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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1906
Page
2
The County News records numerous social visits and travel as residents from Washington Keota Wellman and nearby towns spent weekends with relatives. Visitors include Miller Stewart Nichols Dix Cunningham Crisman and many others with destinations Muscatine Cedar Rapids Washington and Des Moines.
July events include John W. Shrade and Mr. Edworthy visiting Hills. The Wellman team played Davenport Must Valor in Wellman. St Mary’s girls prepare an entertainment at Fesler’s Opera House. Geo Casper and family visit from Columbus Junction. Frank Reha arrives from Arkansas. Stransky hosts Cedar Rapids friends. Whitacker of Washington and Tobin of Richmond visit with families. Hahn of Lone Tree visits, and Wallace with Benn of Highland seek county auditor. Ford and Yeder visit Keota to see Coulter family.
July 23 notes guests Mr and Mrs Anton Reiner in town Saturday afternoon. Logan Edmondson opened a small grocery in Joe Yoder's building awaiting larger space. Mr and Mrs Amos Durst of Washington and Frank Prible of Riverside visited. Mrs Frank Ireise returned home after a visit.
July activities include oats and hay cutting nearing end and Oliver Dunbar starting threshing today. Grace Hill greets old friends as Levine Missch visits from Ohio. Harve Miksch from Bellefontaine visits two weeks. Rev Romig preached. Bunk Ralston's auto breakage near here delays him to Brighton. Several residents and visitors are mentioned with small-town routine updates.
July 23 update mentions Walter Wolf in Rubio and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Augustine passing through town. May McCaleb returns from Keota visit. Stoutner and Ethel Hagist visit James McCaleb family. Continued on page 5.
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