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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1909
Page
5
The forecast for Iowa calls for fair skies tonight and Wednesday with rising temperatures. Washington reports the outlook from the Evening Journal notes a mild to moderate warming trend and no significant precipitation expected.
Local ad promotes Vienna bakery with fine cakes pies and cookies and a big stock of goods for Wednesday meals. The Rev Ralph Atchison returns home to Amer bon visiting friends in Fairfield. Wilson Dougherty travels to the Junction for business. Palmer says he is sawing wood to raise money for a ticket to the B E O entertainment.
Foley's Honey and Tar is promoted to ease grippe coughs that may lead to pneumonia overnight. The ad claims rapid relief and prevention of dangerous complications from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Jan 11 notes report Geo Stephan's Washington trip, Bert McAvoy visiting Genesea, Barnett family return from Montana, public school back after vacation, Mrs. Bert Flynn to Iown City to see ill mother, Mrs. M A Bouquet buys Racket store, Albert Hart and Ella Klein wed announced at St Marys, Sig Yeggy to serve on jury in Washington, Laura Clark returns Iowa City to teach grammar, Alf Younkin visits Dublin, R H Heitzman returns from trip to Moline Chicago Milwaukee.
Mrs. Benj Romig and children head home to Missouri after weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs J F Buxbaum. Mr and Mrs Sam Miller hosted neighborhood youth last Tuesday. Hamm of Rock Island Illinois moved into Wesley Meyer’s former residence. Brice Flanders took three cattle trains to Chicago. Harry Bessie Taylor Emma Buxbaum and Mrs Anna Rehmer traveled to Washington Sunday. John Litzenburg of Mt Pleasant visited Thursday.
Misses Blanche Adams and Qopal Rickey returned to Washington to resume their school duties at the Academy. Chas. Means loaded their car yesterday for Garden City Kansas, where they will make their future home.
Crawfordsville reported that Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Huston Fred Sayre J H Reed Boyd Twinam and E G Gookin were passengers for Washington. The Rev J H Taylor left for Wayland to assist in evangelistic meetings and then to Des Moines for a resubmission convention as a delegate.
West Chester report begins with D R Munro and A. details unclear from OCR fragment.
Augustine left last evening for Colorado to purchase stock cattle and related holdings. The move targets expanding livestock assets and regional market access.
Completed financial report shows receipts and disbursements with a $141.48 balance to the new treasurer Ed Harvey. Enrollment 147 members, last year membership $160. Officers include President W. J. Brooks and Treasurer Ed Harvey. Receipts total $370.54 with cash on hand $141.49.
The B B E O class of the M E church will present a musicale at the Methodist church on the evening of January 19. All are invited to attend.
Patrick Calhoun, grandson of John C. Calhoun and head of United Railroads of San Francisco, faces a bribery charge over a San Francisco franchise granted by the board of supervisors. Judge William Patrick Lawler presided as Ruef and Schmitz cases loomed in the backdrop.
In Zeigler Illinois, twenty six of twenty eight workers died in a Leiter Mine explosion on Sunday. All bodies recovered. Cause of the disaster undetermined due to lack of evidence of gas pockets or other agents. Official mining office update states uncertainty remains.
The Misses Lora and Bess Darby visited the Academy. Students attended a literary event at the Gray school house. Miss Olive Huston was absent. Elizabeth McCleary visited Crawfordsville. Will Helm became vice president of the Aurora literary society. The Aurora program included essays, piano duets, declamations, parodies, debates, papers, and various performances by listed students.
The House committee on naval affairs approved a 29 million dollar increase for the navy. The program includes two battleships of 26 000 tons displacement for 14 million, five torpedo boat destroyers for 4 million, three cruisers for 3 600 000, four submarines for 2 million, and one subsurface boat for 400 000. Major Alexander Cowden Smith is hospitalized after a riding accident in Pittsburgh with a fractured skull risking death.
The W C T U announces postponing its first monthly meeting by one week after consulting the executive committee. They plan to meet with Rev. A B Smith to ensure better attendance. Further notice will be given next week.
The Rev. George D. Rogers departed this morning for Des Moines to attend the resubmission convention.
Springfield missouri reports a northbound passenger train rear-ended a freight train at Walnut Grove on the St. Louis and San Francisco line. Sixteen year old Dewitt Davis was trapped by wreckage and burned to death.
Partly cloudy with snow in the south for Illinois and Indiana. Lower Michigan expected to be generally fair. Wisconsin and Iowa also expected to be generally fair.
Winter wheat and spring wheat prices listed by sample with No 2 red at 1.06 to 1.07 and No 1 northern at 1.08. Hogs and cattle led Chicago live stock quotes with receipts around 80 000 hogs and 42 000 cattle. prices ranged from 5.40 to 6.15 for hogs and 4.00 to 10.00 for cattle. lambs and sheep also reported. East Buffalo traders show cattle hogs and sheep markets lower. Elgin butter and live poultry prices noted for the day.
The Rev. R. B. A. McBride of the First United Presbyterian Church delivers the opening sermon for a week of services at 2 pm and 7 30 pm daily. A former pastor of Rev. W. C. Fisher, McBride presents Romans 8 as foundation for sermons with theme How God Saves Man. Public invited to attend afternoons and evenings this week.
For years kidney ailments plagued the writer until a winter attack confined them to bed for eight days. Thick white sediment in urine appeared with frequent passing. After using Foley's Kidney Remedy the pain eased, urine normalized, and the writer recommends the remedy. Also noted: Lemmon's Phar reports W. E. Brown and son sold ninety four hogs averaging 355 pounds at six cents, totaling $2 001, bought by J. B. Crooks, and Dr W M Terry attends a Chicago dental clinic.
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