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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1907
Page
4
Prairie chicken hunt opener trips to Hecla visit
Oct 2 notes list J T Long leaving for Hecla South Dakota to visit his daughter Mrs Willis Wood and join cousin T E Long of Pittsburg for a prairie chicken hunt. Several residents, including Mrs Frank Macon and children from Washington, visited W H Mitchell home and others/business at Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Long
Hecla
S. D
Willis Wood
T. E. Long
Pittsburg
Frank Macon
Washington
W. H. Mitchell
Margaret Hofsteater
J. W. Kilgore
Emmetsburg
C. C. Sands
H. D. Hazlett
Trenton
N. J. Anderson
Whetstine
Columbus Junction
Ruth Cook
John Hopengardner
Funeral visitors arrive for Miss Anna Maxwell
On October 2 attendees arrived from Wyman Columbus City Keokuk and other towns to attend the funeral services of Miss Anna Maxwell with Rev Gardner Robertson returning from Keokuk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Huston
Wyman
Anna Maxwell
Gardner Robertson
Keokuk
Synod
Robert Johnson
Columbus City
G. T. Auld
Jennie Bailey
J. W. Maxwell
W. F. Fleming
J. P. McCulley
Artie
E. R. Lease
Thompson
W. McLaughlin
Washington
W. A. Walker
N. M. Anderson
Ainsworth
Patterson
John Rickey
Winfield
West Chester Briefs and Local Updates
West Chester notes include Wm. Plummer Jr. traveling to Valley Junction to ride the Rock Island line. D. C. Kilgore buys a new gasoline engine for the elevator. David Bennett’s daughter from Unionville Iowa visits friends and relatives here. Miss Margaret Johnson returns from Gibson Iowa visit. The West Chester orchestra met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Plummer, Jr
Valley Junction
Tre
Rock Island
D. C
Hogs Delivered at James MecCaleb Home
Last evening at the James MecCaleb home Andy Augustine delivered eighty hogs. Mrs. John Knapp is listed on the sick list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James MecCaleb
John Knapp
Andy Augustine
Local Notes From Keota and Surroundings
Cap E Miller of Sigourney spent Monday in town on business. Mr. and Mrs. Hogue and daughter Lura returned from Kansas City. Verners return from Chicago with holiday goods. Mrs J N Reinert and Herbert Hetzel visit Muscatine at Chris Hetzel’s home. Kate Glover starts as new clerk at Hulse’s cash store. An extra freight train passed Keota at 5 00 am and suffered a broken drive wheel, delaying service until 8 30 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cap E. Miller
Sigourney
Hogue
Lura
Kansas City
Verners
Chicago
J. N. Reinert
Herbert Hetzel
Muscatine
Chris Hetzel
Rural Route Two notes and local changes October
Mr and Mrs Frank McKune and son Manuel visit Tay lor county relatives for a week or two. Thomas Waters seen. his sons Oscar and Ralph busy filing near West Chester. George Hopping buys Shorthorn cattle from Joe Link. Pleasant Hill Sunday school convention program announced. Moonlight club meets Fern Bidwell. ten members present. Will and Frank Snider rent Patterson farm and Mrs Beenblossom farm for next year. Fall grain sowing underway locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McKune
Manuel
Taylor County
Thomas Waters
Washington
Tom
Oscar
Ralph
West Chester
George Hopping
Joe Link
Pleasant Hill
Ss. W. Neal
James Priestnan
Mrs. Beenblossom
Local Social Notes Share Weekend Visits and Moves
Oct 1 reports weekend gatherings and travels. Names include the Beitels Bietels Libe and family Buxbaum Hotle Engle Disch visiting towns in Mt Pleasant and Washington. The Hotle family prepares to move to Kansas and Wess Engle hosts relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Beitel
Ella
Mellie Beitel
C. L. Bietel
Car Miller
Ed Libe
Geneva
Wm. Libe’s
Emma Buxbaum
John Hotle
Kansas
John Haifley
Washington
Lula
Mellie Engle
Brighton
Wess
Vitus Disch
Mt. Pleasant
Washington lodge No 26 meets Friday October 4 at 7
Regular meeting of Washington lodge No 26 Friday evening at 7 o'clock for business and work. Full attendance requested by 95-31 Geo. W. Brown W M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Lodge No
Geo. W. Brown
W. M
Local Notes Report Visits and Shop Update
Mrs. Martin Casey visits Missouri to see relatives. George Bailey of Letts visited J. J. Bailey’s home. Don Mahaffy attended a Cedar Rapids carnival. Globe barber shop adds a new center washstand improving workflow. Mrs. J. W. Casy, once of Muscatine, spent 45 years in Roadhouse New Mexico before returning to Muscatine for visits then Washington. A. D. Langworthy and family, formerly of Syracuse, N Y, arrive to manage F B Mills seed house and plan to start work soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Casey
Missouri
George Bailey
Letts
J. J. Bailey
Don Mahaffy
Cedar Rapids
Globe
Matt
J. W. Casy
Muscatine
Roadhouse
Washington
Tribune
A. D. Langworthy
Syracuse
N. Y
F. B. Mills
Langworthy
Scrap Book Confession Turns to Acrobatic Joke
A priest questions a confessing man who claims to earn as an acrobat and the penitent performs a backflip, shocking onlookers including an old woman. A separate note reports a distressed plea to a priest about a sick child and requests for emetic powder and money for a supposed extinguisher.
The Parchment Tearers
A fragmentary call to action about challenging old creeds and systems. The speaker argues change is ripe and necessary, dismissing fear of upheaval from tearing a parchment as a natural step in progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Cray Senate
Lowell
Melinda Gets Higher Pay Despite Domestic Duties
In a family discussion, Melinda is raised from four to five dollars weekly for washing. She initially expresses joy but resists work, saying the five dollar rate is for the cheaper ladies, after which she refrains from washing on the following Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melinda
Lippincott's
Minister steered boatful of ladies amid squall on Highland loch
A Scotch minister tried to guide a boatload of women to a landing during a squall. One girl jumped up and asked anxiously where they were headed, prompting the minister to quip that the outcome depended on how she was brought up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leddy
One Point of View on the Senate and Mary Miles
Bart Kennedy argues the senate serves the people, then recounts a breezy anecdote about Mary Miles and her thoughts of her soldier husband Charlie. The tale links patriotism, romance, and the idea of steadfast devotion in a light satirical tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bart Kennedy
Senate
Mary Miles
Mary
India
Charlie
Chariie
The Audience Agreed With Him
An English orator rose to speak and declared I have lived long enough. The audience shouted Hear hear and erupted in laughter as the aspirant for political honors resumed his seat.
Nantucket Sailors Mistakenly Strike Land Over Tupper's Hill
A Nantucket bound ship in sand ballast had its lead dropped to inspect depth. The captain claimed the sand came from sounding, but the mate revealed the ballast contained the wrong sand. The captain exclaimed Nantucket had sunk and they were over Tupper's Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Cod
Bunker
Nantucket
Tupper’s Hill
Hard Praying Pig Thief Ends Night in Prayer
An old colored man steals a pig and kneels to pray all night asking the Lord to forgive him. His wife and he stay awake as he laments the theft, and at dawn he admits his haste to explain to the Lord how he stole the pig, saying he got mixed up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Eph
Eph
Bible Names For Mountain Children
A traveler in Tennessee encounters an elderly Black woman at a rustic cabin. She proudly explains her daughter named her grandsons Apostle Paul and Epistle Peter after biblical figures, while his horses water nearby and the scene captures a rural roadside moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Apostle Paul
Beggar Seeks Charity at River Ferry Crossing
A suburbanite is stopped by a beggar who asks for a few cents to cross the river. The man has no money and muses that the river’s side might not matter, reflecting on charity and circumstance as recounted in Lippincott's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sike
Bol
Lippincott's
He Recognized Them
Private John Allen of Mississippi watched a Grand Army of the Republic parade. He noted a “fine lot of men” and felt a familiarity, saying he had seen many of them before, not faces but backs, as Senator Mason of Illinois asked if he recognized faces forty years after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Allen
Mississippi
Grand Army of the Republic
Allen
Mason
Illinois
Letter Mistaken as Pass Delivers Jobless Status
A late New Hampshire governor and railroad superintendent once sent a letter to a section boss. The man could read only the date and the signature, believing it a dismissal. In Concord the boss explained it was a pass and the man continued working, unaware of the mix up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governor Gilmore
New Hampshire
Concord
Claremont
Gilmore
John
Mr. Gilmore
Manly chivalry in Boston kindergarten tale
A Boston kindergarten guest story features a small boy resisting gum disposal saying it belongs to a girl in Somerville. In another anecdote Willie explains his mother saves a nickel each morning for cod liver oil, turning it into a dollar to buy another bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Johnny
Somerville
Ladies’ Home Journal
Willie
Two Phones Hamper A Business Office
A business man recalls a new office boy handling dual lines and his first call. The boy reports a caller asking for the boss, then blurts he thinks the caller is his wife. The anecdote highlights the disadvantage of two telephones in one office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itarper’s
A Chance For Fighting Bob Bill Mixes Up Words
A senate bill title humorously misread as retiring pretty officers in the navy prompts Senator Tillman to quip that the idea would retire all the pretty officers and give Bob Evans a chance. The joke hinges on the intended term petty officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Senate
Tillman
Bob Evans
Mother Dies in Wisconsin in Arcadia Funeral Today
Mrs. A. KE. Roe left yesterday for Arcadia Wisconsin called by the death of her mother Mrs. Thomas Sentry who died Sunday The funeral was held today Mrs Sentry had been in ill health for some time and Mrs Roe was preparing to leave for Arcadia when she learned of her mother’s death Her death was due to a complication of diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. KE. Roe
Arcadia
Wis
Thomas Sentry
Missionary secretary to preach at Second United Presbyterian
Dr. Charles R. Watson, corresponding secretary of the board of foreign missions, will preach next Sabbath evening at the Second United Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Watson
Board of Foreign Missions
Second United Presbyterian Church
Ice wagon season ends next Thursday
Notice states the ice wagon will run for one more day next Thursday, with M. T. Anderson as the contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ice Wagon
M. T. Anderson
Twentieth Century Reading Circle Opens Fall Series
The Twentieth Century Reading circle met at Mrs. R. H. Walker’s home last evening with twenty members present. It was a business session and Mrs. Eva Livingston will lead the next meeting as the group resumes its study of ancient history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Century Reading Circle
R. H. Walker
Eva Livingston
Chapter 1 FP meets tomorrow at Mrs Patterson’s home
The group Chapter 1 FP will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 at the home of Mrs L S Patterson on West Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FP. E. O
Local residents visit and travel notices in city
Mrs. Bert Pierce is on the sick list. Mrs. George Albaugh of Haskins visits the city. Mrs. Al Augustine and daughter Wilda of West Chester are city visitors. Sherm Crone and M Slocum arrive from Columbus Junction. A T Burris of Duluth Minn visits his parents. Mr. and Mrs. G W Boileau return from the Junction. Mrs. James Boyd Sr will go to Haskins for a few days visit. Miss Cora Porter visits schools in Marion Crawford and Franklin townships. Todd Stuart moves to Mrs. Duvall's house. Mrs. Villa McCullough McCreedy arrives from Macksville Kan for a month. Mr. McCreedy may come over. Mrs. Ott Cavin and children Edna and Robert return to the Junction after visiting the city. The Misses Mae Coppock Elizabeth Kurtz Carrie Coppock and Nannie Brinning register at the Rest Room. Col W B Pell M L Orris Capt J A Boyer Jerry Carl Mr and Mrs Dennis Brown and W J Dawson depart for Sigourney for the Sth Iowa regimental reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Boileau
Junction
James Boyd
Haskins
James Albaugh
Cora Porter
Marion
Crawford
Franklin Townships
Todd Stuart
Campbell
West
Washington Street
Duvall
South Avenue
Villa McCullough-McCreedy
Macksville
Kan
McCreedy
Ott Cavin
Edna
Robert
W. BR. Pell
M. L. Orris
J. A. Boyer
Chicago
Jerry Carl
Muscatine
Dennis Brown
W. J. Dawson
Brighton
Sigourney
Sth
Iowa
Tragic coal oil blast in Eldon injures woman and child
Mrs. George French of Eldon Iowa is dying after a coal oil explosion in a kitchen while lighting a fire. Her six month old daughter is severely burned. Mr. French works at the Rock Island freight house and is distressed. Mrs Arthur Dayton of West Chester visited earlier today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon
Iowa
George French
Mrs. French
Mr. French
Rock Island
Also Mentioned on This Page
the County News
Crawfordsville
John Shields
Columbia Pharmacy
KEOTA
Grace Hill
Masonic Fraternity
New England
Docther
Toxyn
Sacred Rights
Wisconsin
Bert Pierce
George Albaugh
al Augustine
Wilda
Sherm Crone
M. ©. Slocum
A. T. Burris
Duluth, Minn
Mrs
Alf Burris
Mae Coppock
Coppock
Elizabeth Kurtz
Monroe
Carrie Coppock
Nannie Brinning
Pi Price
Arthur Dayton
Baltimore
Stuart & Sons
P.O
Lombardo
North Side
East Side Square
SOL Rich & Company
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