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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1911
Page
2
Local notes from Grace Hill and surrounding towns record visits by relatives from Iowa City Washington Keota Morning Sun and Clarence. Notables include Mr and Mrs John Heaton Mrs L H Richardson Mr and Mrs F Reitel and many others visiting relatives and attending church picnics and threshing progress across Pleasant Hill Crawfordsville and New Haven.
Hefty editorials mock black wedding attire as mourning and urge grooms to wear white duck pants and bright shirts. The piece warns against foolish vanity and stubborn, drunken missteps in farm life, recounting a farmer on a horse and a harsh punishment for folly.
Frank Martin of West Chester and R M Wilson visited the city while Miss Lou Vogt arrived from Chicago to spend time with friends. Numerous locals traveled, hosted relatives, and returned from trips to Des Moines Ames Winterset and Mansfield. The county supervisors plan a session on August 7 and bills must be filed. Captain Teller marked his 88th birthday with apples. Ross drug store inventory began with help from L A Foote and Churchill Drug staff.
Mr and Mrs John McCleary hosted a dinner party in honor of Mr and Mrs Frank Bennett and daughter of Waterloo. T B Maxwell entertained relatives at a dinner for Walter Maxwell and sons of Kansas City. Tom Anderson and oy Stewart arrived from Washington to take charge of their new store. Arthur Griffith remains with them briefly. Fred Shaffer traveled in Washington between trains. Miss Jennie Williams returned home after visiting her mother. J J Anwy and Mrs W G Robertson were bound for Washington. J Ab McCoy hosted guests for Frank Bentley and daughters of Waterloo. Ruth and Jessie Hazen left for Keota to visit relatives. Warren Stewart of Keota and sister Mrs Louie Harter of Perry attended EL A Stone’s funeral. Mrs Cordelia Harding returned from Ohio with niece Miss Trall. Mrs F D Harding and two children left for Bennett after a week in town. Miss Helen Chihak joined them for a short visit. Mrs FE Coffman of Washington spent a day at the Eas ter home. Clyde Maxwell of Havre was an eastbound traveller.
Aug 1 at Green Bay near Fort Madison Iowa locals William Mittendorf and John Wenke hunted rattlesnakes after reports of snakes by visitors. They found twenty six in a hole behind the Skat Club House and killed them all. The state bounty was 50 cents per snake and the two men earned 13 dollars. Mittendorf said few if any rattlers remain in the bay.
A broad reduction in express rates took effect today across the United States for most carriers. The move follows a request from the Interstate Commerce Commission for a full probe into classifications and practices. About 90 percent of express traffic is affected, with deep cuts on long-haul non competitive routes. The double graduate system for packages under 100 pounds is eliminated. The ICC plans a nationwide audit and thorough examination of carrier books.
Market notes from Chicago dated August 1 1911 report slow demand and varied receipts across cattle sheep and bulk goods. Estimated receipts 14000 today with mixed packers and heavy shipping grades trading within narrow ranges. Prices show weakness vs yesterday and outlook remains uncertain with cattle steady and sheep weak.
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