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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1907
Page
4
Mrs. R. L. Clifton is improving slowly after a period of illness. John Bare has moved from Cumberland Wisconsin to Havre and will occupy the W. Ferguson farm he recently bought.
A mischievous boy questions whether all good people go to heaven and points to his grandmother as living proof, prompting the teacher to move on with the lesson. The exchange reveals playful skepticism in a Sunday school setting.
An IE Farmers Institute notice invites attendees to a forthcoming event highlighting a splendid program. The brief item emphasizes engaging speakers and local agricultural topics.
Agricultural institute meetings begin Thursday morning and run through Friday with corn and bread contests good music and many speakers. Notable abroad guests include Prof A E Quaife Ames Hon R C Barrett Mrs Hattie Moore Mitchell Miss Edith G Charlton, along with numerous local presenters. Strong attendance expected with ample seating and activities for all.
Ermil Ruth Shoemaker died yesterday at noon from nephritis after a week of illness. Born April 8, 1903, in the city, she attended kindergarten briefly this fall. Survived by parents Fred and Mrs Shoemaker. brothers Fred and Clifford. sisters Mrs George Warnock Mildred and Gladys. a sister Nellie died in January 1903. Funeral in residence tomorrow at 2 30 conducted by Rev A S Smith. Interment in city cemetery.
James Harley was accidentally shot last Monday while hunting with friend Mr Long. A muzzle loading shotgun discharged during reloading, ball passing through both feet. His daughter Mae Harley and son Charles Harley were notified and urged to come as his condition worsened.
William Walker and Knox Dunn arrive from Crawfordsville while Everette Sadler leaves for Burlington. Mrs. Marion Neal arrives from Crawfordsville for a city visit. Nellie Smith and Olive Huston also arrive from Crawfordsville and Wyman. The Lewises depart Monmouth after visiting the Ewings. Frank McKenzie and wife travel from Winfield to Keota visiting relatives. Arthur Yard travels toward Crawfordsville and Keokuk with a stopover. A Christian Science lecture by Rev. Arthur Vosburgh invites attendees at Graham tomorrow evening with free admission. Mrs. Charley Olds travels to Centerville to establish a new home. Mrs. Norton and Miss Latchem go to Osceola for a piano recital by Prof Liebling. Dorothy plans a lesson. C. S. Woolever of Le Raysville endorses Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for piles, sold by Stewart's Pharmacy.
State Senator Alfred R. Page, a close Hughes ally, says the governor will not run again. He adds that if Hughes stays in public life past next year it would stem from a Republican push to make him President of the United States.
Minneapolis report says two 15 year old boys, Willia Mortenson and Engels Home, leaped into the Mississippi River to save Miss Ida Christiansen, 21, from jumping into the river. They dragged her to shore after she fought them, risking their lives in a dramatic rescue at 228 Seventh Street South.
Official report from Paris states General Liautey's column defeated Marnabout Bouthick on the frontier. Arab fighters were routed after an all day battle that ended with two French soldiers wounded and no other casualties.
Twenty persons were seriously injured when a baggage car collided with a passenger coach on the Chicago South Bend and Northern Indiana railway. The wreck occurred between South Bend and Mishawaka with victims taken to St. Joseph's hospital.
Dec 9 in Virginia AL John Darvin sold whisky after the local option law took effect Judge Walker fined him 50 dollars The case will be appealed to the supreme court to test the law’s validity
In St. Joseph Missouri twenty hold ups by masked men occurred in the last twenty four hours with one killing and three persons taking their own lives. In Georgetown Delaware congressman Hiram R. Burton was bruised in a fierce train car fight with a maniac while a warden transported a lunatic to a sanatorium. Burton was not seriously injured.
Tennessee Governor Malcom R. Patterson wed Miss Mamie Gardner in Union City Tennessee. Miss Gardner is sister to Russell A. Gardner of St. Louis, a bogey manufacturer.
In New Britain Connecticut on December 9 Edwin Walker ten years old shot and killed Sven Eugena Anderson eight years old while playing with a loaded revolver. The bullet struck the girl in the heart.
Mrs Parmalee, daughter of John D Rockefeller, has given birth to a daughter. This is her second child, announced in New York on December 9.
Mrs. Louisa H Taft widow of Judge Alonzo Taft and mother of Secretary Taft dies in Millbury Massachusetts at age 80. A Kentucky tobacco growers gang of 500 night riders burns three warehouses in Hopkinsville causing $200000 in losses. Elihu Root Jr marries Alicia Stryker in Utica New York. Judge George Baldwin a wealthy Wisconsin landowner dies in Appleton at age 69.
Rochester clergyman Rev Arthur R Vosburgh C S B of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship will deliver a free lecture on Christian Science in the Graham Opera House tomorrow night at 8 o clock. All are invited. no collection will be taken.
Mrs. Mickle of Chariton Iowa and Mrs. Lottie Morton of Galva Illinois have left the John McConachey home in east Washington and returned to Crawfordsville for a continued visit at the F. M. Smith home this morning.
Bluffton Banner notes Home as solution for fatigue consolation and reform while promoting Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a quick cure for colds. For sale by Cook and Sh er Macy.
Jap Neiswanger went to Crawfords ville this morning. O. T. Smith left for Pella on business. W. Cherryholmes went to Winfield. Irvin Benn returned to Ainsworth after a visit. Edmund D. Morrison rode with Keota on a brief business trip. Tom Arthur and George Young left for Morning Sun for Wilson Heating Co. Mrs. A L Graham passed through en route to Columbus Junction. Rev W R Sawhill left for Des Moines to visit and join Rev L R Free in services. he will meet his wife and Mary Louise in Des Moines after a winter visit in Winterset.
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