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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1910
Page
5
The County News reports on daily happenings across communities, noting small events, local meetings, and daily life in the county. Readers get a compact glimpse of happenings in villages, towns, and farms, with emphasis on community tone and local color.
John Miller attended Wayland last Thursday. Medes Belief was a Washington caller last Thursday and Friday. George Savage entertained a company of relatives and friends Friday. Grant Horton of Olds visits his parents Mr and Mrs John Horton. Wilbur McClelland sold his farm to John Horton.
Grover Booth returns from Clinton for Christmas with parents while Charley Bloomquist, Knight Wagner and families share holiday time in Mt. Pleasant and at Fred Wagner's. Various households, including the Van Nostrand and Lemley families, celebrate at Miles Bradford's in Washington. John Matin and sons plan to move to the Pech farm in spring. A large Christmas Eve dinner at T KR Beenblossom's hosts twenty five relatives with John Tucker playing Santa Claus.
Jan 1 reports Mrs. Herbert Carris and son visiting Holden Taylor in Minburn. Mrs. Frank Hamilton and son Bert in Chicago for medical care. Dr L M Downing and wife hosted a social. W I Schroeder visited brother Fred in Cedar Rapids. The W Q V club and husbands held a somerset at A J Nichol’s. Shiller’s hosted the A Greenblatt family of North English. John Marquam rented his farm to S J Ramsey. John Cray to Ames short course. Wayne Whetstine visited parents R S Whetstine and wife. Kleese Hartman touring Arkansas and Oklahoma. Mrs Emma Booth hosted brother Joe Hartsock and family from Omaha. Dr S J Smith on Iowa City business. Harry Turnipseed on vacation from Ute Iowa. Chalupa sale reported horses up to 205. Uncle Virgil Bradford recovering at home. Webb Yoder and wife returned from Christmas in Tipton. Mrs Smith visiting daughter in Tipton. Ed Kirkpatrick and wife entertained W Q V club for their tenth anniversary.
Mrs. Pearl Kelso and her son from Lone Tree stayed with relatives in town. Topping Bros. moved their restaurant goods into a new brick building. T. J. Moore and family from Iowa City visited at H. H. Willson and Fred Durian homes earlier in the week. KE. I. Coffey and family visited friends in Williamsburg Sunday. Mrs. Frank Melicker was called to Wilton for her father’s funeral.
The year opens with a reception for class ten at the home of superintendent and Mrs. L. KE. Hulse where eight instruments formed a small orchestra. Thirty two young men attended with light refreshments and a flashlight group photo. Visits include R. E. Turnipseed from Iowa City and others returning from trips.
The First United Presbyterian congregation held its annual meeting in the Sabbath school room. Officers for the year were elected including Chairman Dr. G. A. Boice and Secretary Mrs. G. S. Eckerman. Mission and contingent fund treasurers were chosen, and letters from missionaries Mrs. N. E. Lease and Miss Ella Montgomery were read thanking the congregation for support. The 1910 session elected Sabbath School Superintendent D. H. McLaughlin, Assistant Superintendent G. S. Eckerman, and other officers.
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars for any deafness case caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It explains deafness results from inflamed Eustachian tubes and promotes the remedy with a circulars request and retail price.
A terse dialogue shows The Gent advising discarding a cigar while The Kid dismisses that line and proposes a trick play. The Kid promises to save the butt for the other man as they foreshadow a playful exchange.
This morning American Express named three promotion for deserving workers. Ernest Anderson becomes manager of the Marshalltown office from Mason City, where he led the office for a year. H. C. Rhea shifts from Mason City money department to Mason City office, and M. E. Teeter takes Rhea's former post. All appointments take effect January 1, with Rhea moving to Mason City immediately and his wife and baby joining about January 10.
D. Z. Wonderly came home Saturday night from Monmouth Illinois to visit his parents. C. J. Hightshoe resumed studies at Mt. Pleasant after holidays. Mrs. Mary Clemmens and daughter Miss Jane with Mr. and Mrs Clyde Clemmens and Burrell Clemmens visited the Kennedy home near Washington Saturday. J. W. Maxwell of Washington visited relatives here Saturday.
Members of the Seceder or Associate Presbyterian congregation held their yearly New Year's dinner at the church. About fifty to sixty members attended the meal served by the church women, followed by a program of songs recitations and readings by the young people, enjoyed by all age groups.
The list records local residents and guests including Miss Kate Barron visiting Washington, J A Limerman and Ed Wells returning from Ottumwa, and D C Kilgore on business in Washington. Hog shipments by Thos Riordan and Mac Gordon, New Year dinners for M E and U P factions, farewell social for Mrs J A Limerman, and various travel moves among residents.
Covenant church members gathered for a New Year’s lunch serving about one hundred attendees. A congregational business meeting followed with reports praising strong finances and department progress. S P Wylie was reelected chairman with Helen Wylie as secretary.
The annual meeting of the Second United Presbyterian congregation is scheduled for Friday at 2 PM. A large attendance of members is desired and expected.
The B. E. B. class of the Methodist church elected officers at a meeting last evening. Fred Flynn was named President Everette Kaye Vice President Emmett Clark Secretary Clayton Clapper Treasurer Jay Brown Athletic Treasurer.
The Fox and Pewey corn contest awarded prizes to three entrants. Charles Reubsam won first with a $5.50 shoe prize, Roll Gallagher took second with a $3.50 shoe prize, and J. F. Anderson received no prize. The judging panel included John Schenefelt, A. E. Thoma, and Charles Noecker, with exhibits numbered.
An advertisement for Rexall Orderlies promotes a safe laxative for elderly and frail individuals. It claims gentle action without griping or diarrhea and offers a money back guarantee if claims aren’t proven. Available as 36 tablets for 25 cents or 12 tablets for 10 cents at The Rexall Store Cook & Sherman in Washington.
Judge Horace D. Lurton of Tennessee is sworn in as Associate Justice as the Supreme Court reconvenes. His first major case will be government versus the American Tobacco Company over Sherman antitrust law construction. He hails from Clarksville near major tobacco activity and will likely see Standard Oil matters advanced soon. Attorney General Wickersham may argue both cases.
Thousands of boxes of the choicest apples from orchards across the west and a few exhibits from the east fill the Colorado National Apple exposition in Denver as it opens.
Colorado reports a historic apple harvest worth about 4 million dollars with 400 carloads shipped. The Sixth Annual Western Fruit Growers Association convention will be held in Denver alongside the apple exposition. Governor John F. Shafroth and Major KR Speer of Denver will welcome attendees.
Mackay companies controlling the Associated Press Telegraph and Commercial Cable and major stockholders in the American Telegraph and Telephone paid a quarterly dividend of 1 percent on the 41.4 million outstanding common stock, placing the annual rate at 4.6 percent. The common has yielded 4 percent annually since 1908, while the preferred stock also received a 1 percent quarterly dividend.
In New York on January 2, the Yale Dramatic Association plans two performances of the Dion Bouddieu comedy London Assurance at the Waldorf Astoria. Profits from the show today and tomorrow will go to support the Yale theatre fund.
Fragmentary text from a New York report hints at reeled figures and kindred people amid a sathege scene. Names and full facts are unreadable, but the passage suggests relational ties and social dynamics in a tense urban setting.
A confused crude entry notes a prisoner named Wang Mumperer Duchin being convicted of murder and sentenced to hang. It mentions Mary Walken and a January date with unclear locales. The fragmentary text records a crime and execution sentence with multiple misreadings.
Taft, daughter of the President, is hosted by Mrs Meyorye today as the guest of honor for a luncheon with the Secretary of the Navy in Washington.
Fragmentary note mentions Jacksonville and a national event plan. It references organizers, a capital of $100, and a forthcoming opening within a week. Details are incomplete and names or places are uncertain.
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