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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1909
Page
5
Washington with forecast for Iowa says fair tonight and Tuesday with rising temperatures.
East Washington resident H T Nutt is reported ill with pneumonia. Dr E R Jenkins left for the Junction on No 2. Mrs W H Greer suffers a jumbago attack. W H Hughes arrived by the Firefly to spend Sunday at home. Mrs J A Guest arrived by the Firefly from Muscatine. Maud Limerman returned from West Chester. E G Mason visited Brighton. Rev J C Abels left for Des Moines until Thursday. Mrs Michels, wife of Rev K Michels, arrived from Burlington and stays with A F Maass. W H Butterfield left for Des Moines with daughter Agnes for a few days.
Interest grows in tariff revision as customers seek coal for cold weather. The firm Anderson and Wilson highlights their grade and price, urging serious consideration of option 176.
Jan 8 social by Mmes Davis Martin Stoutner and Miss Bertha Brown for Embroidery Birthday club with about twenty nine guests. Out of town attendees included Miss Sara Kelley Denver Miss Christina Reese Grinnell and Miss Mae Leech Montana. Fred Smith died Thursday after long illness. Longtime Kalona resident funeral arrangements set for Saturday.
Jan 5 reports E G Gardner and Faance Bridger purchase Roberts Furnishings in Washington. Jack Frost brings cold week. Mr and Mrs 8S H Bear visit C A Neville home. Myron Walker family from Nebraska visits J M Walker. Mrs I Hunt plans Illinois Sac City trip. Editor's wife H J Hoogenakker hosts sister visitor. Revival at M E church draws attendees. Everyone returns to work after holidays. N W Callisters return from Princeton Missouri trip.
Mrs Eliza Myers left for Kansas to visit her son. Miss Mahin rode to Iowa City Tuesday. Schools reopened after a two week break. Charlie Brown and Washington children visited. Enos Miller returned to Wellman. John Sharp of Wellman visited town. Samuel Manatt Sr returned from California. The Millers, Durst, and Roup families spent New Year with the Adams family in Wellman. Joy Fry returned to Tripoli to teach. Mrs J A Kirkpatrick visited daughter Mrs Sam Williamson in Iowa City.
Ethel and Dale Atkinson returned to school work in Oskaloosa Monday after a two weeks visit at home. A large crowd attended a dance at Sam Miller's last Tuesday night. Mr and Mrs Martin Kenelly of Maquon Illinois left last Wednesday for home after a visit at Geo Fetters. Mrs Alex Stephen returned home Friday after a visit at J S Green's. Mr and Mrs Albert Simpson welcomed a baby girl born on the 5th. Oscar Fetters spent a couple of days at home this week. Dan Haller of Lexington visited nearby. Wallace Carson and Hoy McEhinney of Washington spent Saturday with Ben Helmick. Perry Jones is hulling clover for Joe Walker.
January 11 reports show Mrs. Chas. McCreedy and daughter Helen visiting friends in Washington. M. L. Olds and Emery House conducted business in Washington. Elkader’s C. T. Nash visited his mother Mrs. H. Pickens. J. H. Pearson did business in Washington. Carter Guinn returned to Nebraska after visiting his brother Joe. Mrs. M. L. Olds resumed work at Rock Island after holidays at home.
Florence and Olive Kennel left Saturday evening for Iowa City to spend Sunday with their brother Lloyd. Last evening at the M E church a sacred concert by the choir and orchestra replaced the regular preaching service. J W Coffman sold his residence in the north part of town to Doc McNurlen. He has not decided where to locate yet. Miss Estelle Fish spent Sunday at the Frank Fish home at North English.
Mr and Mrs Willard Leet of West Chester visited Will Mayhew and Mrs Mayhew at the Ross Van Nostrand home in a sequence of social calls. Miss Glennie Hillhouse celebrated fifteenth birthday with friends at her home, presents exchanged and refreshments served by Mrs Hillhouse. Several residents traveled to Washington this morning including Mr Hillhouse Mrs Will Easter Lloyd Frank Farris A L Armstrong and Roy Thompson.
Charles Howard Plattenburg spoke at the opera house about worms beneath the bark of our national life. He cited divorce, intemperance, wrath, selfishness, a proud look and a lying tongue as sapping the nation. The audience found the lecture instructive and well received.
Floyd and Merle Crayne left for West Chester for an over Sunday visit. Earl Limerman and Bessie Bauer also traveled to West Chester for a weekend stay. Mrs. Lester Hanson, Chas Lovelett, Irma Wilbur, Lena Maxwell, and C C Rice with daughter arrived or departed for local visits from Saturday evening into Sunday. John Kupka, Jesse Cook, and David Edwards were guests visiting East Third Street and Washington while J P Faris headed to Winfield for family time.
Mrs. EK W Sage has been ill and bedridden for fourteen months with a nervous breakdown. The note thanks the High School for a food basket last winter and the P EK O society for a basket sent before Thanksgiving. The family lacks income and expresses deep gratitude for all monetary help and prayers. Reverend E W Sage adds a religious reflection.
J W Morton learned on a Saturday dispatch that his uncle Jacob Spence died in Indianapolis. A Lancaster County native who moved to Indiana around 1850, Spence served as chief musician in the Twelfth Indiana Infantry and led a division band in Sherman’s army. He was noted as a faithful Christian with taps sounding for another Civil War veteran.
Mr and Mrs Clark Carson celebrate the arrival of their daughter born yesterday despite severe weather. The family plans to settle in the town, and well wishers congratulate little Miss Carson on choosing a good place to be born.
Buckeyes witness the noon inauguration of Judson Harmon Democrat as Ohio governor while Republicans hold a stake in the legislature. Tomorrow’s joint session will elect Theodore Burton of Cleveland to the Senate seat vacated by Joseph Foraker on March 4. Burton will complete his current congressional term ending March 4 with a Cleveland special election planned for his House successor.
The Coliseum hosts a full marathon race tonight between Percy Smallwood the Welsh runner and Dorando Pietri the Italian. The 26 mile 85 yard course on a ten lap mile track was built for the event. Both runners have faced Tom Longboat, with Smallwood defeating him in Philadelphia and Dorando losing to him in New York and Buffalo.
Four carloads of anti prohibition supporters left Chattanooga for Nashville bearing a petition to the legislature opposing statewide prohibition. The petition is signed by more than 9 000 residents including all bankers and manufacturers of the city. Nearly two carloads of temperance supporters also departed to present their case to the liquor traffic committee in Nashville tonight.
Illinois and Indiana expect a cold wave with lower Michigan in for snow and cold conditions. Iowa and Wisconsin will see colder air with northwest winds.
The Washington County Farmers' Institute met at 2 pm in the Commercial club parlors to elect officers for the coming year and review finances. W. J. Brooks was chosen president with J. B. Wright as vice president and Chas. Deuel as secretary. treasurer Ed Harvey and several directors were named. detailed expenditures and a balance on hand were reported. The article also notes a postponement of the WCTU meeting to the following week to improve attendance.
Mrs Nellie Genkiss returned to her home in Trenton Missouri this morning after spending Sunday with relatives at Valley.
J. M. Walker departed for Cotter this morning and will remain there throughout the week, heading to the town for engagements.
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