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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1912
Page
2
Local correspondents report on community events across the county with brief notes on social gatherings, agricultural updates, school activities, and municipal items. The column highlights active residents, upcoming fairs, road work, and notable local occurrences shaping daily life.
Wellman and Wellman report the sale of the local blacksmith and wood shop to Chas Hahn of Riverside who has moved in. Lawrence of Riverside aids with work and occupies the James Carlyle home. Several local residents attend Chautauqua activities set to start July 18 and an excursion to Muscatine occurred.
Grandma Frazey of Chicago daughter’s home dies Wednesday and will be brought to Brighton. Funeral Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Frank Frazey home with interment in Brighton cemetery. Booster day set for August 14. Chautauqua runs July 12 to 17 on school grounds with a strong program and many tickets sold. Reverend C L Walker returned from Eddyville.
July 11 1912 Mr and Mrs John Powell and family and Mr and Mrs Floyd Green spent Sunday at the John Green home in Prairie Flower. Eva Lyle Keota visits cousin Eda Mayer. Will Hornung spent the Fourth at brother Adam Libe near Washington. Carcutt preached at Center church. Funston youths and Eda Mayer Eva Lyle dined at Henry Hendersons. Harley Hardin injured left arm when team ran away while cutting oats. Jim Walker and Chas Walker spent Sunday near Washington. Seventy six Ladies Aid met Mrs Sam Pulver. refreshments served and all enjoyed the gathering.
Keota and Sigourney members from Chapter CM PEK and Chapter L joined Thursday for a day trip to Washington. They were greeted by Washington brothers in law and toured the city including the new county hospital, followed by a picnic dinner.
A story follows Georgie Brown, an orphan helper at a crowded Fourth of July fireworks shop in a busy city. Fireworks ignite a blaze near the shop, prompting rescue and a reward for Georgie who spots a smoldering clue among rubbish and earns a five dollar gold piece.
The afternoon at Sunset Park featured a formal Chapter 1 meeting led by Mrs. Alice Keeley followed by a reading of The Fifth String and a Rosary performance. Attendees included many Keota and Sigourney residents with guests from Canyon City and other areas.
In Crawfordsville on July 12 1912 D W Griffith and Mr and Mrs D C Griffith attend the funeral of Mrs William Anwyl at Cotter. Claude Essley and daughter from Des Moines visit sister Mrs Roy Stewart. Harvey Wooley of Joliet Illinois visits at W K Wooley home. Mrs Dr Woodburn of Washington returns after visiting Mrs Max Keller. Nina Moorehead departs for Kansas City to visit relatives. Mrs Howard Sitler of Washington visits Grace Cunningham and Mrs J Mitchell. Moses S Thompson of Hopedale Ohio dies. his son Rev Ek H Thompson formerly pastor of the U P church here remembers him. Lee Shaffer of the M F clothing store in Washington returns home for a few days visit. Mrs T W Rickey goes to Washington to see daughter Mrs S J Cocklin.
Mr and Mrs A Howsare and daughter traveled to Washington this morning. Rev and Mrs A deG Vogler of Grace Hill visited at the home of Mr and Mrs J Fr Buxbaum. The Olds band presented a fine concert yesterday evening. Mrs R C McCleary hosted the Social Hour club this afternoon. Services are planned at all three churches at 11 o clock and a union service will be held at 6 in the United Presbyterian church yard with Rev Currie preaching.
Special to Evening Journals. State Senator Isaac Huffman of Butler county was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary for accepting a bribe in the legislature. Judge Rothwell overruled a motion for a new trial. The Huffman case was the hardest fought of four bribery cases in the state. one verdict of acquittal, others jailed.
Special to Evening Journal reports Governor Wilson selecting William F P McCombs as candidate for Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. McCombs played a key role in Wilson's nomination efforts.
A guideline notes that humor can lift spirits when visiting the sick. It urges short visits, a light remark if laughter is hard, and warns that too much humor may be counterproductive.
The King's Daughters of the Second United Presbyterian church hosted a gathering at Miss Nellie Combs home with a noon picnic and evening luncheon. Eicher camp crowd enjoyed a Box Springs picnic with about twenty attendees and visiting guests from Chicago Newark and Oklahoma. Frank Embree and Dorothy Sodlove wed at the Haskins area parsonage as families plan to reside near Haskins. The Presbyterian men's class held a Sunset park picnic for about forty with a lawn supper and socializing. Lon Pfaff and Rosslene Smith married quietly at Mrs. Frank Gordon’s Cedar Rapids home and plan to move into a new south Cedar Rapids house near August first.
The opening of the new county hospital will begin at 2 30 with Dr W P Gardner presiding. County Supervisor O H Dunlap Rev A S Smith Dr E E Munger Spencer Iowa Chairman Marsh W Bailey and others will speak. Surgeons from other Iowa cities expected to attend and address the gathering. The hospital opens to doctors in the morning and to the public in the afternoon and evening.
Announced social event scheduled for Wednesday evening July 17 at Phoenix hall. Music by Moore and Miranda. Royal Arch Masons Cyrus chapter No 18 to hold regular meeting July 12 1912 at 7 30 o clock. Important business to be addressed. Henry C Hull H P urges a large turnout.
Mr and Mrs Emil Larson spent Sunday afternoon at Oscar Carlson s John Foster is building a new barn Mrs Alma Johnson and Mrs Nelson of Moline arrived for a Vie risk home visit Mr and Mrs H L Kallaus and children Mr and Mrs F A Kallaus and Nora Kline visited Earnest Carlson Sunday Buy Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy now for summer emergencies Sold by Lemmon s Pharmacy
Stockholm July 11 Americans anxiety grows as Duke Kahanamoku stands as their best hope in the 100 metre free style at the Olympics. The 400 metre free style shows Americans may be outclassed by foreign rivals as top English and other national swimmers gather for the meet.
Washington reports the government plans to receive defendants' reply today in the suit against the Coffee Trust. The reply may argue lack of evidence and improper service on the Valorization committee, stalling progress. State Department efforts aim to have Sao Paulo coffee sales align with US law, potentially withdrawing the case if successful. If the court accepts the demurrer and the collateral plan fails, the Attorney General will push forward with hearings.
Washington D C July patent attorneys Davis and Davis report new patents filed by Iowa residents. Names include Barnard Schaller Soil Pulverizer and Leveler Bettendorf railway car truck Bly Calculating apparatus Breakfield Apparatus for rheumatism Brown Bosch Starting device for explosive engines Dwyer Bernard Heater Fleming Reinforcement for concrete Gulbranson Piston packing LaMountain Trimmer for phonograph records.
A list of workers including B S Lacy from Dubuque in nursing bot tle nipple, M Nemes from Fort Doege and insulator, W Stock from Baxter handling float valve, and T Swensen from Davenport with metallie wheel rim.
Opening market notes show steady prospects in cattle and mixed hogs with varied price ranges. Hog receipts and mixed shipment data indicate slow to steady movement while sheep trends weaken from yesterday’s close. Cattle and hogs mass figures reflect steady to weak tone with price bands across light to rough heavy grades.
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