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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1906
Page
6
Local brief lists accidents, deaths, births, and marriages reported promptly by our news gatherers. Names and places unnamed due to text loss, reflecting typical community notices and routine public records from the county paper.
Ainsworth March 20 A business deal Saturday gave M L Miller full ownership of the Miller and Marsh Telephone Company by purchasing J A Marshs interest. Effie McCreedy left for Pontiac Illinois to take a spring millinery job. Local residents noted routine visits and travel among families and neighbors.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Bower and two sons of Keota stop at the Commercial hotel on their way to Rolo Saskatchewan district Assiniboia. Local friends join them for dinner before departure.
March 20 reports list Asa Reid and Herman Stultz traveling through Washington. Mr West and son Tommy plan Arkansas land viewing. Miss Agnes Bishop accompanies Mrs George Dusenberry’s Keota visit. James Daniels sold a 1730 pound cow for 79.51 to Al ee. Rude Warfel returns to Washington from A Boyer visit. Carl Miller delivers logs to Monro & Lewis. Mrs S H Ross and niece Susie Paul visit relatives near Keota.
March 10 notices show Miller returning from a visit at Iowa City and Smith back from Riverside. Lovery arrives from Cedar Walls for vacation at home. Rev Hoeslien from Iowa City visits the Hessel schwerdt home. Huff returns home and is reported to be improving. Shillig visits Riverside, Wray goes home to Hedrick, Mouser returns from Riverside, and Squires rides the westbound train.
Miss Leona Hotle returns from Kansas where she spent the winter. Miss Nellie Leitel came home from Muscatine. Carl Vunbar married Miss Anna Marvey at Mr Heubner’s home. Lily Hutt of Titus is sick with scarlet fever. Bloomquist, Ginkins, and Anderson families visited over the weekend. Charles Johnson, Will Taylor and families spent Sunday at Lin Ricnar son.
Jerry Chapek makes a strong sale Saturday and plans a move west. Doc Kiefer suffers a tonsilitis attack. Frankie Tellin returns home from Burlington as Mrs. Anna Musi and children visit her mother. Public schools open today for a three month term. A Herring boy is injured after a Sunday horse accident. Chabal family visits Jim Jee oe Duwa's and John Duwa's. Lintz and Sharpe families visit. Bred Freise works for Lad.
Fouche and Mr Stubbe hosted Saturday evening, Wes Reiner's St Patrick event entertained friends. Tobin and Whitakre shipped two carloads of hogs Saturday. Charrie Bear bought logs from Al Sharpe, Will Koenig recovering from a hedge knife cut. Mr and Mrs Jos Havel visited Katious. Mary Kodym, hurt in a gasoline blast weeks ago, shows recovery progress.
March 26 items report visits and family updates. Van Nicholson at George Benson’s. Charlies Kepharts at Walter Gardner’s. Mabel Kephart with Edna Kephart. John Putman at Clayton Nicholson’s. Silas Caldwell’s sister’s children improving. Will Stiles visiting Mary Stiles. Frank Telford returning from Lone Tree. Robert Kephart learns sister Heor Lovelett’s Canadian trek details. Joe McGinnis with Ben Miller.
Ed Stout is improving slowly after a fall on the ice which injured his back. Year Glassourner visited her aunt Mrs A 8 Williams for a few days last week. Miss Cora Erwin visited Miss Mat tle Hesseltine on Wednesday afternoon. Robert Edwards reported the loss of one of his best milch cows last week.
Marethi reports travel and visit notes including Mr and Mrs David Edmundson returning to Arbela Missouri after attending a funeral in Muscatine. Other items mention Alva Br Sands visiting Washington, Craig Patterson on business, Lucile Peck teaching music in Washington, and Kennth Melver’s dramatic recovery from a throat and lung illness attributed to Dr King’s New Discovery. Trial bottle offered at J H Stewarts.
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