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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1906
Page
5
Major Latta leaves for Des Moines after a month's vacation. Ray Foley heads to Havre to assist in harvest field tasks. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Rickey of Crawfordsville visit the Cocklin home. Several residents undertake trips to St. Joe and Winfield for work and visits.
This reliable medicine for bowel complaints never fails even in severe cases. For sale by Cook and Sherman and Stewart's Pharmacy.
The County News Journal reports daily happenings across communities through its correspondents. This brief captures local events, notices, and short items from readers and neighboring towns, reflecting everyday life and community interests.
A compact report of local incidents noting accidents, deaths, births, and marriages as gathered by our news team. Highlights include community events and life milestones across the region.
Mrs A J Mikese returned to Fairfield after attending the Dawson Trotter wedding. Marion Anderson rode to Packwood to visit friends. Mrs Anna McDonald and her Chicago son visited Washington for a day. Clint Crawford had a restless night but improved this morning. Mrs Nina Peck visited home for a few weeks then headed to Des Moines. KR Beatty looked after Fairfield business. A D Acheson returned from Burlington where his sister Mrs Sawyer’s husband is ill. Allen Gaines came back from Mandan North Dakota. Miss Maimie Rush, nursing at Iowa City University Hospital, traveled to Columbus Junction to visit her aunt Mrs Geo Johnson. KE M Funston J A Craig W I Smylie and H D Hazlett attended a ball game at Richmond.
An item listing reads The Japanese Cucumber by Marion T. Anderson with contact Phone 176.
The report lists Mrs. Margaret McKee hosting her daughter and several local residents making trips. Mr. Jurging of Burlington stops in town on a business visit while Murray Smylie and Miss Essa Harper drive to Washington Saturday afternoon. J H Harper returns to Coppock after a brief visit with J H Long and Dr N J Lease and N L Long visit Washington this afternoon. Farrell Huston travels to Wapello this morning.
Two men are in Mt Pleasant visiting their wives who remain hospitalized there, providing support during their recoveries.
The Ten Nights in a Barroom troupe left Wellman after performing Saturday. Local ball team faces Topeka next Friday. Mrs. Lottie Saville and daughter Eva of Riverside visit the Commercial hotel people. Wellman teams beat the Rust Yales in two games, Friday’s score unknown and Saturday 13 to 7. both games praised as excellent.
Ira W. Kelley of Mansfield Pennsylvania says two years of kidney and bladder trouble left him in poor health until Foley’s Kidney Cure cured him. He urges others to use the remedy and warns against substitutes sold by druggists.
Quotations on ego and wealth suggest that selfish men center their universe and that riches fly while poverty is self-made. The text notes that workmen who take genuine interest in their craft find stable employment with less effort.
Moses Porter visits St Louis while Rev George Kemp returns from Chicago. A union service at the Baptist church featured Kemp as preacher. Local visitors include Mr and Mrs Clem Jones from Iowa City and Mrs Tom McDonald with daughter from Colorado. Extensive short notices cover shipments, visits, and births.
Riverside news lists visitors and residents at nearby towns. J Moore and Mrs Moore of Greenfield Iowa spend time with Joseph Allen and friends. Several residents travel to Iowa City and Cedar Rapids for family ties and hospital checkups.
The article describes sundews found in Bugneh gazebes using dew-like secretion to trap morsels. It notes they react to chalk or pebbles as meat, close their bristles when touched, then release. They absorb bits of poached eggs and mutton chops but cheese turns leaves black and proves fatal to them.
The article notes that army regulations detail how honors are paid to the flag and are observed. It describes the duty to salute by removing caps and rising to attention whenever the flag passes or unfurls, reflecting disciplined respect among service members.
Prof. Chas Yeager arrives from Iowa City for summer school. Pearl Fishburn visits Washington for a Sunday at the John Kennedy home. Mrs J W Young and Birmingham relatives stay with the R A Young family. Joe Trotter Eva Neiswanger from Ainsworth call. Alice Cartwright of New London visits. John Strain of Ainsworth visits N L Long home. Prof R S Dix and Omi Funston of Ainsworth call. Will Sink of Columbus Junction makes a business call. James Zickafoose and children of Olds spend time here.
Keota reports multiple residents back from extended visits and events. Miss Ella McLaughlin re turned from Muscatine Iowa City and Riverside, while Misses DeVoe Warner Kite and Reed came home from Cedar Falls. Several others arrive back from Chicago Wilton and Iowa City after various trips. A union service was held at United Presbyterian with Rev Arch Graham preaching. Mrs Lydia Wilson Tyndel of De Soto is noted deceased.
In a Chicago Tribune quip, Mr. Snagsby suggests Maria wear a new bat she dismisses as her old bat once blown from her head by a street car and run over, prompting a sharp retort about meanness.
In London a faded self image, a young man named Binks compares it to the real person. The scene centers on a photograph and the impression of resemblance between the two individuals. It hints at identity and perception in a subdued, intimate moment.
A traveler recalls Sardinia as a harsh frontier where men wear goats skins and caps, women wear wool gowns and caps, peasants are armed, interior travel is unsafe without escorts, and coastal landings risk attack, likening Sardines to Malays of the Mediterranean.
An author recalls a village anecdote about aging and the queen. A laborer jokes that he is either a fort night older or a fortnight younger, noting uncertainty whether the queen knows her own age. The quip reflects rural humor and social perspective.
A forlorn man declares he has tried everything he can do and plans to go to the hills to seek a wonderful echo that might answer his pleas. He hopes the echo will reflect his efforts and offer a response.
A friend notes a widower who remarries despite a unhappy first marriage. Dr Johnson remarks that it is a triumph of hope over experience, illustrating a witty moral on human romance and persistence.
West of the City residents note l0e framed pictures at N S Hook store and announce Friday baseball Keota vs Washington with admission for two cents and free seats for ladies. Multiple short notices report local visits, illness, and a port Ben Harrison camp order banning alcohol in camp and canteens for Indiana and Michigan National Guard maneuver troops.
Advertisements claim Dr King’s New Life Pills awaken torpid livers and unblock bowels. The product is promoted as the pleasantest and most effective cure for constipation and as preventing appendicitis. Available for 25 cents at Stewart’s pharmacy.
Petition filed by Joel A Webr seeking to quiet title to specific sections in Washington County Iowa. The case alleges prior mortgages and tax deeds were not cancelled and that the land is held adversely for over ten years. Unknown heirs of Nehemiah Tunis and Sarah J Williams are named as claimants with potential inheritance interests. The court is asked to cancel mortgages and confirm title to the described land. Dated July 16 1906 and set for next term in Washington IA.
MME CELESTE, a famed clairvoyant and astrologist, offers past present and future readings without questions. She helps reunite separated lovers and can advise on marriages and business. Readings daily and Sunday from 9 to 9 at 400 Marion Avenue Wise Cottage parlor on first floor.
Opal Ruth and Grace Pratt travel to Harper for a few weeks with relatives while their father Al Pratt sees them off to Keota. I F Kinney returns home to Versailles Mo after visiting near Haskins. Ed Joneson comes back from Brownesville Texas with Surveyor Kyle after a hot month. H Logan and son Paul suffer minor injuries in a bicycle accident when a cushion on the rod caused a fall. neither injury serious.
An alarmingly common problem from neglected bowels and torpid liver leads to chronic constipation. Dr Kings New Life Pills are billed as the best gentle regulators of stomach and bowels. Guaranteed by Stewart, a druggist, price 2 shillings.
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