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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1909
Page
5
Washington February 19 special to the Evening Journal reports Iowa will see partly cloudy skies and mild warming with Saturday expected to be warmer. Continuous light winds and no precipitation anticipated.
Miss Anna Dawson spends a few days in Des Moines while Mr. and Mrs. Alliman visit from near Olds. Harry Mount visits from Chicago at the Mounts home. Miss Mariel Buckley returns from Iowa City for a weekend home. Miss Nellie Wilsonis home from Iowa City for an over Sunday visit. Students have a holiday Monday for Washingtons birthday. Dr Ida Bailey moves her office and home to East Washington Street. Call for miniature popcorn exhibitors from the Farmers institute or Mills seed house. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine for colds. E W Groves signature on box.
Delta Alphas of the Baptist church host a social in the church parlors Friday evening February 19. A program will be presented and refreshments served. Admission is 9 cents total. All are cordially invited.
Anderson & Wilson promote their coal to customers, claiming steady popularity and future orders as the Opossum makes its debut in the market. They urge readers to place the first order at 176 to ensure continued satisfaction.
Happenings in the county communities reported by Our Various Correspondents. Local events and daily happenings reflect the day to day life across townships and villages.
A Washington union letter urges members to support headquarters by paying one dollar dues in the first quarter. The note notes a weak treasurer and asks sisters to mail payments to 212 East Main Street, near the Presbyterian parsonage, to aid the liquor-traffic suppression work and support the church state goals. The message dates September 1 as the start of the year and suggests reinstating a long-ago resolution.
Albert Frisk Sr plans a move to Oklahoma after a safe Thursday. Invitations go out for the Adams Timmons wedding. A missionary social and bazaar is set at Ezra Smith's on Tuesday evening February 23 1909. Local visits and errands include Mrs Oscar Carlson with Mrs Gust Anderson, Karl Smith in Kalona, Flo Patterson and Harvey marriage at Milo Patterson home, and neighborhood entertaining for moving families.
Mrs C A Sprague of Columbus Junction visits her parents Mr and Mrs A Davidson. James Fletcher Mrs Harry White and daughter Freda Amos Truax travel to Washington for a day. J M Maxwell returns from Donnellson Iowa. Mr and Mrs Jesse McCoy back from Chicago. Presbyterian churches report no Sunday preaching. United Presbyterian holds morning and evening services led by Rev G Robertson. Methodist church holds morning and evening services led by Rev J Taylor.
Notice states ae headquarters will be at the McEhinney Drug Co. store with phone 89 for prompt handling of all baggage and express orders. Signed by 666 Chas. King.
Miss Rosa Goldner of Keota visited the city Tuesday for a vocal lesson with Mrs. Dwight Norton. Mrs. Norton plans to resume teaching vocal and piano music in the city soon.
Wooltex suits and dresses are on display all week at Bowman's. Pneumonia often follows la grippe but Foley's Honey and Tar protects against coughs and colds from la grippe. Refuse any but the genuine in the yellow package from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
West Chester reports Aunt Billa Smith celebrated her eightieth birthday with a postal card shower. She received over eighty cards six letters and seven pictures reflecting the high regard of friends in town. She lives with her brother John Jayne. Prof. W. J. Brown rented the Fitzwater property and Mr Fitzwater will move in with his son in law R. C. Ferguson. Mrs. R. M. Dihel traveled to Keota yesterday morning.
H. H. MeVicker of Sigourney is spending time with his brother J. R. MeVicker. J. N. Reinert checked in at Sigourney for business. Rev. J. F. Robertson hosted the Bible class group at his home though bad weather and sickness kept some away. Eben Ramsey returned home from Texas and Pennsylvania. Boyce Wagner of Washington is visiting his mother in Sigourney.
Bakers showcase a weekend lineup of goods for Saturday at the Vienna market with a focus on fresh loaves pastries and regional specialties. Vendors emphasize seasonal ingredients and traditional baking methods to attract shoppers.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Martin entertain this evening for Miss Norma Fisher. Miss Stella Wells of the city will be among the guests. The girls of Mrs W A Cooks Sabbath school class at Second United Presbyterian church were delightfully entertained at the Cook home on West Main street. The class of fifteen members organized themselves into a club named The Jolly Bunch. A two course luncheon was served by Mrs Cook.
The Delta Alpha social planned for this evening at the Baptist church has been postponed until further notice.
Invitations announced the marriage of Norma Bell Fisher to Glenn B Martin at the bride's parents home next Wednesday February 24. The couple are prominent younger residents of the West Chester area from the Seymour Martin and Dick Fisher families.
At the E. J. White home eight miles southwest last evening Miss Dessie Mae White and Mr. Frank A. Libe were married in a parlor ceremony conducted by Rev. W. R. Sawhill. About thirty guests attended a three course luncheon served by the bride’s sisters. The couple, residents of southwest of the city, plan to live on the groom’s farm three miles southwest of town.
Despite bad weather the Presbyterian church supper hosted by the Woman's Missionary Society was a great success, with about 45 dollars cleared for the church's missions.
Mrs. Sarah Ellen Garrett died this morning after a three month illness at 8:15. Born October 8, 1837 in Rush County Indiana she moved with her parents at age two to this county. She married Samuel Garrett March 16, 1857. he died August 27, 1887. Survived by seven children and two sons who died in infancy. funeral Sunday at 2:30 from the residence with Rev. J. C. Abels and Elm Grove cemetery interment.
A family story from Lamah Missouri recounts a dollar given to a child and repeatedly spent by the parents. The father tracked repayments in a cuff record and finally sent back a check for one dollar to avoid bankruptcy, noting the cost exceeded fifteen to twenty dollars.
Paper fishes hang outside homes in Japan. Inquiry reveals each new boy adds a fish. The koi symbols are decorated with colored silk and valued as emblems of courage and tenacity signaling the coming man.
A father grabs his disobedient son by the hair and strikes him across the ears several times and then shakes him until hair falls out, in a harsh display of punishment.
A fragmentary excerpt depicts a wary observer describing a man as fine looking yet unreliable in keeping his word. The dialogue hints at public suspicion and personal doubt surrounding the gentleman in question.
The Aberecarians, a sixteenth century German Anabaptist group, despised learning and viewed the ABC with contempt. They sought to bring the world under a ruling righteousness by gradually destroying existing governments.
To close the estate of Mrs. E. E. Everson a lot is for sale Lot One in Block Twenty-Six in Highland Park Addition Washington Iowa. For information contact A. Anderson or Edmund D. I rison.
Mrs. Geo Johnson and her young daughter departed this morning for Galesburg to spend a few days with relatives in the city and surrounding area.
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