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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1907
Page
4
A string of residents depart for business and visiting trips to Des Moines Chicago Muscatine Sigourney Letts and Newton. Seniors stage Topsy Turvy at Wayland Saturday night while others head to P. E. O. conventions and family gatherings across Iowa.
Local correspondents compile daily doings across counties with brief community notes and day to day happenings. Updates cover social visits, meetings, school events, baptisms, weddings, and public notices.
A Saturday night meeting finalized arrangements for Memorial Day observance. The band opened its outdoor concert season Saturday. Ina Murphy and Blanche Neiswanger returned to Washington for school duties. Bert Orris and others traveled to Iowa City for Mrs. Orris to have surgery tomorrow. Murray Smylie visited Washington. Mr. Manners and the Clark and Maxwell families attended Mrs. J W Maxwell's funeral in Washington.
The Central College Glee club of Pella arrived this morning and will perform this evening at the Baptist church. They previously gave a concert Saturday night at the Prairie Flower church, reported to be excellent.
May 6 reports list visitors and social visits. Mr and Mrs James Altic visited Frank Jackson's home Sunday. Margaret Brooks sewed for Mrs L Bartholomew. Andy McGuire hauled hogs to Washington. Contral College Gee club concert at Prairie Flower enjoyed Saturday. Maud McGuire helped Aunt Mrs David Bens90. Harvey Knupp hosted four Pe la students over Sunday.
Arthur Peterson arrives from Minden North Carolina for a year, Mrs W A Walker visits relatives in Washington, J F R Leonard returns from Rock Island on business, Mr and Mrs W J Reaney and child visit Muscatine relatives for graduation, Nina Peck returns from Spokane vacation, funeral held for eleven week old child of Simpson family, Mrs W T Hollen attends commencement, Rev J E Weigle delivers baccalaureate sermon at U P church, No E Wood visits Washington on business.
May events report Mrs. Simon Wolf returning from Washington after visiting her daughter. Walter Helscher and Ernest Bower left for Oklahoma to attend to land interests. Mr and Mrs O Keiser and daughter Phyllis returned from Iowa City. Mrs J Dayton of West Chester visited at the James Nelson home. Isaac Schreckengast returned last blind text continues.
Evening from Washington summarizes family updates and local events including Mr and Mrs George Herscher traveling to Hedrick after Mrs Hines death, James Nelson and James Deyoe fishing at the river, Mrs A N Bass of New York speaking at the Methodist Church for the Home Missionary Society, and Ed Grove with children returning home after a week with Philip Martman.
May 7 reports show Mrs T W Rickey Mrs W Bennett and Miss Margaret Twinam traveling to Washington this morning. Mrs Twinam arrives from Wyman. Dr and Mrs W Stewart of Washington were business visitors in town yesterday.
Jacob Gerig and Joseph Freinberger visited business in the area around Columbus Junction and Finley. Ed and Mrs. Rinner were in Washington, while Joe Roth helped Will roof Peter Richard's barn. Schultzters delivered corn to Wayland elevator at forty cents a bushel for John Graber and Emily Milhone.
A. J. Dawson learned from the Lee county prosecuting attorney that Samuel James, who attempted a swindle to borrow money on a Mrs Boden property with a forged deed, pleaded guilty and will be sentenced soon. James was captured by local officers as he planned to flee town by box car after the scheme unraveled in this city.
The city council met at City Hall with Mayor Cunningham presiding and all members present. Minutes were read and approved, bills allowed as per the finance committee, and the treasurer's report filed. A special committee recommended building a vault in City Hall to store city records.
Mr and Mrs Wm Jugenheimer learned their son Frank Jugenheimer died in Cambridge Nebraska. His body will arrive tomorrow morning on the C B Q. A funeral service will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o clock from the parental home west of the city.
Funeral service for the late Howard Carter will be held early Friday morning at 9 o'clock at the residence. Interment will follow in Hickory Grove cemetery in Henry County.
Save Your Money. Have rugs made from your old car pets. Phone 649. Work done by Fairfield Rag Co. All work guaranteed. Mr. and Mrs. Miles Bradford have leased their residence in south Washington and will leave next month for an extended visit with friends in the west. They will travel to Kansas City, Colorado and Utah points, ending in Salem Oregon.
Report from Washington school showing May 3 1907 closing status. The eights maintain first place in attendance and punctuality while the dancer remains in Miss Guthrie's room for a third straight month. R. B. Crone, Sept.
Mrs Gertie Clark rode home to Crawfordsville after a brief visit in the city last evening, marking a quiet end to her local stay.
Notice invites all to a pie supper at Eureka schoolhouse on Friday May 10 to raise funds for the school. Dr. Shoop offers free samples and a book on Digestive and heart kidney health to prove merit. advertises Dr. Shoop's Restorative sold by J H Stewart.
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