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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
3
Mrs Joyce of Claremont New Hampshire reports buying Foley's Kidney Remedy about a year ago. It cured a long standing kidney trouble and she calls it grand and good. Lemmon's Pharmacy endorses the testimonial.
W. J. Brown, Ray Robbins and Sterling Holmes returned home to Crawfordsville last evening after spending the day in the city on business.
The column surveys daily life across the county with brief notices of local events, gatherings, and notable community occurrences. Named residents and small-town details anchor the roundups, capturing the everyday rhythm of regional life.
Mrs. John Buxbaum and Miss Emma visit Katharine in Iowa City while Miss Ella Beitel stays home. Mr. and Mrs. Will Robertson attend a Holiness meeting in Oskaloosa. Valley's James McNeese visits Lloyd Hayes. Geo Sherlock visits Bob Shull in Harmony. Rehmel couple hosts. Miksch and Burg from Muscatine join Hamm. Robertson boys host a Sunday batch with locals. Maybelle Johnson hosts a picnic with pupils. Anna Rehmel plans ice cream supper at Pleasant school lawn next Friday. all invited.
June 1 reports include Mr and Mrs Linencamp of Clear Creek and others visiting Wallerichs. Mrs Grubb improves slowly from illness while Laura Carkuff and children plan a South Dakota visit. Kochs of Dublin pass through town. Neill Wise from Missouri stays with Samuel Neill. Henry Greiner travels to Iowa City for ankle operation. Jasper Stipes works for John Koch in Dublin during corn plowing. Local youths attend a ballgame near Dublin Sunday.
June 2 Brighton brief noting Lula Lowe funeral attendance and multiple local visits. Charles Stone and wife visited J M Stone. Rev Ballard checked on Dave Davis who is improving. Bertha Shaffer returned from Fairfield. Dawsons back home after Decoration services. Farmers replow after rains. Koster Bros painting Armstrongs house. W T Clark from Washington visited with family. children visiting at Grandpa Clark home.
Our Memorial program Sunday afternoon drew a large crowd as the corner band led a parade from public and parochial schools to the park where the Glee club awaited. The Rev Father Weil delivered the afternoon speech and was praised for his honors. Cemeteries were visited by many, including guests from Washington West Chester Lexington Wellman Kalona and Riverside.
Philip Strabala plans cement walks soon. Mr and Mrs David Wieland are visiting Burlington. Dr J M Chittum attends the national medical convention in Chicago. One of Wendl Vodicka’s boys works for Jos Marek.
June 3. Miss Bessie Curran returned to her Washington home yesterday after a few days with Miss Mabel Stewart. Mrs. R. H. Coulter and daughter Blanche were shopping in Washington yesterday. Miss Maude Erdice of Keota arrived last evening for a few days’ visit with relatives. R. Stearns returned home yesterday from a few days in Chicago.
A continued notice notes a variety of pictures at the Star tonight, with multiple screenings listed and public interest in the event highlighted by the page line.
Illinois expects increasing cloudiness with showers while Indiana is partly cloudy with showers in the south. Lower Michigan stays fair. Wisconsin faces increasing cloudiness with possible showers. Iowa sees showers with warmth rising in the east and central areas.
Chicago grains show Wheat, Corn, and Oats quotes for July September and Dec contracts with bid offers and cash sales, including No 2 red and No 3 red wheat prices. Live Stock in Chicago and East Buffalo: hogs, cattle, and sheep quotations with receipts and ranges for prime, good, and common classes. hay and other feeds listed with regional price ranges.
Elwood Indiana June 2 Miss Florence Tyner twenty five daughter of Ira Tyner a wealthy farmer near Curtisville committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid while her parents were away at the city disposing of farm products She had been in poor health for a year threatened with tuberculosis and was engaged to a neighboring farmer A letter from the suitor asking to be released from the engagement was found among her effects This is thought to have caused the death by her own action Miss Tyner was once a township school teacher in Tipton county.
Special weather forecast notes showers and possibly thunderstorms tonight and Thursday in Iowa with a slowly rising temperature. Washington DC report provides regional outlook for today and tomorrow.
Griffith returned home to Crawfordsville last evening after a brief visit in the city. Mrs. Howard White and her daughter arrived from West Chester to visit for a short time at Mrs. Schurr’s home.
An ad asserts Frey’s will furnish better photographs at discount and claims not to be undersold by any rival galleries. It invites readers to compare prices, boasting “the studio of quality” and urging a visit to see.
Mr. Frank Conlan of 436 Houston St New York extols Electric Bitters as grand family medicine for dyspepsia and liver issues. He states it benefits lame backs and weak kidneys, regulates digestion and purifies blood, boosting vitality for the weak. Sold with guarantee at Lemmon's Pharmacy for 60c.
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