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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1905
Page
5
Journal correspondents trace daily events across local towns noting accidents deaths births and marriages. Read by residents seeking quick updates on parish and neighborhood life from The County News.
W E Anwyll returns home to Pleasant Hill Mo from visiting relatives. Mrs Elizabeth Moore leaves for Washington after a brief visit. D C Griffith sells restaurant stock to W A Harper with possession tomorrow. Miss Jennie Allen returns from Washington. Ora Orris arrives from Washington to visit friends. Etta Wooley returns from Cedar Falls. C L George and children visit Washington. J F Thompson travels to Mt Union for business. Baby of W A Dodder is very weak. Minnie Wilkins from Washington visits the Harry White home.
The article lists church schedules including Presbyterian and United Presbyterian services with morning worship at 11 and evening sermons on topics The Indecision of Felix My Father's Business and Zacchaeus along with Saturday preparatory service. It notes no services during the quarterly meeting at Wyman.
March 4 social rounds document visits and departures including Mr. and Mrs. Ed Beenblossom of Des Moines and relatives from Crawfordsville and Suavre. A union revival begins tomorrow at the Opera house with Rev. E B Johnson of Pella and local ministers.
March 3 note that Mr. O. A. Ramsey his wife and their small daughter who have wintered in Richland departed for Morro Oregon yesterday. The report also mentions Mrs. Farris of Packwood visiting at the BE Gardner home and leaving for Wayland, Mrs. Morris Hadley traveling to Hedrick for a Sunday visit, and Eli Emery with daughter Katie.
Philip and Lawrence Strabala are summoned to the bed of their brother George in Iowa City as a ruptured blood vessel endangers his life. A wedding is rumored for next week. Mr and Mrs Abart Sharpe hosted card games Thursday evening. Anthony Kallous sold 10 loads of 265 hogs in a day, with Jim Wesely and Jos Horak also handling large sales.
Miss Nina Dennison from Washington visits early this week. John Grossman will work for Ward Essley this year starting March. John McCall from Havre aided John Godwin moving to Patterson farm Wednesday. Bert Beenblotsom and Des Moines visitors attend his mother in funeral. George Corbin and Andy Corbin visit Beenblorsom residence. Sigarcose and Beenblorsom families attend Gardner reception. Tom Waters travels to Richland to visit his son Ban for a few days.
Three games of billiards were played in the Commercial club tournament yesterday. In Class A F L Wilson defeated Lloyd Neal with 100 to 65 and 72 to 72 scores. In Class B W A White beat R H Walker 133 to 132 and 100 to 96. Fred Steck topped Rude Warfel 145 to 71 and 100 to 145. Tonight’s program includes G G Rodman versus L H Wallace and S B Dewey versus I M Sproull.
In a newsroom joke, the phrase Introduce Mr Too Much to Mr Too Little signals quick business talk after a daily want ad ritual. The quip highlights how brief introductions set up immediate commerce in classifieds.
A Talladega Springs resident praises Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption pneumonia and other illnesses. He says after two doctors failed, one bottle cured him and a trial bottle is offered free at J H Stewart’s drug store with a 50 cent to 1 dollar price.
The article advises forcing Easter lilies for a late Easter on April 23 2005 with mild night temps around 60 degrees and good air. It notes careful watering and cautions against overwatering in overcast weather and outlines steps for rose cuttings from young shoots including leaf removal and planting in sand.
The private horticulturist W. Bull displayed fine gladioli at Royal Horticultural Society meetings in England. An illustration showed Eliston Belle with five inch spikes, soft creamy yellow with purple tinges at edges, perfect symmetry and substantial petals. Phyllis also won merit. Bull has spent seven years refining white and yellow varieties for strong constitution bold outlines pure color and large petals.
March sees grafting with cleft splice and saddle methods explained for small shoots. Geranium and bedding plant trade boomed last year with demand for well grown geraniums and sharp buyer discrimination among varieties like White Swan and General Grant. Public parks and public buildings boost flower bed revival in home gardens.
Practical advice for fruit growers covering pruning small fruits, preparing spray outfits, protecting young trees from rabbits, checking drainage, and cleaning goose bark from trunks. Recommends whitewashing trunks with sulphur additive and planning fertilization where needed.
Several locals and travelers pass through the city with various named individuals arriving or leaving. R. E. Nowell travels to Brighton on business while John MacCartney arrives on the Firery. Mrs. N. J. Barham and Mr. and Mrs. Kenelly arrive from Muscatine and Labors, and Bernard and Laura Walker depart on the Rock Island for Ainsworth. W. A. Hughes returns on the Firefly from Columbus Junction. Win. Arthand arrives from Winfield and Jeff for Brighton. Lu Gormly visits Crawfordsville and departs on the B. & for home.
A guidance notice extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe for children and effective for colds, croup, and whooping cough. Sold by Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook & Sherman.
The Rock Island will sell on January 17 February 21 and March 21 1905 one way second class colonist tickets to points on the Rock Island and Frisco Systems in Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma Indian Territory New Mexico and Texas and joints east of Caliban Colorado. Rate one half of regular first class limited fare plus 2.00.
Train fare schedule lists routes and pricing to Chama Pecos Carlsbad and El Paso. Fares include 15.00 to Chama and 24.50 to El Paso with round trips to Arkansas Louisiana and Texas points.
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