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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1910
Page
2
Miss Beulah Eichelberger left Saturday evening for Pleasant Plain. Miss Florence Crone returned this morning from a visit in Sigourney. Hammocks still for sale at Ross Drug Store. The Fair note: advertisements seem good enough to imitate.
Base Ball Frank Young of Crawfordsville was a business visitor in the city Saturday. Miss Martha Swift arrived home Saturday evening from a week's visit at Burlington. Mrs J F H Taylor returned home Saturday evening from a brief visit with relatives at Keota. Interior views of Washington's public buildings, now for sale on post cards at Ross' Drug store.
Keota residents Silas Ross and Ned Long and families enjoyed a Davenport outing on Sunday. S. G. Magden returned to Des Moines after a business visit. Mrs. S. K. Statler returned home to West Chester after a brief town visit. Mart Casey and family left Saturday for Miller Lake near Brighton to camp for a week. Roscoe Frey visited Washington campers in Columbus Junction Sunday. Miss Gladys Barber arrived from New Sharon to visit Leora Saylor for a few days. Mrs. Nial Van Sickle of Sioux City arrived to visit at the A. Van Sickle home for several weeks.
Washington Mrs T J Waster of Ainsworth passed through the city Saturday evening en route home from a visit at Bloomfield. Flora Stevens and daughter Eva of Muscatine arrived Saturday evening for a visit at the Wilbur Wolary home. Kate Burris went to Sigourney Saturday evening and will proceed to Ottumwa for a visit.
The city saw a steady trickle of visitors and travelers with Mr. and Mrs. Will McConnell en route from Verdt to Ainsworth, Miss Hope Ott headed to Mt Micasant, and Ben Butler from Muscatine visiting the Wallace camp. Local residents return from trips, attend funerals, or prepare for camp duties with the Fifty-fourth regiment.
At 3 o clock p m Miss Alma Sharp of Keota spent Saturday with Mrs N M Anderson and left for Ainsworth to visit the Spalding home and other relatives. Hugh Dougall Sr wife and family and Hugh Dougall Jr returned from Galesburg Ill where they attended the funeral of Hugh Kelley, nephew of Mr Dougall.
The column recalls Uncle Walt the poet and philosopher and contrasts old mottoes like God Bless Our Home with new home legends about boiling water and spraying teeth. Local notices mention visits, illnesses, travel plans, and a contest tale about a large grain head found by J. W. Guy and Samedel Conner, with Vilk-like brag of Town’s grain records.
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