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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1910
Page
5
Local notes recount visits by Miss Eva Benson and Mrs. L B King among others, with Mrs. KB Frey and Miss Margaret Gavin traveling for errands and visits. Jersey City playwright Lem B Parker, once tied to the Graham era, nears Chicago for rehearsals after a day in town.
Tomorrow, Miss Dora Miller went to Brighton yesterday morning to visit the home of her parents J. N. Eyestone and daughter Miss Alice of Lexington who were business visitors in the city yesterday.
Mrs I J Bekerman from Sherrard traveled to Centerville to visit her son A L Bekerman. Mr and Mrs T J McGilhinney returned home from an extended Ohio trip. Mrs Charles Hays and Mrs Will Sickles went to Brighton to visit John Dodd camp. Miss Dorothy Bridwell returned home to Brighton after visiting Miss Rose Rathmel.
Washington and Miss Edith Reed left yesterday on the Burlington bound for Elmwood Illinois to visit for a month. Miss Mary Stock departed on No 1 for Fairfield to visit at the C N Buchanan home.
A bedtime tale recalls King Alfred the Great hiding among villagers after a defeat by the Danes. He is fed by a poor old woman who scolds him for neglecting the cakes she bakes. The king learns to act on duty, then later regains his kingdom. Local items follow.
Southeast resident Mrs Henry Weigman travels to Fairfield to visit her daughter Fay Weigman. Miss Fay Weigman and Miss Winona McClellan along with Pauline McClellan go to Fairfield to visit Mrs Cora Hopkinson for two weeks.
Mrs J D Fulliam of Muscatine returns home after visiting her father C F Wabnitz. Oliver Crawford sells East Washington street property to C W Long and buys Dave Wallingford property on Mast Jefferson street. Mrs A Wilson goes to Ottumwa for Chautauqua and plans a two week stay. Mr Wilson now works for an Ottumwa wholesale grocer. Mrs Kuhns and three Chicago children depart with relatives to Chariton then Chicago via Burlington.
Mrs. Mary Rosen, mother of Clara Rosen, pleaded yesterday for a personal talk with murderer John Junkin at Ft. Madison State Prison. Officials denied the request as Junkin faces the scaffold. Junkin was baptized after a confession with A J Zaiser, and asked for a boiled shirt and fine clothes for his last day.
The Pennsylvania New York Ohio Veteran association will hold its annual meeting this afternoon at a home on East Main street and will support the household of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor on August 2.
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