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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1906
Page
2
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July reports list Samuel Turkington and son from Wyman as business visitors. Lizzie Huston and granddaughter Haze, and Ethel Fishburn of Winfield return home after celebrating the Fourth with relatives. George Weber and Miss Bike of Wapello also celebrate with friends. Families from Mt. Pleasant Wayne and others picnic at the Henry Hagie home. Rev. Chas Meyers reports a successful nasal operation in Boone. Myrtie McCleary plans to arrive tomorrow from Africa via Fairfield. J H Huston’s son Farrel departs for Cedar Falls from Ainsworth. Martha Johnson and Mrs Leasure of Washington visit here.
July 6 notes show Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Hor ning in Washington. Newton Noacker and family spent the Fourth at Wellman. Mae Rittenhouse visited her parents earlier in the week. The Ahren toys and Fredana Harvey Altic celebrated the Fourth at Richmond. Gretna Crain of Highland Center visits sister Harve Knapp. Floyd Timmons away at Centerville. Many neighbors plan to attend Saturday’s show. Will Palmer and daughter Mazie in Washington.
July 6 notes list returning residents from St Louis and Washington visitors at Muscatine, Grinnell, and Columbus Junction. Minor accidents include J A Rogers foot injury from a rusty spike and Sammie Marsh cutting his left foot on a hand sickle. barn fire set by I M Wood’s youngest son contained with no major damage.
Jesse Pearson suffers two sore fingers from a firecracker blast. Mrs. W A Chapel returns home from a stay with her sister in Novelty Missouri. Miss Flossie Fitzgerald spent Wednesday at home and returned to Washington yesterday.
July 5 notices show Dr Eva Dittman returning from Richland and Clevan Long coming back to Waterloo. Families from Sigourney Monmouth Washington Des Moines Des Moines attend gatherings. Catholic church ice cream sales raise 27.6 dollars and Baptist dinner yields 78 dollars. Pete Adrian returns from Davenport post appendicitis operation.
Westchester notes Miss Georgia Hay visiting relatives will speak this evening at the New Haven Baptist Church. Hay attends Moody Institute in Chicago. Also listed are several local visits and a union service with Rev. Geo. Kemp preaching.
D A Logan visited Brighton on business while John Helmick of Winfield was a city guest yesterday. Miss Alice Taylor returned from Keota, Shas Kaoho and Jas Dye went to Sigourney for well cleaning, A W Miller spent the Fourth in Muscatine, the Baheses visited Columbus Junction, W M Sewell came home to Crawfordsville, and Maude Morton returned from Rock Island after the Fourth at the Lindorf home.
Clyde Bailey is home from his travels. Mrs. John Cannon of Wyman was a city shopper yesterday. Mrs. David Love of Ainsworth called in the city yesterday. Clarence Babb of Chicago is visiting at the Holden home on South Iowa avenue. Jessie and Maude Moreland of Ainsworth visited in the city yesterday. Frank Buckley went to Brighton yesterday to keep time for the Rock Island. Ray Elder returned to Monmouth, III, after a few days at the Chas Corette home. Joe Calhoun of Monmouth, who had been visiting in the city, went to Des Moines yesterday morning for a visit.
July 6 note confirms Miss Odessa Darbyshire of Washington visiting friend Miss Cecil Walker. Various local visitors are listed, including Will Garvin, Neiswanger on business, H PD Cherryholmes returning from Chicago, J. H. Huston and Dr Sam Huston in Washington, and Mr. and Mrs. G T Auld visiting Mrs. Mary Maxwell.
The regular meeting of the Woman's Relief Corps is postponed from July 7 to July 14 by order of the president.
Lewis Klein traveled to Alexandria South Dakota to visit his daughter Mrs J H Dimmitt at her home. He plans to return via Belle Plaine with his daughter Mrs Ella Warren and her children for a visit. C Jones of Wyman was a city visitor yesterday.
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