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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1908
Page
3
Special to The Evening Journal reports a partly cloudy day with showers in east and central portions tonight and a cooler northwest area. Tuesday looks fair and cooler.
Funeral services for the late Mrs. Hannah Winters were held Saturday morning at the Methodist church conducted by Rev. A. S. Smith. Pallbearers named included Ab Anderson S. A. White S. W. Neal Martin Scranton William Coppock and P. Maxwell. Interment followed in the city cemetery. The item also notes rheumatism remedies and local drug ads. Otto Dede of Oskaloosa returned home after a weekend visit with city friends.
Local blurb lists a band concert on March sixth and mentions various residents visiting others. Items note Carl Blanchard of Chillicothe and Elmer Adams at home, H H Dickson visiting his mother, and Norman Hall from Grinnell College visiting the J A Young home. Also promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tears with local druggists. Captain Kellogg received a ten pound unexploded shell as a gift for his office in Washington.
Local items report lectures at the Christian church on The Gift of Gab, ill health in families, and travels of residents. Several residents announce moves, births, recoveries, and sales. Burial and schooling updates accompany social notices as the column closes with reshuffled farming and household plans.
The article notes a Sunday appointment at the Christian church in Fairfield and that Meta and Alma Kientz were present along with Jennie Madden and Marguerite Coffman at a literary event in Verdi last Friday. George Savage fell from a haymow but was not seriously hurt and is expected to recover with care.
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