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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1909
Page
5
Special to the Evening Journal reports the weather forecast for Iowa for today and tomorrow. It outlines expected conditions and any notable changes in temperature or precipitation across the state.
A cheeky local ad touts Anderson and Wilson at 176 showing coal for cook stoves as the best in town. The copyplay hints at proving their claim and a friendly showdown over quality, inviting customers to compare.
Local news brief highlights across communities with various correspondents reporting on events, social visits, meetings, and everyday happenings in the county. Notable items include gatherings, departures, and community activities of residents and organizations.
Westchester shows D. R. Munro back home this morning after a business trip to Muscatine.
June 7 report lists D A Peterson visiting his parents. Washington visitors include Mrs M L Miller and others. Carrie Colthurst plans Monmouth College commencement attendance. Travels involve J E Webster, J L Colthurst, J J McConnell visiting Cedar Rapids Muscatine and Riverside.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rhea on Saturday. Several residents, including Lizzie Huston and Will Huston of Winfield, visited the J. H. Huston home. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smylie and baby from near Columbus City visited relatives here. Grace Cunningham returned from Ainsworth. The Wilbur family visited relatives here. Henry McCoy and daughters of near Mt. Pleasant visited the J. B. McCoy home. Nicholaus daughters of near Olds visited T. W. Nicholaus. W E N Wilson and Edna Riley were married last evening at the M. E. parsonage by Rev. J. H. Taylor. Washington visitors included Rev. J. L. Sawyer and others. Miss Arnold, trim ming at the McCoy millinery, returned home this morning.
Friends gathered at a crowded Methodist church to pay last respects to Mrs. R A Riley. Rev W R Stryker led the service with scripture and prayer. A N Alberson sang No Sorrow There as floral tributes mark the high regard for the deceased. Interment followed at city cemetery with pallbearers Ralph Dougherty Sam Kellogg Cloyce Dougherty W M Keeley W M Terry and Chas Dewey.
Content presents puzzle items numbers 503 504 505 including an alcohol cautionary note and a riddle about a maritime robber from Youths Companion. It describes anagrams transpositions and a word-play riddle about a sea robber.
A brief puzzle note explains that all pictured objects share equal word length. When correctly guessed and written in order, the diagonal from the upper left to the lower right will spell a commonly used word.
A petition to pave South Iowa Avenue gathered signatures of property owners, with a majority representing 266 feet in favor of paving to the Clifford Thorne corner. Some fronts will be paved by subscription as owners cannot bear the expense. The street is the main route toward Coppock and becomes very muddy in wet weather.
The funeral service for Mrs. Mary Griffith was held at 10 this morning at the Griffith residence on West Second Street. Rev. A. S. Smith conducted a brief service and burial followed at Elm Grove Cemetery with pallbearers Amos Alberson Jos Myall Will Libe John Teeter J A Young and Wm Blair.
Strawberries rumor denied by Henry Stichter. He states three acres of newly set plants remain and will be in full bearing this year and he will need all his old pickers.
Grandmother West questions Tom about telling his sister Edith of plans for his wife’s surprise. Tom says no, noting Edith would quickly learn of the arrangement and would spoil the surprise by informing Edith would know soon, making the effort to keep it secret futile.
A verse riddle presents ONE and THRE as locomotion means. TWO with added requisites cross land and sea. If TWO uses ONE, the WHOLE is needed for Two's progress, yet THREE guiding is unable to.
A published riddle asks readers to solve a classic puzzle. It states what a man loves more than life hates more than death or strife and what contented men desire the poor have and the rich require. The answer given is nothing.
Puzzle batch lists Charades items, Concealed Birds names, Crisscross note, Connected Diamonds sequences, and Anagrams of Countries. Entries include 498 to 502 with topics on wordplay, birds, riddles, and geography oriented clues for puzzlers.
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