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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1911
Page
4
Local residents visit friends in town while listings note basketball games at the Commercial club gym and various social activities. Mentions include Stella Houseal visiting Ainsworth, Miss Bessie Shalla teaching, and a funeral trip for Rev D J Coon to Osage after a sudden pulmonary hemorrhage.
The page lists shops and services with addresses and promos including Jean Huysmans Tailor opposite the new Post Office, bakery goods at the Vienna, and meat deals at new sanitary market. It notes H M Shellabarger returning from a thirty day trip to southern California and Texas, plus various visits, plays at the Graham and vaudeville acts The Missouri Girl. It mentions basketball games tonight at the Commercial club gym and advertisements for burnt wood, Saxony China giveaway, and Royal Market Saturday sale with Swift Jersey Butterine.
A boy recalls his grandfather misplacing his spectacles in a Bible, sparking a chaotic family search. Sister Nell discovers the glasses tucked on the grandfather’s forehead, earning the kids a lesson about attention and honesty.
Two basketball games advertised with candy sales at the Vienna venue. Mrs John McConacey of Mt Union visiting briefly in the city traveled to Havre to stay with her parents. An infant son of Mr and Mrs Cleva Hoyle died at three days old. interment in Elm Grove cemetery followed.
A. C. Ridgeway assistant general manager of the Rock Island Chicago passed through the city this afternoon in a special car attached to No. 1. Mrs. J. W. Nebergall and daughter Edith from west of the city traveled to Havre this morning to visit Carl Herring, her brother.
Fred Raymonds famous comedy The Missouri Girl will headline the Graham for its fourteenth season. The play blends pathos with sensational incidents reflecting life in its setting and promises a simple yet engaging production. Raymonds sturdy accessories and lavish staging ensure a worthy show with popular prices of 25 and 35 cents.
Hal Reid writes a Western drama set in Arizona with a rugged cowboy hero who leads with steel resolve. The play promises vivid western life and strong, true-to-life characters, holding interest to the final curtain.
A lively reviewer praises The Missouri Girl showing two and a half hours of hearty fun. The piece promises the audience will leave braced and ready for work next morning with a feeling of renewal.
At Second United Presbyterian Church Rev B C Little from Tarkio Missouri urged that there are more hypocrites outside the church than inside. He centered on Christ's question Lovest thou me and warned honesty toward God is the deepest issue. Tonight's sermon titled Seasons of the Soul with choir music follows yesterday and today’s services at 2 PM.
Mr and Mrs George Corbin hosted a noon dinner at West Main street. A private skating party at the roller rink drew about a dozen couples from 7 30 to 10. Miss Mabel Kephart hosted young ladies to honor Miss Edna Kephart before her wedding next Wednesday. Local church circles held socials with large attendance and refreshments. Malcolm Montgomery hosted friends and relatives at a noon dinner. Glen Little and Nellie Robertson wed quietly at the Baptist manse. Edward Sylvester and Geneve Pirson married at the Methodist parsonage in Wellman and will reside there.
This notice promotes Meritol Cous Remedy as a safe, opiate free cough and cold treatment. It highlights Lemmon's Pharmacy as a distributor and notes affiliation with the American Drug and Press Association. The item also mentions Vienna and local sports events with two basketball doubleheaders featuring Washington and Eldon, with both girls and boys teams competing on the Commercial club floor tonight.
Mary C. Abbott of Wolfeboro New Hampshire endorses Foley Kidney Pills claiming three days of use relieved her rheumatic pains from uric acid build up due to kidney failure. The testimonial notes rapid mobility return and urges others with similar symptoms to try the medicine. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co. distributed the product.
A box social and program will be held at the Dutch Creek Center school house on January 20. Ladies are asked to bring boxes and decorate none. Proceeds go to benefit the school. Teacher 796 Bertha Gready.
Mrs Teresa Rimmer died at 2 45 am at her daughter Mrs J C Swift’s home 603 N Avenue B. Born in Brewood England April 9 1822 she came to America in 1850 with husband Frederick Rimmer who died in 1858. Survived by seven children nine including Mrs Swift Frank Rimmer Emma LoweryAnna Rimmer eighteen grandchildren twenty four great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. She was a devout Catholic.
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