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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1926
Page
5
John Ankamuse of Rock Island dies at his daughter’s Wellman home at 93 after a brief illness. Carl Murphy of Chicago dies. services held for him and his family mourns. Town plans band concerts and county Mason gathering. residents attend meetings and travel to Cedar Rapids and Muscatine. Numerous visits, new cars, and road-improvement efforts noted plus a St. Louis or Des Moines connection.
Local note lists the W C T U members urged to remember the county meeting set for Friday July 9 in Brighton Iowa. Also reports family visits and community happenings including new baby in Chicago and visits from Des Moines Waterloo and Washington residents.
Alvin Simmons died at his home in Columbus Junction Sunday. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 9 30 at the Methodist church with Rev J D O Dell officiating. Burial will be in Columbus City cemetery. He was born June 19 1872 in Huntington W Va and married Beatrice Higgins of Davenport eleven years ago. Surviving are the widow a daughter Mrs Iva Weber Mason City a second daughter Mrs May Fraze Davenport six siblings Fred Mrs Rees Kauffman Mrs Fd Davis Columbus Junction Albert Huntington Mrs To bia Armbright Peoria IL and Walter Detroit MI He was a member of Moore and Eagles lodges Davenport and a Spanish American War veteran. He was employed at the Rock Island arsenal several years. Mrs Carrie Ellen Smith aged 55 died at Bellevue hospital Muscatine.
Lodges Cyrus Chapter No 18 Rh A M regular meeting second Friday each month. Zeredatha Council No 21 R&S M regular meeting fourth Friday. Bethlehem Commandery No 45 K T regular meeting third Friday. Washington Chapter No 08 OFB S regular meeting second Thursday. Damascus Shrine No 10 W S of J regular meeting third Tuesday. Amos Chapter De Molay regular meetings first and third Mondays. 1 O O BP Covenant Lodge No 101 meets every Tuesday evening with staged degree work. Visiting members are welcome.
Water users face hardness and inconvenience so a teaspoon of Rub-No-More Washing Powder per gallon of city water is promoted to soften water. The product claims 15 household uses and superior cleaning for sinks and tubs with rinsing without sand clogging drains.
Friday morning at 3 20 following a stroke Thursday the deceased was born in Conesville Sept 21 1870 daughter of Alva and Mary Morse. Her marriage to Daniel Smith occurred at Town City in 1897. The home had long been in the vicinity. Surviving are husband and daughter Myrtle Schahition of Columbus City a brother Jerome Morse of Cedar Rapids a sister Mrs Milton Wolf of Columbus Junction and several grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Swank church with Rev W G Robertson of Columbus City and burial in Swank cemetery.
Pallbearers named are Ollie Moore Harry Moore Daniel Moore Frank Haemier Charles Haemier and Henry Meyer for the funeral.
Mrs Genevieve Mineks of Iowa City visits Hazel Anwyl and Kathryne Buxbaum joins from Cedar Falls to Grace Hill. John Wooley arrives from Ames for the Fourth. T B Maxwell and Caroline Johnson with family visit Iowa City. Million Circle Young People at United Presbyterian church hosts Marian Davidson Milson speaks on India and mission reports follow. Social games and fruit salad refreshments. Mina McCleery returns from Winfield. Ethel Edgar and Doris Maxwell travel from Cedar Falls for summer term. Earl Monson of Danville spends the weekend here.
Gray residents including Mr and Mrs Will Hesseltine and families joined by Mr and Mrs Merle Hesseltine and sons Richard and Clifford Delbert and Mr and Mrs Lyman Babcock and Frank Hopping from Washington. Also present were Mr and Mrs Fred Kephart and sons Raymond Bernard and Mr and Mrs Chas McKay and sons Everett and Lloyd and Mr and Mrs Will Long.
Hazel and Ruth Hopping hosted a Fourth of July picnic dinner at their home with cafeteria style dishes. Fireworks and ice cream followed a day of neighborly visits as Mr. and Mrs. Chas McKay and Will Cherry families called. Orlez and Speer hauled corn from Verdi while George Hopping planned a barn roof upgrade and neighbors began cutting wheat and hay.
The instrument purporting to be the last will of Zilpha A. Lytle, dated August 11 1925, was filed and read. A hearing to prove the will is set for July 12 1926 at 9 00 AM at the Washington Court House before the Clerk. Interested parties must appear and show cause why the will should be probated. By order of D Kilgore Clerk of the District Court dated July 6 1926.
A list of local business and professional listings includes addresses and contact numbers for attorneys real estate firms dentists bankers and a barber shop. The directory presents firms such as T A Michels attorney at law Livingston and Eicher real estate department Applegate real estate Dayton Westchester farms and city property Pease Masson dentist and hardware supply Rickey Barber Shop with phone numbers and location details.
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