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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1912
Page
2
Reports from Noble and surrounding townships recount cattle sales by Frank McCombs and Albert Setement to Dan Yoder of Kalona. Local residents attend to farming, building projects, illnesses, and social events including a Sunday school convention and family updates.
Rubio and family visitors from Worthington Iowa include G L Ireland telegraph operator visiting his brother W L Ireland. Dr Ireland returned by auto. Local school closed with teachers heading home. Wm Luithly returned as a new veterinarian. Auto fever among J J Pleigg and Floyd Hixson plans to buy cars. Lightning rods added to Floyd Hixson store and Luithly residence. Ladies Boosting club trimmed park trees and flower beds were planted. Miss Bessie Breitenbach awarded poetry book to pupils. J H Steinbeck painting his new home, Gabby and Cook working on meat market. Chas Morgan building a new barn. Edw Burham visiting brother Lee.
Mr and Mrs Palmer Babcock and family spent Sunday at Wes White s. Mr and Mrs A Dawson visited at R Dawson s Sunday. Miss Ruth Carlson returned home from Moline IL Saturday. Ralph Zeck is on the sick list. Maud McGuire helps aunt Mrs Dave Benson with house work. Little George Zeck visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs Jim Zeck. Mr and Mrs Vincent Marek visited at Iowa City Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Joe Wright called at Chas Brown s Sunday evening.
Rural Route No Three in the area features numerous social visits including Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fetters with the A. C. Durst family, and other neighbors such as Wes White and the John Green household. Virginia Wallace returns from Monmouth, Miss. T. B. Thrasher hosts a weeklong visit for the Dutch meestes.
Keota May Day observance noted at the Methodist church on May 12 with a flower decorated hall. Margaret Sangster led the program with recitations by Elmer Hoth and Myrtle Nevitt, solos by Martha Richardson and A. M. Miller, and a violin duet by Mary Taft and Corrine Hamill. A white carnation was given to each mother. Rev H B Scoles delivered a thoughtful sermon after the service. Chapter C M of P EB O will meet.
Funeral services for Mrs. Townsend were held at the family home conducted by Rev. J. C. Shipp with interment in Ainsworth cemetery. She was a long time resident born November 12 1890 at Mount Hope Wisconsin and lived in town since 1903 aside from three years at Oakdale sanitarium.
Samuel Donahey of Indiana arrived for a visit with his sister Mrs. W. E. Walker. D. A. Boyer of Washington visited yesterday. Allen Paschal returned to Columbus Junction after a brief stay. Rev Edwin J. Rice and Mr and Mrs Win Anwyl with son visited Washington today. Mary Bennett left for Ogden to live with her daughter Mrs Chas Bennett. A Shaffer came from Des Moines to lay brick for J F P Buxbaum building. Miss Tedford came from Ainsworth to stay with J H McCleary. D Z Wonderly died last night of apoplexy. Funeral plans not yet made.
Deputy Wallace found a man on a brick pile near the old bank building seemingly lifeless. A doctor confirmed a strong pulse and loud breath, and he was jailed for drunkenness after a court appearance. The man, named Harry Vaughn from St. Louis, claimed to have worked with a painting gang and to have been in Washington recently. A crowd gathered as the tale of whiskey and Jamada ginger drinking to sobriety unfolded.
May 14 1912 notes Mrs J A Glendenning and family left Ainsworth for Bloomfield to visit relatives while Mr Glendenning attends a Minneapolis conference. W D King and daughter from Fairfield visited Floyd Letts. Mrs W T Trotter Jr and Miss Mabel Roquette visited relatives in town. At 2 20 pm a death occurred at the Townsend home near Towns end, caused by tuberculosis.
New York May 14 The American Booksellers Association opens its annual meeting at the Hotel Astor to shape the retail book trade against department stores and mail order houses. Mayor Gaynor welcomes attendees. Speakers include Dr. Harvey Wiley Meredith Nicholson and W Morgan Shuster.
In a Journal of the American Medical Association report a rabbit cornea was grafted onto a patient with almost complete corneal destruction. The procedure used local anesthesia, a fitted rabbit cornea, drainage tubes, and bandages. vision was reported restored.
Navy department establishes the Atlantic reserve fleet at the Philadelphia navy yard under Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight as commander in chief. Initial ships include the armored cruiser Tennessee flagship Maine Iowa Indiana Wisconsin scout cruisers Birmingham Chester and protected cruiser Tacoma. Admiral Knight previously led naval ordnance boards and faced court martial over the Puritan incident.
Wellesley College women face a moral question after an editorial urging students to forgo buying cut flowers and devote the money to aid starving Chinese. The piece argues Chinese famine relief could be funded by redirecting daily flower spending, noting three cents a day could sustain a Chinese person and urging reconsideration of aesthetic purchases.
Count von Bernstorff reports a German squadron will visit this summer, first stopping at Hampton Roads in early June then to Washington to meet the president. Officers include Prince Henry of Prussia and Prince Christian of Hesse-Philippstäd-Barchfeld aboard Moltke and Stettin. The visit accompanies U S battleships to Kiel and then proceeds to New York before Kiel maneuvers.
Trenton May 14 State Senator Richard Fitzherbert who was found guilty by the New Jersey Senate of conduct unbecoming a senator may face a grand jury. Prosecutor Crossley plans to present the matter at Mercer county court opening to day. The charge alleges efforts to obtain payments from an acetylene company for blocking a bill and to solicit a fee from Lehigh Valley Railroad to push Morris Canal abandonment. Fitzherbert denies the charges.
In a London Opinion item the speaker Dugald quips that he avoids whisky except in high merriment or deep despair, admitting a current state that could justify a modest taste. The casual remark frames his restrained drinking stance in a humorous light.
In Chicago on May 14 1912, receipts estimated at 12 000 with 3 929 carried from yesterday. Prospects generally five higher with light cattle shifts at 7 30 to 7 80, mixed packers 7 85, heavy shipping 7 35 to 7 87. Cattle 3 500 and sheep 16 000 with prospects steady.
The Swiss chamber of commerce has taken the initiative to promote worldwide penny postage. It will advocate the plan at the international congress of chambers of commerce in Boston beginning September 24.
Market notes show receipts today 16 000 and yesterday 44 617 with 10 583 shipments and 3 929 left over. Estimated tomorrow receipts 26 000 and prices broadly higher than Monday. Cattle hogs and sheep trades listed with ranges for each category and general market tone mixed to steady.
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