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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1905
Page
4
Local notices report accidents deaths births and marriages with prompt updates from our news gatherers.
Mr and Mrs Frank Stransky celebrate a bright little daughter born last Sunday April 27. Andrew Simpson and son Thomas visited. Lulu Kyle and daughter visited neighbors. Miss Ida Squires and Mr Gust Houser attended Easter services in Washington. Foggy conditions disrupt lines. Floyd Timmons Ola Simpson Chas Eyestone Marvie Palmer attended Easter services in Richmond.
April updates report Miss Clara West visiting Dr. Alcorn in Allerton and Irene Glave staying with Mrs. Hofer in Solon. Win Smouse, from Washington, travels on business and ships millet seed to Chicago. J B Emmons to relocate his family next week. Mrs Moritz visits Davenport and Mildred Moritz returns to Milwaukee. Pekin theater hosts minstrel show Friday and Saturday. Fred Dupuis from Sigourney and Mrs George McCarty of Harver travel activities noted.
Monday from Muscatine reports Mrs. Wm. Heardsley visiting her daughter Jessie in Muscatine after a visit with friends.
April 27 reports Miss Mare Harley back in town from Washington. M BR Wells returns from Chicago after delivering a stock shipment. Next Sunday morning at the M E B church preaching by Rev Dillon on Heaven. Evening service follows.
April 27 item notes visits by John Godwin's uncle Kent of Columbus Junction to P. N. Godwin's and Eureka church events. Mrs B F Tucker and baby came from Columbus Junction to visit parents over Sunday. John Robertson of Mt. Pleasant attended Eureka services. Eureka Sunday School held a pretty Easter program with choir music and children recitations. Missionary offering amounted to 13.
Johnson's advertises a wide range of angel foods and ten cent cakes with pumpkin pies praised as the best yet. A separate notice promotes an open air Pentecostal service on the square Saturday evening if weather permits and additional meetings Sunday with invites to the public.
The Iowa Central Ry offers round trip tickets at a set rate plus two dollars to northern Minnesota and Dakota points with a return limit of October 31. Low round trip fares to St. Paul and Minneapolis on sale daily after June 1. For details contact agents or A. B. Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis.
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