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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1908
Page
3
Local residents from Ainsworth Keota West Chester and nearby communities dropped by the city Saturday. Miss Katherine Berdo assisted at Doctor Hall’s office during Dr Henry Hull’s absence. A Mills lecture at the Methodist church Wednesday at 8 p m offered free admission.
The undersigned rents his farm and sells to the highest bidder without reserve at 10 a m on Thursday October 15 at his place six miles west and a half mile north of Washington and two and a half miles south of West Chester. Seventy five acres of ripe Yellow Dent corn in field and twenty tons hay stored. One Deering binder and mower, hay loader, plows, disc harrow, grain cleaner, wagons, harnesses, buggy gear, and many more farm implements. Livestock includes five 3 year old draft geldings, one brood mare, one Belgian spring colt, two choice milch cows, two spring calves, two pure bred Short Horn bull calves, eighty four hogs with Berkshire sows and yearling boars, seventy five Shropshire buck lambs.
Public sale announced by the Dunbar heirs of the John Dunbar farm 3 miles north of Brighton and 9 miles southwest of Washington on Wednesday October 14 1908 starting at 10 a m. Items include nine horses and mules twenty five pedigreed Short Horn cattle six hogs eight wether lambs various farm implements and household goods with credit terms and cash discounts.
Terms of sale set at ten dollars and under cash. Sums over ten dollars may be bought on approved notes drawing seven percent interest from due date if unpaid. Six percent discount for cash on amounts over ten dollars. Notice signed by J. W. Guy J. A. McCoy Clerk J. G. Moriarty Lunch. Items 8 9 10 12 13.
For sale adjoining the City Library are lot 7 in block 9 and lot 1 in block 26 in Highland Park to close the estate of Mrs. E E Everson. For price and terms, contact A Anderson executor at 67 tf.
Miss Mabelle Johnson of Titus visited the city on Saturday, catching local attention as a passing guest.
In Fort Dodge on October 12 former Iowa state official John Russell of Jones County died at age 87. The Daughters of the American Revolution state meeting will be held October 14–15 with social events including a Dolliver home luncheon and musical performances by local artists and guests. Stephen P. Morris will speak on child labor at the Baptist church Wednesday evening.
Des Moines reports the Hon. John Russell, a four term auditor of Iowa and influential figure in the formative era of the state, died at his Jones county home at eighty seven. He served in the legislature in both chambers, was speaker in 1868, auditor 1870 to 1875, and helped found the Iowa State Agricultural College at Ames. Baren R. Sherman succeeded him as auditor and later became governor.
P. J. Hanley reports rapid sales of his post cards and states they are available at his office Roy Y. Stichter's restaurant Bowman Brothers store The Gong Knottnerus billiard hall and West Side Drug store.
L A Bartlet of Rural Route 1 Guilford Maine praises Dr Kings New Life Pills used for three years. The pills cleanse and tone the system gently and are sold for 25 cents at J E Lemmons drug store.
This year requires every voter to register for the general election. See city notice elsewhere in this paper and remember to register. Mrs O B Mouser of Wellman and others from Keota Crawfordsville Ainsworth West Chester Kalona registered at the Rest Room Saturday. Mr and Mrs Everett Shearer of Verdi visited town Saturday afternoon.
Mrs H D Williams and her daughter Miss Hazel arrived from Keota Saturday morning and spent the day in the city shopping. Mrs Irene Acheson of Haskins also shopped in the city Saturday morning. Mrs Dr J QO Sexton returned home Saturday evening from Des Moines where she had been summoned by her brother’s serious illness and improving but not yet out of danger.
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