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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1910
Page
5
City council met with Mayor Dixon presiding as members discussed licensing a billiard hall. John H. Steck resigned as city clerk and his brother Fred Steck was appointed to succeed him. Treasurer reported and meeting adjourned.
The M E Church auditorium hosted a well attended Monday night meeting. The chorus choir led a half hour song service followed by Professor Babbitt's solo No Need of Shadows and Dr Buckner's sermon on Matthew five thirteen Ye are the salt of the earth.
A Washington Iowa gospel sermon emphasizes the church as the sole institution to save people from their sins. It warns that without the Holy Spirit the church loses its savor and fails, contrasting it with secular institutions and recounting a prayer for renewed divine power.
Journal notes various residents traveling and visiting across counties. Ruth Foster left for Columbus Junction to visit Helen Mize. Mrs. Rhodes and Mrs. W. M. Nelson visited Nichols and Omaha relatives. Jesse McCoy and son went to Iowa City. R N Moreland attended WP dinner in town. J T Longland and wife returned from a three month eastern trip. United Fresbsterians held their annual church dinner. S W Glaze and Mildred visited from St. Joseph. Mrs. Sadie Butler and Ruth of Morning Sun visited A J Laird. Ed Rhodes and family returned from Nichols after a visit.
Grace Hill reports Mr. and Mrs. Wheelwright visiting Belle Plaine Wisconsin guest at church. Indian Creek school house pie supper succeeded with a pupil program by Mr Nelmick. Mrs. Lloyd Hayes and Miss Bessie Taylor visited S McNeese Rubio. Chas McKinstry dined with Sam Richardson. Pleasant school closed due to illness of Miss Beitel. Ed Libe Will Taylor attended New Years dinner at Flanders New Haven.
Mrs Maggie Pratt visited her brother Jim Moore in St Joe Missouri last week. D H Cherryholmes shipped a car of hogs and cattle. Jake Shrader sold a horse to Mr McElwain of Washington on Friday. Mr and Mrs Clyde Clemmens and Mr and Mrs Klugh of Crawfordsville visited Madison Tucker Friday. Mr and Mrs Will Mitchell and children from Ainsworth spent Sunday at John Hillhouse. Clayton Nicholson and Clyde Hillhouse bought I B Booth and will take possession of Havre store soon.
Mrs W BE Augustine returns from Nebraska after two weeks and crowds attend a cheese factory dance. Miss Valma Richardson visits Mae McCaleb from Titus. Families visit Will Augustine Oliver Dunbar J B McCaleb Jim McCaleb and others. New Year party at Fred Hutt’s near Titus with a fine time reported. Helen Robertson visits Jake Hotle’s. Kenny Luithly and wife visit J B McCaleb’s. George Hotle moves to John Goodman farm. Continuous church dinner at Baptist church noted.
Rural Route Nine notes a string of visits and moves. Wede Thompson visits the Griffith home while Wes Ramsey and wife travel to Ohio. Schiebe Bros. return from Stork Illinois. Ed Myall and daughter Bessie visit Lyman Bunce in Washington. Stella Bailey of Washington visits sister Chas Edwards. Will Tucker relocates to the Seeley farm near Brighton. J W Bevans head to Fairfield for winter with daughter D L Lambert. John Green family spend New Year with his mother in Keota. Cor a Erwin, student in Des Moines, spends holiday at Mary Erwin’s home. Albert Simpson becomes substitute on Route Nine out of Washington after an exam.
Othar Hemelreich of Canada visited the Murray Conger home. Tom Miller and sons chop wood for Tom Johnson. Mrs Delia Lowe of Brighton stays at Roy Dawson home. Bob Stewart hires men to chop wood and shipped a car load Goof wood to Washington. Mickey of Totlington Wyoming visits her parents. Like Bros. replace a fence around Cedar District school house. Miss Mabel Octo visited Wapello. Jacob D Fries leaves Dave McLaughlin to work for John Grimm next year. C A Brook and son, burned in a gasoline explosion, are recovering. Mary Sage of Washington works for GC A Brook.
Captain J W Harper came home after visiting his daughter in Hedrick. Merle Proudtit returned from Washington after a stop at the J T Clark home. Mrs W G Robertson and daughter Margaret returned to Kirkwood Illinois after visiting Mrs H C Hull. The Rev J L Sawyer was summoned to Camp Point Illinois by the death of an uncle. the funeral is today.
R E Turnipseed returned to Iowa City after an over Sunday visit. S OC Gardner of Indianola arrived to spend a few days with friends. An overall party with girls borrowing brothers overalls occurred at the young men's class gathering. Mr and Mrs Erdice hosted visits in Oskaloosa. Nurse Agnes Swift tended an appendicitis patient in the Henderson home.
It claims to cure pimples sores skin eruptions and boils and makes the skin soft and velvety while also being infallible for piles. The ad promotes 25 cent jars at J B Lemmon's.
A farmer’s cows died after drinking water from a Virginia mountain arousing discovery of one of the United States’ most valuable arsenic mines. The mining find, triggered by animal fatalities, promises significant mineral wealth and may attract attention from prospectors and investors.
Call at the Mc Mlhinney Drug Co. for a booklet by an eminent authority on skin diseases. The pamphlet explains simple home treatments to destroy germ life and cure eczema pimples dandruff ring worm tetter prickly heat hives and similar conditions.
A verse fragment depicts a housemaid asking why a poet stands before a mirror as he imagines how he will appear when a statue is raised to him. The dialogue carries humor about vanity and public memory. The scene hints at fame and self-regard in literary hero worship.
At the McElhinney and Cherryholmes sale barn in Winfield Iowa on Saturday January 8 1910 sale begins 1230. The offering includes 40 head of horses and mules plus mares in foal feeding colts and broke driving horses. Terms cash or bankable note with 7 percent interest from date. D F Macon A E Rapp and W H McClurkin listed as organizers and clerk.
The Baptists held a New Year’s dinner with about 150 attendees, the largest crowd in recent years. A program of toasts and tributes followed featuring the new pastor Rev. D. J. Coon and his wife, with a reception and roll call closing the afternoon.
Public sale announced for January 5 1910 at 10 a m two miles north of West Chester selling 75 head horses and mules 46 head cattle 161 Chester White hogs and farm equipment. Limeran and Brown promote cash sale with 7 percent interest option and provisions for distance buyers.
A Floral Ark woman writes about healing with Cardui the woman’s tonic claiming rapid recovery from weakness and inability to work. She says thousands report benefits and notes Cardui is a natural extract without minerals or harsh additives.
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