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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1909
Page
5
Local items list residents visiting relatives attending events and traveling through Keota Washington and nearby towns. Mentions include Maggie Turkington Bessie Mauck Maryoe Keota Besser Striegel Sawyers August 13 reports and several travelers to Buffalo Bill show with Associated activity around West Washington and Iowa City.
The column summarizes daily events in several county towns including civic meetings, school updates, weather summaries, and community notices. It notes residents' activities, upcoming events, and local interest items across multiple locales.
A Cleveland youth Harry Buebler aged fifteen runs away to Chicago seeking fortune. He starts with $7, pays $2.50 to a brakeman to ride west and lands work after telling a future employer he is sixteen. He hints this early maneuver could lead to future promotions in politics.
Oliver Thompson of Mediapolis visited his mother Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson in Crawfordsville on Saturday. Miss Mabel Morton returned to Wahington after visiting friends here over Sunday. Clarence Morehead and others attend Chautauqua in Washington today. Jesse McCoy injured in a runaway while delivering eggs when his team frightened and threw him from the wagon.
August 16 report notes Hanna Newton and granddaughter Miss Gertie Sloat returning from Cedar Rapids. Mr and Mrs Will Helscher depart for Burlington for a two week visit. A H Richardson moved on to Richland for the train. Alf Jones of Washington travels here following his father O B Jones illness.
At the J Saunders residence three miles southeast of Brighton two stacks of grain were destroyed by fire as a threshing machine moved onto the property. Ira Saunders suffered critical injuries from the heat and excitement and has not recovered. Also a Marion Adams son badly cut fingers while drilling a well. Floyd Shepherd, jailed for whiskey theft, escaped custody after being taken home for clothes.
Jesse Longwell, a former Washington County supervisor and longtime Wellman resident, died at home. He served in Company D, 9th Iowa Cavalry and leaves a large family including wife Sarah and ten children, with funeral services held August 14 at his Wellman home followed by burial in Elim Grove Cemetery after a Moravian sermon.
A critical portrait mocks a youth named Tie as a future business leader while exposing the morals of high finance. It argues he will skate through formalities, evade truth, and manipulate systems to advance, dismissing ethics as irrelevant to success.
Hint for a Groom elect suggests building extra room to hold linens before marriage. The piece notes mothers often close ranks after weddings, pursuing a father’s pocketbook and ensuring the bride’s household is properly supplied with towels napkins and sheets. It implies prudent preparation and modest pride in domestic fittings.
A man, later named Otto Lotto, was found unconscious in a field east of the Rock Island freight depot by railway workers. Drs McLaughlin and Hays took him to the city hospital where he remains unconscious with unknown origins.
County citizens mourn the death of Mr. Longwell at age 68 from anaemia after a year long illness. Born in Wyandot County Ohio in 1847, he moved to Iowa in 1852, served in the army from 1863, and later was a county supervisor from 1903 to 1909. He married Florida Topping in 1878 and leaves three children. Funeral set for Tuesday at 10 a.m. at his residence with Rev. P. H. Hawk officiating. Community expresses deep sympathy for the bereaved family.
Henry Humm born in Pennsylvania on June 16 1828 died in Washington Iowa on August 12 1909 at age 87 years 1 month 27 days after long diabetes progression. He moved with his family from Pennsylvania to Ohio then to Iowa living most of his life on farms in Ashland and Scott counties before settling near Washington Iowa. He was the son of John and Catharine Humm.
Local merchants at 176 Anderson and Wilson claim they offer the towns best cook stove coal. The ad invites customers to compare and see for themselves, emphasizing a hands on demonstration and a sales pitch to attract buyers.
Washington’s Plague Spots lie in the Potomac marshes where malaria germs breed. Electric Bitters are claimed to destroy the germs and cure malaria and related ailments. R. M. James of Louellen, S C, endorses them as the best tonic yet. Also said to cure stomach, liver, kidney and blood troubles and to prevent typhoid. 50 cents. Guaranteed by J. E. Lemmon.
Beaverdam Ky resident I Mason reports years of intense colicky pains ended after using Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. A friend recommended the medicine and after a few doses the symptoms vanished four years ago with no return. Sold by F L Stolte and Lemmon s Pharmacy.
The Rev J T Molloy a former Catholic began a revival series at the 76 Center M E church on Sunday August 15th A proposed union revival with three West Chester churches in September failed despite strong support Molloy is described as experienced and well endorsed by Bethel church members who knew him from Rubig meetings years ago.
A. S. Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana details a three month summer cold that mimicked hay fever. After ineffective medicines a prescription failed to help and Foley's Honey and Tar quickly cured him and his wife using the product from Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co.
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