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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1908
Page
5
Special to the Evening Journal from Washington notes Iowa will see local showers tonight or Tuesday with a rising temperature.
Be sure to visit the airdome on the last night for a Southern Romance. Be: Harwood and Hecklinger guests visit, routes to Chautauqua grounds noted, and a list of locals including Mrs. Savage Mrs. Junkin and Miss Harley on vacations. Frank Edworthy Pollok Wallace and neighbors spend Sunday at Riverside and return. Katherine Crubb Mae Harley Alice and Katherine Dempsey move between Sioux City Ottumwa and Des Moines on visits. Alvin Godfrey delivers a sermon on chastening at Walnut school house. Cardington Ohio visitors Mr and Mrs H R Davis meet brother Roy Davis after five years, traveling by touring car.
August 10 report lists Miss Eva Neiswanger arriving from Davenport to visit relatives here. A Mealey from Brighton stayed with R O Lynn. Eva and Beulah Raster left for a western trip. Ben Gray and M Stewart returned from Rubio fishing. Clark Sigafoose of Red Oak arrived for a short visit. Mr and Mrs 8S A Walker spent Sunday at Washington. Mrs Frank Chihak was a business visitor at Washington Saturday.
August 10 the Ladies Missionary Society of Keota Methodist Church entertained the West Chester Lexington and Wellman Foreign Missionary Societies at the Fish home in Keota. Mr and Mrs W S Boyer visited at the D A Boyer home in Washington. Webster Dayton and family arrived from Valley Junction for a local visit. Miss Lessa Baker of western Kansas is visiting relatives nearby. New cement walks are being laid in front of Ferguson Shaw store and Knupp Lumber yard.
Roy Tripp keeps time for Milwaukee extra gang at Rubio. W C Starr transfers to Rubio as extra gang head. Samuel Havens moves Cranston post. W C Hamilton visits Rutledge. O F Barnoske spends Sunday from Ottumwa. C Gardner of Rock Island notes several new trains today and No 13 extended to Lincoln Nebraska, signaling rising business.
Miss Jessie Neiswang er from Washington visited at her brother's home over Sunday and returned this morning. James Wooley of Washington visited the C A Wooley home. J B McCoy and Henry McCoy and family spent yesterday at Wapello with Mrs McCoy remaining longer. W S Morris and children of Hillsboro visited at James Miller's home. Mrs van Rehmel Grace Hill and Mrs Frank Anderson Titus visited Saturday with Mrs Dan Anderson. Mrs T W Rickey Harry Wooley and Will Long visited Washington today. Several families attended Twinam home funeral services Saturday afternoon.
The Firefly made its first day trip on the new extension arriving at 9 55. A large number of passengers traveled and, if business continues, the Firefly will become a permanent important train. Conductor Kibben of Des Moines Valley will lead the run with alternating crews. The state fair train operates August 24 to 28 departing at 5 AM for Des Moines and returning by 10 AM, with a 6 PM return from Des Moines. Excursionists will have the best accommodations and a strong crowd is expected.
Nicola and Harmon Book Store will close each evening at six o'clock during the Chautauqua program, affecting shoppers and readers aware of the summer event.
Mr and Mrs Ed Grayson learn from Theodore Baker of Ft Scott Kan of the death of their only child a two year old daughter buried on the third of this month Baker formerly resided here and owned the Goodlander hotel at Ft Scott Friends here express sincere regret at the bereavement.
The Presbyterian Sabbath school will join a Wednesday morning parade. All school members are urged to gather near the Presbyterian banner in Sunset Park at 9 45. Children under 16 enter free for sessions. others must buy tickets before grounds. Teachers responsible for pupils to the auditorium.
A simple slate is rubbed clean to prove it bears no writing. A chair with a black cloth conceals the seat. The performer asks a girl for her first name and promises the slate will guess her birth date.
A Washington Star description explains a magician's slate trick using a prewritten name and birth date on one side. A concealed sheet and careful placement hide the writing until performance, allowing a surprise reveal to the audience.
The Sun’s diameter is about 866,000 miles and its density is near that of water. It would take roughly 332,060 Earths to balance its weight, while Earth is far denser than the Sun. If hollowed to a shell, the Sun could hold Earth at its center with room for the Moon in its orbit. Washington Post.
Advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar provides immediate relief for asthma sufferers and has cured cases unresponsive to other treatments. It promotes as a remedy for coughs colds throat and lung troubles with no harmful drugs, via Lehmon's Pharmacy.
A family celebration for Mr. and Mrs. William Nicholson marks a golden wedding anniversary. The list of attendees forgot to include their son Thomas Nicholson, who resides northeast of the city, among those present.
Harvey McCall left for Allerton to spend a few days visiting. Teddy Dalton returned home to Letts this morning after a brief city visit.
A collection of quirky lines and phrases including musical notes on the accordion, the digger with a ditches spade, a keg likened to a sick animal, a ship with two mates and no captain, courtship, Eden’s garden as origin of autumn fashion, Jones naming his dog Hickory for a rough bark, and phrases about passing around the hat from the Philadelphia Ledger.
Little Margaret learns ABCs with a gate analogy from her mother. The child recites A b c d e f g gate 1 and beyond, while the mother notes Washington Star remains to be forgotten as harder work lies ahead.
The Chautauqua tents are all set with a range of tent types available. Make arrangements quickly to be ready for the opening exercises tomorrow evening. Prospects point to a large attendance and lively, enjoyable events. Grounds are in excellent condition and everything appears pleasant.
Mr and Mrs E Grayson and children express sincere appreciation for kindness shown during illness and after the death of their son and brother Frankie. They thank all who sent flowers and offered support during this time.
The library will close during Chautauqua except Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Remps Hampsher traveled to Brent on Friday to visit the Rader family at their home.
In Pendleton Oregon a baby girl to Frank Perry and wife triggers records for young and multi generation parenthood. The sixteen year old mother, her thirty one year old mother, and sixty one year old grandmother set regional timelines. The lineage traces Emma Neil born 1870s to Susie Coffman marriage in 1876, and Retha born 1892, with Emma becoming Mrs. Grant Elgin in 1891 and her daughter later marrying Perry in 1807 at age fifteen.
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