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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1907
Page
5
Reports from various communities across the county highlight everyday events and notable activities. Officials and residents contribute updates on gatherings, improvements, and local initiatives shaping the day-to-day life of the region.
Frank Caine drives Black Pat to a Friday Lewiston win in a $350 purse. The horse won in three straight races with a 2:24 pace and a best time of 2:19.
August 26 notes list visitors from Monmouth Washington Harvey and Little York visiting family in the area for weekends and Des Moines state fair trips. Several residents depart for Des Moines and Washington for family visits while others return from trips and purchase businesses. Chihak daughter possession of a restaurant changes hands.
August changes unfold as J. E. Emmons relocates to Muscatine to work in a pickle factory. John Kinney resigns as section foreman to move to Mississippi. Ben Cole becomes section foreman after August 27. Residents Mrs. J. N. Pickens, Dorothy Latchem, Gene Annas and Ed Blackburn are among locals visiting or traveling for work and teaching assignments.
August records list residents traveling for business and visiting relatives. Henry McCoy departed for Minnesota while Georgia Hay, Ettie Nelson, Maurine McLaughlin, Muriel and Virgil Ferguson, and others visited or returned from trips. Various locals hosted out of town guests including the Mitchell and Buxbaum households and J F Buxbaum relatives.
Westchester residents note weekend trips to the state fair with William Plummer Sr and Howard Moothart departing Saturday. McKilgore returns from Chicago and Wim Plummer Jr with W. O. Ralston head to Des Moines for the fair. The Rev and Mrs G W Hanna return from an extended eastern visit.
August 26 report lists Misses Nelle Fish Genevieve Hulse and Mary Deyoe and Messrs Harold Helscher Will Helscher and Homer Smith at Chautauqua in Sigourney. Local families A A Hulse Dr Clara Gray and Mrs B A Northup plus daughter Cora travel for visits. Baptist church hosts last union service with Rev Hasty. next Sunday services scheduled morning and evening at all churches.
A large fly wheel in the Iowa Gas and Electric plant exploded around 12 30 causing $2000 damage to interior structures and machinery. A 685 pound segment flew through the roof and into a shed driveway, no one injured. Emergency engine kept power to the public light the plant to resume work within hours.
West Chester August 2 Special Lee Hough found the items taken from the McFarlane and Eckerman store hidden in a shock of oats in H. Ross's field. The haul included several pairs of shoes and a number of trousers.
George McClean shares maps showing the proposed Florida East Coast Railway route from the mainland through the Keys to Key West. Viaducts reach 10 500 feet in length with track 31 feet above water, thirty miles over unclaimed land and water. Construction costs run about $200000 per mile, with completion expected in a year and reinforced concrete work noted as a railway wonder.
Actor Joseph Jefferson, after a long day of fishing, feigned sleep during Rip Van Winkle at Chicago. The audience grew restless as he dozed through the third act until the prompter prodded from below. Jefferson awakened with a shriek, and the play resumed in haste.
The Journal was delayed today by an accident at the Iowa Gas and Electric Co. plant. Power loss halted machinery, but service resumed in about four hours. An expert machinist was summoned to assess damage and plan repairs to the disabled engine.
Notice advises parties who left items on the Chautauqua grounds to call at the Democrat office to recover them.
In a Pearson's Weekly style scene a professor of Irish extraction presiding over an English literature class explains impediment origin from Latin pes meaning feet. He notes impediment is something in the way and asks for a sentence using it. A student cites a speech impediment and the professor quips about a man never opening his mouth without putting his foot in it.
Max Baumann and daughter Louise depart for Chicago after visiting at the Louis Eagle home for a week. B E Gallagher arrives to splice and connect Washington Telephone Co lines as part of a reconstruction, a delicate job that will take time and yield a permanent improvement. Mr and Mrs Robert Custer and sons Howard and Charley travel east by Burlington to Virginia to visit relatives and attend Jamestown exposition, noting it’s been twenty three years since Mr Custer saw his parents.
The regular business meeting of the Presbyterian Christian Endeavor society will be held Wednesday evening after prayer meeting.
The Rev. Arthur Johnson and his sister Miss Bessie Johnson of Beaver Falls Pa were entertained today at the home of Mr. and Mrs Warren Donaldson northeast of the city.
The Junior members of the Baptist church organized an afternoon picnic to honor their president Harold Babcock who is set to leave for his Chicago home in a few days.
E. B. Gorham heads home to West Chester after a brief city business trip. Mrs Jugenheimer returns to Havre following camping with a party at Fairport. Mrs John Hamilton and daughters Myrtle and Sadie depart for California after visiting the Will Hamilton home and Mrs R A Riley. Rev W R Sawhill returns from Colfax where he attended the synodical Bible school. Three former pastors of First church were on the program Dr W C Williamson Rev A L Davidson and Rev F O Ross. Fort Sherman led the singing.
The item lists various residents and visitors leaving town on brief trips to Burlington Des Moines Muscatine Oska loosa Keota West Chester and Sigourney. Names include Isaac F. Wilson Otto Michels Mollie Cherry J D Chilcote George Masson Henry Tollernaar Fred Dupuis Bessie Narvis Helen White W Dusenberry and J B Young with destinations and short motives.
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