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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1909
Page
4
Local notes recap county gatherings and daily events across communities. Highlights include social meetings, club activities, and neighborhood updates reflecting daily life and common interests in the region.
August 30 community notes list many residents heading to Des Moines for the Iowa state fair with Mrs Iva Cocklin also bound for Washington. Others visit relatives, attend conventions, or plan work at Burlington Basket factory as preparations proceed. Maggie Morrow departs for India for missionary work, marking her third trip after eighteen months in town.
August 30 entries show Viola Hochstetler visiting Keswick with friends while Mary Deweese travels to Cedar Rapids and Wheatland to see Miss Blanche Rogers. Grandma Scurlock remains ill, Lydia Hesselschwerdt returns from Montezuma, and Mrs. Green with Miss Emma Adams visit relatives in town from Chicago. Marguerite and Ada Yoder stay with grandparents near Iowa City as J. A. Boller and wife depart Tuesday.
Sie Neéiswander and Myrtle Edgington left for Cedar Falls to enter State Teachers College. Miss Edgington will graduate in about three months, Porter Johnson also left for the same institution. Dr. Clara Gray returns from a vacation in South Dakota. Mrs. R. L. Richardson and daughter Lenore returned from Kalass. The William Lindauer family attended Fred Lindauer’s funeral in Wellman after his death from a fall on a cement walk. Mr. Lindauer died from a skull fracture. Mr. and Mrs. McVicker and children return from summer vacation with friends, and in Iowa City where McVicker attended summer school. He begins duties as Keota superintendent next Monday. Mrs. Helen Nichols and Naomi Stewart visited Keota friends. Mr. and Mrs. Will Helscher returned from Burlington. The Misses Ethel and Vera Mayer of Chapin are guests at the Kennell home. Mrs. Everett Shearer came from Ainsworth to visit. Dell Sanders, of Clarion, visits friends and relatives. he is B. L. Sanders’s brother.
Mrs. Wolrab of Richmond rode a Riverside train Tuesday evening to visit relatives in Ohio. Mrs. Carr and daughter from Iowa City called on Mrs. Anna Snider and daughter. Miss Millie Rogers hosts two Union College friends Ada Baker of Indianola Nebraska and Noborn Nosay, a former Japanese student.
A vast post celebration crowd filled Richland with over five hundred visitors registered from afar. Many plan to attend yearly meeting in Oskaloosa or the state fair, while locals depart by train. Funeral for Joshua Hadley held after a long illness. Campbell Stockman is gravely ill.
The note lists residents and visitors in Crawfordsville including Rev J C Currie and Mrs Currie attending Keokuk presbytery, James Harper returning to Sigourney, Virginia Walker traveling to Washington for a few days, Rev E S Genung homeward from LaPorte, Mrs O Carson and Joseph Murphy visiting Washington, Mary B Crawford returning to Des Moines after a visit with Mrs J L Sawyer, G W Nickolaus and Geo Shaner traveling to Kansas City to buy stock, Rev J H Taylor back from Farmington, and Dr C A Paisley and Windeld children arriving to attend the Lease baby funeral.
August 31 dispatch reports E R Erdice recovering after a second operation for abscesses with nurse Agnes Swift. Keota Ladies band schedules a concert at the Washington airdome. Edith Dayton departs for South Dakota to teach music and drawing, with Nelle Dayton soon to follow. Mrs E R Lacey visits from Columbus Junction to see son Clarence. Des Moines ticket sales rise as Keota crowds attend the State fair. Mrs Margaret Coffman and daughter Carrie Blake visit Valley Junction. Mrs Frank Lutz recovers from a fall and broken limb. Embroidery club forms among the younger girls with Corine Hamil.
Mrs. Lee Gilbert traveled from Chicago to LaGrange Georgia after weeks with relatives. Miss Mary Skinner and Mrs. Nelson Newton joined her. Mrs. Wright and children were recalled to New Boston Illinois due to illness. Tony Van Winkle visits Des Moines. Paul Neal plans a year out of Cornell and eyes Yale. Albert Shotts visits Mason City. Misses Smock Holmes return from Webster. Miss Green from Kirkwood visits Mrs. W A Stephen. Rev Arch L Graham hosts cousin Rev W F Graham from West Chester. Mrs. Wickham and Marion depart to Philadelphia with Maude Erdice accompanying them to Ainsworth.
Miss Mary Chalupa visits family and many locals host guests. A show runs all week in town. Obituary notes Grandpa Malichky dies aged eighty six and burial set. Swift, son of Mrs. Swift, passes after illness. funeral at home and church services planned. Frank Shebek rents farm. Keenig heads to Ohio. Ple Hill church holds services next Sunday with Rev. Ross scheduled.
August sixth reads like a small town update as C J Johnson returns from Illinois to his home and visits follow. Emil Anderson and family spend Sunday at A P Peterson s. Mr and Mrs Bennett and children travel to Missouri after a telegram says her brother was killed by a train. Fred Hutts shell corn today and Will Inghams hull clover. Frank Ginkens and family visit C J Johnsons. Charley Johnson and wife visit Lexington. Frank Barnes and wife visit Myron Barnes last week. Donald Applegate returns to Washington after visiting Raymond Hutt. Mrs J P McAnulty remains sidelined by a sprained ankle.
August 30 notes J Kitzmiller bought Charlie Brown livery barn and stock with possession set for October 1. Wm O Loughlin moved into Mrs Roup's house. Church services were well attended. Mrs Carr of Iowa City visits Mr Snider. O H Dunlap attended a state meeting at Sioux City. J A Boller couple left for Ohio. Mellingers expect Mrs Worel from St Louis today. Miss Clara and Elsa Sommers buy millinery in Cedar Rapids. Frank Friese to Dakota landseekers excursion September 4. Horaks entertain guests. Mellinger visits country Saturday.
John Hillhouse rode as a Burlington passenger last Tuesday. Seven loads of stock were shipped from here on that day. Jake Shrader handled business at Ainsworth on Tuesday. Art Hazen and wife bought land in South Dakota last Monday. Mr. Johnson of Washington installed a new schoolhouse foundation last week. Mr and Mrs John Hillhouse visited the Clyde Hillhouse and Will Mitchell at Ainsworth Sunday. Ben Miller and wife visited George Garrett Sunday. Willie Miller remains on the sick list. Havre school opens Monday September 6 with Miss Ina Murphy as teacher.
August 30 report shows Mr and Mrs B F Miller and son Willie at a meeting near Verdi. John Hillhouse and Mrs George Benson attend the state fair in Des Moines. Mrs Frank Telford and granddaughter Naomi Mentzer of Lone Tree visit relatives nearby. Mrs Mary E Stiles is visiting her ...
Over 60 residents left Westchester yesterday and today for Des Moines to attend the state fair. Munro Augustine shipped two hogs to the cage market. Joe Simerman and family traveled to Wapello yesterday with liveryman J. P. Ston.
Rural Route No. Three notes crop growth at Gibson and Ahrd farms with next year leases. Prairie Flo tent meetings continue a week as Reeder delivers splen sermons nightly. Pella worker Mr He leads the effort. Esther Brindley visits the Bishop home in Washing. Jay Bishop farm rented for next season. Boone visitors Mrs. Walter Canier and Miss Elinor Bishop return home after visiting Ezra and EB Smith. Church event features Mrs. Priestnal lecturing on Slum Life, with songs and a Gospel invitation drawing praise for the work and the singers.
The community celebrated Home Coming week in Richland. Mrs George A Howard nee Fernt Sargent and son Jack visited from Fort Madison for the event. Miss Lucy Frazier and Breeze Heacock from Brighton were guests at the A Woodford home. Mrs Martha Lavendar Mills and son Milo from Newton Iowa are visiting friends here. Clara and Blanche Mc returned from Seattle and other places last week.
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