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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1909
Page
5
Special to the Evening Journal reports a forecast for Iowa with partly cloudy skies and probable showers mainly in the southeast tonight or Tuesday.
Mrs. D. J. Norton Jr. received a program from Emil Liebling of Chicago outlining a recital by Frieda Werthheimer, a young pupil of Liebling, featuring Beethoven, Schumann, Grieg and the Flying Dutchman Spinning Song, with a Chopin concerto backed by strings and Liebling at second piano.
Advertises coal at the lowest prices with a promise to adjust any imperfect product. Implicates immediate availability and urges readers to call 176 for purchase.
Our correspondents report on events in local communities across the county. updates cover daily life, gatherings, and notable occurrences shaping the region. Residents share short notices, meetings, and small-town happenings reflecting local pace and character.
Special notice promotes Fox and Dewey with a swell assortment of spring shoes including oxfords slippers and suede options in multiple colors sizes and widths.
Local notes report fresh macaroons nut fingers and kisses at the Vienna shop. Miss Myrtle Swift assists at the M W Bailey law office. Mrs Charles McCreedy and daughter Helen shopped in town Saturday. Several residents arrived or traveled through including H F Maass from Cedar Rapids and C H Warren from Mitchell South Dakota. Mrs Will Kerr visited Joe Wolf home. Leanna Swisher traveled from Brighton on freight and stayed with Frank Rogers. Mary Martin and Merle Johnson headed to West Chester for a visit. Loa Johnson spent Sunday in Washington.
March 1 notes show Mrs. Sue Lytle visiting Washington and Mrs. Millar returning home after visiting her daughter Mrs. Robertson. Miss Lorena Carris returns from Texas Oklahoma and Kansas. Blanche Wallace Edna Owen visit parents at West Chester. Mr. Johnson from Menlo Iowa visiting cousin James Nelson. J N Reinert travels to Chicago to buy spring menswear. R Hamilton auctioned household goods. Frank Holmes purchases. Doc McNarlen auctioneer and B D Helscher clerk. A A Hulse suffers quinsy. Mary Thies and Edith Meyers visit Sigourney.
Herman Buntenbach and family depart for Buffalo Kansas to tend a farm for a Burlington employer. Charley Rupp and family relocate to Ft Scott Kansas. Beatrice Murphy and Lillian Crone complete terms of school in Shilon and Gray districts. Gray library closes early for November gathering. Local officers listed: Bloomquist Libe Hopping Miller Brown Mil er Booth Glas on Mil er. Nicholson family moves into Lyman Bunce residence at Eureka.
On March 1 Crawfordsville residents note N L Long’s sixty sixth birthday with a family gathering and a rocking chair gift. Visitors J S Vernon of Oklahoma and Mina McCleary returned to Brighton after short home visits. Frank Clossen came back from Iowa City, and G W Nicholaus was a business caller at Olds. Mrs Andrew Ferguson arrived from Washington to visit the Samuel Ferguson home. G W Alexander visited local friends.
The Tabor Iowa high school debating team of three girls Nell Asman Gladys Green and Mildred Hunter defeated Ames three boys Max George Laurel Gibson and Earle Smith to claim the southwestern Iowa championship. Max George is son of W P George and grandson of Mrs Mary Neill of Tabor.
The Vienna presents a renewed focus on fresh, neat aesthetics across its lobby rooms and dining areas. Staff emphasize spotless rooms, efficient service, and a bright, orderly atmosphere for guests.
The regular meeting of the D A R will be held at the home of Mrs Smith Tuesday afternoon at a location to be announced.
Advertisement asserts Pazo Ointment cures itching bleeding blind and protruding piles in six to fourteen days with a money back guarantee. Product priced at 60 cents.
Mrs Isabella J Miller died Sunday at 3 am in Washington at age eighty five years nine months and twenty nine days. Survived by four children fourteen grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren. she had lived with daughter Mrs Eli Warfel since 1892. Funeral at Eli Warfel home conducted by Rev J Abels. burial in Miller cemetery near Verdi with train Rock Island No 1 tomorrow morning.
Brighton telegram reports the death of Mrs Nettie Baricklow following an operation at her Pine Bluff Arkansas home. She was daughter of Mr and Mrs George Savage of Brighton and sister of the late Prof Harry Savage. Survived by husband Will Baricklow and two sons. Funeral pending arrival from Arkansas.
The Academy secures H F Funk to head the piano department after Miss Parrish leaves for Chicago. Funk is a conservatory graduate with studies under Hans von Schiller Louis Falk and Carl A Preyer. He will arrive March 4 to begin teaching as many pupils have already enrolled.
Rock Island trains ran over the Milwaukee track between Muscatine and the nearby city Saturday evening after a derailment damaged a small segment near Columbus Junction. Several box cars derailed tearing up a small strip of track and train service was resumed several hours later once normal movement became possible.
Mrs Flora Chester Herring of Fairfield was the guest of Mrs A R Miller today in a social visit.
Will Lamansky and J B Crayne board and visit across towns. J W Fulton travels to Zane. Wade Page plans an over Sunday stay in Winfield. John Bare from Havre visits this city before returning home. Others journey to West Chester Keota Fairfield Keosauqua and Sigourney for visits and funerals. Dorothy Latchem returns from Chicago after study with Emil Liebling and hears Paderewski.
Mrs Ida Soper of Big Pond Pennsylvania recounts a severe lung illness that nearly killed her. After failing remedies doctors deemed incurable, Dr King’s New Discovery provided quick relief and a lasting cure, with a trial bottle offered free and guarantees by J E Lemmon.
Fresh frosted cream and peanut cookies at the Vienna. Oscar Gardner rode as a passenger for Havre Saturday evening after a day in the city. J. L. Mitchell of Havre was a Washington caller returning home. Miss Martha Smock of Keola also visited Washington and headed home. Mrs. M. L. Elyen of Ainsworth called and returned home. Frank Buckley of Chicago visited his parents for the weekend. R. A. Thomason, Sol LaSalle, Mi., spent Saturday here and rode to Kepta in the evening. Will Litzenburg of Mt. Pleasant rode to Burlington after a city visit. Mrs. Eva K. Nicola, guest in the city, returned to Burlington. Misses Helen Chance and Mary Boileau left for an over Sunday visit at Haskins. August Herman of Berne, Ind., was in the city and headed to Bright on to spend the day.
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