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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1905
Page
3
Mr and Mrs Linder spent Sunday at the Harve Hightshoe home. Miss Erc O Loughlin spent the day at the Harry Rittenhouse home. A number of people drove to Washington Saturday evening to attend Brinton s entertainment.
Bishop delivered hogs to McCleery of Washington Saturday. Mr and Mrs Chas Olds visit Cy Timmons. Mrs Chas Bear is improving. Max Gordon builds a new cattle barn with Green Squire and men. Quarterly meeting at Eurekapo led to preaching at Plains Church Sunday.
Mrs N M Anderson and son Oral returned from a visit to Washington with her parents Mr and Mrs Geo Auld. Dr John Cocklin and wife left for Wisconsin after attending the Cocklin reunion. Mrs Robert Acheson and Miss Dora Morrow went to Hampton for their brother R M Morrow who is ill and improving. 8 R Miller and J M Stewart Sr were in town yesterday. Dr Chas Porter returned to Davenport after a visit.
Mrs. W F Porter and family visit. Francis Timwater returns to Illinois from J J McDonald home. Mrs Frank Vanllorn and Mrs B R McBride shopping in Washington. Dr L W Harding and family back in Solon after visit with Thos Harding. Band boys receive new uniforms and debut in concert. Chas Hanna stays at RK Donaldson home. Workmen start M L Millers new barn replacing last week’s fire loss.
New sons welcomed at the Edward Kallous and James Chalupa homes on Wednesday and Friday. Albert Sharpe and family visited Harry Page on Sunday. Mrs. Riskamup ill at her father Michael Smith’s home. Parochial schools closed Friday. Corpus Christi devotions observed at Holy Trinity church yesterday. Lou Worel and family moved to Washington state with two Normal Institutes to conduct and a principalship planned for the next school year.
The Rathbone Sisters visited Mrs. Willard Teets, spending a delightful evening with ice cream and cake. Geo. Johnson of Muscatine was an overnight guest at the Warner residence, and Mrs. Dupuis and daughters Ida and Beatrice traveled from Sigourney this morning. Mrs. George Holmes hosts P K B O ladies tonight. O Keiser traveled to Chicago on business yesterday. Mrs. Hamil and children visit his people at Grandview.
June 27 Miss Eva Reece departs for a new home in Golden Colorado. Riverside bail team met Muscatine Sunday and was defeated. Bernice Carr visited Clyde Cross home. Riverside will not celebrate this year. Miss Grace Benn of Washington visited here.
Fort Dodge reports Mike O'Brien canvasman for Hagenbeck show jailed on charges of attempting to wreck the train en route from Waterloo to town. Detective Murphy says O'Brien shut off air as train ran at speed. O'Brien, ex Campbell Bros circus member, claims intoxication and no intent. A race to reach the city occurred. motive uncertain.
Telegram from Joseph Gatlin announced the death of Mrs. Gatlin in Nebraska. The body will be brought to this city tomorrow morning on the Firefly for burial. Mr and Mrs Jos Gatlin will arrive on No 29 from New York City. Mrs Gatlin was well known here.
Members of the B Y P U are asked to note that the planned social for this evening is postponed until next Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. EB Neal.
Mrs Amelia Schmidt Gobble of Muscatine and vocal music instructor at Parsons College Fairfield was in the Downey wreck last week. She was brought home and thought to be only badly shaken but this morning's News-Tribune reports she is not well and the accident has badly affected her nerves. Her account of the wreck is horrible.
Mrs John Clifton of Washington Heights Chicago will arrive this evening to visit at the home of her mother in law Mrs Clifton.
Norman Pierce died at 4 40 a m after a prolonged illness dating to February. An Iowa settler born 1833 in Cayuga County New York he married Lucy Hughson in 1866 and had three children Bert Pierce Lily May Sitwell and Mamie who died in infancy. Services Thursday at 3 p m from his home conducted by Rev L D Young with interment in Elm Grove cemetery.
A note from Brooklyn Life questions whether the Bloptons are living beyond their income and notes the situation as worse than living beyond their credit.
A correspondent recounts a chicken carried by a cat into a room. The bird appeared dead but soon stirred, opened its eyes, then, sensing danger, rose and fled after the predator left.
A Savannah News editorial notes hypocrisy in public spending and warns that misappropriating a few hundred dollars by a clerk is treated as a crime, while large appropriations for missions and harbor works draw praise. The piece underscores accountability and public perception of fiscal conduct.
Curran quips to a friend who praises trial by jury, remarking that such devotion could lead to hanging. The exchange highlights legal theater and partisan swagger surrounding jury trials.
A Scotch schoolmaster found the message Our teacher is a donkey on the classroom board but added the word driver and began the day as normal. The pupils anticipated chaos yet the teacher maintained calm and continued teaching.
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Record-Herald notes a tongue in cheek remark about a son not being called a genius. The dialogue shows parents hoping he grows into a sensible man who may succeed his father in business.
A brief Boston Transcript exchange captions Toskins preferring Fanny kiss him before the dog, while Wilkins jokes the dog may have his own preference. The witty quip plays on social norms and humor about affection.
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