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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1909
Page
4
Washington dispatch says the Evening Journal reports Iowa weather for today and tomorrow. Expect fair conditions tonight and Saturday with no significant precipitation indicated in the forecast.
An ad note from Monn's Pharmacy and Hehlkinney Drug Co promotes Foley's Urino Laxative. It claims to stimulate the stomach and liver, regulate bowels, and provide a steady cure for habitual constipation.
A boy named Dick finds a starving kitten by a ditch and brings it home wet and muddy. He cleans the kitten, but it dies, prompting his mother to scold, while Dick consoles himself that the kitten died cleanly and angrily.
The County News outlines daily doings in various communities with reports from local correspondents. It compiles happenings across the county, noting events, people, and short items of interest.
August 4 social items show Mrs MacLehr of Ankeny visiting sister Mrs George Benson. Miss Pearl Pence spent part of last week with uncle A B Car. Misses Marie Nicholson and Frata Morrison returned home near Lone Tree after two weeks visiting friends and relatives. James Corbin of Muscatine visited Robert Kephart's home this week. Mrs Will Mitchell and children returned to Ainsworth after a few days with her parents Mr and Mrs John Hillhouse.
August 5 report highlights Frank Welte and gang upgrading the sand hill north of town previously muddy. Wm Chapek and Marhofer lay new cement walks before their stores. Fred Marhofer of Cedar Rapids is home on vacation. Joe Spevace helps his brother Wencel with hay harvest. Miss Celeste Kos rests at home. John Grecian blasts stumps for Toe Kollices on Wednesday.
August 5 notes workers aiding in harvesting and hay making across the area. Hugh Huffman helps his uncle Seymour Stattler. I I Cuddeback and Walter Peterson assist Bert Smith. Robertson Bros and Moriarty share hay on shares for Mrs Glick. Local visits include H J Cuddeback and son Glen to Keota, Singmaster ranch, J W Guy on business, Mrs Gus Strum assisting threshing, Verne Jackson journey to West Chester, Arthur Conrads threshing plans, and visitors Prof Will Smith from Purdue at Frank and Sidney Smiths.
KE A Kennel and Lloyd Kennel left yesterday morning for Iowa City to look after business interests. The Seventy-Six and Scotland boys played ball at the park yesterday afternoon. the winning side received a purse of thirty dollars.
August 6 reports Miss Elsie Porter of Oxford Nebr visiting friends in the area. Mrs Libbie Gregory Stevenson and children stay from Fairfield with Mrs Kate Gregory. Mr Estes of Chicago visited his brother in law Hugh Pettit. Victor Palmer plans to relocate in Keota. J M White suffers tonsillitis. Mrs Mary DeMarce of Des Moines and Miss Lou Snakenberg visit sister Mrs Anna Helscher. Bertha Brown returns from Washington. Mrs Leslie Lodwig visits from Missouri. Rev Leslie expected next week for vacation. Ruby Hulse and Mrs C O Harris assist at A A Hulse Co store sale. Mr and Mrs Henry Shrader visit from Harper amid local clearing sales. Allie Sheriff joins sales activities.
Keota loses a leading dressmaker as she departs for Colorado leaving a gap in local work. The current dressmakers cannot meet all available demand, creating a substantial opening in the field. Meanwhile plasterer George Young travels to Washington for a week. A Christian church union meets next Sunday. P. and O. ladies plan a local anniversary. Chapter CM marks seven years since August 15 1902 with festivities at J W Harding home. Youngster Doyl Richardson survives a close call with a moving car. Mrs L I Hulse visits Washington. Washington Evening Journal remains widely read in Keota and vicinity with few subscribers borrowing from neighbors.
August 6 reports Mrs H C Hull and Mrs W G Robertson with daughter Margaret Louise visiting Washington. Essa and Lois Harper return from Wayland. Mrs James Higby and Mrs J F Thompson with sons Donovan and Dwight arrive from Winfield to visit relatives. Church services listed for Presbyterian United and Methodist with visiting preachers Rev J C Currie and Rev J E Weigle scheduled.
Frank Mull of Muscatine was a business caller yesterday Elmer Erdice of Keota bought a new five passenger touring car J P Dayton liveryman has The Rose club will meet at the home Joe Simerman returned from Kansas City with 325 head of cattle Mrs Huffman of Nebraska visiting her mother Mrs George Statler
Mrs. S. L. Bowen of Wayne West Virginia states she suffered kidney disease to the point of bed rest and inability to stand. She credits Foley's Kidney Remedy with a one dollar bottle and part of a second curing her and urges others to try it through Lemmon's Pharmacy and McKinney Drug Co.
Local items show residents arriving and visiting from Chicago Denver and various towns. Voyages include Mrs Perry Davison, Miss Lulu Duvall, Miss Veronica Fritz, and many others visiting relatives and friends in Crawfordsville Brighton Burlington and Des Moines.
The Epworth League of the M F church in West Chester hosts an ice cream social and concert on the parsonage lawn this Saturday evening. Admission covers ice cream. music promises light easy pieces with several solo, duet, and quartet selections by Dr Caldwell, Mr and Mrs C E Baumgarten, Glenn Garden, Grace Cotmann, and others along with a photography cabinet display and local equipment exhibits.
Washington patent attorneys Davis and Davis announce the grant this week to Iowa residents of several patents including R. E. Adams Mason City grate and E K Baker and M A Ganlara Clarinda cream separator, bow Jin er, with Courtright and Mika cited among filing names.
A Alabama parent recalls a two year old severe cholera infantum case in which a doctor could not be found. After using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at home the infant improved within fifteen minutes and fully recovered. The product is sold by PF. L. Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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