Local Departures Around Fairfield Washington and Marshalltown
Ila McNeese returns home to Fairfield after visiting Walter Edwards Washington and A J Robertson West Chester. John Witterman and two children travel to Morn Kota for Sunday with relatives. Lucille Shalla heads to Chicago for her wedding tomorrow. Dr. O F Boller and daughter Baja visit John Jamison in Oakdale Iona. S R Piper of Marshalltown visits Washington with C J Piper and Hugh A Piper. Taxi call advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ila McNeese
Fairfield
Walter Edwards
Washington
A J. Robertson
West Chester
Mrs
O. F. Boller
Baja
Oakdale
Iona
John Jamison
Local Social Notes and Community Updates
Mrs Keith Dayton returns to Keota after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Olbn Hartley. Mrs Anthony Waldschmidt and Miss Anna Wolfe come home from Davenport after visiting Mrs Elizabeth Messersmith. Lois Hanna returns to Crawfordsville after visiting grandmother Mrs M E K Sands. Mr and Mrs A F Nelson and family of Boone stay at Miss Bessie Smith home for a short time. A Safe Bank The West Chester Savings Bank gut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Dayton
Keota
Olbn Hartley
A. F. Nelson
Boone, Town
Tea Table Gossip and Local Happenings of 19th Century Town
Long roster of small items from a rural paper: C J Wilson ill, Dodders Springs visit, a phaeton from Bell & Bros, trades involving Miller block and a homestead on Barren Row, Rev W H Wilson visiting from Salinas, horse racing at the fair grounds, Beecher lecture in town, new female archery club, weekly target practice for Co D 2nd Regiment National Guards, trip to Chicago for expo and fire tournament, cholera losses among hogs, local political ticket and postmaster appointment rumors, and Col Bell possibly taking the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Wilson
Nick
Judson
Hees
Rodman
Smouse
Dodders Springs
Capt. Daugherty
Bell & Bros
Everson
D. J. de Miller
J. KR. Richards
J. R
Russell
Miller
J. Palmer
Reg
Iona National Guards
Mypet
Lewis Family Concert Tour Heads to Riverside and Brighton
The Lewis family with Moore Cherry and Hunter will perform concerts in Keota Ainsworth and nearby towns before appearing in Riverside this Wednesday night and in Brighton Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Messrs, Moore, Cherry
Hunter
Keota
Ainsworth
Riverside
Brighton
Washington area residents move and visit updates
Mrs. David Temple of Keota shopped in Washington for a short time Saturday. Decela Wheelan, with a Des Moines telephone office role, returns home and will take a two week vacation at the George Wheelan home. Mrs. Emma Wagner came back Saturday from Monmouth Illinois due to Mrs. Claud McCullum’s illness. Mr. and Mrs. E S Browning with four children relocate to Washington to live on Fast Main Street and join the Evening Journal organization. Donald Crone and Howard Hazen return from a South Bend Indiana visit with Donald’s sister Mrs. Warren Stewart. C O Davis arrived Saturday from Keota after a day of business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decela Wheelan
Des Moines
George Wheelan
Browning
Washington
Donald Crone
Howard Hazen
South Bend
Indiana
Donald
Warren Stewart
Wayne Simmerman
Keo
Howard Freshwaters
S. J. Kellogg
St. Louis
Missouri
Y M Election Officers Named for New Year in Des Moines Trip
The column lists officers chosen for the new year including Pres N W Woodford Vice Pres Dr O G Given Sec Frank Briggs Treas Leonard Smouse with directors Shields Meyers Town send and delegates Shields Woodford Townsend Meyers and Briggs to the State Convention in Des Moines October 17 20 Also notes a new buggy purchase feature and local marriages of R Dewey J P William Armstrong Ella Bennett October 2 187% and Wm A Scott Mary B Whann October 1 1878 with best wishes from the Pressman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Dewey
J.P
William J. Armstrong
Ella N. Bennett
T. D. Wallace
Wm. A. Scott
Montezuma
Mary B. Whann
Local Residents Visit Relatives Across Iowa and Illinois
Clara and Helen Baker visit grandmother Mrs. Dora Grinstead in West Chester. Mildred and Grace Duvhil return home after Washington shopping. Raymont Reed, student at Iowa Wesleyan, returns to Montrose. Mrs. H M Hoover and son Johnny travel from Des Moines after Burlington visit to relatives. Mrs Hallie Delzel travels from Crawfordsville to Washington to spend the day with sister Mrs Wayne Simmerman and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara
Helen Baker
West Chester
Dora Grinstead
Mildred
Grace Duvhil
Washington
Raymont Reed
Montrose
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Eureka Church
Hallie Delzel
Crawfordsville
Local residents make weekend visits and returns
Multiple Iowa City area residents returned home after visits. Helen Wood resumed school work in Iowa City after a J. P. Wood visit. Marjorie Jolly went home to Ainsworth from a sisters visit. The Gallups returned to Iowa City after time with Alex Miller’s family. Doris Martin visited Kansas City and returned. Mrs. J C Chansky traveled from Rock Island to Washington area. Blanche Wolary visited Muscatine to see her grandmother Flora Stephens. Fred Franklin and two children visited Ainsworth. Floy Erwin proceeded to Davenport for several days. J A Embree went to Keota to visit his son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Wood
Iowa City
J. P. Wood
Blanche Wolary
Centerville
Eva Burham
Lucile Ross
Muscatine
Flora Stephens
Local residents visiting relatives in the area
Paul Brock returned this morning to his work in Davenport after spending the weekend at his parents' home. Dorothy Ssojka and Evelyn Marek are visiting at Knotek grandparents on North Marion Avenue. Miss Dorothy Rudiger of Burlington arrived last evening in Washington and will stay with her brother George for a few days. Rev and Mrs W B McCrory of Ainsworth were shoppers in Washington Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Welliver
Harold Young
Baby
Ainsworth
Mrs. Young
J. C. Chansky
Rock Island
Washington
Paul Brock
Davenport
Dorothy Ssojka
Evelyn Marek
Knotek
Marion Avenue
Dorothy Rudiger
Burlington
George
W. B. McCrory
Death notice of 8. B. Fisher of Parsons Kansas
Miss Elizabeth Fisher received word Saturday of the death of her father's cousin 8. B. Fisher of Parsons Kansas aged about 78. He long served as chief engineer then consulting engineer for the M. E. T. railroad and had visited here each summer, likely to come again this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Fisher
8. B. Fisher
Parsons
Kansas
Fisher
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Anna Q. Nilsson
MI Lewis Stone
FOX News
John Witterman
meKota
Lucille Shalla
Chicago
S. R. Piper
Marshalltown
C. J. Piper
Hugh A. Piper
White Yard
Anthony Waldschmidt
Anna Wolfe
Elizabeth Messersmith
Lois Hanna
M. EK. Sands
West Chester Savings Bank
the Wardrobe Cleaners
Kayser
Phileping
Everwear
Gion Press
W. H. Wilson
Salenas
Cal
D. W. French
First
U. P. Church
Charles Berger
Beecher
J. A. Henderson
J. Keck
Simmons
J. H. Chilcote
Oskaloosa
J. A. Thompson
Col. Cowles
C. H. Day
Capt. Teller
George Anderson
Hoover
Wm. Scofield
John Elliott
Hobertson
Gleason
W. A. Moore
Vic Carris
Kyle
C. Lins
Wm. Blair
W. J. Humston
RK. W. McElroy
Horace McMillan
Col.bell
David Temple of
Emma Wagner
Monmouth
Ilinois
Claud McCullum
C. O. Davis
Lzacse
Wr. Ditliars
Cowen
H. M. Hoover
Johnny
Sutton
Cambridge
Iowa
O. KK. Morrison
Wishi
Elizabeth Dawson
Winfield
Eva “McCaw
McElhinney Me Co. Gho. L. Me
Marjorie Jolly
Lavina
Ted Gallup
Alex Miller
Doris Martin
Kansas City
Fred Franklin
E. J. Richards
J. &. Embree
Washington Cleaners
Wille Long
Bsc
N. D. Anderson
TAXI
Vail
John Shields & Sons
Pistis
Wilson Heating Company
East Side Square
Washington, Iowa
Kalona
D. C. Steigledger
R. H. Heitzman CO
Rubio
H. A. Laithly
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