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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1905
Page
4
A roundup of local incidents includes accidents reported in progress, immediate notifications of deaths, and recorded marriages. The brief emphasizes timely local updates and community notices gathered by reporters.
Lexington report of Dec 22 lists visits by Art Durst and Rev. Willon to Washington, church Christmas program planned, invitations for the wedding Effie Weekly and Fred Fishr, cattle purchases by Sam Gardner, barn completion by Charles Johnson, and local exchanges about smithing shop plans. Multiple residents noted illness and visitors including Gardner family from Wash ee and Mace home hosts.
Dec 23 reports Mr and Mrs M L Miller and Vera Miller shopping in Washington. Leonard Trotter and Sam Stephens, Ames students, return home for holidays. D W Martin and P Nichols visit Columbus Junction. Dr B A Matthews of Chicago arrives to spend vacation with Samuel Matthews family. T H Barnes and son depart for Des Moines to visit H T Smith family. Effie Porter shops in Washington. J M Utterback visits relatives in St Joseph Mo. Karl Cocklin returns from Iowa City for vacation. Mrs H Clarahan and children travel to Tilton to visit Capehart family. J S Hartwick returns home to Paris after visit with daughter Mrs Harry Pearson.
Erwin l Trernam of Salt Lake City visits the Wm Ditmars home before heading to Chicago for school. Dale Friend and Blanche Brinton return from Maine. Herman Gowey comes from Keokuk to spend holidays with his family. Ermina Ditmars arrives from Monmouth College. T. C. Wood returns from China with Ralph Hellopeter of Dallas for a family visit.
Rev Catlin was called to Vinton today by his father’s death. Dr Henderson and wife arrived from Muscatine to visit J D Dayton. Mrs J T Dayton and niece Miss Gertie Swartz spend the day in Keota. Aunt Billa Smith visits John Jayne home. Ralston went to Washington on business. Frank Stewart returns from Colorado Springs where he stayed with his wife. Mrs Stewart improving. Local telephone office to close 11 o'clock Monday for Christmas holiday.
Benjamin Wilson of New Boston Illinois visits Richmond. J Auten and family relocate to West Chester for government service as mail carrier. Parochial and public schools celebrate holidays with exercises. Wishing everyone a merry Christmas.
Pains in the stomach and colic attacks arrive suddenly with extreme pain. Immediate relief is possible with Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy, no doctor needed if a bottle is on hand at Stewart's Pharmacy Cook & an.
Mr and Mrs Lewis Miller entertained neighbors and friends at their northeast city home last evening for the birthdays of their daughter Leota and Mr J Rice. A delightful supper followed by music and games was enjoyed by all. Later today the marriage of Miss Naomi B Rader and Mr Robert Maxwell Keller will take place at Brighton with a reception to follow Monday at the A Keller home in this city.
A missionary offering was well patronized and deemed a complete success from every point of view, reflecting strong community support and broad participation.
Mrs Jeo Dowell hosts a festive Mother Goose event for her son Malcolm on Friday December 29 1905 a holiday season children’s gathering planned with family friends and local neighbors.
Mr and Mrs E G Fox invite guests to a reception at their East Second Street home on December 24 to meet Mr and Mrs Dewey in a cordial social event.
Last evening at the Presbyterian church the Girls Missionary circle staged a Christmas program with vocal and instrumental music and a reading by Miss Ollie Miller. The event raised a silver offering as well as funds from homemade candies. At the Methodist church the first Christmas entertainment for Sunday scholars featured a long program by young children, solos recitations and choruses, and a Santa Claus arrival after a telephoned message from Miss Ruth Wilson and Jonald Bradford. 125 stockings hung for primary class members while 600 bricks filled the chimney place for others. superintendents Mr. Neal Kellogg and Mrs. S. J. Cocklin received notable thanks and gifts for their service.
Mr. D David Benson Sr of seven miles northwest of the city died at 2 15 pm after weeks of illness. Born in Champagne county Ohio he was seventy four last March and moved to Iowa in 1843 settling on his farm in 1864. Survived by two children David Benson Jr and Mrs Peter Berdo. Funeral Monday at 11 from the home with burial at Richmond.
Mr. Hugh L. Kendall suffered a painful arm fracture last evening while papering on a scaffold at the Odd Fellows Hall. He fell and landed on his shoulder with the ligaments uncertain. The attending physician says the condition is hard to assess now and Kendall rests easier today.
Editor J H Pearson of Ainsworth visits and reports the last brick on the new brick work replacing fire destroyed buildings was laid this forenoon with ceremonies. Roy Davis and his force rushed the project. Harry Shrader oversees the carpenter work. The brick work is finished, seemingly just in time.
The holiday season keeps toy, book, jewelry, and dry goods stores busy with good trade reported across Washington. Weather only lightly affected sales, and most merchants express satisfaction, with Santa Claus seen prowling the shops into the night.
The notice informs the central office staff that on Christmas Day only two operators will be on duty from ten o clock in the morning. It warns customers to expect slower service and asks the public to help make the day merry for the telephone operators.
H. O. Douglas and his wife from Waterloo are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bryson. Douglas serves as deputy auditor of Black Hawk County. They are in town to attend the Bryson family celebration marking the 60th anniversary of Mr. Bryson’s father, which will occur next week.
Harley Gallagher comes from Grinnell for the holidays as residents report visits from Anna Kehmer of Grace Fill and others. Christmas travel includes Nora Corette from Morning Sun, Bessie Moothart to Des Moines, and Miss Sappho Beamer from Oberlin College. A license to wed is issued for Robert Keller and Naomi Rader, and John Visser with Lurana Yard. Farce minstrel sales surge as seats sell out, but jokes stay safe per director.
New York reports a probable consolidation of Manhattan traction lines after Thomas F. Irvan sells his Metropolitan street railway interests to August Belmont. The Metropolitan covers most surface roads on the island and Belmont heads the Interborough Rapid Transit company that runs the elevated lines and Subway. Price of Irvan stock not disclosed.
Newport R I December 23 Apprentic e Robert Cremeer of the naval training station dies in the naval hospital from spinal meningitis. He was from Indiana. The third death in ten days from the disease among apprentices exposed to the illness in the detention buildings. Several other cases are under treatment including one considered serious.
Bogota authorities on Thursday uncovered a plan to topple the government led by Felipe Angelo Moya Vasquez and Louis Martinez. All conspirators have been arrested and will face court martial as officials downplay the threat to maintain peace.
Lights failed abruptly in the downtown shopping area as stores overflowed with customers. Merchants locked doors to control crowds while authorities conducted a search.
Mrs. Clayton Slaughter Burbank arrived from the Philippines and heads to Washington to urge President Roosevelt to set aside the court martial verdict sentencing her son First Lieutenant Sidney L. Burbank to fifteen months in prison and dismissal from the service.
Seven year old Earl Dixon of South Grant was dangerously wounded by a gunshot from an unknown shooter while walking along a road with his brothers. The bullet entered the neck from the back and exited below the collar. No clue to the shooter has been found.
The city council approves a 30 year waterworks franchise for W W Jamson and W b Strather. Plant construction starts within sixty days. City will rent 35 street hydrants at 50 dollars annually each.
The phrase kindly fruits of the earth originally meant the fruits of the earth each after its kind. The word kindly once signified of its kind, but modern usage obscures this sense for many readers.
A patient pleads for antifat treatment to lose weight for love, insisting on a course despite medical doubts. The dialogue frames motive as romantic longing, with the doctor skeptical about reducing corpulence. The exchange ends referencing a German source.
A Houston Post item recalls a dramatic romance between Jinx and the Minx girl. The exchange notes the affair was serious and the couple eventually wed, ending with a marriage.
Berlin reports Emperor William has sent meritorious officers to the United States for recreation and instruction for three to four years. The winter selections include Major von Buelow of the Grenadier guards Baron von Werthern first lieutenant of rifles and Captain von Baumbach of the Foot guards.
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