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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1912
Page
2
The County News reports on local community happenings and daily events across diverse towns, highlighting school activities, civic meetings, farm updates, and notable incidents. Readers gain a concise snapshot of county life, with brief notes on upcoming events and public notices.
A child explains starfish biology and behavior to Jack and Daddy, detailing how starfish feed on oysters, their tube feet and eyes on the arms, and how fragments can spawn new starfish. The tale notes dried skeletons in a fishman's window and warns fishermen not to cast apart starfish parts into the sea.
Roy Carr and wife welcome a new boy. Stover family from Minneapolis and Sample family from Iowa City visit Mrs. Zimmerman. Mrs. Shiller visits Iowa City home. Jud Thomas and wife from Washington visit Gardner. Downing returns from Tama visit. Wellman youths camp on Skunk river with Fr Bell and wife chaperones. Trieschmann visits Iowa City. Abe Miller visits Iowa City friends. Miss Triska returns from Burlington. Lide Jones hosts Milo Stephens family. Zimmerman offers residence for sale. Tama visitor Fleming at John Fleming home. Shafer family settles in new home from Willson. Mrs Spear of West Branch visits. Rathmel and daughter Rose visit Ed Mackey's. Martin Crawford visits Malcolm from Shirley Norris'. Hicks family returns from Quasqueton. Miss Ryan visits Cedar Rapids sister Mrs Henry Wetrich. Karl Ruegsegger spends weeks on brother's farm. Wade and Geo Tracy visit Shirley Norris' Sunday. Jno Lynch of Malcom visits Sherm Henderson. Miss Ellen O Plarity to host Kings Heralds. Children practice for Old Soldiers' day at Chautauqua.
The article reports the marriage of Frank Embree and Dorothy Godlove in Washington on July 11 1912. It notes they are well known locally and wished a long and happy life together. It also covers local happenings from Haskins including visits, injuries, storms, depot fire, property sales, farming activity, and upcoming church communion.
July 18 1912 Crawfordsville notes list J H Huston returning from Fairfield and Jr M Taylor of Washington visiting yesterday. Jessie Williams P L Huber and Mr and Mrs Robert Wells travel to Washington this morning. Flo Fishburn Jennie Rice visit Willow Carter home near New London. Dr G W Gardner of Winfield also in town for business.
James Batterson and son Herbert travel home after visiting for the death of Charles Batterson. Bernice Bower and Evard leave for four weeks in northern Iowa, Dorothy to Cedar Rapids for a week with Hastie family. J A Trotter becomes Star drug store pharmacist. Wapello set to play Keota on the Keota diamond. Mrs J W Stewart seeks eye treatment in Iowa City. K K Bower and Owen return from St Louis trip. George McDaniel moves into McNarlen cottage. Gale Williams works for Bower Sanders and Co. Hoffman family to move to Sac City for new job. Lanor Holmes visits Oskaloosa. Ladies band to hold weekly concerts through summer.
Jim Lewis of Oskaloosa sold the White auto here this week. Miss Lissa Armacost of Iola is visiting near Lexington. Miss Crawford of What Cheer visits the A T Augustine home. Nelson Baker from Fort Scott is here visiting friends. Mrs Ferguson and mother spent the day with Washington friends. Mrs Heaton of Washington visits her brother J G Miller. Wm Plummer went to Riverside Friday. Miss Alsey Hopkinson returned from Burlington. Rev W F Graham and family spent Friday at Washington. Socials at W N Plummer and W S Boyer reported good times. Three nice rains have occurred.
Miss Nina Moorehead of Crawfordsville departed Thursday morning for Kansas City Missouri for a few weeks while Mrs Georgia Turbott left for Louisville Kentucky after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Josiah Harding for a week.
Attendees at the Olds band concert in Crawfordsville last Thursday included Teresa Chihak Lela Rhodes Edith Ethel Peterson Nell Newell Susie Trotter Grace Marie and Mildred Adams Eldon Maloney Jack Trotter and Acel Olds. J A Trotter left for Keota to work as a pharmacist clerk and Mrs Trotter and son Francis will join him there. Martha Porter returned from Chicago where she and Margaret Doolittle attended the National Educational Association meeting. Mrs W T Marr hosted a luncheon for her daughter in law Mrs lL R Marr with a white rose for each guest. Old Clip visits Chicago this week with eighteen head of 1000 pound steers. James Laird infant son of Mr and Mrs John Olds died this morning at 3 o clock and burial is planned tomorrow morning. The community extends sympathy to the bereaved family.
A street conversation reveals a suitor seeking a chance with a North Side girl. A neighbor teases that if the girl approved, the chance would come, suggesting trouble or social pressure around courtship in the area.
Notice announces permanent relocation of W J Masson with full dental equipment to the former Frank L Wilson shoe store. He invites customers to visit between 8 to 12 a m and 1 to 5 p m or by appointment, providing home and office phone numbers.
The m m society notes a Sunset park picnic for the T U S Girls with Miss lillis Teeter hosting the T U T group and friend Miss Gladys Friend from Wapello visiting. Mrs Brinton hosted Samuel Gardner's Sunday school class and wives with refreshments. a tea on South Iowa Ave hosted by Mrs Southwell and Mrs Dewey featured out of town guests Edna Kelley Louise Wales Gertrude Ward and Ethel Moran. A sixteen person young set picnic celebrated Florence and Charles Barrett from St Paul Texas with an evening lawn supper and pleasant time.
The Second United Presbyterian Christian Endeavor society meets tomorrow at 6 15 PM at J F Simpson home West Main street led by Miss Hazel Stewart All members urged to attend Sabbath school 9 30 AM tomorrow Col D J Palmer lawn West Washington street attendance requested There will be a dance at Phoenix hall Wednesday July 17 with music by Moore and Miranda 1265
In a rustic exchange, Pat asks about life as a sequence of events. Moike responds with humor and reference to births and exits as the defining moments of existence.
The advertisement promotes Mother's Friend as a prep aid for pregnancy, claiming it strengthens the mother’s system before birth, reduces ligament strain and breast inflammation, and speeds recovery. It urges expectant mothers to use the product and write for a free expedition book from Bradfield Regulator Co, Atlanta GA.
Arrangements for a lawn Sabbath school service of the Second United Presbyterian church. The Col D J Palmer lawn on West Washington street will host the session, with overflow into adjoining yards if needed. The service starts at 9 50 and may attract many regular attendees. The church interior repairs delayed last week.
Washington July 13 The Interstate Commerce Commission is expected to grant a further extension today of the suspension of freight increases on sand and gravel shipped from Wisconsin to Chicago. The tariffs were filed by the Chicago & Northwestern and the Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul lines. The move faces strong protests from merchants and shippers as the penalties remain heavy and controversial.
The ad advises housewives to get daily outdoor air and sunlight and keep bowels clean with Chamberlains Tablets to stay healthy and beautiful. It notes the tablets are for sale at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Buffalo officials announced a one cent per bushel reduction in the export grain rate from Buffalo to New York City, setting the new rate at 4.6 cents. An estimated 3 to 4 million bushels sit in storage at the Canadian head of the lakes awaiting the new rate, while officials expect freight receipts to stay strong through the summer.
A Tidbit notes a witty preference from The Tatler about butter making and milkmaids, humorously contrasting country scenes with young men admiring milkmaids in a quaint provincial vignette.
Pharmacy ad urges readers to buy Chamberlain's remedy now for summer emergencies. Lemmon's Pharmacy sells the product.
The Chicago market reports opening receipts and varying prices across cattle sheep and hogs. Prices range from light to heavy grades with bulk cattle steady and sheep weak after Friday’s close. Receipts today and yesterday show strong volumes in livestock and mixed market momentum.
Fragmentary OCR lists poultry items including turkeys roosters and ducks with unclear counts and lines. A few legible entries indicate turkeys and roosters as part of a produce or market notice from an Oregon region.
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