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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1907
Page
4
Local brief items note many residents taking trips for vacation or business, with several leaving for Columbus Junction Des Moines and Kinross. Picnic orders promoted by Johnsons bakery and Vienna offerings appear amid traveler notes and community ads.
Isaac Shidler died yesterday at 10 55 AM at his Grace Hill home after a long illness including asthma and dropsy. Born November 26 1836 in Indiana he served in Company D 4th Iowa cavalry. He leaves a wife and two sons Daniel in Oklahoma and Levi at home. Funeral services were held in a Grace Hill cemetery grove with Civil War veterans as pallbearers and burial in Grace Hill cemetery.
Miss Elsie Hardin returns from Lancaster Missouri after visiting Tom Hardin home. White and daughter depart Crawfordsville after brief visit with J Green family. Edna Potter Olive Adams head home from Epworth League convention in Lone Tree. Mrs E J Stewart Blanche travel to Wilcox Saskatchewan Canada for a month or two. Dr J M Chittum Richmond and Mrs Biskamp plan an extended east tour visiting Jamestown exposition. Mr and Mrs Harry Mount and Charley Mount arrive from Chicago to spend Fourth with W R Mount family.
A nostalgic ad recalls Dr King’s New Life Pills marketed as painless purifiers that relieve headache and biliousness and keep bowels right. Stewart's Pharmacy sells them for 25 cents.
Death reported of Mrs. Erskine aged about eighty five in New Concord Ohio. Mother of Mrs. Dr C. 8. Harper who moved to Topeka Kansas recently. Funeral at New Concord then at Yellow Creek church beside husband. Survived by nine children. Member of United Presbyterian church.
The city council met in regular session with Mayor Cunningham and eight council members present. They approved bond requirements for cement contractors, considered pumping water into mains despite standpipe pressure, and discussed extending the sewer through the 8S. W. Brookhart field before adjourning after treasurer's report.
The family of J. W. Jones expresses profound thanks to friends and relatives for their thoughtful kindness during the loss of wife and mother Mrs. J. W. Jones.
The Journal will skip publication on the fourth for a holiday. The staff plans patriotic celebrations and no paper will be issued that day.
City authorities request that boys refrain from firing firecrackers or other loud explosives in the vicinity of Pleasant View sanitarium to prevent disturbance and ensure safety.
All city lumber yards will be closed for the Fourth of July. The notice lists no delays or exceptions and provides no other opening details for the holiday.
The notice notes an ice wagon not running on July 4 and lists contact person Lou Jugenheimer, 17 to 21.
Mrs. J. T. Anderson and daughter Miss Helen return from Colorado this evening after months away. Charles Anderson also comes back after a short stay in Colorado.
Invitations go out for the marriage of Miss Bessie Grace Gilkey and Mr. Harry Alexander Black on Wednesday July 10 at five in Mercer. Gilkey is daughter of Rev and Mrs S W Gilkey of Mercer and granddaughter of Mr and Mrs R T McCall.
Friends and relatives surprised Mr. and Mrs. Chas Caldwell Saturday afternoon as Mart Turbott orchestrated the visit. After arrival the couple returned home to a social evening with music games and refreshments. Miss Anna Scott spoke on her New York City work and Miss Wilma Row sang a vocal solo.
Mrs. Addie Rickey led the Methodist Sunday school group in a woods picnic west of the city. The event honored former teacher Miss Fannie Wilson who has been away from town.
The Missionary circle of the First United Presbyterian church will meet Thursday evening at the home of Miss Mary French on East Jefferson.
The Helping Hand circle of the Second United Presbyterian church will meet with Miss Dorothy Morrow Saturday afternoon.
Miss Hallie Berdo entertained the Bachelor Maids at a 6 pm dinner at her North Iowa avenue home. Mrs. Berdo and Miss Katherine Berdo served a five course meal. Table decorations featured red and green club colors with a centerpiece red rose bouquet and red candle sticks at each corner.
Figures from Collector Stranahan show that duties and other receipts rose by 23 million dollars in the past fiscal year ending Saturday, with total receipts from all sources reaching 225 million dollars. Receipts include tonnage, head taxes, and duties on merchandise.
Barbara A Hart 15 was shot and killed at the home of Silas Ashworthy 17 who is under arrest. He says he was showing a revolver when it discharged accidentally wounding her in the heart.
The national labor movement grows as trackmen on all railways are targeted for organization. In St. Louis, about a hundred plumbers walked out after wages were refused an increase to six dollars a day.
A fragment from London Scraps quoting McTavish and Donald on lighting and a health regimen. It includes a sample dialogue about lighting a lamp and a dietary recommendation to avoid potatoes and sweets, eat lean meats and vegetables, and walk five miles daily.
Fireworks of all kinds at Hays. Numerous residents and visitors pass through the city for Fourth of July events. People from Keota What Cheer Wayneland and Davenport arrive for gatherings. Traveling to Eldon Denver Chicago and Colorado for visits and holidays.
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