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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1909
Page
5
A mix of parish announcements and community news from Brighton. Dates show October 24 as a reference. residents move houses relocate sell farms visit relatives attend dinners and church services with Epworth League and evangelistic events noted. several names appear with minor travel or illness updates.
Davenport visitors call on relatives as stores plan to close at seven starts Monday. Thomas Brooks Fletcher to lecture The Modern Judas at United Presbyterian church next Tuesday. Clara Brownhousen returns from Seattle for family illness. Epworth Leaguers hold Halloween themed social with lanterns games and fruit. Local ministers address Sunday services at United Presbyterian and Baptist churches. Methodist Sunday school at 9 44 and service at 11.
Local notes highlight visits to Winfield and Burlington and a run of small ads for 5 cent Limit cigars and 29 cent Saturday candy at Cook & Sherman's. Mrs M Maroney and Gertrude from Corpus Christi finish a visit at George H Paul and plan trips to Illinois and home.
Last evening at 8 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Whiting on North Iowa avenue their daughter Miss Alice married Mr. Harry Turner with Mendelssohn's wedding march. Rev. J. C. Abels officiated before about sixty guests. A three course luncheon followed. The bride wore white mohair and roses. both graduates of the William H. S. The couple will live with the bride’s parents. Out-of-town guests included I. S. DeFord Blanche DeFord Eldon N Y Anna Warren Bata via Floyd McClellan. Golf club enjoyed a picnic dinner at the Winter home with later social time and plans for a Thanksgiving goaling contest. The Covenanter church hosted a reception for Rev. S. E. Greer and wife with ministers from other churches. The Young People Christian Union held a Halloween social at Miss Artie McCulley’s home with ghosts and fortunes. The Epworth League hosted a Halloween social at Miss Mabel Brinton’s home with masked tours and jack-o-lantern decor. Bethlehem Commandery Knights Templar issued a stag banquet for Nov 2 at Harvey & Warfel. Mrs Arch McCulley hosted a gathering for Mrs Kimball of Cedar Rapids.
Ainsworth hosted a Wednesday night wrestling bout where H Runyon from the Pacific coast aimed to throw Young Rich of North Dakota three times in an hour. Runyon won the first fall in 25 minutes and the second in five. the third was halted to catch a train. Fred Sampson and Mort Chance from the city also wrestled with Sampson taking the first fall in ten minutes and the second in eight. Chance showed marked improvement.
The M. B h A W hosts a box supper at their hall in the Temple building on Saturday evening October 30. Everyone is invited and all ladies are asked to bring boxes for the event.
Insomniac banter mocks debts to a doctor vowing more bills. A fragment from Tit-Bits hints at financial strain and sleeplessness related to medical fees.
A humorous Detroit Free Press snippet features Tom and Bill reacting to a hat cleaning bill. They joke about stinginess as a wife is credited with cleaning the hat amid playful banter.
The ad touts Foley's Honey and Tar as clearing air passages calming throat irritation and stopping coughs while healing inflamed lungs and expelling the cold. It warns to refuse substitutes and notes Lemmon's Pharmacy at McKihinney Drug Co. as distributor.
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