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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1903
Page
3
Local items list residents visiting the city and heading out on business including Dr Jenkins and Judge Dewey. Many names and small events pepper daily life with arrivals, travels, illness, and family news. A drugstore ad and a tea promotion appear among routine social notes and travel updates.
The Bachelor Maids club reschedules for Tuesday evening April 28 with Miss Verne Ashby as hostess. The Presbyterian church ladies social is set for Friday afternoon at Mrs. Kate Miller's East Jefferson home. Mrs. Etna Steck hosted the Basket Club yesterday on East Main, with raffia baskets and a luncheon. about thirty attended.
Edw Swift informed city officials last evening of a mechanics lien against Electrical Equipment Co of Chicago. Swift supplied brick and labor for boiler setting at the new light plant. His claim totals 50. The company delays payment until city council accepts the plant.
A promotional note touts 50¢ value work shirts and overalls, with lighter weight shirts at 20c. It promises dry cleaning or dyeing for old clothes, guaranteeing satisfaction and laundering curtains to look like new as season arrives.
J W Maxwell visited Havre today. Will Crawford and son went to Havre on business. Wilson Dougherty traveled to Columbus Junction on business. J B Crooks visited Crawfordsville to see relatives. Mrs A Miller improving after illness. J Wo Dunham and daughter Margaret left for Davenport. Miss Anna Miller returned to Burlington. Mrs T S Smith improving at home. George McConabey painting East Jefferson. Mrs Sam Steffy and two children moving to Firefly or Fairport. City workers search for a water main leak by Powers grocery.
A displaced narrator recalls vast changes from Hicks 90 to Keota era fields, noting new farms, orchards, and modernized houses. He visits Victor Carris and Katy Carris, reunites with old neighbors, and reflects on past opportunities, memory, and the toll of time on land, families, and self.
Lucy Moore of Church Hill Mingo died Monday March 23 1803 after a long illness at age 81 Born May 10 1821 in Cross Creek township she lived much of her life on the Moore homestead in Steubenville Township Surviving siblings include Oliver James Bartley Mary Jane Halley and Mrs Katie Davis Funeral at MFE church Wednesday at 1 30 pm with Rev Gruber and burial at New Alexandria cemetery
The Nickel Plate Road advertises daily express trains linking Chicago to New York and Boston via Ft. Wayne and Buffalo. Dining cars offer American Club Meals 35c to 1.00 with la carte options. Rates are stated as always the lowest with no excess fare. Chicago depot Harrison St and Fifth Ave. city ticket offices 111 Adams St and Auditorium Annex. John Y. Calahan, general agent, 113 Adams St room 298, Chicago. Phone Central 2057. May 30.
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