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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1910
Page
5
Keota and area residents visited the city yesterday with reports of visits to McNamara’s furniture line and porch items. Notable absences include Glenn Taylor recovering from a serious horse accident with no limb loss. Baptist convention attendees Rev. D I Coon and Rev. Dr. D D Proper plan pulpit duties tomorrow in Chicago and Omaha respectively.
Mrs Ralph Junkin returns from Keota with news of friends and family. Mrs R M Hamilton and daughter Nora O Loughlin visit the city from Keota. Vienna offers fresh nut fingers maca roons candy and salted nuts. Clifford Thorne heads to Guthrie Center to deliver an address. Mrs J A Harwood and Mrs Will Harwood return from Brighton after a day with friends.
Daily notes show Mr. and Mrs. Matthews returning to Winfield after city trip, Miss Florence Roth visiting Fairfield, several residents heading to Burlington, Chicago, Keokuk, and Paris for overnights, business, and relatives, plus bounty updates on gophers and hogs and upcoming travels to France and California.
A father recounts a flood tale where Ruth and her dog ride a drifting log down a river. They endure a cold voyage and sleep, waking to find Ruth back home, mistaken by her worried parents as lost to the flood. The story emphasizes fear, resilience, and reunion.
Mrs J M Sproull of Waterloo arrived Thursday evening to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Hi F Samson. Miss Muriel Cullumber a high school student returned home to Lexington for an over Sunday visit. Mrs A R Miller and Miss Josephine Babcock came home from Albia after attending the P K D convention. George H Paul and Harry Montgomery returned Thursday from Corpus Christi Texas. Mrs Paul and Miss Mary Hunter stopped briefly in Kansas City on their way.
The Presbyterian pastor speaks on Missionary Dividends at 11 a.m. and The Comet Leave at 7:30 p.m. All are invited. Rev. and Mrs. Lloyd Samson of Santa Ana arrive for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Samson en route to Philadelphia for the United Presbyterian Church assembly.
The Evening Journal notes that classified ads in the paper attract buyers and effectively sell property. Advertisers are urged to place want ads as a primary tool for moving goods and listings in town.
Walter Nordyke declares his candidacy for nomination to the Washington County Board of Supervisors under the Republican banner for the June primary. He states the will of the Republicans will decide the result at the June elections.
Wallace school defeats Centennial 10 to 6 in a baseball game at the ball park. Carl Burham hits a home run for Wallace. Wallace batteries Barrett and Burham. Centennial batteries Bidwell and Keyes.
Bobbie waits in a barber shop while his father is shaved. On arriving home he exclaims with shock that the barber spread a lot of charlotte roosh on papa and scraped it all off with a knife.
The Straits of Messina are deep channels where whirlpool currents lift deep sea creatures to the surface. In this region the fresh water eel was first discovered, shedding light on the life history of a mysterious fish.
A descendant claiming the Lesurques pension, granted after his exoneration, writes to the French minister of justice in Paris. Mme Behague, 60, asserts direct female-line descent and readiness to prove identity to recover the pension paid by the government.
The article highlights contributions by Miss Alberta Wagner Mrs W M Sutherland and Miss Ruth Latta toward a rest room rug urging more donations and notes widespread underfunding. It references Senator Jeff Davis wishing Rockefeller burnt with his oil and recalls an early Standard Oil petition to curb oil drawing imprudently.
A charitable plan to house indigent southern women near New York expands after strong northern support. The project, modeled on the Louise home in Washington, will admit women of gentle birth and respectable standing. Mrs. Le Roy Broun leads the fundraising committee.
The article describes multiple neighborhood events including the estate of Dion Nie Cogher hosting a city schools evening of music and puzzles. Nora Corette, Prof Fuller, Dorothy Latchem, Vera Alberson, Jamison, and others performed while guests enjoyed ice cream and coffee. Additional gatherings honor Miss Clara May Wagner with a luncheon, and a large academy graduation party includes a Brighton picnic and class song.
Dr A. Ashby announces a new office in Morrison Block above Nicola and Harmon's Book Store in Washington Iowa. He highlights decades in real estate loan and insurance, broader land agency connections, and offers to list and buy farm city property income property and more with potential exchanges and future deals.
One man killed and three others bruised in the first ten hours of the twenty four hour ante race at Brighton Beach. Mechanician William Bradley died when his Marion ear turned turtle.
The literary department of the Fortnightly Club will meet with Mrs. Harry Ward Monday evening. The afternoon section of the same department will meet Monday at 2 30 with Mrs. J A Harwood.
The churches announce Bible school at 9 30 a m B Y P A at 6 30 p m morning worship at 11 a m and evening service at 7 30 p m Dr D D Proper of Omaha fresh from the northern Baptist convention in Chicago will preach both services Morning topic Opened Doors Evening topic The Soul Its Life or Death All are invited to attend with special music.
Sabbath school at 9 30. Morning worship at 11. Sermon by Rev. W L C Samson of Santa Ana Cal. Junior Endeavor at 5. Senior Endeavor at 6 15. Evening worship at 7 30. All are invited.
Eight color pictures from the Chicago Art Education Company will hang in Room D at the high school next Monday and Tuesday from 3 to 6 pm. The Fortnightly club arranged the display after Mrs. Hessler’s exhibit was delayed, and the public is invited to visit free.
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