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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1908
Page
5
Special to the Evening Journal reports generally fair conditions for Iowa tonight and Tuesday. Temperatures rise Tuesday, with warmer weather expected in the northern portion tonight.
The Milwaukee will run a sand train this week beginning Thursday to fill the new cement bridges recently completed along the line. The train uses air dump cars, a labor saving device expected to accelerate the work significantly.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union invites members to a regular meeting at Miss Mary Parker's home next Thursday at 2 30. The devotional topic is The Story of Vashti from Esther chapter one. Delegates for the state convention at Cedar Rapids will be selected. Rev K Michels will speak at a later date due to ongoing Dutch Creek meetings.
Farmers flood Whiting and Baxter elevators with grain as prices soar to seventy cents for corn and forty three cents for cats. Last Thursday Whiting alone handled over seventy wagon loads while merchants report near capacity business and sizable profits for growers selling surplus.
The band concert postponed on the lth due to Chautauqua will be held tomorrow evening in the park. A special program is planned and the event is expected to be good. Everyone is urged to attend.
Mrs. Barclay returned to Greenfield Iowa after visiting here over Sunday with her niece Mrs. Frank Sage. The air dome show tonight is canceled because the pictures failed to arrive.
August 22 notes greetings and visits among residents. Ernest Rupplinger and Mildred visit E J Grove. Misses Warner travel to Chicago. Embroidery club meets at Miss Bertha Brown’s with apricot ice cake. Mrs Telva Holmes and family return from Dover Oklahoma. Ruth Willits and friends visit Bert Willits home. Vera Woods returns from appendicitis surgery in Iowa City.
August 22 update from Haskins details Mr and Mrs Elmore Thoma with two daughters Zella and Geneva and Jesse Scott leaving for a two week visit in South Dakota to see relatives. Grandma Carlin is very ill and may not improve. Arthur Conrad and family visited Will Knox near Valley. Leona Bell helps Mrs John Woods. Mrs Lafe Corpman and daughter Pearl spent time with Seymour Stattler. Henry Rathmer and family of Oklahoma stayed with Ira Rathmel. Swedes held annual convention at Emil Anderson home with about 100 attendees. W L Richelberger of Washington provided a piano. Gus Strum and family and others from Washington visited Lone Tree for a few days.
Miss Dott Gardner and Miss Mariel Gensler of Columbus Junction visited Mrs. John DeHarpoort on Sunday. Mrs. W. T. Marr was called to Keota by her sister Mrs. Wilkins illness. Mrs. N. M. Anderson visited friends in Washington on Sunday. Mrs. Mary Hanlon and Mrs. Lester Hanlon of Washington spent Saturday at the W. T. Trotter home.
August 24 updates list residents visiting homes and attending church services in Ainsworth and Washington. Names include Ruth Cook Ainsworth A. H. Kemp Mediapolis G T Auld Jennie Bailey Maud Moreland Coulter J Y Whiteman Martha McFadden Des Moines Dr Samuel McFadden and Ed Benson family. trips to Des Moines Washington Burlington and the state fair referenced. The Wayland Crawfordsville game ended 10 to 6 in the twelfth inning with Crawfordsville visiting team taking the win.
Nevada Iowa reports a fourteen year old boy named Lewis Berry caught shoplifting in Fraser after hours at a store with a post office. Postmaster Franks recovered the items, notified Washington, and the Des Moines inspector took up the case. Judge Lee sent the youth to the Eldora reformatory for an indefinite period. postal funds were untouched.
In Clinton Iowa a house boat anchored opposite the city holds Rev Eli Shields mission minister of the Church of the New Jerusalem with his wife aboard. He claims 800000 adherents in the United States and paints Bible verses on the vessel with sails bearing In God We Trust. The minister plans to travel south until cold weather forces abandonment of the craft.
Sent in Sioux City on August 24 W Elfert of Lester Iowa was arrested for sending obscene post cards through the U S mail. He appeared in federal court and was held for the grand jury in 500 dollars bond. The ecards showed indecent pictures and writing and were introduced in evidence. If convicted he could be fined up to 5000 dollars or imprisoned up to five years.
Harry Clark a Rock Island local fireman was crushed under his engine at Conesville shortly after 2 PM on Saturday. He was under the engine repairing when it started and the wheels passed over his head, crushing the base of his skull. Clark’s relatives reside in Rochelle, Illinois.
In Nevada Iowa on August 24 Little Fiossie Cox suffered severe burns to her face and chest and may lose an eye after dynamite caps exploded in a vise. Her cousin Mildred Lacey escaped injury. The incident occurred at the J S Lacey place while children handled the caps unaware of their danger. The girl remains confined to a darkened room. recovery of sight is uncertain.
Regular meeting of the lodge to be held in Castle hall this evening to attend to important business. Try and be there. J C Ford C C J W Maxwell and daughter Mrs J E Springer and son John went to Havre this morning to spend a day or two visiting.
Kidney complaints arise from impure blood and weak nerves affecting kidney function. DeBell's Kidney Pills claim to strengthen kidneys to remove toxins, address backache and urinary symptoms, and restore energy and wellbeing through a cure-focused program.
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