City Bus Line Order Line Prompts via Frank Rogers
Call up phone number 589 for the city bus line and leave orders. Frank Rogers will promptly attend to the requests by providing street and number.
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Frank Rogers
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1910
Page
2
Happenings in the County Lines and Homes
Richmond July 23 Miss Klima Wacha returns from Cedar Falls where she attended six weeks of summer school. Frank Shebek and Milt Wollrab assist Frank Wollrab with haying today. Joe Dann hulled clover for Frank Vriend Friday and Saturday. Frank Kallous and wife of Lone Tree visit the J F Shalla home. Miss Hilda Kos helps in the store this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Klima Wacha
Cedar Fallls
Joe Dann
Frank Vriend
Frank Kallous
Lone Tree
J. F. Shalla
Hilda Kos
Rural Route Three Socials and Local Notes
Miss Opal Rickey visits the Faulkners for a few days. The What It Can society will serve ice cream and cake on the church lawn Saturday evening. Mrs. Ed Swords and daughter visit the Scott and Teets homes. Sam Smith of Kansas City visits the Horning and Brinning families. T C Reeves builds a large cattle barn. Karl Smith shells corn for Roy Quinn and Charles Clendenning. Mrs. Rice visits her daughter Mrs. Bert Donaldson for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Shalla plan a fall visit with St Paul relatives in their Overland. Ralph Scott helps with harvest. KMimer Horning works for Will Todd. The Faulkners go to Illinois next week. Charles Brinning visits Henry Horning. Washington High beat West Chester 7 to 0. Grace Schwartz returns from Cedar Falls. Ruth of Colorado joins her. Aggie Ross and Tillie Parker return from a month in western state. Harry Wilson of Chicago visits Mary Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal Rickey
Faulkner
Karl Smith
Roy Quinn
Charles Clendenning
Charles Brinning
Dutch Creek
Henry Horning
Washington
West Chester
Grace Schwartz
Cedar Falls
Ruth
Colorado
Aggie Ross
Tillie Parker
Harry Wilson
Chicago
Mary Martin
W. F. M. S. Union Meeting Draws Local Attendance
Lexington notes a W. F. M. S. union meeting at Mrs. J. N. Eyestone’s home with nearly 100 attendees from Keota Wellman and Lexington. The Epworth League plans a free church program next Wednesday night at 8. Also mentions Miss Lora Martin visiting Miss Hall Colfax, Miss Bee Adams visiting Keota, and C. C. Patterson purchasing 40 acres from R. B. Turnipseed for 6000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Lora Martin
Miss Hall
Colfax
W. F. M.S. Union
J. N. Eyestone
Keota
Wellman
Epworth League
Elmer Turnipseed
Missouri
C. C. Patterson
R. B. Turnipseed
Union Meeting Sermon At United Presbyterian Church
The Rev. J. A. Boatman preached at the United Presbyterian church Sunday morning at a union meeting. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Ferguson spent Sunday with friends at Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
J. A. Boatman
United Presbyterian Church
R. C. Ferguson
Muscatine
Threshing Meat Offered by Local Butchers at Market
Farmers urged to buy prepared roasts and boils ready for oven or pot. Meat is boned seasoned and butchered in house. Prices advertised as old time threshing rates with fresh tender products. Visit the big market before purchases.
Uncle Walt the Poet Philosopher
A satirical verse from 1910 mocks political candidates who promise tax relief and better wages. The narrator, a laborer, recalls voting for many officials who failed to deliver while the image of a bare dinner bucket underscores ongoing hardship and disillusionment.
Ainsworth Vacation Travelers and Local Visits
Mrs. N L Utterback and granddaughter Marie Schmidt shopped in Washington. A group of local girls left for Verdi to join Mrs. W H McConnell for a Skunk River picnic near Brighton. Several names attended events and visited relatives in Washington Muscatine Keota Philadelphia Iowa City and Iowa locations today and yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
N. L. Utterback
Marie Schmidt
Washington
Verdi
W. H. McConnell
Skunk River
Brighton
Pearl
Ieva Gardner
Nellie
Merle McConnell
Hazel White
Mildred Stearns
Susie Trotter
Cora Olds
Grace Adame
Mabel Crawford
Adda
Jennie White
Delmar
J. W. Stickley
Fr. L. Spalding
St. Anthony
Ida
A. Kk. Spalding
Notice of Final Settlement Before Departure
Notice that Helen Kobisk has sold her millinery business and will leave Washington. All accounts must be settled at once with Miss Margaret Duff at the Klein Klothing Company store before July 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Klein Klothing Company
Margaret Duff
Helen Kobisk
Haven't you any purpose in life asks minister
A melancholy druggist replies to a minister that he has something as good as purpose, in a brief exchange from Red Hen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Hen
Cummins Attacks Trusts at Chautauqua Sermon Talk
Senator Albert B. Cummins spoke at Chase Co Chautauqua about justice versus politics. He condemned the steel and oil trusts led by Rockefeller and Carnegie while praising Jos L Bristow for his policies and braving the senate floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottonwood Malls
Kas
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Chase Co
Chautauqua
Justice
Steel Trust
Oil Trust
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Jos. L. Bristow
Bristow
Senate
Railroads Back Down On State Fair Rates
Des Moines July 25 railroads in Iowa revoke their plan to refuse low excursion rates for state fairs at Sioux City and Mason City. Officials say a one and a half fare round trip will be granted this time but vow not to repeat such concessions in a state with a 2 cent fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Sioux City
Mason City
Death of Mrs. J W Winterode Follows Husband Tragedy
Winterset residents mourn the death of Mrs. J W Winterode who passed away Saturday after a long illness. She was formerly Miss Flore Hutchins daughter of the bank president, and wife of the man who owned and ran the local bank. Her death comes about a year after her husband perished in tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winterset
J. WH. Winterode
Flore Hutchins
Ottumwa prepares for Democratic state convention
Ottumwa girds for the Democratic state convention starting Wednesday July 27 with Congressman W. D. Jameson of Shenandoah likely chosen as chairman. The city plans a gala display with a claims of the finest electrical decorations in Ottumwa’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Reverend Clark Accepted by Wooley Memorial Church Chicago
Rev. IL Clark, former pastor in Iowa at Bidore Iowa City Belle Plaine and Osage, has accepted a call to Wooley Memorial Methodist Church in Chicago. He returns from an extended trip abroad and will preach his first sermon on July 31. The Chicago church is noted as a leading Methodist congregation.
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Kidora
Clark
Methodist Church In
Iowa
Bidore
Iowa City
Belle Plaine
Osage
Wooley Memorial Methodist Church of
Chicago
Iowa City Poised to Benefit from Keokuk Power Plant
Iowa City will gain from the Keokuk dam now under construction. The plant is expected to rival Niagara in output, with St. Louis taking 40 percent of the power and Cedar Rapids interests negotiating a share. The interurban network may switch Cedar Rapids and Iowa City lines to Keokuk power, spurring cheap electric road expansion.
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Iowa City
Keokuk
Niagara
St. Louis
Cedar Rapids
Deputies nab two men amid theft suspicions
Cedar Rapids sheriff Loftus arrested two men Saturday on criminal suspicions. The pair wore multiple coats and trousers and carried razors and fountain pens. One man bore a gold watch hidden inside a shirt with the engraving C. E Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Loftus
C. E Robinson
Anti Cigarette League Founder Seeks Pledges
Miss Lucy Page Gaston founder of the Anti Cigarette League of Chicago travels to New York to organize the Anti Cigarette League of America and reports widespread cigarette smoking among women. She plans to distribute literature in girls colleges and finishing schools to obtain student pledges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lucy Page Gaston
The
Anti-Cigarette League of Chicago
Anti-Cigarette League of America
Record Heat Brings Hottest Day Yet This Summer
The government thermometer in use by W A Cook shows temperatures peaking at 98 degrees, breaking a 95 degree record set a few weeks earlier. Yesterday ranked as the hottest day since the 1890s, with the 2:30 reading at 98. Today remained hot with a 2:30 reading around the high nineties. Historical yearly maximums since 1908 are listed in the article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wo A. Cook
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