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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1909
Page
5
Local Social Notes From Fairfield Area
Mrs Linnie D Savage and her son visited George Sav age at his home in Fairfield. Homer and Ed Pfeiffer husked corn for O L Koch. R E B L McClintic is sick. Mrs M Royal visits Mr and Mrs Baxter Ingham. A R Gowey was a Washington business caller last Wednesday. No school at White Oak Thursday due to Mrs Bischer’s funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linnie D. Savage
Fairfield
George Savage
S. Homer
Ed Pfeiffer
L. Koch
R. EB. L. McClintic
M. Royal
Baxter Ingham
S. A. R. Gowey
Washington
White Oak
Bischer
Baptist Church
American Newsboys Association
Newsboys
Toledo
Gunckle
Henry Daiber
L. K. Hulse
Newsboy's Association
Daiber
Charles Longman
Art Swift
Clarence Holmes
Green
Dakota
H. E. Seydel
Clyde Hansberger
Worthington
Minn
Peter Engeldinger
Sigourney
John Carris
Chicago
Nick Kaufman
J. C
James Russell
Mystic
Grandma Studebaker
Local Notes on Travel and Community Events
December entries list residents visiting or traveling to Washington Davenport Fairfield Columbus Junction and Lancaster Mo. Collectively the items note social visits music lessons retailers convention and hog cattle shipments along with church lectures and community gatherings featuring John Gunckle founder of the American Newsboys Association and local host events with the Green and Seydel households and various families across Keota and Sigourney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Stewart
Daulter
Mabel
Washington
W. Hl. Chihak
TI. J. Easter
Davenport
E. W. Spessard and Son
Milburn
Chicago
R. Donaldson
Mabel Crawford
Fairfield
Gladys Smith
S. W. Harding
W. E. Acheson
Columbus Junction
J. A. Marsh
Des Moines
T. J. Whitlock
Lancaster
Sam
Ross
Chas
Eureka Schoolhouse Bells and Local Happenings
Dec 3 reports Wm Thompson gathering chickens in the neighborhood. Grace Stickney begins the Eureka winter term. Gray schoolhouse hosts a literary tonight and a bell ordered for Eureka School. Snider Bros sale draws a crowd and Ladies Aid serves lunch. Mr and Mrs John McKune welcome a newborn girl. Ethel Waters visits the Been blossom home and returns to academy Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Thompson
Duncan
Mt. Pleasant
Eureka
Grace Stickney
Gray School House
Snider Bros
Ladies Aid Society
Eureka Church
John McKune
Ethel Waters
Wilber Been Blossom
Academy
Local visitors and church events in Crawfordsville
Mr and Mrs George Yeager and daughter Vera along with Blanche Neiswanger Joseph Murphy Harry Bishop Amos Truax and J A Hawthorne traveled to Washington today. L C Dunbar arrived from Brighton for a visit at the Anwyl home. Emma Buxbaum returned from an overnight visit with her brother J F Buxbaum. Rev Mr Boatman district superintendent arrived and will preach tomorrow evening at the M E church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Yeager
Vera
Blanche Neiswanger
Joseph Murphy
Harry Bishop
Amos Truax
J. A. Hawthorne
Washington
L. C. Dunbar
Brighton
C. E. Anwyl
Emma Buxbaum
J. F. Buxbaum
J. F. Buxbaum., the Rev. Mr. Boatman
M. E. Church
Masons Elect Officers at Washington Lodge No 26
Washington lodge No 26 A F and A M held its annual election last night naming Chauncey E Myers as W M J E Kunath as J W John Westphal as J W A Hl Wallace as Treasurer John W Morton as Secretary George W Brown as Trustee The year just closing was described as one of the best in the order’s history in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Lodge
A. F
A. M
Chauncey E. Myers
W. M
J. E. Kunath
John Westphal
J. W
A. Hl. Wallace
Treas
John W. Morton
George W. Brown
Midnight Doctors Foreseeable Unwelcome Visit
A quirky note urges keeping Perry Davis Pain Killer on hand and letting the doctor stay in bed, framing medical visits as unwelcome. It humorously notes that even the doctor curses the luck of having to leave his own bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Davis
Closing Season Party Of Golf Club Held At Rothschild Room
About fifty golf club members and friends gathered for a Thanksgiving weekend closing party in the upper Rothschild storeroom. A formal dinner, trophy presentation by Schuyler W. Livingston, and speeches by J. L. Brookhart and C. A. Dewey highlighted the evening. Kathrine Staewater won the ladies’ trophy, Miss Stichter spoke via read poem, and Mrs. Rothschild organized the event with praise for the hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golf Club
1. Rothschild
Mr. Rothschild
Clifford Thorne
Schuyler W. Livingston
Rothschild
J. L. Brookhart
Mr. Livingston
Livingston
Brookhart
C. A. Dewey
Katherine Staewater
Miss Stichter
Mrs. Rothschild
Thorne
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J. E. Lemmon
Ati
the County News
Ainsworth
Keota
John C. Gunckle
P. M. Smith
Muscatine
C. A. Schwartz
Cora
Blanche Anderson
Blanche Wallace
West Chester
R. C. Hamilton
Dave Teuscher
M. Ayrault
The
F. ©. Edward
Methodist Church
Delta
J. F. Robertson
Methodist Sunday School
Epworth League
Jed
L. E. Hulse
Pleasant View
Poland
Crawfordsville
Masons Elect
Midnight Doctors
Ik Socociety
M. BS. A’s
Mel Anderson
Oscar Jugenheimer
Ruth Lehrer
Sexton
Jessie Dodd
Schneider
Minnie Moothart
Anderson
Nora Moothart
Gerald Ander
Jugenheimer
Ruth
Juanita Lobrer
Myrtle Burham
Ray Cox
Glen Moothart
Dora Cox
Tom Moothart
Vera Anderson
Elsie Schneider
George Barnett
George Burham
A. Cox
Ruth, Lehrer
Bernice Scott
Degree of Honor Lodge
P. C
Grayson
Me-Avoy
Moothart
L. S. Me- Avoy
Olive Miller
Wilson
Couch
L W
Knecht
O. W
Goodman
Long
Bailey and Stewart
Katherine Montgomery
J. CC. Boice
First United Presbyterian Church
East Main Street
Montgomery
Alva Boileau
Fortnightly Club
Orville Hider
Patten & McElhinney
Mutual
Pauls Lumber Co
Charley
Kuppenheimer
Stein- Bloch
SOL Rich & Company
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