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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
7
What Is Happening In Various Communities In Washington County Told in Brief News Letters. Local notes cover coming and going events, community updates, and short items from neighborhood sections.
Mrs. John Hornung and Albert Dayton quietly wed at the Warren Stewart home in Keota. Friends surprised them with a double celebration, returning Saturday night for ice cream. Clark Bell and Oz Powell families, and others, share Sunday and Friday visits. Omar Meyer helps his brother Carl for a few days.
Pleasant Hill residents are invited to a Sunday evening children’s exercises at the Pleasant Hill church on June 16. Mr and Mrs Perry Telford spent part of the week at Fred Telford’s. Roy Moothart visits relatives in the area. Ruth Green visited Keota relatives last week. Mr and Mrs Homer Kephart visited A. H. Carr’s Sunday. Roll Gammon’s drive a new Dodge. John Patterson and Earl Kephart families visited Howard Baker and Oscar Gardner’s households.
A quiet rural community reports the Hadley reunion at the Elwood Hadley home near Richland with a well attended church event and talk by Rev. Wells. Local residents discuss travels, cattle shipments, summer canvassing, and a minor accident. The town reacts to a splinter injury and river levels influenced by rain.
June 5 report from Iowa Township lists Mr and Mrs Frank Mincer calling at Gladwin. H Maxim and A Meheleck hosted visitors. Frank and Richard Skola spent time with the Wieland boys. Hert Kron and Roy White were at Joe Knebels and Joe Lear homes. Fishing reported around the neighborhood. Frank Mineer visited Joe Wielands Sunday.
Joe Birka and family spent Sunday at John Birkas. Henry Prymek spent Sunday at the James Dvorak home. James Dvorak Jr and family spent Sunday at the Joe Florang home. Mrs Fannie Oakes of Iowa City visiting Joe Cummings. The Iowa river rose ten inches in two hours the other day. Mr and Mrs Frank Mincer and daughter Mary spent Sunday evening at Will Mincers.
William Baker travels for his sister Sophia Longwell’s illness in St Paul. Numerous local arrivals, visits, and postings share social, family, and wartime topics from Wellman and nearby towns including marriages, a barley plea, and a Wa r time prohibition appeal.
There is widespread catarrh, once deemed incurable, treated effectively only by constitutional means. Hall's Catarrh Medicines from F J Cheney Co Toledo are described as systemic and bloodborne. A hundred dollar reward offered for any case not cured. Bend for circulars and testimonials. Kruggists sell Mall's Family Pills for constipation.
The old English river draws hundreds of visitors as water levels reach a peak not seen since 1884. Forty sacks of flour at the local mill are ruined by the high floodwater that nearly reaches boot top depth in the flour shed. Miss Ethel Ayers is hired as book keeper at F. D. Snavely hardware. Miss Helen Moon returns home from Vinton City schools for summer. Dr. Love from Iowa City visits for the day. Wes Philips travels from Iowa City on Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs Roy Kephart and baby Velma visited Sunday after preaching at Cal Beenblossom s. Chris Garrick from near Olds and Emil Kellerhals from near Noble visited Charlie Kephart s. Mrs Harry Bishop and daughter Helen visited Everett Palmer s Tuesday. Roy Kephart and Velma again visited Cal Beenblossom s Tuesday while Daisy Kephart spent Wednesday in town at uncle Robert Kephart s.
Mrs Tom McVoy and baby visit Robert Amlong home Everett Young buys corn from Henry Withoff Withoff delivers Wednesday Mrs Lon Adams and Miss Phyllis Timmins come from Des Moines to Decora tion Clifford Eyestone West Chester caller Blaine Holmes entertains crowd Vergil Turnipseed gets a new Ford John Kurtz hauls lumber Mela Shalla and wife visit Matthess Farmers replant corn due to wet weather Belo Shalla and wife visit Riverside Warren Matthess and wife visit Tom Shulty Milo Patterson visits Ainsworth John Blum and family Washington trip Mela Shalla goes to Centerville John Rittenhouse unable to fill board position Roscoe Anderson covers O C Patterson Washington caller Tuesday
NIRA reports Mr and Mrs John Shaffer returning from Minnesota with crops thriving Chas Greens visited Jim Herrs Sunday Joe Hradeks visited Mrs Hards aged mother in Riverside Joe Smeltzer writes home he is pleased with army life Jim Hanleys visited Chas Hanleys Sunday afternoon Arthur Millers attended a family reunion at Chas Monahans home Preston Moore closed his school here Friday Our people are attending the Ingram show at Wellman this week
A group including Claude McCoy George Stump Mrs John Anwyl Hazel Nicholson and Dwight Nicholson visited Washington yesterday Other locals Miss Helen Gormley returned to Fairfield after a week with relatives Eva Gormly Mildred Cannon Bonnie Peck travel to Cedar Falls for summer school Lloyd Deharper accompanies Nina Spangler to Cedar Falls to prepare for the summer term at college Edward Ruppelt and a Steamboat Rock pair arrived from Chicago for a visit with J Maxwell Velma Orris returns home from Ackley where she taught the past year
Ainsworth Iowa residents share travel and visiting updates. C M Taylor left Tuesday morning for Centerville to visit his daughter. Mr and Mrs Alcorn of Oskaloosa, visiting their son the Dr W L, returned home yesterday. Mrs E W Spesserd and daughter Arline visited friends in Washington yesterday. Eva Nelson of Omaha arrived Tuesday evening for a visit.
June 6 West Chester report reflects turnout issues with farmers under half voting and no shift in leadership preference. Citizens discuss county representation, city candidates, and local visitors including Rev W H Dillon and Dr Jenkins.
Fairfield reports two bold swindlers Amelia Wright and Frank Buchanan arrived with a 12 year old girl. The pair scouted a 200 acre Florida farm and a 1700 acre Arkansas farm, deposited a 1200 dollar check at a local bank, and bought goods at Fair Store and Hunt Ireland Shoe Co using compromised checks.
Sheriff arrests a red haired, bold woman and a quiet man after bank discovers no funds and counterfeit checks. They arrived in a Jackson car repainted black with missing numbers, bought in Decatur on a worthless check. They await Decatur sheriff.
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