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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1905
Page
4
Local Notices and Travel Snippets Chronicle Town Scene
Miss Grace Walker left for Washington to visit the Buckley home and attend a wedding. Eva B. Davis visits at the Chas Near home while M L Miller was in Washington on business. A Carson Ben Ferguson and J Strain rode an excursion to Davenport. Herman Twinam of Crawfordsville transacted business here. Mrs W L Strain of Washington stays for summer. music study to resume in fall. Besse Adams of Kalona spent Friday in town. H G Moore has house repainted. Uncle Lewis Longwell ill. Botany students explore woods as spring work. W E Varney left for O neal Nebr to manage land interests. John Putman cited Sunday. Rev William H Betts of Allegan Mich preaches next Sunday. Sunday School attendees invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Walker
Washington
Buckley
Besse Adams
Kalona
H. G. Moore
Lewis Longwell
W. E. Varney
O'Neil
Nebr
John Putman
William H. Betts
Allegan
Michigan
Wellman Elevator Rebuild Planned This Spring
April 20 notes E. F. Smith will rebuild his elevator. The piece lists local visits and social rounds including F Schroeder and wife at Catholic services in Richmond and Miss Zoe Varney returning from Chicago. Also mentioned are Willis Wagoner visits, Amos Moore from Washington with Johns Pratt, and gatherings at Kephart, Pratt, Caldwell, Miller, and Hillhouse homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Smith
Shhroeder
Richmond
Zoe Varney
Chicago
Willis Wagoner
Rolland Gammon's
Amos Moore
Washington
Rs. Johns Pratt
Mart Stiles
Elmer Kephart
Welch sisters travel to Washington for cousin’s wedding
Misses Etta and Stella Welch leave Crawfordsville for Washington to attend the marriage of their cousin Miss Daisy Hall. William Croutz arrives from Ft Madison to help carpenter Henry Inkman. Mr and Mrs Edwin Griffith come from Washington to attend Clersea Griffith wedding. Mrs Orris returns home from Town City after hospital stay. she was too weak for surgery. Funeral of B F Hough held yesterday at 2 PM in the Meth...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta
Stella Welch
Washington
Daisy Hall
Wm. Croutz
Ft. Madison
Henry Inkman
H. D. Cherryholmes
Burlington
Edwin Griffith
Walter Orris
Town City
Memorial service for a respected man at odist church
The service was conducted by Rev. E. L. Tennant assisted by Rev. J. S. Wotton. Despite bad weather a large company gathered to pay last tribute. Interment followed in the city cemetery with pallbearers R. G. Kelsey Will Lemon R. B. E. Lease Walter Sewell Robert Gormiey and George Yeager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odist Church
E. L. Tennant
J.s.wotton
Messrs
R.G. Kelsey
Will Lemon
RB. E. Lease
Walter Sewell
Robert Gormiey
George Yeager
Excitement at Rolling Green School in Keota area
Local disturbance near Rolling Green schoolhouse yesterday and the day before drew teacher Miss Elenor Dunbar and pupils into concern after children reported seeing men under the building. No officers found suspects. impressions suggest juvenile mischief and imagination at work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Rolling Green
Elenor Dunbar
W M Smithart Parred By King’s New Discovery
Pekin Iowa resident W M Smithart once deemed incurable by physicians vanishes but is saved by Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. He reports a decade of use as a marvel cure and urges trial bottles with J H Stewart’s drug store offering 50 cent and one dollar sizes and a free trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Smithart
Pekin
Iowa
Dr. King
J. H. Stewart's
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