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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1913
Page
2
Chicago markets show receipts from 14,500 to 40,000 hogs and 13,000 cattle with steady to higher bids. Hogs ranged light to heavy shipping grades 7.20 to 7.70, cattle and sheep prices varied, with porkers and pigs quoted at 5.75 to 7.65 and lambs up to 8.50.
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The column highlights daily life across county towns as residents share events, gatherings, and small milestones. Local stories cover civic happenings, school news, and community farming notes shaping everyday life.
On January 20 neighbors and friends gathered at Mrs. Ode Ferguson’s home for a birthday party with music games and refreshments. Guests enjoyed a fine time and extended birthday wishes for many more to come.
A cat named Fatima was stuck in a tree after a dog frightened her. Neighbors suggested starvation and hunger. two aunts fried bacon and liver at the foot of the tree. Fatima emerged quickly to retrieve the tasty bait.
John Rittenhouse returned from a business trip to southern Iowa and Missouri. The Smith brothers shelled corn for Wyatt Hetwick and Dave Benson this week. Verne Noecker visited Hazel Crull. Mr and Mrs Amlong bought property in Kalona. John Atkinson rented the Fred Bartholomew farm and John Greens are moving to the Crosby farm. Prairie Flower W F M 8S hosted their husbands at Mr and Mrs Palmer's home last Thursday. Mr and Mrs Chas Clendenning visited neighbors before moving to Webster City for Chas to work in a lumber yard.
Jan 29 1913 notes show Mr and Mrs Pete Boshart and family visiting John Graber. Mrs Will Leeper called to Hillsboro to see a sick mother. Omer Eicher and Lizzie attend Mrs Frank Pangborn funeral in Cottonwood. Dan Alliman and Miss Katie visit relatives in Illinois. Louis Rinner plans trip to Washington for his sister and the inauguration.
Pleasant Hill Munson and Noble preparing hog shipments today. Will Wenger underwent an operation Monday with a specialist from Iowa City aiding Dr. Stewart. Mr and Mrs Will Stafford and baby Velma visited Mrs Clem ens near Crawfordsville Thursday. Otto Frey and Joe Good serving lunch to workers at the Andy Hauenstein sale today.
Miss Florence McCleary and Ellis W. Kongable were married at the McCleary home in Winfield by Rev. D L McBride in a quiet ceremony. The bride, a Crawfordsville favorite, wore cream serge. a Lohengrin wedding march accompanied the event and a post ceremony luncheon followed with Mina and Bruce McCleary assisting. They plan to set up near the Glen Huston farm.
Dayton Grove residents shared weekly happenings from January 27 1913. Eugene Owens visited with home folks from Friday to Monday. Jesse Nicola and family traveled to Brighton, with Nicola returning Monday and Mrs Nicola and daughter May staying with Hesseltines. Walters butchered a beef Saturday amid illnesses including Hazelle Walters with lung and stomach trouble. The writer reports a catarrhal illness. Frank Smith family visited Jackson Center. Jora Martin returned home Wednesday. Ola Walters returned from Illinois after a brother in law's death, joined by her sister Mrs Smith and her children.
Crawfordsville on January 29 1913 reports J F Buxbaum resumes duties at his dry goods store after illness. Will Mannussier of Woolson is new local agent replacing J M Miller. Mrs Martin Beranton of Washington is noted as Mannussier's sister.
The ladies of Pilotsburg church hosted a large group at Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rickey’s home last Friday evening. A varied program featured Misses Ayres and Rowe and Prairie Flower orchestra members with Mrs. Rickey performing songs. Oysters peaches and cake were served.
The Ladies' League of the Baptist church will host a 10-cent social at Mrs. John W. Baker's home Friday afternoon at 2 30. All ladies of the church and congregation are invited.
Two cocoanut gatherers on Palmyra fend off a horde of giant land crabs after a fruit-hunting voyage. They battle with axe, knife, and improvised weapons, sustaining severe bites and injuries while escaping to a boat and then water as the crabs swarm the cabin and shore.
Five youths confessed to Hoboken police chief Hayes that they started a blaze on Saturday that menaced the city and caused about 300000 dollars in damage to a locomotive shed described in local terms.
A humorous verse lampoons Abner Wax as a farmer aspiring to acting fame. The piece mocks his dream of stage glory, compares him to great actors, and chides parents for urging children toward dramatic careers while farming remains a natural vocation. It ends with a playful jab at ambitious youngsters.
Phyllis Helen Reiner an eleven month old from Denbigh North Dakota died at three oclock yesterday at the West Chester home of her grandparents Mr and Mrs Joan Hough after an illness of about a month. Erysipelas was first thought to be a playground scratch. Merle five survives. Funeral service will be held eleven oclock tomorrow morning at the Baptist church West Chester with Rev. O R Phipps in charge. Interment will be in New Haven cemetery nearby.
A marriage license was issued today to Salbert Kaifring and Mabel Oldaker of Wellman.
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