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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1912
Page
2
Doings of the People notes Rubio activities including the Ladies Boosting club photos, a booster celebration set for Aug 8, band instruction by Prof Smiley from Hedrick, and improvements like new concrete bridge and culverts. Also mentions arrests for seining, horse veterinary visit, and a cancelled Ollie Rubio game due to pitcher injury.
A humorous poem critiquing a reckless driver who disregards laws and lanes. The speaker mocks the jay as a disruptive figure causing chaos on village streets and blaming officials for allowing such turmoil. The narrator concludes that the country needs restraint and to discipline the jay rather than provoked rhetoric.
Miss Holmes visits Canon City as W F M S holds church meeting Aug 2. Visitors include Mrs George Amlong and Bruce Clark from Peoria. Mrs Albert Lintz and Mrs Frank Eagle visit near Washington. Max Whitmire dies by suicide north of town. survived by wife and two sons.
Mrs McArtor visited friend Mrs Romine this week. Pete Teets lays a concrete foundation for a corn crib at Chas Rowe's. Henry Trostatler sells potatoes. Geo Care spent Thursday at Jim Hanley's. Bill returns home for visit with Scottish cousins. Verne Romine sees X ray doctor at Keota. Velda Herr visits grandparents. Sylvia Green goes to Keota to see grandma.
Mrs Robt Amlong returns from Muscatine. Wine's Heralds meet at church and plan mite box opening. Laura Wilcox visits Muriel Callumber. Rev and Mrs W A Smith of Malcolm visit. Skipton family from West Chester visit. Elsie Amlong helps with house work. Laura Longwell and children visit Mason City. Ezra Gardner enjoys a new Buick five passenger.
Ainsworth residents and guests travel between Gibbs Missouri Iowa City La Porte City and Crawfordsville. Ed Keys returns from Gibbs with Mrs Keys. M I Miller and family tour in Mr Miller’s automodel to Iowa City. Lucile Criss returns home to La Porte City. Lela Rhodes hosted Edna Moore for a dinner before a band concert trip. Howard Hopsteter visits relatives. H G Crawford attends chautauqua at Columbus Junction.
Miss Eva Davis of Denver Colorado arrived last evening to visit at 8 B Sand's home. Mr and Mrs W L McConnell are visiting relatives in Ollie Iowa.
West Chester notes for Friday report local residents visiting Washington and friends. Oats sold at 26 cents per bush and shipments from Dutch Creek and Cedar area boosted farm output. A social at the UL P Parsonage. A. T. Augustine shipped stock to Chicago. cattle brought high prices per 100 pounds.
Rev. A S Smith preached on God and a Boy before a large crowd at the Sunday evening union service in Central Park. He used Joseph’s life to urge boys and young men to resist peer pressure, trust in God, and seize opportunities for righteous living.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications, cites internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces, not a quack medicine. Prescribed by a top physician, with tonics and blood purifiers, testimonials available. I. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, sells nationwide. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A quoted meditation by J. Vickery on the noble life and its vast aims. It speaks of living in the upper air, receiving great and beautiful things into the soul, and adopting a life that breathes serenity among grand ideals.
The passage urges defining an objective early and aligning every action toward its achievement. If the goal proves misaligned, discard it after deliberate thought, but only if another equally vital aim is identified and pursued with equal energy.
Sherman Bros. Druggists of Washington Iowa advertise Saxo Salve as a versatile skin remedy for both acute and chronic eczema. They claim itching stops after the first application and noticeable improvement appears within days with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
In Washington County Iowa Co L Turner sues Nathan Baker Mary Baker and many others including the City of Washington and Washington Park Association. The suit concerns real estate described as the north half of Outlet one in Southwest Washington Add to the town now city of Washington. The petition names unknown surviving spouses heirs and claimants of the listed defendants.
The petition of O L Turner asks the District Court to quiet title to disputed property in Washington County Iowa. He claims fee simple ownership based on twenty years adverse possession through color of title and claim of right and seeks cancellation of all adverse claims and liens. Defendants and unknown claimants are notified to appear before noon on September 9 1912 or a default judgment will be entered. Eich er Livingston attorneys for plaintiff.
Markets show receipts and prices across hogs cattle and sheep. Prices range from light to heavy grades with mixed results and weekly totals provided for the Chicago market segment.
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