D. J. Palmer David Livingston Tennessee Shiloh J. A. Boyer W. H. Harding Bessie Conger Hornets’ Nest Brigade St. Louis Mississippi Ohio Paducah Kentucky Cape Girardeau Caire

Visit Notes From Marion Cedar Rapids And Wapello

Mrs W B Ross traveled to Marion for kin visits and Cedar Rapids for further relations. Her grandson Hubert Kyle of Marion accompanied her and had been visiting. Dr Luella Shaw went to Wapello to lecture this afternoon. Keota resident Will Charlton arrived and spent the day at the J P F Simpson home.

J. A. Morrett Burlington Henry Benne W. B. Ross Marion Cedar Rapids Hubert Kyle Luella Shaw Wapello Will Charlton Keota J. PF. Simpson

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W. A. Carson Tarkio, Mo Margaret Carson Tarkio College The Vienna Mable Buckley University of Iowa At Iowa City John Buckley A. E. Putnam Darbyshire Drug Co Sterling White Crawfordsville J. M. Walker Ray Blankenhorn Wyman Mr. Blankenhorn Frank McClean Brighton Thos. McClean Cole J. E. Lemmon E. P. Foss Woodman Hall William Ditmars Monmouth Washington Winfield Fox & Dewey Shopea R. D. Page Wade Page Hi. J. MccCreedy Ainsworth JG. G. Ebner Aimy Richards Cotter Wmn. Roberts Essanay the Star G. Jeson Hartman's Ethel Dean Davenport Maud Limerman West Chester R. A. Bell Kolosick E. Thompson W. 8. Grimes J. A. Porter Elizabeth Harding Coffman Home May Powell Cocoa Vanney Fairmount West Virginia William Powell Lucy Pingrey Louis Baird Rhea Fread Ainswoth Hartman Ice Cream Factory S. K. Coats Albia Christian Church Coats Tacoma Wash Charles Strain Mr. Strain Vietnam Pella Dam Seth Thomas Ft. Dodge Thomas B. F. Brown Mr. Brown Z. A. Heaton Lewis Klein G. W. Stewart Colorado Springs Colo Ab and M. T. Anderson Mutual Fire and W. M. Sutherland Minnie Conner George Young Louise Cunningham Minneapolis Minn K. A. Burnell Manton Hebner Mrs Chas. Hebner Blue Lodge Masons Cyrus Chapter Royal Arch Masons Washington Lodge No. 26 H. C. Hull H. P C. A. Dewey W. M Ida Bailey West Main Street W. C. Tanner Des Moines J. T. Walker Lawrence Long Shaddock Military Academy Quincy Clarence Hollingsworth W. E. Walker Will DeNoel Grimes Joseph Porter J. H. Kephart the Lyric Soto Lytle Bros Todd Stuart Kuppenheimer C. M. & F. Clothing Company J. A. Harwood & Son South Side Washington National Bank Washington, Iowa Rockford
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