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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1906
Page
4
Washington Iowa forecast notes fair and cooler conditions tonight with Sunday bringing fair skies and cooler temperatures, especially in the east portion. Special to The Evening Journal provides the regional outlook for the two-day period.
A heavy rain fell this afternoon with good attendance at the horse sale. Sherm Brindley is offering the animals. Glenn Carr returned from Cedar Rapids with Ray Rose of Riverside. Ed Smith is adding to his granary. Businessmen consider plans to build a new opera house, potentially tearing down the old building for a modern facility.
Funeral services for Lee Laughead were held Thursday afternoon at 3 30 from the home of Mrs J H Laughead on Worth Iowa avenue. Rev W C Allen of the First United Presbyterian conducted the rites with church choir music. Pallbearers were J J Patterson W A Wilson L D Robinson John McCall Frank Brindley and R S Cook. Interment followed at the city cemetery.
The funeral of the late Elmer Elis was held at the residence. The brief services were conducted by Rev. W. C. Allen and Rev. L. D. Young. Flowers were arranged in a beautiful display. Pallbearers named were Ab Anderson, W. A. Cook, Anthony Van Sickie, Sherm Crone, H. T. Reynolds, and W. H. Hughes. Interment followed at Elm Grove cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Neal and daughter Verne visited Des Moines to attend the State fair for a day or two.
Early today a burglar entered the Iowa Gas & Electric company building through a back window and forced open the small safe containing old firm records. Books and papers were scattered, but nothing of value was taken. Neighbors heard the crash but mistook it for a dog. No clues yet on the intruder.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Noble of Nevada arrived last evening for a short visit at the T. O. Foley home before continuing to Indiana to spend a few weeks with relatives.
A health advisory urges thriftful planning as sun may end. families should stock Cham berlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for immediate treatment of dysentery diarrhoea and cholera morbus. For sale by Cook and Sherman and Stewart's pharmacy.
The Chautauqua program featured John DeWitt Miller on The Reveries of a Bachelor amid a strong bill led by Frank Nelson of Kansas and a 30 minute concert by Elma B. Smith Co. The audience packed the auditorium despite threatened weather, with Miller’s satire on bachelor life and marriage drawing hearty rounds of applause.
S G Magden traveled as a business passenger for Ottumwa. Robert Rupp of Atlantic Iowa visits his brother John for several days. Mrs J K Frain returns home to Wyman after a brief city visit. Ella Woodford arrives from Brighton to attend Chautauqua for a few days. James Luonham leaves for Rock Island to work Nos 3 and 4. Mrs J R Isenhart leaves for Des Moines to visit her son Verle. Mrs John Willis departs for Linby after visiting the Boileau home. R N Duncan returns to Columbus City after Chautauqua. Mrs M Brice of Keota travels to Chicago to study fall millinery. Mrs A E Willis leaves for Menlo after Elmer Wells funeral. Misses Florence Letts and Nita Blair return to Columbus Junction after Wells funeral. Mrs E L Owens and family and her mother return to Bloomfield after Chautauqua. Mrs L W Faust and daughter Florence return to Kansas City after visiting Keota relatives. Misses Lillian Eller of Missoula Mont and Mollie Eller of Pekin Iowa depart after visiting Miss Bessie Mc Coy. Mrs James Hunter leaves for Newton Kansas after visiting John Hopengardner and family. journal had erred in stating Osburn Kansas.
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