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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1908
Page
5
The forecast from Washington D C predicts fair weather for Iowa tonight and Saturday with rising temperatures on Saturday.
Word reached the city at noon of the death of Mrs. Chas. Munson of Nira who passed away at 11 this morning from pneumonia. She was a daughter of Mrs. Page and a former resident four and a half miles east of Lexington, where she was well known. The school entertainment Saturday evening will please.
Frank Shearer has been secured by Star theater management to sing illustrated songs this evening. He is a fine little singer and is expected to please the public. Remember, at the Star tonight. This is his first appearance this season. Everything fresh neat and clean at the Vienna.
The Ladies A id of the M E church will hold their annual bazaar on December fifth after months of preparation. The display aims to outdo previous years with a wide range of fancy and useful articles offered at bargain prices. Purchases support the ladies’ charitable efforts. Also pies of all kinds will be available at the Vienna for Saturday.
Harveye Swartzendruber of Kalona visits relatives. Noah Leichty deals with Washington business. Newt Crawford starts laying new steel on the Burlington branch. Jonathan Conrad’s sale draws crowds despite bad weather. Families travel for Thanksgiving visits in Ohio and Iowa. Local visits include Wayland, Rock Island, Paton, Centerville, and Sigourney. Winter term opens with Miss Margaret Eicher as teacher. Weather brings rain hindering corn husking.
Nov 24 notes show Mr and Mrs J Char bansky visiting relatives in Riverside. J K Mehaffey of Wellman in town. Homer Jackson and wife visited Wellman. Mrs E L Palmer visited Cedar Rapids with daughter. New meat market opens north of Kalona house. Rhina Sommers and Frank Marsh of Iowa City spent Sunday here. Ben Shetler family moved into their own home.
R I Farris and wife attended the wedding of Miss Bessie McKenzie and Elmer C. Miller in Washington. Miss Gladys Dawson spent Thanksgiving with relatives at Rock Island. Mr. and Mrs. John Long visiting relatives at Rose Hill. Mr. and Mrs. J A Trotter enjoyed Thanksgiving with friends at Davenport. The Misses Carrie and Leona Colthurst staying a few days at Monmouth. Miss Grace Cunningham of Craw-
November 25 notes church events with a temperance sermon by Rev. Marsh on world temperance Sunday November 2%, and temperance exercises by Sunday school scholars. Mrs. Tom H. Morgan of Osceola visiting at the Morgan home and with Mrs. Wm Quackenbush. E L Hamilton returns from South Dakota pleased with land prospects.
Thanksgiving visits in Iowa City and Keota precede a wedding ceremony performed by Rev. J Brooks in Oskaloosa. A Lin dauer's Heavyweights vs Axtheim's Stars game ends 11 to 5 with the Stars victorious. K H S banquet announced with division of expenses between Lindauver's Heavyweights and Axthelm's Stars. Otha Coffman weds Nell Hartman at 7:30 PM with well wishes from the community.
Ed Statler with family spent Sunday visiting Joe Richardson, sharing time and conversation during the holiday weekend.
Henry Walderich and Eric Genkins with wife visited at the Wolfe parental home Sunday. Nannie Brinning spent Saturday with relatives north. Eddie Hammes went to Washington Saturday. Jake Hotley and wife visited D. C. Robertson's Sunday. W. E. Augustine and wife spent Sunday at the Stevensons. Sidney Smith and Wesley Smith of Washington visited J. L. Mayer's Sunday. John Koch and wife visited Talleyrand Sunday. Will Hotle and family spent Sunday at Will Dunbar's. Andrew Peterson hosted neighbors Friday evening for an oyster supper. New Haven Sunday school prepares a Christmas entertainment.
Mrs. Chas Munson is reg ill with lung fever at home. Faye Younkin and wife of South English visited their daughter Dolly. Mrs. Perry Wagerman and Melborne were guests at Chas W's. Farmers wives sold spring chickens at nine cents a pound. Corn picking winds down and fall plowing begins. Lee Romine's visited Cassius Crosset. Husking bee for Mrs Plecker held today. Attendees from here went to the Hays Westenhaver sale.
Nov 25 notices report Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson moving to John Wilson farm. Lissa Adams staged a surprise party for Hazel Hulty’s birthday Friday. D W McClure Pearl and others returned from a weekend at Ainsworth. Ewart Young welcomed a baby girl. Mrs. Chas Munson ill with pneumonia at Nira. L A S S officers elected: Ezra Gardner president Otis Slatfield secretary Howard Gardner treasurer. JohnWilson Jr and family to Henderson property. Mrs. A E Adams recovering from facial accident. Robt Amlong visiting sister Mrs Munson.
Crawfordsville notes a sequence of visits and departures as residents and guests travel from Washington West Chester and Winfield. Kenneth Harper’s death is announced. evangelistic services open with Rev A S Smith delivering a faith based sermon at the Methodist church.
Washington edges Sigourney 6 to 5 in a closely fought football game. Laffer and McClellan executed a decisive fake play with a 40 yard run and a goal by McClellan. Sigourney, trailing most of the game, finally punched in a late touchdown but failed on the extra point.
The Washington County Rural Letter Carriers Association held its second meeting in the city hall yesterday. New member Mr Northan of Wellman joined, but distant carriers could not attend due to weather and road conditions. Brooks the Jackson Township road supervisor urged cooperation between carriers and supervisors and a joint meeting is proposed for next Decoration Day.
An advertisement claims Foley's Orino Laxative will permanently cure constipation by stimulating digestion. It asserts no griping, pleasant taste, and no continual laxative use after taking Orino. Also includes a listing for a drug store in Winfield Iowa with fixtures and contact names.
Mr and Mrs J P McLaughlin left this morning for Ainsworth to spend the day at the Dr Hamilton house, enjoying a brief social visit and local hospitality.
An AT THE STAR ad urges Foley's honey and tar to prevent pneumonia pleurisy and consumption and strengthen lungs. It warns against weak lungs this winter and promotes Lemmon's Pharmacy. Also local notice of Mrs Harve Knupp and children traveling to Highland Center and a note about Vienna tomorrow's big day.
The Vienna offers a selection of rolls and coffee cakes for Saturday shoppers. Details indicate a variety of pastry options available to visitors.
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 25c.
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