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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1907
Page
5
Classified listing shows rental and sale items including a house barn chicken house and 3 acres pasture via Nancy Hodges 510 W 3rd St. Also a one horse wagon for sale and a grain and stock farm for rent owned by Jno E Griffith Washington Iowa R F D 9.
John Wait Will Karr and Charley Aulthouse of north Wellman are very sick. Leck Wade, previously injured by a corn shredder, is able to be on the street now.
Dr. F E J Lloyd quits the Episcopal Church in Uniontown Pennsylvania declaring abandonment of ministry and church doctrine and plans to become a missionary to non Roman Catholics with headquarters in Chicago his wife and family to accompany him and their four years past reels of St Peters Episcopal church noted in the report
Judge Munger of the U S district court orders the marshal to destroy fences on the Margrave ranch in Sheridan county Nebraska within five days or the fences will be removed. The ranch is said to enclose about 49000 acres of public land.
The ballot boxes for the city election of 1905 were ordered by Justice Leventritt to be placed in the custody of the New York city board of elections. He vacated the prior order granting custody to Attorney General Jackon, which had been issued by Justice Hendrick.
Stephen B. Elkins received the Republican caucus nomination in Charleston West Virginia for a third successive term as senator. He won support from twenty three of twenty four Republican senators and between fifty four and sixty delegates. The nomination is considered equivalent to election.
Fort Louis, Jan 15. Captain Samuel J. Tord of the Wyoming Street Station is dead following a carbuncle on his neck caused by scratching a small pimple. He had been with the police for thirty eight years.
A blaze at St. Alphonse Roman Catholic church in New Munster Kenosha County caused a panic injuring several people including a woman with minor burns. The estimated pecuniary loss stands around 25000 dollars.
A carload of Automobile Sleighs has arrived. The Mason Transfer & Storage Co located at City Feed Yard announces stock is ready for purchase.
An old medical ad warns that kidney trouble is insidious and may become fatal. It recommends Foley's Kidney Cure at the first signs to correct irregularities and prevent Bright's disease and diabetes sold by all druggists.
The column lists residents and visitors with brief movements and greetings including Mr. Fred Jui Enberry returning to Santa Fe Missouri from a sister visit, Clayton Pearson attending a short Iowa State College course, and E M Funston reported in a semi conscious state.
Jan 15 update lists people returning home after visits and illness checks. Will Piefer came back from Sigourney after days with friends. Mrs Hennon saw business in town. Charley and Mrs Morris returned from Sigourney after relatives visit. Mrs Ross went home to West Chester after visiting Mrs Robb who is ill. Edna Owen, a local student, visited parents near West Chester. Roy Schreckengast returned from Fairfield where he stayed with sister Mrs Antes.
Jan 15 reports show Wm Plummer Jr returning after a Des Moines visit. Baptist meetings ongoing with Rev Mr Yule from Ft Madison preaching nightly. J D Dayton shipped a car load of fine horses to Bloomington Ill today. R C Ferguson nursing a sprained ankle from sacks of flour falling in the wareroom. Webster Dayton of Valley Junction visited West Chester last night.
Mr. and Mrs. P. R Schantz are the proud parents of a boy born to them last Thursday morning. Jobo Leichty was at the Brighton mill Friday. Jon Witting is able to be about again after pneumonia. Joe Nebel, Sam Conrad and Jake Gerig transacted business in Washington Friday. Miss Ida Hauenstein of Cotter called on friends Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Peter Rich returned home Saturday from Wayland where she visited relatives a week. Quite a number of our citizens were Wayland visitors Saturday. Humphrey Davis and Ed Williams of near Cotter called on friends Saturday evening. Nebel Bros sawed wood in the neighborhood north of town last week. Clarence Moore has charge of the section at Oskaloosa for Burlington.
Mrs. J. B. Crooks of Washington and Mrs. Lyle Nicola of Nebraska returned to Washington last night after visiting relatives in Crawfordsville. Henry Francz left this morning for Winterset following an extended stay with friends in town.
A Kry! concert scheduled for the seventeenth has been postponed. Details and new date appear in another notice.
Local items note Fresh Yankee peanut at the Vienna and tea and cinnamon rolls at Johnsons bakery. The Kry concert dated for the 17th is postponed temporarily. Stuart's Market offers large Baltimore Oysters for 35 cents quart and daily fresh meats. Travelers include F. R. Green returning to Keota and George Haffner visiting Sigourney. Fireman’s dance in Phoenix hall on the 26th.
Mrs J B Crat visited relatives at Winfeld while J B McCoy arrived from Crawfordsville for a hunting trip near Havre with Slocum J A Harwood and W A Rowett. W A Meeks family left for Pawnee Oklahoma to make their future home. Eva Shaw of the Iowa Children's Home left for Keokuk after a city visit. S H Henderson, petit juror, heads to Cotter then home near Ainsworth. Mrs J B Crooks and daughter Mrs Lyle Nicola returned from Crawfordsville, visiting J H Crooks. The Work family of Pilotsburg heads to Dekuniav Florida for the winter, joined by I W Bartholomew for a Florida visit.
Manion T. Anderson advertises the celebrated Hot-Stuff Coal for sale in the city. He notes the coal goes to the buyer’s cellar and provides the phone number 176 for contact.
Eva Nelswanger leaves for Titus to visit relatives for a few days. Miss Nellie Bowman goes to Keota for a short visit. George H. Paul and KE OC Pulver return to Keota after city business. Davis, Warren, Clarence, and Hert Stuf head to Ottumwa for a day or two of business. Mrs. Will Paster departs for Havre after a mother visit. Local ads tout Gold Mine flour and Mason Transfer & Storage Co promotions.
L A Brown and H T Reynolds announce a public sale at the Reynolds farm four miles north and one east of Washington on Thursday January 24 at 10 a m. Items include thirteen horses and mares six head of cattle sixty hogs two thousand five hundred bushels of corn seven tons of timothy hay multiple farm implements and household goods with 65 acres stock pasture. Terms announced day of sale. Auctioneers Charles Brown and staff.
Mrs Michael Hart wife of the Kingston Cart Service superintendent in the West Indies says she has used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for years for coughs croup and whooping cough and finds it very beneficial She would not be without a bottle at home Sold by Cook Sherman and Stewart's pharmacy.
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