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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1907
Page
3
A Cleveland area notice advertises Dr Shoop’s Catarrh Remedy mailed free to test its value. Dr Shoop of Racine Wis distributes the scientific prescription with no cost to recipients, with J H Stewart selling the remedy.
Richmond notes report Will Shulty welcoming a baby girl. Guests include Clarke at John Shalla's, and Mrs. Josephine Veggy of Riverside visiting relatives. Mrs Geo Shalla ill. Albert Sharpe hosts about fifty with cards and games on December 28, with a late spread. Elmer Bush hauls coal, Will Clark baled hay for McGraw Bros, Tom Reeves hauls lumber, Miss Clara Horning visits home. Pleasant Plains school resumes after holiday break.
December round of visits features Frank Abdill and daughter returning from Illinois while late Stout and Amos come back from Texas. Dozens of relatives and friends gather for meals and evenings at the Abdill and Fetters households with several trips to nearby towns for holiday time. Community members attend dinners, entertain at homes, and plan small gatherings across Washington and nearby areas.
Mrs. Kate Bishop of Washington visits Eb Bishop home as Prairie Flower church holds a series of meetings. Henry Hornung Merritt Booth and Isaiah Bush husked clover last week. T B Thrasher entertains James Altic Frank Jackson and Rev W R Striger party. Altic family plans to move to Kansas late January. W S Green packed household goods for Mrs Vernon. Mrs Green with Avis and
Dec 30 social notes list visitors and travelers including Joe Amarine W E B Dawson Fred Cannon J W Campbell Arch Cannon Pearl Turner J H R J Dawson Cameron Lowe Henry Dencker Rollie Essley and sister Anna Mrs H L Buntenbach Mrs R J Armstrong Rhua Paul Byington Marc Crandall O E Davison Edward Fritz Mae Coppock. Names places and movements across Washington and surrounding towns.
Local notes report the Graham will host A Modern Ananias the biggest bar in town on January 25. Several residents arrive and depart in the region including Mrs. Ben Kurtz returning from Muscatine and travelers passing through. The item lists visitors Miss Alice Childs and Margar et Carson visiting friends and others visiting relatives.
An 19th century advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. It presents the remedy as a nonquack prescription priced at 76 cents, with testimonials offered and contact at F.J. Cheney & Co., Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hall's Fly Pills for constipation.
Miss Lucy Wagoner of near Lexington sews at the Mrs. Scott dressmaking parlor. J. C. Mundt of Humboldt S C on vacation with Arthur Ingham leaves yesterday for Iowa City to resume university work.
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