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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1910
Page
2
Community notes from The County News recount social events and visits. William Willmiller and wife celebrate eighteenth wedding anniversary with seventy friends. Residents travel to Davenport, Rock Island, and Iowa City for library meetings and church events. Local business, farming, and staff changes are noted along with farm sales and patent news.
Fairfield visitors include Frank Parcell of Brighton and Frank Briston with wife returning from Richland after attending John Briston’s funeral. Fred Hoffman of Lacona visits with sister Mrs. Robert Goode. Joe Whitmore of Oskaloosa visits parents. Charlie Arnold and family travel to Washington to see Bert Arnold. Ivy Hindaw is very ill and helpless. Ed Blackwood and family visit Fairfield relatives. Vern Seeley ill at Christian Sunday school but improving. Rev. Doddsworth to begin meetings in Salina Tuesday.
In October reports from Egypt Iowa and nearby areas list visits among residents. Mr and Mrs Win Kos stayed with George and Hazel Shalla in Cedar Rapids. Several couples traveled for weekend visits including Vine Sojka Joe Havel with Bert Kosnar near Clutter Ja. Mrs Ida Snider is very low after a brief improvement. Sam Strickler departed for California.
Kalona football team defeated Wellman 22 to 5 on Saturday. The report also notes local visits and events including D. H. Beck staying in Lone Tree, John Brown’s improving health, and various residents traveling or visiting in Kalona, Cedar Rapids, Washington, and Keota.
In Crawfordsville on October 18, Mrs Glenn Huston and two sons and Mrs Chris Miller traveled to Washington this morning. Mrs M E Vesey arrived from Winfield. Mr and Mrs J H Huston and Mr and Mrs Clyde Huston with daughter Stepe went by car to Washington. Relatives received word of the death of Mrs Lizzie Huston of Winfield, who died yesterday afternoon at Burlington hospital.
Ainsworth notes Eva ster returned home from Durlington yesterday morning after spending Sunday with Miss May Riley. William Chihak was a business traveler for Columbus Junction last night. Robert Rhea bought the Harry Cassel property on Smoky Row yesterday. Mrs SE Sands returned home from Mt Pleasant last evening visiting her daughter Miss Grace who attends school there.
A satirical verse by Walt Mason from 1910 rails at workers chasing money and commerce. It contrasts the hustle for profits with a call to rest and appreciation of the “beautiful science of resting,” targeting industrious greed and wage labor.
Mrs Mayme McKenna of Chicago pleaded guilty before Judge Hand in New York to failing to declare Parisian gowns valued at 1600 dollars on arrival from Europe aboard the Mauretania. Judge Hard imposed a 1000 dollar fine. the gowns were seized.
For More Than Three Decades Foley's Honey and Tar has been a household favorite for coughs, colds, and ailments of the throat, chest and lungs. Contains no opiates. Lemmon's Pharmacy, McElhinney Drug Co.
Mrs Newell Dwight Hillis, wife of a minister, writes in Outlook that American women are not successful home-makers. She argues women have been raised on a false pedestal and see themselves as superior and wonders if talkative self asserting American girls are fit for world work compared with English and German girls.
A famous American actress reportedly said she was welded to art regarding marriage. A sensational newspaper quote followed noting that Mary is to be congratulated since art neither snores nor has cold feet.
Advertisement for sharpening services and tool repair offering grinding of surgeons instruments, barbers tools, razors, and clippers with carborundum wheels. Includes making razor handles, key cheeks, umbrella plates, dog tags, silverware marking, and grinding machines agent. Sample requests invited. limited time availability.
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