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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1912
Page
2
Local notes record Sunday visits among Ruebsams and Rogers near Crawfordsville and Ainsworth, a buggy accident with minor injuries, and social news from Wellman Wellman. Reports cover cemetery association formation, Epworth League officers, and several visits to residents in the area.
Local notes from May 11 1912 recount visits by Haskins residents to nearby towns Iowa City Washington Davenport and Muscatine. Residents attend band concerts attend social events ice cream socials and church group meetings. Several errands include home repairs farm work and travel by auto with commentary on road conditions and weather.
Crawfordsville hosts social gatherings with Mrs. Max Keller entertaining the Social Hour club and visitors from Washington A program note announces Crawfordsville High School commencement events with a May 19 baccalaureate given by Dr N A Scheckard and May 22 address by Dr Wirt Lowther in the opera house. The class orations include Nellie Reubsam Cecil Walker Vera Yeager Jennie Lease Elizabeth Jeffrey Lee Lease John. Florence McCleary arrives from Winfield with May Patterson for a brief visit as seniors are entertained by Mr and Mrs D C Griffith and Professor Wright.
Rev. Jesse Cole chaplain of the Iowa Soldiers' Home and ex grand chaplain of the National Grand Army of the Republic is gravely ill at his Marshalltown home suffering from uremia. A long time Methodist preacher he served four years in the Eighth Wisconsin Infantry and has been chaplain at the state home about ten years.
Des Moines May 11 The homeopathic alumni of the University of Iowa plan to continue their challenge to Dr John G Bowman and the state board of education The annual session at Chamberlain hotel adopted a resolute stance and soon raised over $100 in defense funds to support the action amid broader professional opposition to the university president and board
Principal F. Hi. Wright presided as diplomas were presented and Rev. J. C. Currie gave benediction at the McCoy event.
Saml Hall, aged ninety four, was honored by a dinner party hosted by his daughter Mrs Anna Cecile. About fifty guests attended as Rev Sawhill and Rev D W Brown spoke kindly of his faith and future, and the group sang the 23rd Psalm after carriages departed.
The Knickerbocker Stock company staged Across the Great Divide a four act western comedy drama to a large Graham audience. Miss Lynne Yoder as Dolores gave an excellent performance with strong support and engaging specialties enhancing the show. Tonight the company closes the Washington engagement with G Carlton Guy's comedy, again praised for its well cast parts and lack of rely on hold ups.
The famous Kilties band, in distinctive Scotch Highland uniform, will appear at the Graham this Saturday with matinee and evening shows. The troupe combines music, bagpipe solos, highland dancers, and vocal chorus, promising an extraordinary, showlike concert expected to draw strong crowds.
Miss Rose Saur assisted by Milt Chapek built a new barn for Frank Belka this spring. Miss Frank Wingler returned from Davenport. Nelson Smith aided Phillip Strabla in hauling hogs to Kalona. Mary A. Chez helps Mrs. Frank Eagle with house cleaning. Fred Radda went to Washington. daughter Anna visited over Sunday. Jack Robinson helps Wm. Chapek with spring store rush. Pupils finish last semester examinations at the public school.
Francis Swift and his sister were thrown from a buggy when a frightened horse bolted on East Washington near McCaulley grocery. They suffered bruises though not serious. The buggy was damaged and eggs spilled along the pavement in the scramble.
A tablet named Digestit is advertised as fast relief for acute indigestion and dyspepsia. Brown's Digestit is claimed to treat all stomach disorders instantly. Sold with a positive guarantee for 50 cents at Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Announcement for KK of Pythias Orion Lodge No. 75 Monday night meeting at the Bank of Knight. All brothers urged to attend for work and refreshments. Signed J A Y Ashby, CC.
A dog chased two rabbits into Cayuga Inlet where they swam for safety. The scene drew remark from the Watkins Chronicle noting the oddity rivaling a cat saving its nine lives.
W L Miller of Vicksburg and F M Hyatt of Shel ed were injured when the Dixie Fiver sideswiped a freight at Smiths switch near Vincennes Indiana. Ramsey of Penna Il was fatally hurt in the accident reported May 11.
In Scranton reports two state troops faced a thousand foreign-born protesters at the Olyphant colliery. Firing began with a volley that killed a fourteen year old boy, as rioters hurled missiles and brandished firearms.
The Rev. W. J. Guinan will devote his entire time to St. James Catholic church after a bishop’s notification. He had previously conducted Mass at Pleasant Plain biweekly, a charge now reassigned to another priest. Two masses will be held each Sunday at St James in the future, replacing the prior schedule of one mass every second Sunday.
The baseball game between Winfield and Washington high schools was postponed due to rain that began at 8 this morning and persisted. The game will be made up Saturday May 18 if conditions improve, with two additional local games planned for May 25 and Decoration Day, while a separate game between the button factory and seed house was canceled and may be rescheduled next week.
The preacher declares money the root of all evil and a divine curse from its invention. He calls money dross and a stench, noting scripture that people sell themselves for naught and are redeemed without money as the collection proceeds.
Funeral services for James H. Massey who died recently in Butte Montana were held yesterday at the Miller building chapel. Rev H V Comin of the Presbyterian church officiated with pallbearers C C Cunningham F L Wilson N C Corbin S H Forman L H Wallace and G G Rodman. Interment followed at Elm Grove cemetery.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable case of catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from J J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio. It cites testimonials from National Bank of Commerce of Toledo and claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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