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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1909
Page
5
In a local barter, sellers tout their coal as the best cook stove fuel with bold claims of superiority. A dealer at 176 Anderson & Wilson invites townsfolk to prove it in person, promising clear demonstrations of quality.
June 15 entries note evangelist Rev. Bell drawing crowds at the M E church. Local folks like Miss Ella Kepler and Miss Maggie Brewer attend Normal at Washington. Residents travel to Chicago and South Dakota for land, stores, or family visits, with brief updates on births, marriage, and business ventures.
A baby boy arrived Monday at the Harry Page home in Richmond. An ice cream social and dance will be held Saturday evening June 19 to benefit the local band. Public school teachers Miss Vacha and Miss Sauer are attending summer school at Cedar Falls to prepare for another year of teaching. Grandma Rogers is recovering well from illness at age over eighty.
June entries report Wm Randels expanding his home with a summer addition. Keplers visit Iowa City. Tom Brewer brought his niece to Washington then returned. Emmet Louck traveled to Moline. Ira Wells back from Wellman after carpentry work. Sam Rogers from Dakota visits town. Fourth of July celebration questions arise. Mrs C D Shetler of Holdrege Nebraska visits M D Miller. J W Carpenter and wife in Nebraska with relatives. Mrs J E Wells of Wellman visits her son.
June 16 report notes Mr and Mrs Ivan Rehmer hosted neighborhood youths for a very social evening. Edith Miller visits at the homes of brothers Ernest and Carl Miller. Elia Belle and Emma Buxbaum attend Normal Institute this week. Ed Libe and Will Dunbar visit Schuman home near Keota. Dick Farris family visits Coppock parents in Washington. Lloyd Hayes and wife welcome a baby boy born Monday.
A large crowd attended the children’s day program in New Haven as participants showcased performances and community groups gathered to celebrate the event.
Last Sunday reports show a wholesome community day with children performing well. Clara Sheetz visited Mae McCaleb for the eight Saturday night. Masons work on a barn foundation at W E Augustine’s while Mrs. Augustine visited parental Stevenson home.
Ray Miller and Miss Edith Hassan wed at 2 p.m. at the Teas home and move to the Wm Carson farm. Mrs Embree's funeral in Havre. Nina Jeannette Wooley and others visit relatives. Smylie travels to Washington for funeral. Dr N J Lease returns from Winfield.
M L Miller sold his 163 acre farm to8 Bb Sands for 157.50 dollars an acre. Mrs W Y Perry of Chicago visiting friends here returned home. Mrs J T Glaze of Houston is visiting daughter Mrs W E Acheson. Funeral services for James B Wallace were held with Rev A S Bailey officiating. pallbearers listed. Herman Pehler bought two Norman mares for 1700 dollars total.
June 17 report covers neighbors visiting kin and planning moves as the Seydels sell their North English farm for a western relocation due to Mrs. Seydel's health. Other notes mention travel to Chicago and Denver, family visits, and social events with the Union Lumber yard improving its frontage and a Presbyterian choir concert set for June 27.
James Embree's mother Mrs Emera Embree died at her son Louis Embree's Linby Iowa home on Tuesday June 15 at age eighty one. Funeral services were held Thursday at 10 a.m. from the residence of her daughter Mrs Charles Phillips with Rev A S Smith officiating. Keota relatives attended. Mrs C B Millar, visiting daughter Mrs J F Robertson, left for Muscatine. Mrs Ralph Junkin visited from Washington.
Enrollment at Normal reaches 166 today with new adds including Advanced-Mrs Martha Thrasher Eyestone Washington and Mrs Ada Gray Hollingsworth Keota. B division adds Blanche Coulter Ainsworth Marie Lewis West Chester Eva Reese Riverside. Dr F C Eastman Iowa City completes lectures and FE kd Sherman Poise Idaho begins work.
The piece notes a shift in the motoring world toward restraint and practicality. Enthusiasts since last year curb extravagance and cut spending per mile as interest wanes and the novelty fades.
The Royal Market promotes its finest line of sausage and lean mild flavored products after fourteen years of studying Washington tastes. It touts mild cured hams and bacon, its own lard beef pork veal mutton and tender cuts, plus fish poultry vegetables pickles and berries at low prices.
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