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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1909
Page
5
Special to the Evening Journal. Fair tonight in Iowa with increasing cloudiness Sunday. West portion may see rain or snow.
Nellie Moore of Columbus Junction passed through en route home from Haskins. Warren Stulf left for Chicago this morning. The writer plans to spend the summer with relatives at Gray's Lake near Chicago. Sparker batteries for telephones and gas engines are available at Wooley Bros garage.
Advertises Pazo Ointment as guaranteed to cure itching bleeding protruding or blind piles in six to fourteen days with a money back refund and a 60 cent price.
F T McKune sawed wood at Wilber Beenblossom s last Saturday. Miss Edith McBride commenced the spring term of school at Eureka Monday. Linus Woods is building a fine modern hog house on his farm. Charley Campbell will move on the Taylor farm next week, and Tom Nicholson will move into the Bunce property. Mr and Mrs Sam Sigafoose visited at Wilber Beenblossom s Tuesday. Mr Duncan the stock food man from Mt Pleasant is in the neighborhood selling his stock food. Paul Gelski attended the funeral of his father at Pleasant Plain Thursday morning. Ms Howard Hopping visited at the L Sigafoose home Wednesday. Drs M C Terry of Brighton and W Stewart of Washington are holding a consultation at Frank McKune s today. Mrs C P Grosscup is on the sick list. she has been sick for some time.
March 26 report lists funeral services for Bessie Blecha and Mr McGovern. Local visitors include Rev Jos Penn and Rev B Jacobsmeier leaving for Castalia and Columbuss Junction respectively. Farmers sow oats and wheat while road work continues. several residents and families are noted with exchanges and visits across neighboring towns.
March 27 report notes Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Briley visiting relatives in Columbus Junction. Several local residents traveled to Washington. Sewell of Winfield mourns Fletcher baby death. Rev J H Taylor presided at the funeral of Max Eugene Fletcher two weeks old, at the Methodist church this afternoon.
Dayton Davis died at his Richland home last Thursday after a period of illness. The funeral was held Saturday at the M. E. church. He leaves a wife, two sons, and several stepchildren. He was seventy three and known by all.
March 27 report from Ainsworth notes Mrs. C. R. Stearns and Mrs. Warren Parrow shopping yesterday. W. Kirkpatrick and family depart this morning for their new home in Deane Iowa. M. Anderson and Mrs. Sonn Shenefell of Washington were in town on business yesterday.
Oscar Godwin was a business visitor at Frank Latchem on Wednesday March 26, as recorded in local notes.
Miss Lena Wickham of Chicago visits her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. T. Y. Wickham, Sr. Miss Mabel Soden leaves with Mrs. R. M. Keller after a few days together. Mrs. Omi Keller shopped in Washington today.
Rev. T B Stovall address before the women of the W C C T U extolled women as equal partners in family and society and credited the movement with laws on temperance education and protection for women and girls. He cited Esther and modern reforms, urged political rights, and shared anecdotes on women in the workforce and college life.
Wooley Bros offer sparker batteries for telephone and engine use. Misses Carrie and Fannie Winter return from Chicago for a ten day visit. Marcellus Moriarty comes home from Des Moines to visit relatives. Miss Lou Blanchard returns to Chillicothe after a visit to the Mercer home. Will Kuhn and Homer Coppock of Iowa Wesleyan University return home for spring vacation. Grace Buchanan Leta Aldridge arrive from Mt Union for a weekend visit with Miss Besse.
The Washington Telephone Co asks customers planning new telephones or a change of residence to notify the manager at once so their names can be listed or updated in the upcoming directory. The notice stresses urgency as the directory goes to press soon.
J A Swenson of Watertown Wisconsin credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with curing a decade of eczema after 16 doctors failed. The ad promises relief for skin eruptions eczema salt rheum boils fever sores burns scalds cuts and piles. 26 cents at J E Lemmon’s.
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