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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1907
Page
5
Oliver and John Dunbar narrowly escaped serious injury when the traction engine they rode overturned on a narrow bridge near Grace Hill. The 14 foot high and 12 foot wide bridge is described as unsafe, with the engine upright and only minor injuries reported despite the wreck.
Miss Nina Isenhart arrived from Des Moines to visit the Shanafelt home. Mrs Allen Peddycott returned to Cedar Rapids after visiting M. C. Slocum. Mrs Nine Webb and daughter Hazel arrived at Valley Junction and will visit relatives and friends here.
An unsolicited testimonial praises Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for curing a severe illness. The writer describes a painful bout of illness during measles and credits the remedy with saving their life, expressing gratitude.
The notice warns coal buyers that prices are at seasonal lows and urges early purchase to lock favorable rates with contact available at 3 Phone 176.
Miss Ethel Meacham visits Audubon county friends. Mrs Hand returns after illness. Mrs Davis of Washington visits relatives. Teachers named for Bristow and Clay schools. Threshing amid showers. Town visits from J J Carmichael and son. Bessie Meacham’s grandfather ill. Frank Meacham returns home. M B A meeting postponed due to storm. W F M society meets with Mrs Woodford. Shrader visit ends. Watch contest at Sands Bros ends with two winners. Wilmer Craig undergoes appendicitis operation in Iowa City. mother travels for support.
Aug 9 report mentions Mr and Mrs Al Sharpe and Frank Tellin with his mother visiting Washington. Laddie Vacha to operate Joe Duwn's clover huller during threshing season. Frank Lintz and Henry Koening each lost a horse this week. Mr and Mrs Matucha returned from Washington after visiting their daughter Mrs Anthony Marek. Mr and Mrs Hugh Dougall visit relatives here briefly. Editor Miller of Kalona News passed through on Tuesday.
August 10 reports show Mrs. 8. D. Ross visiting Washington on business. Mrs. Hattie R. Stone and Golden returned to Chicago after a month with relatives in Washington and Ottumwa. Emma Pehler shopped in Washington. Mrs. Joseph Harding traveled from St. Louis to see Bon ner and James with families. Georgia Turbott visited Columbus Junction. J. A. Crawford and children returned to Washington after relatives’ visit. Miss Taylor from Milford arrived to visit her parents. Maud Grayson, visiting Frank Wood’s family, returned home because of her mother’s illness. H B Chape l returned to Muscatine after two weeks with relatives. Emma Pearson shopped in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. W A Walker handled matters at Cedar Menin Anchwactaraau.
Arthur Robertson left Muscatine for West Liberty to visit his sisters after a few days at the Rev J F Roberson home. Mr and Mrs Silas Johnson welcomed a baby girl. Mrs Ralph Northup and daughter Floy plan to move to Des Moines. Mrs Mary Krammer Laura Spain and Fielder Spain attended Harper carnival. Five church missionary societies held a park picnic with a program and supper at six. Leo Richardson attended the Harper carnival yesterday.
Hiram Dayton and Frank Ross led a crowd of Epworth Leaguers to a river picnic. C. L. Martin of New London toured town for the Burlington Hawkeye. Mr. Sandros of Muscatine was in town calling on trade.
August 10 notes list John McCartney and son Hugh from Washington on business, H F Maass from Washington, Miss June Carothers from Monmouth visiting, E J Davidson family attending Chautauqua at the Junction, Mrs J F Buxbaum visiting Grace Hill with William Randall and Robert De Harpoort traveling to Washington, Mrs Klein of Winfield and Mrs Beere of Sperry returning from Harvey Robbins home, Wal Cherryholmes of Washington arriving from the east.
The Columbus Junction Chau tauqua featured Innes and his band drawing a crowd from the city. An extra coach carried attendees. Local families and residents joined the event including Mrs. Tom Bailey and children Clarence and Lucile and many others. A varied bakery display was offered at Johnsons this evening.
A ten day spree of audacious break ins terrifies Ann Arbor with repeated entries into homes. A thief posed as a repairman and gained access during the day while occupants were away, with a notable burglary at Mrs. Mary McClure’s Huron Street house.
At Columbus Indiana the local gun club nearly halted its shooting when Ira E Guthrie found a bumblebee nest hidden in a barrel stored in the clubhouse. The barrel held blue rocks and the straw surrounding it housed the bees. The sting risk forced members to burn the straw to access their clay pigeons.
Judge Grosscup grants Standard Oil of Indiana a writ of error to appeal Judge Landis 2,240,000 fine. Lawyers Rosenthal and Starr fail to obtain a supersedeas without extra bond, awaiting government assurances that no execution will issue for sixty days.
Floyd Walford of Congerville slept in McCulloch park and woke on an operating table after a high fly ball struck his head during a park game. He was unconscious and diagnosed with concussion of the brain in a local physician's office.
Vancouver report says life prisoner Ril Miner and three companions J. W. Clarke W. J. Woods A. F. McClosky fled Westminster penitentiary by digging from a cell area and climbing a high fence into a prison field.
Marshall Mich Aug 10 Justice John C Deuel holds hard cider is not liquor and Fred Case a Newton township farmer charged with liquor law violation by selling hard cider is found not guilty The decision implies similar outcomes for cider cases despite identical results to liquor.
A detachment of infantry led by two lieutenants was massacred by rebels in the Mori district on Celebes Island. Forty five victims, including several convicts, are reported.
Scores from games on August 10 report outcomes in the National League, American League, and other associations. Key results include St Louis 5 over Boston 4, Pittsburgh 5 over New York 2, Chicago 1 over Philadelphia 3, Boston 7 over Chicago 6, and Toledo 4 over Kansas City 0 along with other city matchups and weather notes.
Local notices show Miss Marguerite McGugin spending a day in Fairfield at the Stover home. Miss Eva Shaw of Des Moines travels via Donaldson on business. Mrs. Kathleen Reynolds Graham of Olathe Kansas visits relatives here. Mrs. Fred Motts with Helen and Mrs. G W Black with Ruth attend Fred Sims funeral in Oskaloosa. Mrs E J Stewart and Blanche return from a Canadian visit at the Reynolds home.
Original notice in District Court of Washington County Iowa lists plaintiff W A Carson against numerous defendants including Jesse Ashby and wife Fanny Ashby and many Winters Stewarts Sherrers and Wilsons with unknown surviving spouses heirs and devisees referenced in the September term 1907 action. The lengthy list names parties and spouses as potential claimants in the case.
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