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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1912
Page
2
Happenings across the county highlight community events, local notices, and day to day affairs from several towns. The column aggregates modest reports of gatherings, visits, and small milestones shaping daily life in the region.
A digest of visits births and events from Haskins and nearby towns. Miss Georgia Hutchison of Mount Paulaski visits Mrs Jacob Moran while Wim Beardsley attends a regimental reunion in Clarinda. A baby girl born Oct 3 to Mr and Mrs Chas Palmer. Hog shipment by McConnel & Paul. Various residents travel work visit attend church events and social gatherings. Harvest Home dinner at Lexington reports and local illness noted.
Riverside residents report Mrs. Frank Critz and family Leo and Estelle attended the Washington wedding of Celeste Critz and Clare Capps in Oelwein. Mrs. George Maresh returned from Iowa City and others planned trips to Welton and California as well as a closing out sale before moving.
A humorous verse urges resilience and cheer in the face of daily annoyances from toothache to noisy neighbors and rising tariffs, ending with a note that Miss Esther Swift left Thursday for Muscatine to visit friends.
Crawfordsville Oct 4 Mr and Mrs P L Huber left for Minneapolis to see Mr Huber brother in a hospital. Mrs Ella DeLong went to Clinton I for a visit with her son Allen DeLong. Mrs John Smylie Mrs Charles Fishburny Mrs Robert McCleary and Mrs John McCleary spent yesterday at Olds.
Oct 5 1912 column records multiple births including a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Booth Oct 1 and another to Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Oct 2. It notes attendees at Presbyterial Missionary Society meeting in Ainsworth, church services at 11 and 7:30, and a death notice for Samuel Rickey of Winfield. Various visits, travels to Washington, Kankakee, and Mount Pleasant, plus local social events, farm sales, and relocations are listed.
A young girl Jessie fabricates stories about Cuba to a neighbor lady. She enjoys telling tales and tales lead to a misunderstanding when the neighbor discovers the deception at a church fair, affecting future invitations and trust.
Columbus City resident spent yesterday with her grandmother Mrs Elizabeth Thompson. The Social Hour club was entertained yesterday at the home of Mrs W B Anwyl. J J Anwyl has purchased a new Ford automobile.
Residents attended the Harvest Home picnic at Lexington with a good time reported. Dr. Chas. Maplethorpe and wife from Toledo were here for his grandfather Chas Althaus’s funeral. Mrs. Westphal and children visit Davenport while Mr. Westphal serves on a federal jury. Lloyd Maplethorpe and wife travel to Hay Springs Nebraska for a short visit. Miss Libbie Bottomfield entertains...
West Chester notes report Oct 5 1912 visits by John Lilja and wife to Mrs P Db Hay, and a well attended Ipworth League exchange social at M J Crayne home with games and refreshments. Mentions of locals Harry Davis R C Ferguson Henry Laithly W B Bayer Dr Caldwell Rev Dillon and upcoming Alva Morton Reitzel lecture. Chicken pie supper at Walton Bros store near the livery barn.
Sterling Illinois October 5 Mr and Mrs Charles Shafer celebrated their fiftieth anniversary with one hundred descendants present at the event in Sterling Illinois notes indicate guests and family gathered to honor the couple on this milestone ceremony.
Lord John Compton Cavendish of Chesham, heir to vast estates, travels in America judging American girls as potential brides while awaiting a military career. He notes a preference for American charm over English beauty and jokes about not letting the gossip reach London. He travels with Colonel Cavendish and family, recalling lineage to Devonshire and royal connections.
Miss Rebecca Gordon Averill of Frankfort Kentucky is highlighted for active philanthropy. She runs a free kindergarten in Frankfort's Tenderloin district daily from 9 to 2, providing meals and clothing, and guides mothers with classes and social sessions in the clubrooms.
Ezekiel Parker of Craven County North Carolina claims he has not bathed in twenty years. He attributes his health to stopping daily baths after his mother’s death, insisting his health improved and he remains robust and, by appearance, likely to live to an old age.
Chicago hogs show slow market with prices mostly steady to five lower than Friday. Bulk hogs 8.85 to 9.15, light 8.65 to 9.25, mixed 8.65 to 9.30, heavy 8.45 to 9.25. Porkers around 9.10, pigs 5.50 to 8.40. Cattle receipts 500, market dull but steady. sheep receipts 1,900, market quiet and steady. Overall close: best steady, others five lower. cattle and sheep steady.
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