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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1906
Page
5
Wanted man with a small family seeks work on a farm. R. D. McFarland of Ainsworth Iowa lists contact as BR Route 3. 33 41. Also a classified: carpet cleaning ad offering ingrain at 24 cents per yard and Brussels at 3 percent.
Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M calls a special meeting Thursday March 20 at 7 30 PM for second degree work. The candidate is a prominent citizen of this place. Turn out and assist in this interesting work. John H Steck W M.
The Brotherhood of St. Paul at the Methodist church will hold a regular meeting next Friday evening at 7 30. Rev. Chas N Pace of Sigourney will deliver the address.
The bowling tournament entries will close promptly at 6 o'clock tomorrow evening, ending the registration period and confirming participation.
J L Bowman traveled to Fairfield on business this afternoon. D Acheson returned home in Allerton after visiting in the city. He came here due to the death of his brother Jas E Acheson.
A Pioneer Drug Store ad touts pure olive oil as free from adulteration and superior to pure food standards. It warns of common dilutions with cottonseed peanut sesame and other oils and promotes olive oil as a medicine and tissue builder for all ages.
The Day March 27 report notes Mr. and Mrs. Vitus Disch and Mary Wess and Edgar Myers hosting Friday visitors Will Taylor and family. Mrs. Anna Rebme visited friends in Washington. The Johnsons and Dischs hosted relatives Sunday. Cary Porter is quite sick. Mrs. Harley Wilkin and Everet visited Chas Johnson. Will Myers family plan to move to Longmont Colorado. Neighbors express sorrow at departures.
March 28 reports show Mrs. J E Rogers of Keota visiting the Turbott home then traveling to Washington to see relatives. Mrs E P Supplee returns from Chicago with updates from relatives and friends. Oris Childs of Sigourney leaves for Washington after a day with Mrs N L Utterback.
March 28 Lewis Palmer left this morning for Western Oklahoma while Frank Kopoch and his wife returned from their wedding trip. Mr and Mrs John Waite came back this morning from the west where they spent the winter. Wellman faces a coal famine threat.
Rev W L Clapp officiates the wedding of Warren McConahey and Minnie Spangler near Olds after arriving from Washington. Elsewhere Grace Robbins and James Murray Miller to wed April 4 at high noon. Ruth Maxwell and Fred McElroy marry at the First United Presbyterian manse in Washington with attendants Floyd Maxwell and Stella Welch. Mrs McElroy is from Crawfordsville and well known locally, while Mr McElroy is connected to the McEvoy family nearby.
At a 4 o'clock meeting this afternoon the city school board unanimously re elected Crone to the superintendency for another year. The election occurred at Journal press time with announcements pending and committees were named.
Coon & Sherman druggists urge mothers to use Vino claiming it strengthens delicate stomachs and builds red blood, bones, and flesh to create sturdy children. They cite Mrs Jennie Perse of Mansfield Ohio and promise refunds if it fails. McCollum and Cherry Holmes shipped a car of fine horses to Buffalo today.
Mrs. R. A. Snyder, after a brief stay in the city, returned to her home in Brighton this afternoon following a few days of visiting.
Mrs H T McLaughlin arrived this afternoon after visiting Columba City to discuss mission work in the Sudan last night.
Muarel Luella M. Burton, deputy factory inspector, reports 29 307 women employed in Michigan factories and shops last year an increase from the prior year. Daily wages ranged from 75 cents to 1.05 dollars.
Mr and Mrs W B Rittenhouse entertained a small group of friends last evening in honor of their niece Miss Bessie Pittenhouse who had arrived from Bloomfield Nebraska where she has taught school for several months.
This morning at the First United Presbyterian parsonage on South Iowa avenue, Fred McIlroy and Ruth Maxwell, both of Crawfordsville, were married at 11 o'clock by Rev. F. U. Ross. The couple, attended by Floyd Maxwell and Stella Welch, hail from Crawford township and are well regarded in local social circles.
Mrs J Swift will host the St James Sewing Circle tomorrow afternoon at her home on North Avenue B.
In court this afternoon Samuel Manatt sues Herman Romig over possession of a small land parcel. Probate entries include approval of the sale report for J. H. Bull estate, administrator ordered to sell bank stock at appraised value, Knox estate monument funds limited to 150, and Elizabeth Taylor estate temporary administrator J F Henderson tasked to review R T McCall claim.
Funeral services were conducted at 11 30 this morning by Rev F O Ross at the home on East Second Street for James E Acheson. The body was not moved to Ainsworth due to lost cemetery records from last fall fire. Children Murray and Ella searched for the family lot at noon. No further services are planned today and interment is expected tomorrow.
Mrs Geo Eckerman of West Chester was shopping in the city today. Asa Reid shipped a car of horses to Bloomington Indiana this afternoon. They were dandies.
S. W. Neal came back this afternoon from Des Moines where he had been away for a few days on business.
Local news lists numerous visitors and arrivals including J Caner Henry Luers M L Miller Chas Anderson John Turbott J W Kirkpatrick John Pearson Wm Randall Mrs Nell Needham L D Higgins Mrs R S Warfel and David Mrs Clarence Shanafelt Harry Garard Miss Isabel Carroll J A Cunningham and son James Miss Lou Cunningham Judge Clements Fort Sherman Elmo Friend baby news for Lester Ranck Prof W R Manning and Miss Lillian Price with planned vocal class in Washington.
Mrs Alice Berryhill of Chattanooga Tennessee writes of three years of ulceration and inflammation of female organs. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief in days and full recovery after continued use. The letter endorses the product and invites others to seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham.
Pure Food Roll of Honor lists None-Such Mince Meat Merrill Soule Co Syracuse as a semi moist condensed mix of beef apples spices sugar raisins currants boiled cider and salt with no artificial colors or preservatives. The March Good Housekeeping guarantee declares near sanitary perfection and notes sales of one million packages a month at grocers. Apr 19
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