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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1908
Page
5
Mrs Eiza A Crawford staying with her sister Mrs Agnes Guthrie for weeks and plans to travel to Burlington later this week to visit her daughter. Crowds are urged to join at Palace Bakery tomorrow for ice cream and goo drinks.
The interdenominational Holiness playing band will meet at Mrs. Emily Runyon’s home 315 8 Ave C at 7 30 Friday evening with a cordial invitation to all. A picnic yesterday honored Mrs. Florence Bell of Oklahoma and Misses Nehie Adair Elizabeth Dawson and Miss Martin of Albia near Sand Cliff south of the city.
The Ready Maids will meet this evening at Miss Blanche Guthrie’s West Madison street home. A red, white and blue ten cent social at the Bryson home on East Washington street drew about sixty Relief corps ladies. Visiting W. R. C. members Mrs Kate Hays of Canton Illinois and her sister of Cambridge Lil attended, guests at the W S Reister home this week. The social added seven dollars to the corps treasury and provided a pleasant afternoon.
Marshalltown Iowa July 16 During a Monday night clash four strikers attacked W F Toler roundhouse foreman and strike breaker Toler drew a revolver and shot George W Davis killing him instantly He was arrested with a smoking revolver in his hands and rushed away to avert mob violence by strike sympathizers
The body of the late Mrs William Carson who died at Eskridge Kansas earlier this week will arrive tomorrow and be taken to Crawfordsville for interment in the new cemetery. Services are scheduled for 10:30.
Local notes report crowds at the Star Pictorium and Palace Bakery with cool drinks for circus-goers. Travelers include Miss Susie Edgington heading to Colorado Springs and Rev. J A Stotts arriving in New York after a long journey from China via Siberia and Europe. Stotts will stay with Dr John Stotts at 1930 Grand Ave. before visiting Washington in September.
Mrs Ira Clapper and Miss Accie Clapper visited friends yesterday in Crawfordsville. Mr and Mrs W W Hough returned from Fairfield. J B McCoy went to Galesburg on business. Mr and Mrs H M Shaver of Washington with Mrs Minnie Burgess of Delta and Mrs Clarence Wilson of Oskaloosa visited Mrs Daisy McFarland. Funeral for Mrs William Carson Thursday at United Presbyterian Church at 10 30 conducted by Rev Edgar of Wyman. Interment in the new cemetery. One hundred nine tickets were sold from this place to Winfield this morning.
Lemley Mise and Doc Whetstine were city visitors from Columbus Junction last night. Mrs. John McEwen left for Butte Montana to spend a month with relatives. Mrs. R. A. Riley, recently returned from California, stays over Mrs. Riley’s flat above the post office. Mrs. W. J. Reynolds arrives this week from Marion Ohio to visit. Miss Ava Matthews traveled to Winfield for a week with her cousin Miss Pery Matthews. Jerome Howe of Bloomington, Jr. is in town on business, noting crops look promising locally. Francis B. Guthrie reports arrival at Lolodorf Africa after six weeks in Germany, engaged in industrial work, and says he joined an elephant hunt soon after landing.
The California Fig Syrup Co presents a gentle, reliable liquid laxative. It highlights its recognized value, ethical sourcing, and physician acceptability. Sold by leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
German extraction representatives gathered in the Capitol cloak room toDiscuss heraldic mottoes on coats of arms. Representative Richard Bartholdt of St Louis proposed a motto for President Roosevelt, suggesting Auseigne Faust meaning On your own fist.
A South Carolina representative recalls a revival sermon stalled by projection on Hosea as a joke and a Yorkshire farmer hesitates to attend a funeral of neighbors he never hosted, noting social awkwardness in rural humor.
A prison visitor asks why the man ended there. He replies he attended too many weddings and jokes he was always the groom. The witty exchange centers on a lighthearted quip about weddings and fate.
A humorous exchange unfolds with a Gentleman Lodger accusing bacon of being stale and Mrs Napper retorting the shopman said it was cured last week. The Lodger quips that it must have had a relapse, highlighting a light comic domestic moment.
A father and mother with six children seek cheap lodging at the seaside and inquire about a furnished room to let. The landlady says only one bed is available, but the father says the family will sleep on the floor. The note follows a special Star program and mentions T. J. Berdo's return from the Denver Democratic convention via Omaha.
Lem Cherry and A N McElrwain drove to Swedesburg and nearby Noble and Wayland on Tuesday to check horses. Cherry says the Swedesburg crop outlook is excellent with corn further along than he has seen this year, noting the area avoided some heavy rains earlier in the season.
Mr Lansing reads his evening paper as his seven year old daughter Marie bursts in with amazing news. She reports two moons tonight, claiming to have seen one near Jessie Benson's house and another above their roof, a claim the father doubts.
A bready satire on propriety uses a rustic maid and a lean place to hint at hidden curiosities. The verse cautions to lean lightly as unknown cigars may lie within.
Engineer Claud Pierce and Con ductor O'Brien of the Burlington depart for a vacation. Caswell, division freight agent, and L E Severance, traveling freight agent, both Rock Island men, were seen passing through the city.
The Rock Brand will run two special trains to the Barnum Bailey circus with an early Branch passenger trip to Sigourney and a Firefly run to Fairfield. The Firefly departs at 5 AM with extra coaches, returning after the day’s trips to Rock Island, Fairfield, and Sigourney, with departures around 6:30 PM. The plan provides enhanced service for westward attendees while the regular East line handles circus traffic.
Miss Mary Gift, visiting the J. M. Walker home, left this morning for Delta to continue her visit. She will proceed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, for a Christian Endeavor institute before returning home to Smith Center, Kansas.
Frank Barden introduces a light auto with high wheels designed for country use. The vehicle targets farmers needing a practical car to bring family to town while horses rest in the barn.
Bread pies buns and cakes for everybody at the Vienna bakery. Phone 78. Opposite the opera house.
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