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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1905
Page
4
Local news brings timely notices of accidents deaths births and marriages from village to city. Reporters detail events shaping daily life with emphasis on people places and outcomes.
Eva Easter departed Friday for Cedar Falls to visit Miss Ella Laird. The High School team lost to Columbus Junction 11 to 3 in a Saturday game. Miss Eva Brown, grammar teacher, left Saturday for Clearfield. Mrs J W McLaughlin and son from Washington visited Dr Hamilton’s. Open air band concerts begin tomorrow and run each evening through summer. P H Abren returned Saturday from Davenport.
W W Wells is very ill at the home of his daughter Mrs Wes Smith in Westchester. J D Dayton is in Delta on business today. Mrs Sam Lewis of Indiana is visiting old friends here.
The piece argues Abraham Lincoln on fooling people contrasts with modern readers, attributing vast progress to education. It notes consumers now study details, especially in clothing, and that Klein Klothing Kompany offers clearly priced, suited merchandise, inviting inspection and purchase.
R. C. Ferguson is in Washington today. Miss Nellie Grush spent Sunday in Washington. The Epworth Leaguers arranged to have J. Wesley Holland here in the near future to give up entertainment. Mrs. R. F. McFarland and baby went to Des Moines this morning to visit her sister.
May 15 reports show J H Huston visiting Washington. Edna Shipman of Wapello taught southeast of town and visited Miss Alice Hobart. Rev A W Berry arrived from Spokane for the Committee of Divisions meeting and preached at United Presbyterian. The Missions Committee meets this week with one minister from each US presbytery expected.
Local confectionery shop invites customers to inspect its wide array of pies and cakes, inviting guests to explore the bakery’s offerings in person.
Mrs. D. J. Norton Jr gave a very pretty solo at morning worship in the Presbyterian church yesterday. The selection from The Messiah He Shall Feed His Flock and Come Unto Him was rendered in a delightful manner and greatly enjoyed by the congregation.
Mrs William Jurging and her son Raleigh returned home this morning from Muscatine where they had stayed with relatives for a few weeks. Mr Jurging spent Sunday in Muscatine and traveled back with them.
Early morning burglars entered the J. F. Curran residence cellar and the O. K. Mauck home. Mrs. Mauck woke to noises at 3:30 AM and alerted her husband. They later found a window raised and plants moved, but the intruders fled.
A Rock Island special train loaded with threshers from Avery Manufacturing Co. in Peoria will arrive Tuesday evening at 5 30 and depart Wednesday morning at 7 9. The display gives Washington residents time to inspect the train. The train carries at least twenty two cars of machines to be delivered at Kansas City.
Fred Reid and Barrel Vogt mourn the death of their pedigreed collie once recovering from distemper that left her partially paralyzed. The valued animal is reported to have been worth about $40, representing a heavy loss for the grieving owners.
Mr W W Wells of Dublin fell ill yesterday with persistent hiccups. Doctors feared for his condition but it is now improving and he is hoped to recover without complications.
Frank a large gray family horse owned by Eli Neiswanger died Sunday evening at nine o'clock. The cause of death was founder. He served as a faithful animal for a number of years.
The presiding elder Rev. G W Gaines D D will preach at the A M E Church on Tuesday May 16. The pastor M Payton invites parishioners and the public to attend, promising a good sermon and a meaningful service.
G A R post announces a regular meeting Tuesday night with full attendance urged by W H Warner and P C to attend any Loyal Order of Moose or veterans group chapter event.
The Twentieth Century Reading Circle meets tomorrow at Mrs. Hamilton’s East Main home for the final year meeting and officer elections. Miss Viola Simpson delivers a music recital at Washington Academy with Nora Curran and Miss Kate Glover assisting. several encores praised. Juniors host a reception for the graduating class as Royal Neighbors plan a regular meeting and cake ad appears.
Rev. L. D. Young of Washington delivered an excellent sermon to the 1905 graduating class at the Methodist church in Columbus Junction. Seventeen graduates, eight girls and nine boys, filled the church, with Murray Hutton, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hutton, as head of the class. Mrs. Mary Rush visited family in Ainsworth.
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