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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1910
Page
2
T B Edmondson returns from Chicago as the new Kalona to Iowa City train attracts riders. Local residents visit relatives, attend events, and observe changes in business with Dr. Allen purchasing the old Snider hardware store amid recent ownership shifts.
Ainsworth Nebraska items note Mrs. A E Stites visiting her parents in Union Miss Theresa Chihak traveling to Keota to visit Mrs Will Peiffer. Banquet hosted by Mr and Mrs W T Trotter for graduates and staff with pink and white decor and a three course supper.
Grace Hill notes May 16 with Mr and Mrs Fred Beitel of Muscatine visiting at the B F Beitel home. Walter Strohm stopped en route and spent Fri Sat Sun with his parents Mr and Mrs C C Strohm. Mr and Mrs J F Kaiser attended a Sunday school convention at Washington last week.
A long village page records a pigstaunch dialogue about hogs, class theatricals, and a busy Keota High School program. It notes commencements, baccalaureate, and student lists, plus society gatherings at the L B E Hulse home and local arrivals, trips, and shop changes.
Mr and Mrs Adam Libe Mr and Mrs John Libe and Mr and Mrs Frank Mayhew of Havre spent Sunday at Ed Libe s. Harry Taylor returned home from Washington Saturday night after completing his work at the Academy. Mrs Effie Porter spent one day last week at Frank Smith s.
Pleasant Hill records a flurry of Sunday and weekend visits. Mr. and Mrs. Ton Smiley called on George Benson. Mrs. O S Pickens visits with daughter Mrs. Will Easter. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kephart returned from Lone Tree. Mrs. James Shrader hosted at Jake Shrader’s. Miss Bessie Swift visited sister Mrs. Charley Keating. John Kephart and Mrs. Kephart spent a day with Gus Strum. Ruth Swift visited Cecile Lellville.
Mrs. Viola Gardner and Miss Violet visited Mt Pleasant for a May play with Edna Gardner taking part. Miss Alice Eyestone from Mt Vernon spent time at home. Choir meets Wednesday at Miss Blanche Wallace’s home for special music. Mrs. Will Wallace and Blanche Wallace visited Washington Saturday. W F M S bank offering service in church Sunday morning with Miss Hopkinson delivering the address. K H met Saturday at Mrs Floyd Timmons home for a large, pleasant gathering. Mrs Carwell and Ruth visiting relatives in Illinois. Rev Carwell hosted at A E Knotts home Monday. Sam Nicola works for Robert Annalong this summer. Swain Beatty spent Sunday in Davenport. Sam Gardner and family from Washington spent last week with Howard Gardner. Nettye, Harry and Norma Gardner improving from measles.
In Keota on May 18 the four classes finishing a three months attendance contest held a joint event at the W R C hall. One hundred twenty five people attended including guests and family. The Sunday school orchestra played songs while each class staged performances. The young men performed charades. The young women gave a further entertainment segment.
Miss Lena Shaffer’s mother and sister from Crawfordsville visited her in West Chester today.
May 18 report lists Frank Hull returning to Williamsburg Kansas from a short stay. Mrs Reuben Provett and Miss Sarah Campbell travel to Washington for business. William Readall returns from Lineville Springs Missouri. Mrs Myrtle McCleary’s friends learn she arrived in New York from West Africa and plans to depart for Fairfield to reach there this morning.
John Waymack plans a two week trip to the Gulf Coast in Texas and possibly into Old Mexico. He will soon make his home in Washington, resuming work at H. M. Shellabarger barber shop and greeting friends there.
A. Holland Forbes the Aero Club of America vice president from New York endured another air mishap when his balloon the Viking wrecked near Center Kentucky. The craft boasted 85000 cubic feet of gas and Forbes has survived multiple near death experiences in daring flights.
An international conference will meet in Christiania on May 19 to decide a form of government for Spitzbergen. The United States accepts the invitation, arguing Spitzbergen is no man's land with valuable coal fields. Sweden Russia Britain Germany and Denmark are invited. delegates will draft a framework for protecting property and game, with a probable international protectorate under nearby powers.
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