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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1907
Page
3
County News readers share local happenings from various communities. Brief items cover daily life, small events, and notable goings on across the counties.
July 20 Miss Emma Hauenstein returns from Austin Minnesota. Chris Schantz makes a business trip to Olds. Misses Stella Wenger and Ellen Schowalter visit Keokuk. Harlan Cumming builds a residence. Essie Harper of Crawfordsville visits relatives. John and Jake Wenger travel to Mt. Pleasant. Ruby Huston of Olds visits. Mr and Mrs Chris Schlatter and Dorothy visit West Chester. Mrs Hough of Crawfordsville visits daughter. Mae Roth called to Crawfordsville for mother’s illness. Ten Nights in a Barroom performed tonight in a tent.
July events feature family visits among Grandburg Anderson Ingham and Mauthe households. An New Haven Baptist ice cream social on Meyers lawn cleared over 15 dollars with musical entertainments by Bloomquist and local performers. Combs couple left for Chicago while Artie McCulley visits Nellie Combs.
July 29 report notes Morhofer and Anton Reiner workers, visitors Bessie Shalla and Della Sauer, and a Riverside Richmond clash won 4 to 3 in the ninth inning. Aug 11 Columbus Junction to face Richmond, with various local visitors and family updates interwoven.
Michael Smith entertained relatives yesterday from Riverside and Montezuma. Jos Saforek fixed up and painted his cottage. It looks cozy as can be.
July reports show visits among Mc Neese Swickard Trier Sanders and Johnson families. A Sunday sociable by Mrs Meyers class netted twelve dollars for the youth. Small grain harvest progresses haying in full swing and farmers eye a Coppock cheese factory. Ball game Spring Creek beat Brighton 10 to 4. Several residents listed as sick with various ailments and visiting relatives travel between Dublin and nearby towns.
The Rev J F Catlin and family returned from Vinton and Cedar Rapids. Mrs Cora Snyder's U S class held an ice cream social at Mrs Chas Meyers home, netting $13.00. Union services will be at the M B E church next Sunday evening with Rev J F Catlin preaching.
Mrs. B. V. Garbry and daughter Callie visited in Burlington Sunday. Miss Annie Myers is home from a visit in Ottumwa. Fred Grosscup and wife returned to Corwith Friday after a week's visit with parents here and at Washington.
Harold Dye travels to Oroville California to join his father as Mrs. Dye and sons plan to relocate to the far west. Friends here express regret at their departure. Mrs. Robert Shaw returns from St Paul with sons Far and Leo joining at Davenport to go home.
The forecast from Washington D C for Iowa predicts showers tonight with warmer conditions in the north central portion and Wednesday to be fair.
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