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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1909
Page
5
Community Notes and Holiday Prep In Harper Wellman
Local residents share visits with relatives in Harper Eddyville Ottumwa Rock Island Amsterdam and Harper. Eastern Stars host a bridal shower for Hazel Imagist as she marries Burrell Foster. Thanksgiving service planned at Presbyterian with union orchestra and charity collection. P E O Chapter CM hosts a school day style meeting with civics quiz and a farewell for the teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Smith
Harper
Mike Clarahan
Warner’s
Lawrence Bothofer R
Eddyville
Lesta Engle
Ottumwa
Harold Grove
Rock Island
Jerome Ochs
Jonathan Duncan
George Rankin
Amsterdam
Ohio
Duncan
Bennett
Clara Droz
Kate Glover
America
Keith Droz
Local Meeting At Mrs Edgingtons Home
The next regular meeting will be held at the home of Mrs W Edgington. The carpenters are making good headway with the new schoolhouse. Mr and Mrs J H Armacost of Moulton Ia are here for a visit with their daughter Mrs Warren Bishop who expects to leave soon for New Mexico to spend the winter. Wm Thompson was through here last week gathering up a load of poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Edgington
J. Hf. Armacost
Moulton
Warren Bishop
New Mexico
Wm. Thompson
Local Notes Highlight Visits and Moves This Week
Mrs Wm McClelland visits sister Mrs Joe McClelland for a few days. Winnie Crossett moved near Joe Crossett’s. Dan Kiman visited Kalona for a day. Emmett McDowell spent Sunday with his mother. Mr Myers bought 800 dollars worth of poultry last week. Much corn lies under snow. Louisa Ossman travels to What Cheer for German school. Several boys obtain hunter’s licenses from the justice of the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. McClelland
Joe McClelland
Winnie Crossett
Joe Crossett
Dan Kiman
Kalona
Emmett McDowell
Emmett
Myers
Louisa Ossman
Hunter
Justice of the Peace
Thanksgiving Gatherings Across Town
Mr and Mrs McVicker and children and A M Miller visit relatives in Slourney for Thanksgiving. Mr and Mrs J L Sanders entertained Tuesday evening in honor of Mr and Mrs W D Lyle of Laport.
Hog shipments and local visits report from Keota area
Nov 24 reports Charles Johnson shipping hogs to Chicago and Augustine Bros sending two stock loads. Frank Mull of Muscatine and Jacob Hotle of Dutch Creek visited or delivered animals. Manuel Grimes, sheriff of Keokuk County, was a business caller. Mrs. J. D. Dayton and son Daryl visited. Telephone office closes tomorrow from 12 to 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Johnson
Chicago
Augustine Bros
Frank Mull
Muscatine
Jacob Hotle
Dutch Creek
Manuel Grimes
Sigourney
Keokuk County
J. D. Dayton
Daryl
Keota
Village Notes and Local Visits from November
The King's Heralds meet Saturday at 2 30 PM at superintendent Mrs Lissa Timmons home for full attendance. Visitors include Mrs Ida Patterson of Ainsworth, Lyle Oldfield from Quincy attending business college, Mrs Blaine Holmes Mrs Duane McClure and daughter Pearl, plus Miss Lora Martin and Miss Lydia Richer home for a weekend. Rev J A Boatman of Muscatine conducted quarterly conference. Communion service planned Sunday morning. School closes Friday for a week. W F M S met at Mrs Sam Schulty home with lessons by Mrs J N Eyestone and Mrs Schulty. A two course lunch was served by Misses Hazel Schulty and Mary Maud Timmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Heralds
Lissa Timmons
Ida Patterson
Ainsworth
Lyle Oldfield
Business College
Quincy
Blaine Holmes
Duane McClure
Pearl
Lora Martin
Lydia Richer
J. A. Boatman
Muscatine
Sam Schulty
J. N. Eyestone
Schulty
Hazel Sehulty
Mary Maud Timmons
Local residents travel to Washington. new rural carrier named
On Nov 23 and 24 several residents including Mrs W A Nelson Miss Carrie Hardin and Miss Eva Bitting traveled to Washington for visits and business. Chas Johnson and wife from Columbus Junction visited J E Clegg. Nov 24 Eva Ruth Easter returned from Cedar Falls and Dorothy Gardner visited Mrs John DeHarportte. Frank D Harding was appointed rural free delivery carrier to fill J W Davis's vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Nelson
Edith
Carrie Hardin
Washington
Geo. Ebner
A. E. Sands
Neal
Eva Bitting
J .R. Butler
Tressa Stephens
Chas, Johnson
Columbus Junction
J. EE. Webster
Frank D. Harding
Post Office Department
J. W. Davis
Family visitors and travel notes from local area
Hl. D. Williams and his son Gale returned Monday from a trip through Idaho and Wyoming. Hl. D. owns a ranch in Idaho. Mrs. Leon Belt arrived from Waterloo Tuesday to spend Thanksgiving with her parents Dr. and Mrs. Hinsdill. Mrs. Will Horning hosts her sister Mrs. William Libe from Washington. The Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Robertson traveled to Muscatine for a meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Williams
Gale
Idaho
Wyoming
Hl. D
Leon Belt
Waterloo
and Hinsdill
Will Horning
William Libe
Washington
J. F. Robertson
Muscatine
Local Society Notes Include Travel and Drama Plans
Miss Jeannette Wooley Frank McCoy and Howard Houston return from Cedar Falls for a week's vacation Mrs Clyde Robbins visits Shan non City for a month Mrs J P Clark and others set for Washington trip Funeral in Havre prompts travel Allen Green from Montana visits sister Mrs Sherm White Crawfordsville Dram atic club to perform An Unequal Match or Only a Country Girl at the opera house with cast listed for upcoming show
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannette Wooley
Frank McCoy
Howard Houston
Cedar Falls
Clyde Robbins
Shannon City
J. P. Clark
Will Lemon
EB. J. Briley
T. E. Maxwell
J. H. Glancey
Washington
A.twin
Ray Robbins
Percy Perry
Oscar van Sam
Wallie Gordon
Chas. Rhea
Harry Fairfield
Will Reid
Jake Garland
John McCoy
Rose Garland
Lucy Ashton
Dollie Lease
Harriett Watson
Francis Mize
Edith Gordon
Lois Maxwell
Mrs. Gordon
Lena Shatler
Vinol Promoted As Reliable Cod Liver Iron Tonic
The article notes fast medicines are being eliminated by the Pure Food and Drugs Law while Vinol cod liver and iron preparation remains dependable. Reputable physicians prescribe Vinol for those run down by sickness or age, praising its intrinsic merit and restorative effects.
Kindness to Caywood in Lewiston Nets Austin $150000
In his old age John Caywood of Lewiston Pa. left a will awarding Lewis H. Austin of Mays Landing N J. a reward of 150000 dollars for his kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Caywood
Lewiston
Lewis H. Austin
Mays Landing
N. J
Caywood
Candy Gift Etiquette From A One-Meeting Introduction
A World reader asks if it is proper for a young man to send candy to a girl he has met only once. The piece wryly notes many young men begin giving a girl taffy as soon as introductions occur, implying playful social etiquette concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Obituary of Keota Doctor R S Brice Dies at 83
Keota November 24 Dr R S Brice oldest practicing physician in the town died at his home Tuesday morning Navy 23 after two months illness He came to Keota in the early seventies and practiced medicine until a few months before his death He married Mrs Minerva Smith and had a daughter Nellie Sheriff with her husband Mark Sheriff who came from Denver to care for him Surviving relatives include his wife and daughter Funeral arrangements not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
R.S. Brice
Eota
Navy
Brice
Minerva Smith
Frank
Alice Smith
Nellie Sheriff
Mark Sheriff
Denver
Hazel Hagist and Burrell Foster Wed in Keota Home
The marriage takes place this evening at the Hagist home two miles northeast of Keota. Guests include immediate families and the Question club friends. The couple will reside on a farm near Wellman. Foster is a young farmer and noted ball pitcher associated with professional players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Hazel Hagist
Burrell Foster
Dlenry Hagist
Question Club
Clark Nelson
Willard Teets
Leota Richardson
Ruby Iluise
Mable Stevenson
Pearl Warrington
Harold Page
Exposé of Mexican slave trade routes in Valle Nacional
John Kenneth Turner reports in American Magazine on labor trafficking in Valle Nacional. He cites slave prices in 1908 and 1907, tolls at Tuxtepec, and government complicity justified by an advance labor debt. The Valle Nacional president endorses the debt as a legal pretext for control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kenneth Turner
Mr.Turner
Valle Nacional
Tuxtepec
Mexico
Christmas McClures Holiday Number Featured Artists and Stories
The holiday issue features Jessie Willcox Smith color drawings titled A Childs World and a wealth of seasonal fiction by Mary Stewart Cutting Gertrude Hall Margaret and Arthur E McFarlane Perceval Landon J O Cobb and Orr Kenyon Foremost article is Divorce and Public Welfare by George Elliott Howard arguing unhappy marriages stem from bad laws David Soskice covers atrocities in Schluesselburg Russia Rudolph Cronan details The New Germany Rufus Steele on trapped wild horses and W H Rideing on Two Explorers and a Literary Parson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure
Jessie Willcox Smith
Mary Stewart Cutting
Gertrude Hall
Margaret
Arthur E. McFarlane
Perceval Landon
J. 0. Cobb
Orr Kenyon
Foley's Urine Laxative Promoted for Constipation and Liver Trouble
A vintage ad promotes Foley's Urine Laxative as a remedy to stimulate the liver and cleanse the system for a clear complexion and general well being, with Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co named as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Lemmon's Pharmacy and
McElhinney Drug Co
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