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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1909
Page
5
A local shop touts a new line of fine stationery as ideal Christmas gifts for ladies. The Eaton Crane and Pike Co products are highlighted with boxes priced from 35 cents to 3 50. The note compares writing paper favorably to millinery and invites customers to see the latest offerings.
Messrs David and Ralph Albright and sister Esther return from Thanksgiving in Iowa City. Miss Edith Hugus returns from Des Moines after visiting friends. An oyster stew and a Thanksgiving program are noted along with local visits, a mine relief collection, and a slight Iowa Central wreck near town.
BRIGHTON ROUTE THREE Nov 29 Mrs J M Stone and Mrs C Mann visiting at Chariton Andy Zihlman building an addition onto his machine house Ed Angstead and Ralph Wycoff helping Miss Louise Kern visiting friends and relatives at Brighton and Lockridge this week John Barnett back on the Brighton Telephone line Chas Lowe bought G C Lowe s corn in the field and Burton Galbry bought part of Joe Amarine s corn in the field 17 50 and 19 per acre respectively
Mr. Hall of California lectured in town Sunday evening. Miss Pierce, Miss Moore and Miss Holmes, three town teachers, spent Thanksgiving vacation out of town with relatives or friends. Home talent play returns next Thursday night. Next Tuesday evening features the third lecture in the course at the M. E. church. Mr. and Mrs. R. Callister were in Ottumwa shopping Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. O Hadley were surprised by Mrs. Hadley’s brother and wife after twenty years apart. C. A. Neville will attend the Iowa Implement Dealers convention in Des Moines this week. Mrs. Lottie Rice from La Junta, Colorado, is visiting relatives. Mrs. A. OC Brady and Mrs. J. A. Greenlee are in Chicago visiting.
Nov 29 reports Hial Reece as a guest at RE E McGuire home in Lone Tree. Leroy Houdek of Muscatine visits grandparents Selement. Elmer Eglin hosts thirty friends for a surprise party with piano selections by Villa Smith and a tableau by Marguerite Eglin, followed by supper. Clifford Sommers recovers and returns to school duties.
The young folks enjoyed games and refreshments at the Fred Hutt home on Wednesday evening. Emma and Lily Hutt hosted with Ralph Knauss assisting, while May McCaleb and Bernice Mangold provided music. Several local residents attended including Nellie Combs, Grace Ingham, Effie VanSickle, and Maybelle Johnson. A Nash school program and Thanksgiving visits were noted alongside a family dinner hosted by Mrs. Will Bennett.
Nov 30 reports include Frank McCoy and Howard Huston resuming school work after a week at home. Miss Jeannette Wooley departs for Ainsworth and Rev. Mr. Johnson from Omaha visits the S. G. Taylor home. Several residents travel to Washington, while others return from Burlington and Wayne area visits.
The Presbyterian Sunday school postponed their temperance day program until next Sunday with special music and an interesting program. Miss Pearl Manning returned Monday from Ottumwa, Lloyd Kennell from Thanksgiving visit in Iowa City, and Homer Smith recuperating at home after illness.
Mrs. Smith and son George return home after visiting friends. Miss Louie Hennon comes back from Muscatine after dental work. Joe Simerman ships stock to Chicago this week. Augustine Bros ship three cars from here and three from Titus. David Fisher ships four cattle cars to Chisago. D. R. Munro ships five cattle cars to Chicago. D. R. Wells and wife plan to California for winter. Several locals, including Augustine, Simerman, Fisher, Munro, Moore, attend Chicago stock show. Mr and Mrs Ferguson arrive in town.
Last evening individuals went to the store and planned a social visit with refreshments. The event centered on hospitality and local gathering customs.
Nov 29 Crow family from McArthur Ohio visits Catherine Collins then returns home. Rev Ballard and wife travel to Nira. R O Lynn of Fairfield visits. Nov 30 B N Chapel and P A Marsh return to college after Thanksgiving. W P Wilson welcomes newborn. J A Marsh and F D Harding visit Moline to buy a car for rural route work but are stopped by police for no number. car impounded until badge issued. They return on the Firefly.
Keota hosts surveyors for the Iowa City Ottumwa interurban project arriving Monday. The route will cross Keota at the north terminus of Ellis Street with town path undecided but support strong. Also notes a temperance event at the Methodist church with a Sunday school program led by boys and a later Epworth League session with musical performances.
W D Robinson about 50 and from Ottumwa Iowa collapsed and died of heart failure at the Rock Island depot after a noon fainting spell in the post office corridor. A doctor on the scene aided him and he was placed in a patrol wagon en route to his home. He had been staying at the Wellington hotel.
A Baltimore furnishings representative, married with family in Ottumwa, is under police attention. The body was taken to Newlen's undertaking rooms by order of Coroner Newlen after the coroner was summoned. Des Moines Capital reports on November 29.
A consular report portrays Zanzibar as a land of universal borrowing. It notes that Arabs and Swahilis alike lack thrift, with Arabs spending cloves proceeds on entertainment or imports and mortgaging property at high rates. Swahili workers, if not in debt, spend wages quickly on food and dances, needing to borrow or steal later. Moneylenders are Indian, charging interest from 30 percent upward.
A New York Tribune item reports a housewife claiming success with a pay-for-performance plan. She gives maids 50 cents weekly for good work, a quarter for fair effort, and nothing for poor performance. She says nine of ten weeks yield the half-dollar bonus, improving service.
London reports on how searchlights create artificial light rivaling the moon. A 160,000 candle power arc high in the air could illuminate a mile and mirrors boost the effect. Modern searchlights pierce sixty three miles, yet only reveal objects a few miles away and demoralize the enemy.
Deacon Stephen Potter, a pioneer of Utica New York, testifies in a land dispute near Utica. When asked the land’s value he replies that even with as many dollars as his oxen could pull he would not give a dollar an acre, revealing eccentric counsel and stubborn humor in the courtroom.
Browning questions Greening about his engagement to a visiting widow. Greening confirms the match, noting the widow herself indicated she is the one for the old bachelor. Chicago News reports a light dialogue on romance and social status.
The Philadelphia Press outlines flag proportions: width equals half the flag’s longest length, navy blue bunting with seven stripes deep and extending two-fifths across. The field has forty-six stars in six rows starting with eight, arranged eight seven seven eight eight, with stars spaced so half a star’s width separates adjacent stars.
Leeds Bros offer to remove all dead cattle or horses from Washington and surrounding country at no charge. Phone 375. Advertisement appears in local notices.
Washington patent attorneys Davis and Davis report last week the grant of several patents to Iowa citizens. Names include F B Alldredge Des Moines with a gas plant supply tank and carburetor, S A Asquith Waterloo with a separable fastener, A M Benzing Keystone with a poultry coop, G Byrne Akron with a grain conveyer, W E Campbell Fairfield with an automatic air brake coupling, J O Davison Murray with a mud-scraper for wheels, Kilroy Cedar Rapids with a power transmission mechanism, L D Reece Des Moines with a saw hanger, C L B Smith Newton with a coffee cleaning and grading machine, J Tasto Treynor with a torpedo, A Walls Cedar Falls with a track and hanger for doors, and others including M Marty McGregor wire stretcher and R C Smith coffee machine related item.
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