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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1908
Page
5
Special weather forecast from Washington details Iowa conditions for today and tomorrow. Officials expect snow flurries tonight and Saturday with continued cold.
Dr. Ed Allen of Wayland attended the opera last evening. B S White of Sioux Falls and his brother Matt White visited with friends here. Mrs D A Cherryholmes and son Ross of Crawfordsville were guests at the J B Crooks home today. Mrs John Babcock will arrive tonight from Chicago to visit her mother Mrs Hervey Bell. George Foster of Chicago arrived last night and visits at James Miller's home. Mrs Miles Sheldon and daughter Blanche of Chicago arrived this morning to visit friends here. Miss June Emry Brightons superintendent will accompany Miss Nena Wilson from Brighton this evening and spend tomorrow at the F L Wilson home.
Local correspondents report on community events across the county including gatherings, town updates, and notable notes from various towns. Brief items cover civic activities, visits, and everyday life happenings in multiple jurisdictions.
Washington visitors Burt Flynn and Alf Younkin stopped in yesterday while Editor Kueneman attended Hills on Wednesday. Mrs Frank Knotek and Emma traveled to Iowa City. Friends of Mr and Mrs John Barnett gathered Tuesday to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary with a progressive cluch game. Margaret Dautremont of Monticello visits this week. Frank Wingler plans a closing out sale Monday before moving to Cedar Rapids. Down Devils Canyon drew a fair crowd Wednesday. Adlai Yoder and Pauline of Tipton stayed Tuesday night. Dr W McLaughlin hosted a stag party Tuesday. Joe Barnett returned from a southern business trip. Ethel Bryant and Helen Shradel visited Iowa on Tuesday. Mrs Jerome Webster and Mrs M E Rose depart for Colorado Springs. Rose to live with daughter in Montrose and Webster to join husband there.
November 13 social updates list Mrs. C. H. Pickens shopping in Washington. Miss Susie Edgington Elizabeth Watson and Carrie Colthurst with R. E. Rhea and L. H. Van Houten depart to visit schools in Iowa City. R. Ray of Ackley visits relatives. Mrs. Allen Gaines spends day with friends in Washington. J. M. Smith hosts return visit by Washington resident. Tressa Chihak celebrates seventeenth birthday with twenty friends, games and light refreshments.
Nov 12 Bert Lakin and wife visited South English early this week. Griffith bought Dan Eiman s corn. Cassius Crossett spent Sunday at Wellman. John Davidson delivered his poultry at Wellman Wednesday. Link Creswell is plastering at Aug Shrader s.
Joe Crossett has put up a new corn crib as local farmers plan to finish gathering corn this week and next.
Matt Koch and daughter return from Colorado Springs to spend the winter with relatives. Essie Augustine visits EH Grubb home. Rob Reed husks corn for Henry Griner. Henry and wife welcome a baby girl born October 30. Andy Oswalt family visit Mike Times home. Local party at Mike Guiner home. Leroy Tucker visits home. John Koch of Dublin visits the Grubb home. August Times buys the Add Henry house and lot.
Mr and Mrs J H Taylor, after visiting at the home of his sister Mrs Rebecca, are noted in Crawfordsville as finishing their guest stay.
Proudfit heads to Knoxville with friends while Miss Edna Young travels to Washington. John Wooley and teachers Lena Shaffer and Accie Clapper visit Cedar Rapids for school tours, funded as a day off. Presbyterian service at morning. Mr McMurtry from Parsons College preaches in evening. United Presbyterian morning service at 11. union evening service by Mr McMurtry. Methodist morning service at 11 led by Rev J H Taylor.
The biennial report of Indiana’s commissioner of fisheries and game is ready as a roughly eight hundred page volume. It covers three departments fish, game and birds with new fish descriptions, mussel industry notes, stream pollution, and fish laws. Free copies can be obtained via legislative members.
Carroll Iowa reports the death of E B Shaw national bank examiner in charge from brain hemorrhage after being found unconscious in his hotel. Shaw was from West Union Iowa and was about to make his first report to the comptroller in Washington when he died. His wife and children arrived later completely unaware of the death. The tragedy follows the recent suicide of W L Culbertson president of the First National Bank of Carroll.
Clarence Underwood, 25, was found unconscious beside the Big Four tracks east of Paris Illinois with a knife wound and a scalp laceration after being thrown from a freight train. He said he served in the regular army and was bound for Cincinnati to visit his sister. He recalls nothing after being beaten while riding from St. Louis. The Odd Fellows lodge in Vermillion cared for him after he regained consciousness.
Terre Haute Indiana November 18 Judge Gerdink held a street car is not a public place under the intoxication in public places statute. The appointing authority for the city judge is disputed between May or Lyons and Governor Henry contends the mayor lacked authority.
Organized labor in Parliament defeats a modest labor measure while Premier Deakin resigns to yield to a radical labor leader. Rear Admiral James M. Miller, governor of the U S naval home at Philadelphia, dies at sixty one. Funeral in Paris for Victorie Sardou with military honors as thousands attend. The Farmers Educational and Co operative Union in New Orleans warns cotton prices must rise.
Mrs Martinelli spends a few days in West Chester visiting friends and stops at the Vienna for baked goods including coffee cakes fruit loaves and rolls. An advertisement for Foley's Honey and Tar warns of winter illness and promotes cough cure and lung strengthening sponsored by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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