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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
3
We, the undersigned barbers in the city of Washington, will close our shops at noon Saturday, July 4. To accommodate our trade we will stay open Friday night, the 3rd, as long as there is demand. Miss Frances Meyers of near Titus visits this week with Elsie Minick.
Brief items from county correspondents record everyday events and notable doings in the region. Short notes cover gatherings, visits, work, and local society, reflecting daily life across communities.
Marion Smith of Ames visited his brother Frank Smith last week. Bert Dunbar and family near Keota spent Sunday with Mrs. Blickensderfer. Mrs. Frank Snyder and her sons Roy and Lyle visit Morse, Iowa, parents. A. W. Strum and Jennie visit A. R. Strum. Mrs. Emil Anderson hosted a birthday surprise for her husband. Cuddebacks visit Nebergal family. horse a casualty from spasmodic colic.
Miss Alice Keiser returns home after a week with friends at West Liberty. Mrs Rose of Des Moines stays with sister Mrs E E Neal. Gertrude Keiser and Nora Stewart visited Hugh Crayne at West Chester. Mrs Mary Krammer hosted the Card club this afternoon. Alma Sharp, Mabel Stevenson and Arthur Clendenning left for Ainsworth yesterday to attend the convention.
July 1 reports Palmer and Co planning a brick office where the old building stood. Mr and Mrs B Morhofer were in town Monday afternoon. Several residents plan to attend the Washington carnival this evening by auto. Dr and Mrs J E Wells spent Sunday with their son Lia and family. An eclipse Sunday drew observers noting the sun resembled the first quarter moon. J S Edmondson’s health is failing and painful. Charlie Kempf began a business trip to Ohio on Tuesday. Frank Friese plans an ice cream stand at Richmond for the Fourth. A large crowd from here attended the June 28 ball game at Richmond. Mrs Huffman of Wellman visits old friends. Frank McCombs was in town Monday. John Brown is buying stock again in town.
Julius Millar reported the loss of six head of cattle last week after they strayed from the pasture and have not yet been located. Other local notes include visits from Mrs. Cora Furman and Mrs. Tress McDonald, plus various movements of people and stock around Wellman and Kalona.
July 1 and nearby Sundays record visits by E. A. Parker and Miss Jessie Wiles at Mr Hessel tine's near Lockum. One of Mr Gudgell's old neighbors at Fairfield visited. J J Jordan is helping Amos Crile.
Albert Diers hauls tile to his farm while Miss Lula Hildabrand visits Miss Dora Grosscup and leaves for Missouri. Nick Amarine and family visit his brother Joe. Ab Edwards and family call on O B Davison. George McCoy roofs Joe Amarine’s kitchen. Ed Bosker and wife visit Ed Crile in Luther Wyoming. John Mann and Andy Zihlman build a water wagon for a threshing machine. Knerr & Co. install a new iron roof on G Kern's barn.
A large crowd from Haskins and nearby areas attended the funeral of little Sherman McCreedy on Wednesday. Mrs. H. F. Owen is visiting friends at her old home in Chula, Missouri. Carpenters are at work building a barn on the Bell farm inhabited by S. Anderson. T. M. O'Conner has finished a new corn crib.
Ten years ago yesterday Theodore Roosevelt gained early prominence in the San Juan Hill battle with the Rough Riders and regular troops. Clayton Neiswanger recalls Roosevelt’s service in Cuba, noting he was seen as a modest cavalry officer at the time and the action was a marquee moment of the Spanish American War.
The Iowa Gas and Electric Co store hosted a day long gas range demonstration with Miss Anne Houdek in charge. Cookies and cake drew repeat visits as attendees tasted bakery products, while coffee was served and a Journal representative witnessed the event.
The funeral was held yesterday at 10 30 am from the Horatio Benn residence in northeast Washington with Rev J E Weigle of Ainsworth and Rev A S Smith of this city presiding. Pallbearers were McCreedy’s boyfriends Jack Trotter Homer VanHorn Leo Kirkpatrick Bryan Miller Reo Pickens Ronald Benn. Interment was at Elm Grove cemetery. Several attendees listed include Mrs Willis Chapel Miss Beula Craig Mrs Allen Crayne Mrs Carrie Cassel and Mrs A P Jeffrey of Ainsworth plus Miss Hermia Wells Miss Lillian Wells of Cranston and others from Haskins Lone Tree and nearby towns.
The kidneys strain impurities from blood and Foley's Kidney Remedy helps restore their function. It claims to remove waste material from the blood and make you well as advertised by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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