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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
2
We quit the cement business this year then restart to handle work for many callers. We promise a good walk with right proportions and the best material for solid stone and neat workmanlike construction. Leave orders with McCartney & Son. Phone 492. Mrs DeLong and Mrs Daisy Mc Farland returned home to Crawfords ville last evening after a short city visit.
Mount Pleasant Iowa May 22 at a special board meeting Dr Edwin A Schell was unanimously elected president of Iowa Wesleyan University. Known as a forceful speaker and educator with national church leadership, he will lead the oldest Iowa college whose alumni include lawmakers and educators across the nation. The piece notes his background in Epworth League, pastoral work, and publishing, and predicts expanded influence and enrollment for the university.
The Walnut school house will host preaching next Sunday at 3 30 with Sunday school at 2 30. The Rev W R Sawhill will preach.
An ad notes fever prevalence on high elevations and malaria in lower areas. It promotes Electric Bitters as the effective remedy for climate affections including lassi tude jaundice biliousness fever and ague and general debility. Sold under guarantee at Lemmon's Pharmacy for 50 cents.
A Civil War anecdote recounts General Phil Sheridan teasing a stubborn local over Blackwater Creek. The old man refuses directions, is ordered arrested, then taken to view the creek. Sheridan consoles him by implying safety after seeing Blackwater, provoking cheers along the line.
Jeremiah McFarland and his brother James McFarland, long believed dead after serving in the Union Army, were reunited in Delaware county Iowa after decades apart. A Saratoga Grand Army of the Republic visit triggered inquiries, leading Jeremiah to Dundee near Manchester where he confirmed James was alive and well on a local farm.
Eliot M. Miller recalls General Grant’s staff mail tale. The chaplain attached a hint of delay to his tent door. Grant read the sign and paused, then walked on, later reading a harsher note he did not expect.
A Confederate soldier fleeing Nashville for two days sits in the woods, discards his gun and accoutrements, and reflects on his state. He admits being whipped and demoralized yet asserts that he is not scattered, rolling up his sleeves to examine his arms and physique as he speaks.
Isaac Harring who served through the Civil War and was a conspicuous mark for sharp shooters because of his great height died at Gladstone Michigan December 27. He was eight feet high and the tallest man in the upper peninsula of Michigan.
Alfred Richardson of Havensville Kansas, former member of the 22nd Iowa Company K, toured Iowa City veterans en route to Vicksburg. He lived in Iowa City about forty three years ago when he left war service and later became a Kansas contractor, greeted by many pioneer friends including Capt. S. D. Prye during the visit. Miss Jennie Cook arrived from West Chester to attend the Academy graduation.
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