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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1909
Page
5
Weather Favors Haying as Corn Needs Rain
Richmond notes favorable haying weather while corn awaits rain. Local business caller Adolph Votruba visited Wellman. Verne Tomlinson from Washington stayed with friends Clara Saur Elsie Radda and Tillie Lintz. Catholic ice cream social was well attended and enjoyable. Leo Lintz returns to Cedar Rapids work. Cap Sharp assists A B Rogers with harvest. Albert Duwn plans a new fall house on his father’s farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Votruba
Wellman
Miss Verne Tomlinson
Washington
Clara Saur
Elsie Radda
Tillie Lintz
Leo Lintz
Cedar Rapids
Cap
Sharp
A. B. Rogers
Albert Duwn
Rural Route Notes and Local Happenings Near Centerville
Miss Mazie Palmer visits Andy Simpsons near Centerville. A boy, eleven pounds, born to Mr. and Mrs. Harve Knapp Monday. all well. Nurse Mrs. Olive Todd. Mrs. W. B. Rickey visited Washington Thursday. Elmer Horning and sister Clara hosted a large party at their country home with about sixty guests from Washington. Ass Evhe Wheelan returns from a visit with former college friends in Illinois. Prairie Flower Threshing Clan expects to begin work next week. Newt Noecker delivering hay in Washington. Scrimhall Horning and Knupp aided T. B. Thrasher with oats. Rev. James Priestnal visited parishioners Thursday. Misses Blanche, Sylvia Scott and Ferne Reeves shopped in Washington Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mazie Palmer
Andy Simpson
Centerville
Harve Knapp
Olive Todd
Rickey
Washington
Elmer Horning
Clara
Horning
Rarie Warner
Mike Ilynn
Logan Ahrens
Ethel Waters
Elsie Schneider
Ferne Bidwell
Celeste Critz
Anna Reiner
Eva Pieming
Miriam Davis
Wheelan
Fmit
Ilinois
Prairie Flower Threshing Klan
Newt Noecker
Messrs. Scrimhall, Horning
Knupp
T. B. Thrasher
James Priestnal
Blanche
Sylvia Scott
Ferne Reeves
Obituary notices and visits from Crawfordsville area
Crawfordsville notes page lists James Paxton of Marion dead July 26. Local residents visiting kin include Maggie Duncan Columbus City Maud Simerman West Chester and Elva Donahey. Residents Henry McCoy family from near Mt Pleasant and Mrs Maxwell return from Chillicothe Missouri. Others visit Burlington Farmington Washington and Jefferies area with church duties noted for Rev D L McBride arriving for the presbytery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Gordon
James Paxton
Marion
Indiana
Paxton
Maggie Duncan
Columbus City
Will Duncan
Maud Simerman
West Ctéster
Grace
Henry McCoy
Mt. Pleasant
Lawrence Maxwell
August 2 Daily Social Notes and Departures
August 2 social items list A Acheson returning home from Burlington and visiting relatives Alma Johnson of Columbus City visiting relatives E Spalding and wife return from Idaho to visit son Fred in St. Anthony Glen Adams Harley Richards Lennie Quinn and Stone Scudder depart for an unspecified destination Saturday morning
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Acheson
Burlington
Alma Johnson
Columbus City
E. Spalding
Fred
St. Anthony
Idaho
Glen Adams
Harley Richards
Lennie Quinn
Stone Scudder
Harvest Labor and Social Visits Across Town
South Dakota workers plan to harvest. A A Brinks and wife visited Washington. A M Keller and wife visited Brighton. Wi Rader visited with Mrs Keller’s family. Harry Chapel of Muscatine spent Sunday with relatives. Rev. A S Bailey is sick and missed pulpit. Lee Thompson and wife visited Washington and Mrs Thompson’s parents. H J Sands and wife welcomed a baby boy. G A Carson and wife from Sigourney Iowa visited their daughter Mrs Hl J Sands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
A. A. Brinks
Washington
A. M. Keller
Brighton
Rader
Mrs. Keller
Harry Chapel
Muscatine
A.S. Bailey
Lee Thompson
Pastor Arch L. Graham Accepts Burlington Post
The Rev Arch L Graham, pastor of the United Presbyterian church, has been called to the First United Presbyterian church of Burlington and will begin work September first. Will Morris from Minnesota visits relatives and old friends, Ella McLaughlin takes teacher exams in Sigourney, and Mr and Mrs E E Neal with son Paul spend Sunday near Washington by car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch L. Graham
United Presbyterian Church
First United Presbyterian Church
Burlington
Will Morris
Tom
Minnesota
Ella McLaughlin
Sigourney
Paul
Washington
War department paid for artificial limbs last year
The War Department spent 94 418 dollars on artificial limbs in the previous year. The Cuba resident population is under 7 000, about 0.3 percent of the island’s total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Cuba
Dream Vision Saves Lady Vernon From Butler Murder
In 1870 Rome, Lady Vernon dreams of a knife and candle on the staircase and again on the door. She awakens terrified, confronts the butler who bears a knife and candle, who flees toward a horse and saddled steed, and vanishes never to be heard from again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus I. Co. Hare
Mr. Hare
Rome
Lady Vernon
Willie's Visit Turns Grim Telegram Misread
A woman, resting in her drawing room thinking of her three month legal status over Willie, receives a telegram saying Willie will run over. She faints, then learns her brother's message was a simple visit, not an accident. The scene unfolds with disbelief and eventual clarification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Wil
George
Pearson's Weekly
A Mean Revenge and a Stone Deaf Friend Tale
A witty exchange from the Chicago Record Herald where a speaker boasts: he has a friend almost stone deaf, who left home with him last night while his wife pretended to listen and smile during the conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record Herald
The Talker and His Tongue Tied Fate
A Boston Herald observation on a talkative worker who loses jobs by bragging and endless stories. The piece warns that constant talking wastes the boss’s time and destroys career chances, ending only with the speaker talking himself to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
Florence and the mule bray scare
A four year old girl named Florence walking with her parents startled by a mule’s bray. She paused then ran to her mother saying in astonishment that someone had said something fine. The incident appears in the Delineator column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Mamma
Sumiin
Sum Fin
List of hunting license recipients across communities grows
The report lists numerous names including Chas J Ruebsam Ainsworth J Rubio G Underwood Washington M H Perrin Wellman Joe Waldrop Richmond and many others across Kalona Washington Keota Riverside Ainsworth Wellman Crawfordsville and Noble. The roster shows licenses granted since July 15 with residents from multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. J. Ruebsam
Ainsworth
J. ©. T Rubio
G. Underwood
Ashington
M. H. Perrin
Wellman
Joe Waldrop
Richmond
Ben Boon
Kalona
H. M. Shaver
Washington
John W. Miller
A. M. Miller
Welllman
J. J. Ward
C. B. Dixon
L. A. Cross
Glenn Gardner
West Chester
2. C. Goodwin
A. Whetstine
Add Whetstine
Clint Booth
O. E. Bishop
Yaro Blecha
Riverside
Arthur Yoder
Abraham Beenblossom
W. R. Schantz
Noble
Henry Beitel
Frank Wood
J. G
Roila Gardner
Warren Booth
A. Stevens
F. D. Harding
James Reha
Carlton Willson
Farmers Mutual Insurance Settlements Noted in Washington County
The Farmers Mutual Insurance association of Washington County settled cases Saturday through secretary Sidney Coon with entries for Coon Charles Benz Washington cow valued at 50 dollars G F Baird Ainsworth mare 133 50 C A Monson Noble cost 55 dollars J A Wehr Columbus Junction call 13 35. Foley's Urine Laxative is recommended for indigestion and stomach trouble by Lemmon's Pharmacy and Hellmann Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
Washington County
Sidney Coon
Chas. Benz
Washington
G. F. Baird
Ainsworth
Mare
C. A. Monson
Noble
J. A. Wehr
Columbus Junction
Call
Foley
Lemmon's Pharmacy and
Hellhinney Drug Co
Trespass Warning on Berry Patch Notice
Warning posted to keep people out of berry patch. Trespassers will be punished. Names of property owner and location not provided. Public notice conveys intent to deter berry pickers and others from entering the area.
Also Mentioned on This Page
County News
Crawfordsville
Lemmon’'s Jewelry Store
Missouri
Anderson & Wilson
Klota
Arkansas
Panama Canal
J. C. Smith
the Sanitary Grocery
Isc
L. B. Kline
East Front Street
Hattie Nierel
I. Nierel
Louis B. Kline
Mark Quinn
Norbert Nierel
B. J. Nierel
Kewanee
Quinn
Washington County Savings Bank
RE. W. RicCulley
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