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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1906
Page
4
Local patrons visit Brown's and the Vienna for a variety of breads and devil food angel food and cream sponge. Several travelers and visitors from Crawfordsville Broomfield Fairfeld Muscatine Keota Ainsworth Wellman Harvey and Rock Island are noted in today’s city buzz.
Local brief lists foods at the Vienna bakery including pound cakes and several pies while travelers pass through. John Sullivan and Everet Denison are noted as Burlington and Brighton passengers this morning on business. J P Thomas returns from Sigourney and Miss Lulu Laughead comes home for summer.
Mrs N Stewart comes back from Boone after attending W R C convention. Miss Lucile Montgomery returns from Muscatine where she stayed at the Geisler home. Schreckengast of Keota visits city then proceeds to Wilton to see his daughter. Edna Shearer Bessie Kyle and Grace Morgan travel to West Chester for a school picnic hosted by Miss Ethel Bailey marking her last day of school.
A June afternoon tornado passage within a few miles of Locust caused extensive damage in Winne shiek county. At Edward Thorson’s a barn and residence were destroyed injuring occupants including a seriously hurt boy. Kittle Sorenson’s barn and windmills were blown away while four horses survived. Eldine Ellingson’s farm lost house two barns and outbuildings. Carrie Laros and Luis Larson lost barns. Manning residence blown away. Other damage reported in the county’s rich farming area.
Secretary W. B. Martin told Iowa abstracters that he favored a $10,000 bond requirement for entering the abstracting business to safeguard the public from damages caused by errors in abstracts.
A schoolhouse event featured recitations dialogue and tableaux performed by students. Music by Mr and Mrs Tom Nicholson followed with Minnie Moothart of Washington delivering a solo. Ice cream in the yard funded a school organ. Myrtie Young taught the spring term yesterday.
Just before noon Frank Bandy’s team of ponies bolted from in front of A N Alberson’s grocery. They ran east on Main street then north a block and west again. King the grocer’s expressman stopped them with no damage.
Rev W G Thorne came back from a clergy visit in La dora Iowa. Robert Crail and son Scott of Oskaloosa were in town on business. Mrs Harry Wickham and daughter of Ainsworth visited friends in the city. Laura Chilcote went to Fairfield for a short visit. Fred Skola and daughter Doris of Kalona shopped in the city. Harold McWilliams returned from Iowa City after a year at school. F F Roland and daughter Vinnie arrived from Moline for a visit at J D Glasgow's. Verne McWilliams returned from Lucky Lake after camping with friends. Brown the candy man is installing a new awning reading Browns Candy Kitchen in large letters.
Tickets will be sold from Chicago June 9 10 and 11 at one fare plus twenty five cents for the round trip with a return limit of June 25. Details available at Nickel Plate office 113 Adams St Chicago.
A group of young men from Mrs J H Stewart's Second United Presbyterian Sabbath school were hosted at the Stewart residence on West Washington street. Miss Agnes Stewart shared San Francisco disaster pictures and marine scenes from Harry Bennett. Ice cream berries and cake were served. a pleasant evening was noted.
Last evening at Miss Lou Cunningham's East Madison street home the Bachelor Maids and several friends hosted a miscellaneous shower for Miss Jessie Crooks preparing for her June wedding. A dainty two course luncheon was served and Miss Crooks received numerous beautiful gifts from the guests.
Yesterday afternoon the Klein home on South Second avenue hosted a large gathering of about one hundred ladies for a thimble bee hosted by Mmes. Milton Dicken and Lewis Klein. Guests enjoyed chat and fancy work followed by delicious refreshments as the pleasant afternoon passed quickly.
The Twentieth Century Reading circle will hold its picnic on Thursday June 14 at Flat Rock. Members should meet with Mrs. Harry Shrader at 9 o clock.
F A Rogers and daughters Vera and Cecil with Mr and Mrs J D Glasgow and Mr and Mrs F F Rollands and daughter Vinnie of Moline travelled to Peter Fetes for a camping getaway on Main Creek, planning a few days outdoors.
Last Tuesday evening an ice cream supper was held at the Pleasant Hi school house. At 8:30 the crowd gathered for the event in a community gathering.
OC W Lundy of Iown Falls Iowa after consults with soothsayers enters Methodist church pulpit uninvited and conducts service until an usher and officers remove him. He has shown similar spells before and the county insane commission will evaluate his case as a deplorable incident.
A Bennettsville D C resident endorses Electric Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia and liver trouble claiming it restored his wife to perfect health after years of suffering. The tonic is said to cure chills fever malaria biliousness backache kidney and bladder disorders and is sold by Stewart with a 50 cent guarantee.
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