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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1908
Page
2
Community notes from county correspondents cover daily doings, events, and social items. Short items highlight gatherings, arrivals, departures, visits, and local happenings across towns and neighborhoods.
July visits and homecomings across Iowa City are listed as Miss Addie Louis stays a week with the Wombachers. The Stevens family returns from a ten day stay with the Otts. Frank Baschnager arrives from Chicago with relatives while working as a mail clerk. Vesely visits Latta relatives, Mrs Critz visits Schillig in Nevada. Delbert Fairall visits family in West Branch and local tenants travel. A Figen social is planned and Riverside defeats Washington 7 to 0 in a Sunday baseball game. Teachers attend county institute in Iowa City.
Richmond notes detail visits from Washington Missouri Valley and Chicago guests. Events include weddings and parties as well as a few misfortunes such as a colt lost and an ankle wrench. Local families hosted relatives and friends during the period cited.
July 13 Kalona notes list several arrivals and departures. George Eglin visited Washington while Lula Tobin rode to Riverside. Lakin of North Platte Nebraska visits relatives in Sharon. J A Wray and wife return to Hedrick after a week here. Mrs. Ashby visits Miller & Durst. Dave Flexner and merchants on Iowa river vacation fishing. Mrs. Sheppard and daughter from Oklahoma visit relatives. C V Manatt of Fairfax South Dakota returns home after visiting family. Sam Gingerich and Alva Stutzman depart for Centralia Missouri for four to five weeks. Oren Mauck and wife with baby in town in new auto. Troyer visits Washington.
July 13 announces the birth of a baby boy to Mr and Mrs John Turner. Mrs Will Miller visits near Mt Ayr and several towns host visitors. Christian church service July 1vth features Rev Hunt with services at 11 am and 7 pm. Community members, including Miss Stevenson from Crawfordsville and families from Brighton Ot tumwa Wayland and others visit relatives.
July 13 Havre reports a visitor Mr Smiley calling from Ainsworth. Oscar Jugenheimer aided Ode Ferguson with hay on Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs Jugenheimer joined him visiting. Mr McCreedy of Washington toured the area seeking cattle. Donald Mitchell of Ainsworth visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs Tillinouse this week.
Mr and Mrs Madison Tucker visited the Jake Shrader home Thursday. Mrs Ella Hatfield planned to leave for Seattle next week. The Misses Hulda and Stacie Putman visited the David Ferguson home Friday. Clayton Nicholson hosted a neighborhood party Thursday evening. Mr and Mrs Jim Moothart visited Will Saville Sunday. Ode Ferguson entertained many friends Thursday evening with ice cream. Will Easter and son Lloyd visited the Sherman Benson home near Ainsworth Sunday. A Washington man named Wallace helped Will Saville with a tin bathtub Friday and Saturday. George Hillhouse fished and visited relatives near Talley Rand last week. John Hillhouse attended the Democratic convention in Denver.
A good crowd attended the Grace Hill celebration Saturday night in Dublin. J. B. McCaleb and son Robert visited Sidney Smith on Sunday. Clen Jones spent Sunday with Jake Hotle. Joe Richardson and wife were guests at J. L. Mayer's. Henry Walderich and wife, near Grace Hill, were on the streets Saturday night. Continued on page 5.
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