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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1912
Page
5
Local items list residents visiting or returning home from Keota Havre Burling ton and Columbus City. Mentions theater crowd at Star theatre and Robinson Musical Co. with plans for Jan 18 20. Also notes brief business trips to Winfield Crawford Crawfordsville and a small roof fire near the Christian Science church.
S. White of Crawfordsville visited. Brady Deatherage and Mattie Estill wed at the A M E parsonage with plans to Washington home. Various residents, visitors, and business travelers listed with ads for The Fair. Heating repairs underway at Commercial club. A. R. Miller, W. Jones, and W. Eldridge noted among passersby and trips to Havre, Los Angeles, and Omaha. Rayo Lamps and wares advertised. Typhoid recovery of Harrison Dodder reported. Washington County Savings Bank ad featured.
The community notes several funerals held for Mrs Thomas Moothart H Edward Jacobs Mrs N C Wallace and Robert T Young with services at local homes churches and cemeteries Pallbearers included family members and local veterans Interments followed at city or Elm Grove cemeteries.
A distressed wife asks if her husband would remarry after her death. He answers boldly that he would not, prompting her to reflect on the strength of their marriage and his true feelings. The exchange reveals undercurrents of doubt and the impact of candid statements on trust.
A pie social will be held at the Sommers school house in Marion Ship on Saturday night January 20, 1912. A program will be given and ladies are asked to bring pies.
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