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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1912
Page
2
Grand Prairie records mention visits by Mr Chas Parker and Ralph Shuman while Jean Shuman undergoes appendicitis surgery. Ralph is set to return home soon as Centerville reports initial recovery. Obituary notes a midwest pharmacist and railway mail worker aged about 50, buried at Mt Olivet with pallbearers named.
Local column contrasts political campaigning with earned work as a path to improvement. A speaker mocks grand promises while urging tangible effort, noting salvation lies in labor not rhetoric. Notes of residents visiting, travels, and community events follow, marking a small town paper page from 1912.
Will Schulty helped Tom Schulty make fence on Wednesday. Miss Lizzie Ayres sews at Tom Schulty’s while Lon Brindley and Tom Schulty visit Tom Randall’s south of Washington. Mrs Will Schulty called at Bishop’s Wednesday afternoon. Aaron Huber threshed Wednesday. Milo and Ott Patterson were in Washington Saturday. Mrs Jess Matthess and daughter Avis visit Henry Matthess.
Riverside reports the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs John W Shradel on Thursday. Capt Frank Critz and Bunny Ween attend the 30th Iowa Regiment reunion at Keokuk marking the Civil War muster fiftieth anniversary. A son arrives for Mr and Mrs Clement Rehnoebelen in north Riverside. Funeral services for Frank Baschnage held at St Marys church after a yearlong illness in Chicago.
Rural Route No Three reports visits with Mr and Mrs Jay Carris and family at Henry Miller home and Rev C K Hamilton at Alfred Faulkner home. The Lexington children's missionary society opened their mite box at Mrs Geo Anilong's. fifty three attended. Yearly offerings totalled 150 dollars. Andy McGuire to manage Kolosick farm next year. Threshing delayed by rain. John Green rents Crosby farm for next year. Fred Weekly and George McAvoy traveled to Crawfordsville to see Mr and Mrs George Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Farmer and family arrived Wednesday evening from Oklahoma to visit relatives in Richland. Mrs. Farmer, formerly Myrtle Stewart, was aKeota favorite. Uncle Sammy Porter left Wednesday for Minnesota and plans to return to California this fall. Mrs. Margaret Campbell and a child from Cleveland, Ohio, are visiting the Wrights for a month or two. Mr. Campbell accompanied them but stayed only one night. He may return later for a longer visit.
Wellman residents celebrate a fiftieth wedding anniversary at Deep River attended by A J Sanders and wife and Mrs Minnie Shepherd. Families from Seventy Six Lexing ton Ib and others visit W A Curls. Catherine England visits on farm with Harry England purchasing the home place at 52 dollars per acre. Dr Miller and R R Snavely drive to Iowa City to see Cordelle Braden ill in hospital. Rose Dawson attends Chautauqua.
Tom Moore returns from a two week trip through tat. Mrs. Myrtle Booth visits the Nease home south of town. Mrs. John Dawson of Cedar Rapids visits Mrs. J. M. Dodds. Mrs. Jennie Leitz and baby from Tipton spend Sunday with Mrs. Naomi Moothart. Maxine Snavely stays with grandparents in Ladora. Mrs. Frank Snavely in Iowa City Saturday. Gardner and relatives plan camping at Washington Chautauqua for ten days. Otto Krockenfeger and wife head to Colorado for weeks with relatives. Mrs. H. G. Moore returns to Arnold's Lake for summer. P. F. Krueger hosts public sale before moving to Des Moines. Mrs. Chas. Eckhardt hosts W. H. M. S. Wednesday. Mrs. W. N. Shaw visits F. P. Krueger. Mrs. R. E. Snavely hosts Standard Bearer girls. Mrs. E. Kirkpatrick and Melma return from Ed Kelso visit. Cal Murphy of Chicago visits mother Miranda Murphy. Ruth Bradford accompanies him home for a weeks visit. Mrs. Groff dies after brief illness. funeral plans not yet made.
Last evening at the James Matthew's home near Ainsworth the wedding of Eva Harding, stepdaughter of James Matthew, to Paul A. Marsh of this city took place. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. J. C. Shipp of the Baptist church. Fr G Sands attended to business in Idaho and Mrs F G Sands visited her sister Mrs Minnie Finley in Clarinda Iowa.
The ceremony concluded with a private reception and charivari as the couple prepared to visit relatives in Washington before returning to help at J. A. Marsh’s hardware and implement store. Neighbors wish them prosperity and happiness.
Crawfordsville readers note a flurry of local travel as residents Earl Griffith Carey Long and Mrs John Berry with children visit Mt Pleasant fair. Another group from the town visits Washington for the day while multiple families join on trips with James Ferguson home in mind. Clyde Huston returns home August 16 1912.
Elias Williams returns home from Chicago while Miss Alice Swickard and Miss Mary Manners come home from Columbus Junction and Monmouth respectively. Mrs Shaner and another couple travel to Letts. Frank Wright from Morning Sun visits. Allen Morehead Bowers and Brown head to Washington. Church services set for 11 oclock with a 730 union service in United Presbyterian. Miss Paisley of Lenox IA, a former Egypt teacher, will discuss her work.
70 votes cast Thursday on the schoolhouse question. it carried by seven. David Fisher’s cattle sold at 10.25 per 100, highest price from this section. Chautauqua attendees here pronounce it good and improving. The funeral of Mrs. Smith, John Jayne’s sister, held today at 2 pm in Washington. D. Ro Munro returned from Chicago Friday.
Estimated receipts reach 9000 with 6987 left over from yesterday. Market prospects lean higher than yesterday with mixed packers at 7.70 to 8.70, light shipping grades 7.85, heavy 7.55 to 8.55. Cattle 2500 head prospects steady. sheep numbers unspecified with strong outlook.
Chicago August 16 market report shows daily receipts for hogs 12 000 cattle 1 500 and sheep 10 000 with prices steady to higher for hogs and slow weak for cattle and sheep. Beeves 5 77 10 40 cows and heifers 20 50 8 15 Texas steers 5 00 6 85 stockers 4 25 7 20 western cattle 6 25 9 00 native sheep 3 15 35 western lambs 4 25 7 15 bulk prices range 8 00 8 50
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