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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1909
Page
3
County residents see a range of local happenings from town meetings to school events. Reports highlight community projects, civic updates, and notable achievements across districts and organizations.
Dec 11 reports list John Clegg and sister Mrs James Clegg heading to Muscatine and J E B Adams bound for Davenport. Grand Rapids Minnesota visitor Mrs F E Rensswig returns home after visiting her sister Mrs Tilman Mikseh. A group heads to Washington including M L Miller and family and many others. Reverend Wm Ballard, visiting Nira, returns home. Venus Belle of Cotter visits on business.
Ellen Gardner was out of school sick this week. Wm Wade and wife returned from a Kansas visit. Pearl Glider started the Snake Sollow winter term. Scott Griffith and wife depart for Texas to settle on a Portland farm. Miss Ella Faulkner spent Sunday near Prairie Flower. R M Ashby hauled fat cattle to Chicago. Toppan Johnson was sick at school. Mrs Joseph Fisher of Pierre S D visits her parents Mr and Mrs Schomberg.
An advertisement warns to be gentle with children and endorses Rexall Orderlies as safe effective laxative. It touts odorless tasteless formula, two package sizes, money back guarantee, and availability at Cook & Sherman Rexall store in Washington.
Miss Myrtle Moore and family visits noted along with local apron sale at the opera house. Several guests travel from Kansas and Fargo to see relatives. School entertainment planned with a lengthy program at the opera house and notes on residents moving, traveling, or attending schools in Valparaiso and California.
Augustine Bros sent two cars of stock to Chicago Sunday while Bunk Booth and D. R. Munro bought hogs locally. Five inches of snow blanketed the area Saturday and Sunday. The McFarlane Co voting contest ends December 18 with a gold watch for the top recipient.
Mr and Mrs John Fleming Mrs Levi Moothart and Miss Muriel Cullumber were passengers for Washington this morning from Westchester in a brief travel note.
J M Maxwell returned home Saturday night from Des Moines. Mr and Mrs T J Harvey and daughter of Washington visited Sunday at the home of her father N L Long. Miss Myrtle Carter returned to...
Washington this morning after an over Sunday visit at home. Mrs. Joe Anderson, Herbert Heaps and Elias Williams were passengers.
The Graham theater closes until Thursday night for The Girl of the Eagle Ranch a western drama with Constance Caufman in a clean moral production. A strong cast presents blood and thunder free entertainment with acts of singing dancing and comedy. Prices 25 35 50. Date December 16.
An advertisement promotes Pape’s Diapepsin as a quick cure for indigestion and stomach distress. It claims relief within five minutes, eliminates sour risings, gas, nausea, and headaches, and offers 50 cent cases that fit chronic dyspepsia and indigestion. It urges readers to ask a pharmacist for the remedy.
Tyrone Herald reports signs of a severe winter with unusual animal behavior and nature cues. Corn husks thick, geese and ducks furred, owls migrating early, squirrels storing sweet potatoes, toadstools wrinkled, rabbits eyes bright, field mice with wrinkled tails. Prediction: twenty degrees below zero from November through May.
The board holds a monthly meeting tomorrow with full attendance urged. The board session starts at 7 20 p m and stockholders meet at 8 00 p m.
A pie social and short literary program are announced at the Young America school house on Friday evening December 17. All residents are invited. Verne Anderson, Teacher. 5416
Government artillery teams fired twenty rounds with a makeshift can mounted device from 500 feet to strike a balloon. The test, though disciplined, shows limited promise against aerial Warships in action.
A farmer to quit farming sells at residence 3 miles north of Prairie Flower church and 5.5 miles southwest of Kalona on Thursday December 16 1909 at 10 a.m. The sale includes six horses cattle hogs corn hay wheat and farm implements plus household goods and a lunch by Prairie Flower Church ladies. Terms allow 12 months credit on sums over 10 with 4% cash discount on larger cash purchases. Auctioneers Benson Brown and Eglin Clerk 5614.
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