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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1908
Page
5
Special to the Evening Journal provides the Iowa forecast for today and tomorrow. Fair tonight and Wednesday, colder tonight.
Repeated visits testify to good ness. Crawfordsville residents Mr and Mrs Roy Twinam and J B Eckerman of Havre visited relatives in town. Mrs Teacher of Keota spent last night here returning home this morning. Will Patterson of Pittsburg Kan and other locals visited relatives. A W Yard, Thomas Schilling and Robert McCall Jr left for the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota. Miss Fay Taylor and Mildred McLaughlin returned from Iowa City. W C Mayhew returned from Lone Tree Mo with two bushels of extra large hickory nuts.
A literary saying emphasizes resilience of beauty beyond destruction. The phrase suggests the essence endures after physical harm, with roses symbolizing enduring memory and spirit that persist despite broken vessels.
Mrs Ralph Junkin returns home from Washington after an over Sunday visit. Miss Clara Pulver and Clark Pulver returned from Washington where they played music for a dance. Germaine the Wizard opened a lecture course at the M E church with rose magic and flag production. Mrs J N Reinert spent yesterday at Sigourney. Edmonson returns to Cedar Rapids school duties after a weekend at home. Mrs Max Keller J A Trotter and Miss Clara Trotter shopped at Muscatine. Mrs Mart Neiswanger arrives from Muscatine to visit. Mrs W T Trotter and Ed Maxwell depart for Des Moines postmasters convention.
Oct 5 reports include Harry Reeves of Muscatine in town, George Listerbager visiting from Los Angeles, revival meetings in Floris with C L Walker and others, delegates from Ottumwa report at Christian church, Carter's Original Carolinian Jubilee singers at M E church, Philip Menefee visiting Crawfordsville, and illness of Mrs Harry Bidwell. Christian church ladies plan to lack comforts, Rev C C Davis attends Des Moines I C C meeting, Salisbury Family Entertainers to perform at M E church, Willing Workers hold a measuring party at J W Prizer home with refreshments served.
Oct 5 to 6 updates include Fred Hasty and Frank Arnold traveling to Nebraska. The Royal Neighbors host a shoe social at the opera house on Oct 10. F M Jackson of South Bend visits his brother J P Jackson. M B church cornerstone laid Oct 6 with Rev A B Smith of Washington giving an address. Mona Dunlap visits Joy Frye in Tripoli Iowa. Various locals travel and visit sites including Muscatine Davenport Iowa City Washington and Frank Friese's.
Oct 5 reports show Mr and Mrs Levine Miksch of Ohio with two children visiting the mother and relatives. Miss Blanche Smith of Long Beach California visits old friends. guests include Mrs Strohm. Several locals, including John Robertson, Ollie Dunbar, Mellie Beitel, Lottie Dunbar, Elmer Swickard and family, and Ed Libe, are noted hosting or visiting. Bert Snyder vacancy family moves. Mellie Beitel returns from Chicago.
Lindley Coon and wife returned to their Newton home yesterday after a several weeks visit with relatives in Ainsworth.
Havre on October 5 reports Mr and Mrs George Garret and family visiting Jake Shrader on Thursday night and George Hillhouse on Friday. Mr and Mrs Marcus Turbot called at George Hillhouse Thursday. Mr and Mrs Madison Tucker of Washington were callers in the area Thursday.
A social evening filled with phonograph music by George Garret of Verdi entertained many friends and relatives at a local home last Thursday night. Residents from the area traveled to Washington to hear W. J. Bryan at the Rock Island depot on Wednesday. Visitors at Will Saville's Sunday included Mr and Mrs John Putman and family Mr and Mrs John Caldwell and family Mr and Mrs Jake Shrader and family and Mr and Mrs Jim Moothart. Will Caldwell and family and Doc Moore and family visited the Norm Pratt home Sunday.
Oct 5 entries list visits and family news across Galesburg and surrounding areas. Emery Bergstrom and family visit relatives, Arthur Conrad and others visit Valley, Bert Dunbar buys sheep, and multiple families spend Sunday at various homes. Notes include dressmaking and music studies, neuralgia, and a mail carrier on vacation. Community events include the West Chester Ladies Aid inviting New Haven Aid to meet at Baptist church next Thursday.
Oct 6 entries record P S Fenton visiting with Winfield friends. Mrs Mart Neiswanger and baby from Davenport visit relatives here. N L Long and daughter Jessie travel to Corpus Christi Texas to visit Chick Ross at his home. J Benn of Haskins visiting Daisy McFarland. T E Maxwell postmaster leaves for Des Moines for a postmasters convention. Mrs L L Teas and Grace Nellie Fletcher visit Washington. D H Griffith goes to Moline Illinois for his daughter Lillian's wedding tomorrow.
Westchester reports several livestock movements with shipments to Chicago. Will Brinning delivered cattle to Stewart Bros. of Keota for loading to Chicago. Dick Fisher sent four car loads of cattle and two carloads of hogs to Chicago. Munro and Augustine shipped hogs to Chicago this month. Harthart Bros. are painting Nick Smiths house nearby. Chas Needham of Washington visited yesterday.
Rural Route Three notes visits and gatherings around Keota Dublin and nearby farms. Crone Horning Peej Olsons Landaus Brinnings and Amerts are mentioned with Sunday visits and family get togethers as clover huller purchase is reported.
B Francis Supt reports on school activities and enrollment figures for September, noting attendance trends, teacher assignments, and upcoming calendar events across districts. The report highlights notable improvements in pupil participation and outlines budget adjustments and program priorities for the new term.
An association meeting drew many attendees from Washington and was deemed highly successful. Mrs. Jessie Bishop will host the W. F. M. 8S. gathering next Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Donaldson visited Orley Page on Sunday. Emma Page cares for her sister, Mrs. James Zeck, who is suffering rheumatism.
This evening at 7 30 the installation services of the Rev John C Abels will be held at the Presbyterian church. Revs Archibald Cardle D D of Burlington W A Montgomery of West Branch D A Morgan of Sigourney and E G Beyer of Brighton will take part. A reception for Mr and Mrs Abels will follow and the public is invited.
At the Catholic Church the forty hours of devotion began at St James Catholic church and continues today. Rev Father B Jacobsmeier of Riverside will deliver an evening sermon to close the services with assistance from Rev Fathers Gillaspie of Mechanicsville and Bulger of Ottumwa aiding local minister Rev Father John Walsh.
A Wisconsin father recalls giving two doses of Foley's Orino Laxative to his three year old son who was severely constipated with a high fever. The next morning the fever vanished and the child was entirely well, a life saving result attributed to the laxative from Lemmon's Pharmacy in Casimer.
Called communication of Washington lodge No. 26 A. F. and A. M. takes place Wednesday evening October 7 1908 at 7 30 for work on the third degree. Let there be a full attendance of the fraters. 98 2 Jno H Steck W M
Blind Boone will be at the Presbyterian church October 24 under the auspices of the C E society. Mrs Ellen Tobin of Ainsworth shopped in the city yesterday.
An ad notes a guarantee that every sack is perfect quality or your money will be refunded. Wm. A. Whiting offers this promise, referencing an address 82-If.
Reports of social visits and travel across Davenport area. Dr D J Dewey returned from a ten day stay at Colfax. Miss Elsie McCreedy resumes duties at F F Parrish store after a vacation. Charles D Gorham joins a Milwaukee bound party to Garden City Kan. O B Evans and wife from Columbus Ohio visit J B Crooks and C M Sturges homes. Miss Blodwin Jones arrives from Davenport to attend the Berdo Hull wedding. J H Baird attends the Lewis wedding anniversary. J H Lathrop travels to a stock sale forty five miles north of Davenport. Peonies should be planted now. Over a dozen ranities for sale at Highland Park nursery. Foley’s Honey and Tar advertised by Lemmon’s Pharmacy. Degree of Honor pastry sale planned for Saturday October 10 at North Side Furniture store. Donations to be left Saturday morning. G A Smith joins George H Paul forces to represent Paul Co in Kansas. George St Paul trades his Washington home for David Blankenhorn’s 335 acre farm ten miles north of Washington. Possession not until next March.
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