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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1908
Page
5
Weather forecast for Iowa in Two Days
Special to the Evening Journal notes a forecast for Iowa. Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with a slowly rising temperature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
The
Evening Journal
Cora E Porter Seeks Re Election For County Superintendent
Miss Cora E Porter Republican candidate for county superintendent urges voters to re elect her based on efficiency and competency. Supporters rally behind her bid ahead of Tuesday election noting her record and public service.
Local News Briefs from Sunday Visits and Travel
Miss Bessie Curran spent Sunday in Verdi with Mrs. Everett Shearer. Dr. and Mrs. Ed McConnaughey and son William visit friends in Morning Sun. Pauline Chihak arrived from Ainsworth to spend Sunday with Miss Helen Berry. Glenn Hazen visited his sister Mrs. Breen in Ottumwa. Mrs. Margaret Morton left for Sandwich NL after visiting son J. W. Morton. Cleo Shellabarger returned home to Columbus Junction after visiting cousin Maude Shellabarger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frey
Bessie Curran
Verdi
Everett Shearer
Ed. McConnaughey
William
Pauline Chihak
Ainsworth
Helen Berry
Glenn Hazen
Breen
Ottumwa
Margaret Morton
Sandwich
J. W. Morton
Cleo Shellabarger
Columbus Junction
Maude Shellabarger
Doings of the People in the County Happenings
Miss Nora Eckles spent Thursday night at the Villa Swift home. Mrs. John Hillhouse returned after a ten days visit. Vera and Myrtle Saville visited their teacher. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Rob Dawson is ill. Bessie Swift's birthday party surprised her with games. A political meeting drew a large crowd with speeches by Carpenter, Brookhart and Bailey. Music by the A. C. band and Washington Glee Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Eckles
Villa Swift
John Hillhouse
Clyde Hillhouse
Pickens
Washington
Vera
Myrtle Saville
Jake Shrader
Rob. Dawson
Bessie Swift
Edith
Bessie
Jennie Jugenheimer
Emma Turbott
Annie McCleary
Frank Walker
Carpenter, Brookhart and Bailey
A. C
Glee Club
Ground sale and social notices from local docket
J B Crayne sold nine acres inside the corporation to James Hennon yesterday. J D Dayton sold the Moses Porter farm yesterday for 14250. He sold the pasture to Mrs Seaberry and 80 acres to Gilbert Miller. Ladies Bazaar set in Smith building election night with returns. Ralph Munro improving after typhoid fever. Mel Kilgore on sick list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Crayne
Corporation
James Hennon
J. D. Dayton
Washington
Anna Miller
Munro
Augustine
Chicago
Moses Porter
Ralph Munro
Mel Kilgore
Crawfordsville Oct 31 1908 Box Supper at Sunset School
Community notices include a box supper planned for Friday November 6 at Sunset school house with Miss Leeper as teacher. Local residents and visitors, including Mrs. Allen DeLong and family, Misses Hawthorn and Woolley, and Luther Gormley, were listed among visitors in Washington. Epworth League held a Hallowe en social at Mrs. Fenton’s vacant house with about ninety guests. Autumn decor and ghost costumes noted.
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Miss Leeper
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Neighborhood Notices and Social Activities Update
West Chester residents Mr. and Mrs. Pete McDowel host Chris Horning while Mrs. Lon Darnell visits her mother Mrs. McKinzie. D. H. Miller and son Howard plan an over Sunday visit to Crawfordsville. A dance is set for Saturday at T. R. Beenblossom’s. Harrison Dodder party invites go to local youth Friday. Crawford of Washington paints D. H. Miller’s house. Elmer Bickford sale drew many buyers Tuesday. Hermon Petratz hosts a Halloween gathering Saturday. Cora Porter and Grace Hopping with Ruby Thompson visited Eureka school Tuesday. Mrs. A. Booth helps care for her poorly ill grandchild at Bob Dawson’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete McDowel
West Chester
Chris Horning
Lon Darnell
McKinzie
D. H. Miller
Howard
Crawfordsville
T. R. Beenblossom
Harrison Dodder
Crawford
Washington
Elmer Bickford
Hermon Petratz
Cora Porter
Grace Hopping
Ruby Thompson
Eureka
A. Booth
Bob Dawson
Miller and Olds travel notes and social visit report
Mrs. M. L. Miller was a business visitor in Washington yesterday. Miss Lillian Olds returned home for a few days before resuming school duties in Brazil Iowa. Mrs. E. H. House and Miss Cora Old were shopping in Washington yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Walker hosted about fifty friends and relatives at a 12 oclock dinner. The dinner was
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M. L. Miller
Washington
Lillian Olds
Brazil
Iowa
E. H. House
Cora Old
W. A. Walker
Evening Marred by Uninvited Guests Visit Highlights
B F Brown returned from a two weeks visit in Delle Missouri. James Taylor of Minneapolis arrived for a visit with his sister Mrs Rebecca Proudfit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Brown
Delle
James Taylor
Minneapolis
Rebecca Proudfit
Exhibition of Old Vehicles at National Horse Show 1908
Plans for an exhibit of ancient carriages sleighs harness and related equipment at Madison Square Garden during the national horse show week in New York City. Notable owners like James Hazen Hyde Studebaker Bros and Louis I Lorillard contribute historic pieces and rare coaches from the eighteenth century onward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Square Garden
New York City
James T. Hyde
Association
New York
James Hazen Hyde
Studebaker Bros
Abraham Lincoln
United States
General Lafayette
America
Charles Welde
Harlem
R. M. Stivers
Commodore Vanderbilt
Flora Temple
Alfred B. Maclay
Pluck Rain From Skies Plan In Mohawk Valley
Carl Kb reports Frankfort movers aim to ignite rainstorms to quench forest fires. Veteran balloonist and aeronautical engineer Mr Myers plans a 25 foot balloon filled with gases to explode with an electric spark between Utica and Frankfort. Iron filings and sulfuric acid fuel the gases.
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Carl Kb
Frankfort
Utica
N. Y
Myers
Texas
New York
Mohawk Valley
Sharks used to enrich soil in Tasmanian orchards
Consul Ta ker of Hobart reports to Washington that dead sharks are used to enrich soil in Tasmania. Three sharks are used per tree in the bieapple orchards. A plant will be built on Northwest bay with capacity for forty tons of raw fish daily, with machinery to be purchased in the United States.
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Tasmania
Taker
Hobart
State Department
Washington
Northwest Bay
United States
Corn record set by Norman S Brewer in Hockanum
Norman S Brewer harvested 128 1 3 bushels of corn from a single acre on his Hockanum Connecticut farm, said to be a United States record for corn yield.
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Norman S Brewer
Hockanum
Conn
United States
Campbell-Bannerman joked despite Scottish disapproval
The late Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, praised for his genial nature, faced sharp critique from a fellow Scot for his habit of joking. Newly elected MP for Stirling burghs, a Disappointed Scot quipped that he “can joke without difficulty,” reflecting cultural tensions.
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Sir Henry Campbell-Bannermen
Stirling Burghs
London
Through Love's Eyes at Pueblo Chieftain
A brief notice notes a groom remarking on his fiancée as once thought “long and lean” now seen as divinely tall. The Pueblo Chieftain frames this engagement comment as a light, romantic aside.
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Love
Pueblo
Unique tonight trade at the Royal
A brief item notes Unique tonight with a reminder to trade at the Royal for value. It mentions various local residents New arrivals and departures including John Mauthe Robert Ray Ada Stevenson W. M. Johnson and several others. A church group plans an oyster pumpkin pie and coffee sale at Harvey and Warfel's room starting at 5. Everyone is invited.
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the Royal
John Mauthe
Titus
Robert Ray
Ainsworth
Ada Stevenson
Burlington
W. M. Johnson
Burling
Queen Esther
M. E. Church
Harvey & Warfel's
Travel Bulletins Issued for Rock Island Passengers
Agent Russell lists when election bulletins will be received and delivered to trains for readers on Rock Island lines. Bulletins will be posted in observation cars on No. 5 No. 9 No. 13 No. 3 No. 11 and No. 12 routes with specific station pickups in Bureau Davenport Grinnell Trenton Washington Eldon Centerville and other points. Where no observation cars exist porters or conductors handle distribution.
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Russell
Rock Island
Bureau
Davenport
Iowa
Grinnell
Trenton
Devenport
Washington
Eldon
Centerville
John Babcock Named Treasurer of North American Live Stock Co
John Babcock, long associated with the North American Live Stock Commission Co, has acquired an interest as a stockholder and has been elected treasurer. The note praises his work in Chicago’s stock yard district and regards the honor as well earned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Babcock
North American Live Stock Commission Co
Chicago
Mrs Hoechstadler Leaves After Week With Sister
Mrs. Hoechstadler visits with her sister Mrs. Fitzwilliams for a week and departed this morning for her Keota home.
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