This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1909
Page
5
The Happenings in the Different Communities in the County and Other News of the Day cover local events, notices, and day to day matters. Community life, school updates, and civic items shape the county story with named places and groups highlighted throughout.
Local notes report the Maxwell family visiting relatives in Richmond and a blessing at the Howard home. George Beck buys Brooks grocery and restaurant, inviting customers to his store. Other items mention visits, piano stock arrivals, a household auction, and school friends returning from Cedar Falls.
Rural Route details community greetings visits from Will Galloway at Bert Donaldson s. Ruth Rittenhouse of Bright visits grandparents. Merle Rickey returns home from Washington. Floyd Timmons hosts sister Bee Chams Prairie City. Prairie lower run threshing men meet at Henry Horning s. Schulty Fulkner and Alfred Shalla visit. Walter Turner helps Clarence Athme with harvest.
July 24 updates show Mrs Claude Essley and daughter Edith returning to Des Moines after visits with relatives here. Mentions of Cochran visiting W C ip Shirley Clark staying with Grandpa Clark and Mrs Hi Cooper with children at Wayne Robison's. Various residents visiting Des Moines homes and area workplaces with minor travel details and a note on Frank Burchardt’s layoff from black coal work.
Rev Robertson and his daughter Marjorie arrived Saturday evening from Muscatine to spend Sunday. Rev Boatman of Muscatine also arrived Saturday from Washington and led communion services at M. E. Church and Harper Church. Tressie Coffman won the top vote and received a ring as the most popular girl. Helscher received the most votes as the popular baby purse.
A local ad argues over which cook stove coal is supreme while promising demonstrations. The pitch declares Anderson and Wilson at 176 Anderson & Wilson will prove their product’s superiority.
Isaac Schreckengast returns from a seven week visit with his daughter near Wilton. Mrs. Lara Tufts and daughter visit Sigourney. Logan Schreckengast and others visit. J W Harding family travel to Mr Pleasant to visit relatives. Mrs Ellis Romine and children go to Rose Hill to stay with her parents. Velda and Olive Crayne visit Nora Stewart. Union Endeavor meeting at the Methodist church led by Tres sie Coffman and Frank Stovatner. Union church service at M E church preached by Rev Boatman of Muscatine.
Miss Eama Wonderly returned home Friday evening from Cedar Falls. Mr. and Mrs. George Stewart of Washington spent yesterday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Allen DeLong. Rev. D. Everett Smith of Des Moines gave a temperance address at the U. P. church last evening aided by his brother from Ainsworth. The Misses Ruth and Eva Easter of Ainsworth returned home after visiting Mrs. John Mitchell and Miss Grace Cunningham. N. D. Cherryholmes returned from Burlington. Several residents, including W. K. Wooley and others, traveled to Washington this morning. Carl Kronmeyer of Mt. Pleasant, visiting the Rev. J. H. Taylor, departed for Washington today.
July 26 reports Richard Malin and family spending Sunday at the M. L. Miller home. Hugh Hall and wife, C. P. Nichols and wife, and T. J. Easter and wife rode as passengers for Muscatine yesterday morning. Miss Florence Porter returns home from Pennsylvania after a year away. M. E. Anderson visited Packwood on Sunday. Mrs. G. W. Frasey of Cumberland Maryland is guest of her mother Mrs. T. Lang.
Miss Maude Zimmerman of Piedmont West Virginia visits with Mrs J T Long. Mrs C E Herring rode to West Chester Saturday evening to visit friends. Misses Va and Ruth Easter traveled to Crawfordsville Saturday evening. Mrs W S Smylie and children visited the John Smylie home Saturday evening. Mrs H A Pearson returned from Moulton where her father was ill. Ross Crawford of Kansas City visiting friends and relatives. J W Kirkpatrick of Dubuque spent Friday night here. Miss Mary Orvis of Columbus City visiting her uncle W Woodside.
Three six inch by one inch paper strips are marked with midline dotted lines. The first strip is pasted straight, the second twisted before pasting, and the third twisted before pasting. After cutting along the dotted line each yields rings of varying shapes and a linked pair.
An old instructional note describes placing a zinc coin under the tongue and a silver coin atop it to form a tiny battery. Keeping them in place for minutes yields a peculiar taste as the edge contact is made. Tasting varies with coin placement, producing slightly acidic or alkaline sensations.
A compact note describes a marching scene where Tom leads and Tim trails, urging a steady advance as they close in. The chorus of marching and repetition signals a disciplined cadence and movement.
A hatchet party is suggested for Washington's birthday. Players blindfolded rotate three times pin cardboard hatchets to a chalk drawing of a cherry tree notch. closest placement wins. Hatchets are decorated in red white and blue with guest names added.
A letter asks if a youth can work his way through college by labor on the farm. Success depends on grit and thrift. Plan calls for at least $100, minimal comforts, and no luxuries. The best training is strong desire and perseverance, like Moses.
A terse aphorism notes that the disillusionment of mature age follows the delusions of youth as a moral reflection. Rabbinic or verse-like in tone, it presents a stoic view of male vanity through a contemplative saying.
Four people walk by an apple tree and each takes one apple but one remains. The party comprises Dr. Bilbig, his daughter, Professor Whackem, and his wife. The daughter is the professor’s wife, so the party has only three people: Dr. Bilbig, his daughter, and the professor. Each takes an apple and one is left.
A father divides 100 dollars between sons and daughters giving nine dollars per son and seven per daughter. The distribution exactly uses the 100 dollars. The solution yields eight sons and four daughters.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.