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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1913
Page
2
Openings show Chicago on February 1 1913 with estimated receipts 14000 and yesterday’s residual 2691. Market prospects steady to five higher with light hogs at 7.40 to 7.67, mixed 7.40 to 7.70, heavy shipping grades 7.30 to 7.70, rough heavy 7.30 to 7.45.
Second report from Chicago dated February 1 1913 shows hogs with steady to higher prices and heavy daily receipts. For hogs the bulk price range is 7.60 to 7.65 with various categories, weekly receipts about 80 994 and shipments 14 294. Sheep close steady. cattle steady.
Mr and Mrs Harry Huber visit Washington relatives. Local ladies hold a thimble bee in honor of Mrs Orville Culbumber leaving for Marion Indiana. Various residents visit Muscatine and Washington, with social calls and school substitutions noted.
Mrs. Dr Barker of What Cheer spent Thursday here and attended the W F M S meeting at Mrs Wishards. John Groff returned from Cedar Rapids. Booth and Brown held a horse sale at the feed yard Friday. Royal cafe closed by Geo Bowser who will auction fixtures Feb 1. John Shachner and wife visited Kalona friends. D S Yoder of Kalona visited relatives here. Miss Lena Herr ill at home. Mrs C F Shafer spent Monday in Iowa City. Mrs John Oldaker and Mrs W L Romine hosted dinner Wednesday. Cemetery association met with Mrs Ida Desing. Baptist ladies served chicken pie dinner in Shroeder building Friday. Miss Lizzie Strickler and Wm Embree married at Kohoka Mo last Saturday. Joe Carter to move here from Kinross, renting Gosnell house. Fred Durian's daughter ill, possibly pneumonia. Mrs T J Moon of Iowa City helping care. Sam Nicola of Oskaloosa, former local, will move to Lexington soon.
The poem honors resilient athletes and brave spirits who push onward. Local notices report family visits and relocations, including Vern Gregory’s daughter visit to Corpus Christi and updated plans for Sands and Welliver households. Henry Boyd suffered a paralysis stroke. family remains at his bedside with a nurse in attendance.
Grand Prairie on Jan 31 1913 reports Boyd Foster and Spencer Reed attending a sale at Wayland Monday. Neighbors Henry Strauss and Elsie Spargo plus Lela Smith visited Frank Krotz's home. Mervin Shuman suffers a severe cold. Albert Hosnar and son Harry visit Vincent Sojka's family and attend Charley Sojka’s wedding. A box supper at Fairview school clears about 40 dollars. Emma Sojka wins cake prize. Frank Barnes family move to Washington. Charlie Horak delivers hogs to Washington.
Cyrus Iden and family with Roy Cady and wife leave for Idaho Falls to aid Mrs. Iden's asthma. John Emde and wife visit Lone Tree friends. The Baptist church plans a missionary society meeting Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Geo Spear and children visit West Branch relatives. Modie Canott of a Chicago book firm plans Ohio travel in spring. James Haller in Iowa City. Karl Shaver buys into a local moving picture business. The Royal Neighbors and Woodmen announce a box social for Feb 7. Peter Shetler of Katona visits. Joe Bell on Davenport business. Gideon Marner and family visit South English. First quarterly Library association meeting Monday. aims to buy new books. Will Kelly and wife from Independence on a visit. Wm Turnipseed and wife return from Hedrick visit. Wm Deuker attends to business in Sigourney. Mrs. Wade and son Bert visit Everette Carr. Catholics hold services in new church Sunday. Mrs. Frank Brown in Kansas City last week. Mrs. I N Carr hosts the W C T U Tuesday afternoon. P F Krueger and Joe McClelland plan a dissolution sale on the farm Monday.
Miss Jessie Walker of Ainsworth visited Mrs. Joe McCreedy for several days last week. Robt. Riley of Columbus City stayed over Sunday with the Frank Welliver family. Mr and Mrs J C Mathers left Tuesday.
Crawfordsville notes list visitors from Wyman and Bedford Iowa and Chicago travelers stopping in town. Local residents Mr and Mrs Ola Green of California stay with J W Reed family. An advertisement urges Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as a safe treatment for colds.
A great grandson of Paul Revere has died in a Worcester Massachusetts poorhouse. The death ends a long, poverty marked life linked to the famous colonial figure and the city records note the hardship faced by the late descendant.
Berlin legal case centers on a lieutenant who shot two cats believed to threaten a tame raven. A German judge ruled he acted without proof, outlining strict conditions under which a cat may be shot and preserving cats legal protection over birds.
In Minneapolis a district court jury ruled in favor of Charles Dougherty after he broke into his wife’s home and wrecked furniture. Dougherty argued half the goods belonged to him and that destroying them was his business. the jury agreed.
A cat fell into an arc lamp in Winsted Connecticut causing a short circuit and three hours of blackout for the town. Power was restored after crews freed the animal and repaired the wiring.
Archie Babcock Jr a Paterson architect and heir to a millionaire married Triste Clarendon an actress in a quiet ceremony held in a grill room in Pridgeport Connecticut The bride and groom are reported to have begun their life together in a society circle linked to theatre and design professional circles.
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