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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1912
Page
2
Local county pages summarize community events across towns and villages with brief notices on meetings, school activities, church happenings, and notable personal milestones. Readers gain a snapshot of daily life and upcoming local schedules.
New Haven July 14 1912 Glen Cuddeback took Mrs Earl Burroughs to Washington for dental work Thursday Ruth and Marion Smith visited at J W Combs Friday Mr and Mrs L E Neal spent Sunday night with Frank Smith Sadie Strum was a caller at Mrs Bert Smith Thursday afternoon Warren Weller Bert Smith Harry Davidson and A R Strum went fishing Friday catching several with the largest twelve pounds Miss Ferne Neal returned to Washington after a week's visit with Bert Smith and Mrs Bert Smith and Miss Ruth Smith were Washington visitors Saturday Eugene Johnson from Moline Ill is visiting A R Strum A J Robertson and family visited Washington Saturday evening Mr and Mrs Bert Smith and little Wanda Marie visited J B McCaleb Sunday Jim Thompson went to Washington Saturday Mrs J W Combs and daughter Isabell visited Frank Smith Sunday Wesley and Edgar Meyers are helping Will Sankey harvest Mrs Cora Snyder and family visited Ernest Snyder Sunday Mr and Mrs A J Robertson and family visited William Robertson Sunday Havre July 15 1912 Rob McCall of Crawfordsville visited last week at John McCall home A party of young folks from this neighborhood attended a party at Ed Benson home Saturday night Mr and Mrs Ed Coffman of Washington were over Sunday visitors at Sherman Benson s Mr and Mrs Lloyd Easter were Sunday visitors at Knight Wagner s Mr and Mrs Roll Gamon and children were Sunday visitors at Roy Kephart s after Sunday school Mr and Mrs Charles McMullen and children were Sunday visitors at Jake Shrader s John Putman Sr is putting a new roof on his barn Norman Pratt was a Washington visitor Monday
Kalona residents report visits from family and friends including Mrs. Ervin Reif and Burlington kin. Iowa City trips involve Miss Tillie Kupka and Jos S Yoder while N C Kauffman and family plan six weeks visiting the east with stops in Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Betty Livide, a vain girl with pretty curls, receives a blue and white parasol for Sundays. She defies use rules, wears it proudly in cloudy rain, and loses it when a gust snatches the parasol away, ending in a drenched return and a moral about timing parasols versus umbrellas.
Poignant verse recalls worn out workhorses left to die after years of service. Then local society notes mention Mrs. E. W. Spessard visiting Washington, Mrs. Charles Nash visiting her mother, and travels of M. L. Olds, Mrs. A. T. Brown, Mrs. Ella Walker, and Miss Helen McCreedy visiting relatives in Des Moines and Washington.
W J Wagner has an offer to lead the Lew is and Clark school at Wenatchee Washington and plans to depart for the fall. The school board elected Mr Carey as High School principal. Miss Margaret White and others traveled to Washington. Mrs Archie Hulse died at her home in Forsama Kans last Friday.
The record details local farming activity with corn and hay harvests, harvesters at work including J Cook and I Morrow, and visits by families like the Martins and Wolf. A band concert drew crowds, river traffic, and several Sunday gatherings, with neighbors traveling to nearby Kalona and Keota.
Walter Johnson returns from Dakota with weather reports of heavy rain and promising crops. Visitors include Will Longer and wife at Wilber Beenblossom's and Jas Longer and family with Joe Marek north of Washington. Local showers recur. Jake Friese buys a new driving horse. Light plant agent canvasses the area.
On July 14 1912 Rubio boys routed the Washington Young Men s baseball team by 18 to 3. Rubio out played the Washingtonians at all stages with no errors. Another game is set two weeks from today with winners taking all gate receipts.
Sam Carow and William Schantz face a preliminary hearing before Justice W H Riley for alleged theft of a horse team from the Sam Conrad pasture near Wayland. Witnesses will be examined and the court attended by county officials and defense counsel Thompson Brookhart and C J Wilson.
A moral reflection urges professionals to repay their debt to their field by seeking honor and service, becoming a help and ornament to their calling.
Mrs. Ralph Shearer and two children arrived from Des Moines to visit her brother 8S. B. Thompson and family in Ainsworth. Mrs. A. E. Spaulding departed for Saint Anthony Idaho in the same news item.
The quote by David Starr Jordan links wisdom to action, arguing that knowing what to do must lead to doing it. He asserts virtue and enjoyment align, and that true honors belong to those who have found enough to do, as fields await harvest.
Plans to reclaim the Biblical garden site in the Euphrates Tigris delta were outlined by Sir William Willcocks before the Royal Geographical Society in London. He estimates costs around 30 million dollars for barrages and canals to raise river levels and create a permanent irrigation system from Nimrod's dam to Basra.
Kentucky farmers plan a statewide union with central stores in county seats. Stores run by union officers, with members as managers, and children of members as clerks where possible. Profits go to a common fund for each community with periodic distributions. The cooperative system already operates in some counties with growing interest as crops approach harvest.
The United States closed its fiscal year with an estimated surplus of 32 million dollars due to incomplete returns from revenue sources. Corporate taxes totaled about 27 million, customs receipts near 310 million, and internal taxes about 202 million. Beer consumption reached 63 million barrels, with 149 million from distilled spirits and 70 million from tobacco.
Miss Mabelle Kelso of Seattle becomes possibly the first female wireless telegraph operator afloat on the Pacific. She passed the naval wireless training exam with high marks and will sail July 1 aboard the Mariposa for Alaska, in uniform with gold corded cap.
In Crawfordsville on July 6 burglars broke a restaurant window at Clark & Paschal and pried open a coal cellar window at J F Buxbaum dry goods. They stole 3.20 from the cash register at Buxbaum and left the restaurant untouched. No arrests or clues yet. local suspects believed.
A London Academy cautions that art cannot be taught while craftsmanship can. The remark warns against academies conflating artistic skill with mere technical drill.
Des Moines July 16. Dr. Chappel reports for week ending July 14 crop conditions were good despite local hail and high winds. Warm temps and timely showers boosted progress. corn and timothy show strong growth, haying and harvesting advance, rye and oats in shock, likely good to heavy yields with southern counties near harvest.
Receipts today 11 000 plus 34 156 yesterday with estimated tomorrow 26 000. Market ranges show strength with bulk prices near 9 95 47 65 and various shifts in porkers pigs and cattle. Cattle and sheep steady with dull tone noted in some segments and close steady at opening prices.
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