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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1908
Page
5
Special to the Evening Journal reports a forecast for Iowa today and tomorrow. Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Sunday east and south portions with showers and cooler in the northwest.
The church invites all to morning worship with a sermon on The Education of the Church's Youth and an evening sermon titled A Victorious Wrestler. Sabbath school at 9 30, Junior Endeavor at 3 30 and Senior Endeavor at 6. The pastor elect will be installed Tuesday night in a special service. Rev. John C. Abels, pastor.
Sunday school at 9 30. Classes at 10 30. Morning service at 1. Junior League at 3 30. Epworth League at 6 15. Evening service at 7 30. Rev U S Smith pastor.
Corner of Iowa and Jefferson Streets hosts Sabath school at 10 and morning service at 11 with the subject Un reality. Golden text from Prov 30 8 Remove far from me vanity and lies give me neither poverty or riches feed me with food convenient for me Free reading room open Mon Wed and Sat 2 to 4 30 p m second door east of the Washington National bank All are invited to attend.
Public worship with preaching by the pastor at 11 and 7. Sunday school at 9 30. B Y P A at 6. The ordinance of the Lord s supper will be observed at the close of the morning service. Rev George D Rogers pastor.
Sabbath school begins at 9 30 morning worship at 11 with evening service at 7 00. Senior class meets at 5 45. Rev Will Matthews will occupy the pulpit in the evening. All are welcome to attend the services and programs.
Public worship at 1 PM follows Junior Endeavor at 4 30 PM and Senior Endeavor at 5 45 PM. Evening service at 7 PM led by Rev. W. R. Sawhill, pastor.
An obituary note records attendance at the funeral of Mr. McDonald’s mother. It states that Mr. and Mrs. Earl Conklin will move to St. Paul in a few days and that John and Rollo Conklin are residents of that city.
Mrs M D Work and Mrs D Kilgore visited at Washington yesterday. Plummer Bros painting for Sidney Smith this week. Geo Smith of Missouri visiting friends here. E H Statler on business in Washington today. Ladies of the M E church plan a bazaar election night. Mr and Mrs A C Plummer moving into Mrs McAvoy's house vacated by Mr Auten.
Local correspondence reports the daily doings of residents, small events, and assorted notices from multiple communities within the county. Brevity and routine happenings fill the page with brief items and community updates.
Blanche Moss arrives from Cedar Rapids to visit her parents the Mosses. Fred T. Havel weds Rosa Kohlicek in Richmond and heads to Chicago then will settle on his farm seven miles south of town. Several residents travel or visit Iowa City and Washington. families welcome guests and travelers in a busy local segment.
Oct 2 notes a burial for the youngest child of Mr and Mrs Chas Munson of Nira with Rev P H Hawk officiating and interment at Lexington cemetery. Reports describe visitors Anna Bishop and children at Armacost home, WMS meeting Oct 9, nurse Kate Bishop taking a position in Washington, Ed Young visiting from Missouri, Riordan and daughter Marie plus Mary Martin at Harvey Hardin social, Tipton Limerman Gardner at Eliza McDonald funeral in Keota, and Mayme Gardner at Keota.
Thursday afternoon and night saw activity as Miss Lissa Adams did dressmaking for Miss Hazel Schultz. A tramp conducted a house to house food canvass Wednesday noon. Mrs. Ida Patterson praised her closing out sale yesterday with fair prices and good demand.
Oct 3. Miss Nita Chambers and Grove Neiswanger secretly wed at Muscatine Thursday evening. The bride, a respected local young lady, and groom, a noted young businessman, plan to start housekeeping here soon amid many well wishers. Other notes: families visiting relatives in Illinois and Council Bluffs, a Washington trip, and a colonial party hosted by Mrs Keller and Mrs Trotter with many guests.
Oct 2 social at Mrs. Harley Hardin's country home added over ten dollars to Altar Society treasury. Canon City visitors Mrs. Clara King and Mrs. Lois Likens spent a day in Muscatine with relatives. May Snider returned from Des Moines where she bought millinery goods. Isaac Schreckengast to Wilton to visit daughter Mrs. D. B. Collier. Reception for Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Fitzgerald at Allender home. Mrs. Ellen McFarland back from extended Kansas trip. Oct 3 political rally in Harper attended by H. P. Newton and L. A. Blaise. Ruth Giffen ill again. Mrs. J. W. Harding and daughter Aiba visiting Washington relatives. Mrs. Stevenson of Clarion spent time with Keota relatives. Rev. L. F. Davis returned from Ottumwa church convention. Mr. and Mrs. John Hamilton arrived from Cheyenne. Frederick Smith and daughter Wilna to Washington for funeral of Mrs. Kleese Hart. Will Smock and others attended a Washington dance. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McDonald and daughter returned to Ames.
The Meth odist church members held a reception at the parsonage on Oct 3 for their minister Rev C Baumgarten and his wife. About ninety guests brought fruit as gifts. The evening featured games and two piano solos by Mr Baumgarten. Clarence Plummer and wife plan housekeeping. Munro and Augustine shipped two carloads of hogs from here and two carloads from here to Chicago today. George Smith, an old township resident, is visiting friends. Gilbert Miller returned from Kalona after a business trip. L P Jackson stayed overnight in Washington.
Miss Lena Maxwell departed for Washington to assume charge of a music class while Nellie Manners journeyed to Biggsville to visit relatives. Numerous locals, including the Holmes Maxwell families and Fenton households, traveled or visited here and nearby towns.
Local notes list a program change at the Star theater and menu items at the Vienna cafe. Several residents including Miss Lillie Cook and Mrs. E C Horn travel for visits, with multiple social and travel notes from Richland Perlee Muscatine Brighton Coppock and Chicago arrivals.
A dance is announced at Assembly hall for Saturday night October 3 with tickets priced at 50 cents. Other items include ton of coal at Star Monday night and Vienna cakes such as Angel food and devils food with various lager cakes. Community notices list multiple residents traveling and local business remarks.
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