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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1909
Page
5
Special to the Evening Journal reports increasing cloudiness with a probability of rain or snow late tonight or Thursday and a rising temperature for today and tomorrow in Iowa.
Local note shows Vien na offering largest and best assortment of pies and cookies in the city. Mrs. A. A. Rynearson traveled to Mt. Union yesterday for a short stay. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Thompson departed for Cedar Rapids for several days. Pearl Gray of Haskins visited en route to Brighton to see his ill brother C. W. Ingham and daughter Ethel took a trip to Havre to visit Mrs. F. A. Mayhew's sister.
A large Peoples' caucus in Washington Iowa nominates Captain J A Cunningham for mayor by acclamation and adopts a unanimous resolution tying future bids to the voters on billiard licenses. Other offices are filled with named candidates for treasurer solicitor assessor park commissioner and council seats across four wards.
A coal dealer ad argues that growth comes from selling the best coal with prompt delivery. Anderson & Wilson promote quality and reliability as the winning factors behind local business expansion.
Mrs. Smith leaves for Marysville Missouri after winter with sister Mrs Dan Anderson. Presbyterians elect J Davidson and R C McCleary as ruling elders at a congregational meeting. Mrs S J Cocklin of Washington returns home after visiting her mother Mrs Rickey since last Monday. Washington visitors include Carey Long Mr and Mrs Will Lewis S K Orris and several others. Hannah and Wanda Harvey return to Washington after visiting N L Long. Rev J H Taylor and daughter Dorothy depart for Farmington Iowa for a short visit. Mr and Mrs Jack of Warsaw Indiana arrive for a visit with cousin Mrs A R Allen.
Miss Edith McBride greets Havre callers in city and Miss Katherine Benz returns from Chicago with goods for Benz millinery. Several residents travel for trade, horse sales, and visits in Crawfordsville Fairfield West Liberty Chilliotothe Davenport. Blanche Varney burns legs from hot water. Vienna offers confections. Ward family plans move to Oklahoma City.
March 17 notes show Miss Pearl Gardner resuming school duties at Washington after a Sunday at home. George Paul, of Washington, was a business visitor here yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. E G Rabenoid and Mrs. Geo Baird were Washington visitors yesterday. Mrs Wesley Price departed yesterday for a visit with friends at Washington.
Mrs. Henderson Harris was called to Richland yesterday morning due to the critical illness of her sister Mrs. Vastine. Mrs. Sanford Anderson fell from a horse and injured her arm. Melissa Anderson assists in care. Alex Stephen and wife visit Washington relatives since yesterday. N Reinert traveled to Sigourney for business. Roy Coffman returned to Canada after Christmas visit. Henderson Harris visits daughter Mrs Charley Kruger at the country home.
Dr Geo Kerr from Washington called on John Hillhouse Friday. Louis Baker had neighbors help shingle a new barn Friday. Ladies Aid met Mrs Joe McGinnis last Thursday and will meet Mrs Charlie Kephart next. ill Saville went to Washington last week due to his father’s illness and death. John Putman Jr sold his driving team for 400 dollars to Mr Caldwell and moved to Washington Tuesday. Preaching at Pleasant Hill church next Sunday morning and evening. Ben Miller and family and George Hillhouse and family visited Jake Shrader Sunday. F M Smith loaded a car of baled straw Tuesday. A B Carr left Tuesday for Illinois. Miss Zella Pratt is sick.
The family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during Mrs. Melissa Hays illness and passing and for the beautiful floral offerings from the community.
Mrs Anna C Rehmel who taught in the second room at South school for a year has resigned and plans to leave soon for Alaska where she hopes to teach at a Moravian mission school The school board did not accept her resignation and the exact departure date remains unsettled.
Mrs Jesse George was a passenger for Letts yesterday morning and will visit for several days. Mr George went over Monday to spend several days.
Promises cure for itching bleeding prolapsed piles in 6 to 14 days or money back. Advertisement notes price 60c.
Mrs Edgar Smith and her young son Lawrence traveled aboard the Rock Island train to Wayland yesterday morning to visit her mother for a few days, continuing a family visit.
Mrs. Sam Anderson and her daughter Grace traveled to Brighton for a wedding yesterday afternoon at 2 00. Miss Myrtle LaMotte wed John T. Anderson, marking a union between the LaMotte and Anderson families.
Reports spanning ten years reveal external treatments for eczema. Druggists Cook and Sherman note patient feedback on using oil of wintergreen thymol and glycerine in liquid form prepared as D. D. D. Prescription. It asks if a lifelong case remained cured after a 10 year period.
J. W. Tener of Riverside returned home after a Monday night stay. Howard Eldredge headed to Havre for a few days. L. M. Sampson left for Fairfield for a brief sojourn. Hi Campbell journeyed to Mt. Pleasant on business for Mrs. L. Kleinschmidt. Mrs. L. Kleinschmidt of Keota and Mrs. P. O. Peterson with her daughter traveled via the city to Brighton and Sigourney. Mrs. W. P. Carpenter and her daughter Cora left for Broken Bow Nebraska to visit relatives for a month.
J A Swenson of Watertown Wisconsin says ten years of eczema resisted 16 doctors before Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured his skin eruption. The ad lists uses for eczema boils fever sores burns cuts and piles and notes 26 cents at J E Lemmon's.
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