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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1909
Page
4
Countywide updates from Our Various Correspondents cover local events in multiple communities, along with other daily happenings. The column aggregates notices, social items, and brief items of interest across the county.
KALONA August 16 Kenneth Mathess of Wellman visits Marion epler's this week. Miss Ethel Waste of Keota visits at F. Allen home. Ethel Shaver and Vera Durst visit relatives in Wellman. Mrs BE Dayton hosts sisters Nannie and Jennie Greene. Lydia Messerschwerdt travels to Antezuma to visit brother Charlie and wife. Karl Fry and wife, Wellman photographer, visit Frytown area over weekend. Mrs J W Carpenter returns from Nebraska. Mr and Mrs T R Alliman and children from Wayland visit D N Troyer home. Mrs Thede Frederick returns from western state visit.
Miss Lucy Bouquet arrived from Iowa City to spend a couple of weeks with relatives Mr and Mrs George Hoffman and Olive joined a Cedar Rapids property viewing. Mr and Mrs Jos N Schnoebelen Stella and Margaret Dautremont headed to La Crosse Wisconsin for two weeks with relatives. W H Cress traveled to Wellman for Jesse Longwell funeral.
Mr Longwell and Mr Cress served on the board of supervisors. Mrs Dolphas Kinney and sister Mrs Lester Overfell depart for Pthan Kansas to visit Ed and Mrs Oaks. Rene Schnoebelen leaves for Hawkeye Lightning Rod Co. work in northern Iowa. V Dautremont visits Iowa City. Mrs Anna Schillig returns from Richmond relatives. John Sullivan writes insurance for Equitable Life. Mr and Mrs Ramey Knittel set four week Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma trip. Mr and Mrs M L Mannsmith and Mrs R Hall are Iowa City travelers. J O Leary of Iowa City visits on business.
Ainsworth reports G C Ebner his wife and daughter Dale and M K Ebner with wife and children depart for South Dakota for about one month to visit friends and see sights. Edd Sands and Frank Senderson leave for the north. Mrs H B Hamilton visits Washington Chautauqua. Rebecca Weigle returns to Des Moines as deaconess. Hugh McCleery of Washington was a business visitor. Richard Donaldson ships a carload of cattle to Chicago. Mrs R M Keller returns home from Brighton.
Lexington August 16 The W F M S will meet at the church Friday at 2 30 pm replacing Thursday so members may attend Chautauqua. Rev Hatfield and wife travel to Bloomington Ind for conference stay home with parents until return. Zella Bernice Gardner to wed John Ralston Creswell August 25 1909 at Mt Pleasant. Ezra Gardner to visit Chicago area. Lotta Batterson Sweet and brother Bob return to St Louis after five weeks south. Mrs John Wilson reported sick. Kate Bishop staying indefinitely at Mary Bishop home.
Mr and Mrs Homer Brown of Washington visited with his sister Mrs Lin Richardson last week. Mrs Julia Besser returned to Geneseo Ill after visiting her sister Mrs Joe Hamm. A son was born at the home of Mr and Mrs John Griffith last week. Mother and child are improving under Mrs A B Singmaster of Washington. Miss Alice Taylor of Washington spent Saturday night with Ernest Miller. Mrs Janes Griffin and Arthur of Ottumwa visit her sister Mrs W Y Watson. Ernest Miller and family spent Sunday at Mr Frazier s. Local residents attended Buffalo Bill show and heard Carrie Nation in Washington last Friday.
August 17 notes show Mr. and Mrs. BE K Annas and daughter traveling to Riverside with a two week work and a family visit in Iowa City. Buffalo Bill show and Carrie Nation lecture drew crowds despite a five and a half hour freight delay between here and Washington. Also mentions Mrs. Lester Overfelt and sister planning a Kansas visit, plus local travels and the first watermelon load sale in town.
August 17 reports from Wayne recount visits and trips including George Shannon and family to Peter Wittings, W F Leeper driving Cap. L to Mt Pleasant fair, and Harry L. at Fairfield training school. Attendees include Mrs E B Benson visiting relatives, Miss Morton from Washington speaking on Deaconess work, and various local travels, social events, and a note on drought harming southeastern Iowa corn.
August 15 reports J W Davis returning from Beverly Ohio after a two week visit. C PR Nichols and wife depart for North Dakota and Montana. J M Stewart heads to North Dakota and Montana. E W White and family from Denver and Reynolds Ill attend the E W White reunion at T H Barnes home near Crawfordsville. Joe Benz and wife visit Everett Shearer. R H Coulter travels to Kansas. Wilford Hancher Goldie Wilson and Dessie Chambers visit McConnelsville Ohio. Miss Wil son and Miss Chambers are nieces of J A and L A Chambers. Mildred Pierce of Denver arrives for a visit with sister Blanche Pierce.
A group of locals including Young T H Huston Farrel Huston Ben Briley James Long Robert Long C A Spotts S P Gordon Clark Zickafoose and the Curries left last evening for Aberdeen 8 D while Rev and Mrs Currie head to Sterling Kan. Other families from Terra Alta W Va visited the home of Rev J H Taylor and many named guests attended the Washington Chautauqua today.
Charles Goodspeed arrived from Chicago to visit home folks. D R Munro traveled to Missouri to buy cattle. Olive Munro went to Fairfield to visit her brother Ralph. Frank Mull of Muscatine made a business call here today.
KEOTA August 18 Mr and Mrs J G Ranous and daughter Ruth left this morning with Roy Coffman for Richland where the Ranous family will spend two weeks at the parental Mc Carty home. Mrs ID Dayton and son Daryl of West Chester spent yesterday at James Nelson home. Philip Hartman went to Wellman yesterday then on to South Dakota to look after land interests. Mr and Mrs Lee Embree entertained fifteen young people at their home in honor of Misses Lillian Nelson and Florence Westbrook of Newton Iowa with ice cream and cake. All report a fine time.
August 16 report notes a large crowd expected for Richland's upcoming home coming. Local residents and visitors arrive from Cedar Rapids, Kalona, Dakota, Nebraska, and Centerville while Chautauqua outings and a new department store clerk are mentioned. The new opera house nears completion.
August 18 items show Miss Ela McLaughlin meeting Mrs Agnes Brown Yeager in route from Jessup to Crawfordsville. Miss Alta Harding travels to Davenport for a river carnival visit with Miss Pauline Moritz. Little Goldie Henderson visits grandparents Sam and Mrs Henderson from Missouri. Mrs Lyman Hinsdill and Mrs Nancy Sillinsdill tour Waterloo to see Mrs Ira Hinsdill Belt. Fay Bales Homer Smith and Elmer Hess reach Washington Tuesday. Pear Bennett family to occupy Sammy Wolfe’s house. a barn is being built for Bennett’s team. Presbyterian Sunday school plans a river picnic Thursday. Miss Barbara Mammes to Chicago to see ill brother. W B Peiffer sustains a badly injured foot from a horse kick. Miss Kate Glover hears Edmund Vance Cooke at a Chautauqua in Oskaloosa.
The Los Angeles Express laments a crawling flea that bites at unseen spots, sparking frustration and colorful exclamations about this frisky critter. The playful verse captures the maddening aspect of a tiny pest.
Nathaniel C. McCord files for divorce in Washington County Iowa alleging adultery with Charles Hawk Ed Losoe and others. Court warns defendant to appear by August 31, 1909 or default judgment will be entered. J. J. Kellogg represents plaintiff.
D D Stephens files suit in Washington County Iowa against numerous defendants including Sweet Mize Burris Hoggins Rush and many Stephens entries claiming fee simple ownership of NE quadrant and SE quarters of section 26 plus fractions in sections 35 and 27 with over twenty years adverse possession and unknown claimants of the land described, seeking relief against all named and unknown holders of claims to the property.
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