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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1910
Page
2
Cairo July 7. Judge W W Duncan ruled the mob attack indictment constitutional. The twelve men indicted by a February special grand jury for aiming to free a black inmate will face trial next Tuesday in the circuit court.
The Happenings in the Different Communities in the County and Other News of the Day.
Poem contrasts a devoted housewife with a neglectful husband who ignores her hard work. She endures long days of cleaning and organizing while he offers no praise or affection, making her feel unseen and heartbroken despite his comfortable life. Copyright 1910 by George Matthews Adams.
Residents of Rural Route Three share visits and community activities. Alfred Faulkner assists Ezra Smith with baying while several locals purchase autos. Abigail Bishop vacationing in Washington. Walter Smiths team wins nearest ladies outfit prize. Local dances and family visits noted at numerous homes. new baby born to Eli Jackson. Miss Ella Faulkner to teach in Winfield. other family moves and hospitality observed.
Local social notes list Miss Hoag, Miss Smith, Longwell, Mrs. Sanders and others performing in a parade review and reading selections. Mentions fishing on Cedar River, camping at Cedar River, and visits by Lena Herr in Wellman.
Chas McCarty remains ill at his father's home with slow improvement. Mrs. Jane Thompson and her Lincoln visitor stay with J. M. Walker. Bert Mersham from Lincoln visits A. C. Brady household. Ross Pentegraph buys McKensie's restaurant stake. PD. C. Olive trades for a farm. Doctor Allen buys Will Allen's furniture store share. Cora Grover worsens. Washington celebrations noted. Hedrick and Ot tumbwa visitors at D. C. Olive home. H. J. Hoogenaker visits on business. Bert Wiggins travels from Minnesota to attend his father William Wiggins's funeral. Harvesting advances. threshing soon to begin.
Rev. J. F. Robertson and family return from a three months round of Europe and the Holy Land. S. W. Neal of Washington will address the Methodist reception July 12, with A. M. Miller of Sigourney to sing. Mrs. Martha Gray of Washington noted among attendees.
Friday evening arrivals include Mrs. James Glover and Mr. Witmer of Maywood visiting the Ritchey household. Mrs. Witmer plans two weeks in town while Pearl Ritchey stays for the summer. Mrs. Gardner and daughter Gladys return to Indianola after a ten day visit. Maude Erdice comes home from Iowa City after the Fourth. Rev. Robertson offers a sea of Galilee shell to every pupil at Sunday school.
West Chester on July 9 sees Baxter Ingham of Hrighton and others like Lytle and Donovan passing through on business. Franks Mull of Muscatine and J D Dayton from Burlington are noted visitors. Farmers report oats cutting, and Mrs Hay of Chicago is visiting. Herman Schultz reports his horse escaped near Crawfordsville on the 4th.
Ainsworth notes travelers visiting relatives from Fairfield Loveland and Washington with several families visiting Dr H Hamilton. others attend a Postmasters' convention in Montrose. A mobile crash injures Mrs Gaines when an auto bursts a tire and hits a fence, but she is not seriously hurt.
Mrs. BlakeLong and T. W. Rickey traveled to Washington with Mrs. BlakeLong. Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell arrived home from Montrose Iowa. Mrs. Elizabeth Lease of Greenville Tennessee visited relatives. Mr. and Mrs. James Skinner of La Harpe Kansas came due to their father John Cochran's illness. Captain J. W. Harper returned from visiting his daughter.
Piano tuner H. F. Funk will be in the city in July. Orders may be left at Haight's hotel located at 2312.
D L Graham of Prairie City Iowa advertises several 80, 1z and 140 acre farms in some of the best producing soils near Prairie City. Prospective buyers are invited to visit and see the lands in person.
Mrs Mollie McRaney of Prentiss Mississippi writes that a severe kidney and bladder ailment was cured by four bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy. She endorses it as life saving and recommends it to other sufferers. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co.
An adjustable frame and beam hitch is marketed as a single solution for a wagon, binder, plow, and manure spreader. The offer includes $5 for the hitch $1 binder attachment and $1 wagon attachment, claiming it replaces separate double trees and plow-specific pieces.
A collection of humorous vignettes from a night clerk and various skits. A hotel desk incident involves a mistaken guest and a missing key. A professor tests a student with a page reference. An old woman helps a boy retrieve a toy car at a fence, then learns it is the boy’s, not hers. Short quips end with witty exchanges in diners and parlors.
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