Neiswanger and Kerr Visitors Reported in County News
Mrs. M. Neiswanger visited friends in Washington yesterday. Dr. G S Kerr of Washington was a business visitor in town yesterday. Mrs. A J Laird went shopping in Washington yesterday.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1909
Page
3
Mrs. M. Neiswanger visited friends in Washington yesterday. Dr. G S Kerr of Washington was a business visitor in town yesterday. Mrs. A J Laird went shopping in Washington yesterday.
Apr 28 report notes quarantine lifted at the Chriss Leichty home Monday evening. Mrs. Joe Nebel has scarlet fever while Amanda Nebel has recovered from the epidemic. Communion planned at Mennonite church Sunday. Rev. Daniel Graber travels to Kansas City for Amish mission meeting, stopping in Pulaski en route.
April 28 brief notes report Miss Elsie Schneider Jet Taylor Lois Dodds and Celeste Cruz teachers from area country schools left Friday for Washington and returned Sunday. Other social visits include Mildred Mauthe to Mrs Frank Anderson Miss Bessie Johnson with Velma Marr in Haskins Eva Beard returning from Kansas City to summer at J P Stevenson Hattie Shender visiting Washington friends and Frances Meyers from Washington High School visiting home. Weather has hampered farm work but hope for better soon.
Miss Oda Murphy works at Fred Stewarts. Samuel Neil visits Washington on Wednesday. Stewart Bros tiling project underway. Clarence Rathmen and family with Isaiah Bush visited the Brush home. Mrs Milt Denison with her mother Mrs Rice and daughter Cecil were mentioned.
Spokane reports reveal A Booth & Co planned reorganization as stock slumped. Common stock vanished from value with preferred trading at 62 cents per 100, exchanges foresee roughly 12 a share by May 20. Indictments target W Vernon Booth and F R Robbins over false representations to banks and investors.
Creditors led by Chicago banks holding 5 million claims accept P A Valentine plan. They receive 20 percent cash 30 percent in new bonds and 50 percent in common stock. New Booth Fisheries structure allocates 2.5 million in common stock to banks and bonds, with 2 million in 6 percent preferred stock to Valentine and old stockholders.
The May listing offers 20 Edison Standard and 20 Edison Amberol Records. The Standard catalog promises abundant phonograph entertainment while the Amberol list tempts new buyers with a wide variety of music and humor. New artists Mabel McKinley and Press Eldridge appear with Ms McKinley singing a self composed piece and Eldridge telling amusing tales.
Henri Daubul of Spokane county faces a May superior court appearance in a 15000 dollar damages suit brought by Peter Clancy and his wife Emma. The Clancys allege a large placard on a highway sign warned chickens away and claim Daubul hurled a stone through a window injuring Peter Clancy. Daubul denies the charges and has legal counsel.
Lemmon's pharmacy offers Mi o Na tablets with a money back guarantee. The ad claims rapid relief from belching gas sour stomach and heartburn and says it can cure dyspepsia sea or car sickness or pregnancy vomiting. It urges readers to buy at leading druggists.
H F Samson of Santa Ana California writes to The Evening Journal of Washington Iowa praising the need for a Y M C A in Washington. He cites local business support, discussions with J H Young of Pasadena, and urges active organization for the project.
Blacksmith Black, located near the post office, advertises mower cleaning sharpening and adjustment services and offers repair work. Mr and Mrs Waldo Wells from Crawfordsville visited the city yesterday.
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