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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1909
Page
5
Special to the Evening Journal reports Iowa will see partly cloudy conditions tonight and Tuesday.
Amos Alberson left for Water loo Iowa to transact business. Chas K Needham rode to Davenport for the day. F M Hopkins of Ainsworth visited this city and returned home. Miss Mary Masson returned to Brighton to resume school. Judge W G Clements on court here traveled to Oskaloosa for the weekend. Mrs J S Cocklin of Livingston Wis left after two weeks with relatives in this city and Keota. Foley's Honey and Tar advertised. March 22 meeting: Rev and Mrs J H Taylor and Dorothy visited Farm in towa r. Eugene Fletcher and son from near Columbus Junction visited relatives. School board chose Edna Young primary, Emma Wonderly intermediate, Accie Clapper grammar, W J Brown assistant, John Wooley principal. Washington visitors included Miss Inn and Maud ae. Mattie Brown returned to Haskins. Robert McCall visited Havre. Jennie Williams of Washington arrived for visit. Mr and Mrs Joseph Davis returned from Hot Springs Ark with Edward Davis’s body. Funeral held this afternoon. Lorwood and S W Huston visited. Wm Owen of Columbus Junction here to visit his daughter.
The County News presents local doings in various communities with brief notes on people events and happenings of the day. It highlights everyday activities, meetings, and small-town occurrences across the county.
March 22 report notes Wm. Brown, principal, left for Crawfordsville due to his father Brown's illness. Directors close schools for the rest of the week. Rev. Win Gardner preached at the M E B church yesterday. Wilna Augustine is reported to have scarlet fever. George Bishop departed for Washington this morning.
A visit from Milton Skola of Pilger Nebr and a Kalona visitor marked the week. John Robeson travels to Kansas City for his aunt Mrs Carl's funeral and plans spring work there. Mark Morgan joins Henry Berdo farm. Mrs Rall Gallagher shows a new incubator. Eighth grade exams held March 13 1909 with students listed. Kate Emma Shalla Elma Vacha visit Miss Bessie Blecha who is not improving after Colorado Springs trip.
John Sakulin returns from Chicago to Kalona with brother Jim and friends. Orville Dunlap in Washington on business. Charlie Brown and Frank Lintz visit town. Mr. Stump ill. Wescott family visits Riverside. Gideon moves to Amos Gingerich farm. Lucy Verchal returns from Hills. Eglin busy in Washington. Myers visits from Nira. Infant of Dan Hofer funeral at Richmond cemetery. Sharp couple back from Indiana. Brown from Riverside, Beck from Cedar Falls. Stover travels to Hills. Warner family in Des Moines.
Berlin reports Germany will field thirteen battleships by autumn 1912 in response to English claims of seventeen big gun warships. The lineup includes battleships Nassau Westfalen Rheinland Poset and cruiser Von der Tann with various replacements slated through 1912.
John Bopp suffered a serious hedge trimming accident with a thorn in the eye. Dr. J. M. Chittum treats the Charley Shaffer family amid scarlet fever concerns nearby. A new line forms to aid Mutu Telephone Co as the system improves. Arthur Page and family plan to move to Washington state to live with Mrs Page's mother. The Malicky children were at their father Riverside bedside. he is gradually improving after a paralytic stroke.
Seven of the world’s top billiardists begin a two week tournament for the eight een inch balk line title in New York. Six Americans and Louis Cure of France compete in 500 point matches through April 2 with players including Slosson Sutton Demarest Morningstar Cutler and Cline.
St Louis reports Mrs Georgia Wheeler organist at Gibson Heights Presbyterian church drops dead as she enters the organ loft. The sudden death occurred on March 22 with Wheeler identified as a local church musician.
The Rev. T B Stovall will deliver an address on temperance next Wednesday afternoon in the Sunday School room of the First United Presbyterian church. The topic is Our Women Can Settle It with devotional time on God's Promise. Devotional begins at 2 30 and lecture at 3.
Sheriff and Black departed for Anamosa with W. G. Primeau and Wm. Chabal in custody. They had been sentenced to terms in the state reformatory by Judge Clements last Saturday.
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