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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
5
Washington special reports generally fair tonight and Friday warmer tonight. The forecast covers Iowa with a calm to warm trend expected, aiding outdoor plans and agricultural schedules.
Ed Wellman a Kalona business visitor. S W Neal rode to Ottumwa this morning. J A Carden and J A Cunningham traveled to Ottumwa and Columbus Junction respectively. Box of candy giveaway tonight at the Star. Teeter and Lathrop offer steer sales. Chauncey Myers attended old settlers picnic at Wellman yesterday. Titla and Edith Shields rode to Ottumwa. Bicycle and gun repair services offered near airdome. Tillotson pantatorium cleans ladies suits and McCulley barber shop offers grooming. Telephone 623.
The County News reports on daily events across county communities. Correspondents cover doings of the people, local occurrences, and various snippets shaping daily life in the region.
Sept 2 news briefs list cattle shipment to Chicago by John Simpson and entertainments at various homes in Centerville area. Visits include Misses Ola Myra Simpson, Clara and Elmer Horning, Ella Bear, and gatherings at Lee Gordon, Taylor Stout, Pleas ant Plains, Union, Prairie Flower. Fall school terms begin. travel to Texas and Missouri noted. Baptist missionary meeting. several relatives from Illinois.
Sept 3 report notes Sprague of Colum bus Junction visiting Ainsworth area business. Misses Maurine McLaughlin and Elinor Bailey visited Dr H B Hamilton home. Mrs F G Sands and Miss Gertrude Finley shopped in Washington. Kathryn Bailey of Washington teaches at Harrison school north of Ainsworth. A large number of Ainsworth people attended the Columbus Junction fair.
Sept 3 Knoxville resident A E Marshall works on section near town while boarding at the hotel. Edward Hoover of Clinton Iowa dines at the hotel Monday morning before leaving on the passenger. J N Pickens owns the Iowa cream.
Notes from the Columbus Junction fair mention a separator exhibit and attendees including Mr and Mrs Henry Boyd. Rev Penn, U B minister from Union Dale, traveled from River side. Mrs H F Owen visited Chula Missouri earlier in the week. Clayton Pearson teaches at Guinn school two miles east with twenty pupils. Miss Verne Cage returned to Cumberland Maryland after visiting Mrs Frank Wallace.
Sept 3 reports show visitors from Washington and Bedford Iowa arriving in town. Mrs. Davis Mrs. Myers and Mrs. Hoover visit A Davidson home. Rev W G Robertson and Lloyd DeHarpoort attend Columbus Junction fair. Mrs W B Walker and daughter Cecil Mrs Kerr and Mrs C J Sherry depart for Washington. Murray Smylie returns from Washington state. County Supervisor Cress of Riverside on business. Miss Ethel Shaffer returns to Wayland after visiting grandmother Martha Hough.
Republican legislators gather at a Harmony Banquet in Des Moines this afternoon to discuss policy positions and boost party visibility in the capital. The event emphasizes unity and campaign messaging as lawmakers mingle with supporters.
In Des Moines the day’s news notes a harmony banquet, GOP efforts to amend the primary law, and a senate standstill as standout lawmakers refuse to join a party caucus. Adjournment motions fail, and local social updates follow with residents visiting Des Moines.
About thirty to forty people departed this morning on the Fire Fly to attend the Columbus Junction fair. W Ralston recently expanded his hardware and implement shop adding a larger office, a new counter, and space for small goods. A rear storage building was erected. Ralston reports strong land office business last year and expects a busier fall season.
In Oskaloosa the Salinger ticket won a close election for K of P grand lodge offices. Ward Ferguson of Rolfe was chosen grand chancellor by five votes over M J Tobin of Vinton. Other officers include J N McCoy Corydon grand vice chancellor John C Merkens Fairfield grand keeper of records and seals C Hause Tingley grand prelate S B White Sigourney grand inner guard A J Riggs Hiteman grand outer guard.
The Yankee Regent played to a second local audience last night with lively choruses and specialties. John Collins led as the Regent with strong comic charm, while Alice McKenzie and Blanche Claire Innes received praise for their standout performances. Next up is The Hidden Hand on Tuesday. Capt K W Brown, Ames Prohibition candidate for governor, spoke in Central Park this morning and plans another talk in the Academy chapel tonight. End the day with an evening at the Star.
The Golden Rule circle of the Second United Presbyterian church will meet Friday at 2 30 PM at the home of Mrs J H Humston.
In Ottumwa on Tuesday, Mr. Jesse Phillips and Mrs. Bertha Booth, both locals, were wed in a complete surprise to friends. After a short honeymoon in Clarinda and a planned western trip to Colorado, they intend to settle in Washington. The Journal extends best wishes for their happiness. The Methodist Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society will meet tomorrow at 2:30 PM for annual officer elections, with full attendance urged.
George B. French, with T. M. Wilkins and Sam Patton, was shingling Miss Lina Fisher’s residence when scaffolding collapsed. Wilkins and Patton escaped uninjured, but French sprained a leg ligaments badly. Recovery expected without lasting harm.
Doctor and Mrs Grove and son Emil and the Rev and Mrs W F Jones and son Stanley of Fairfield drove over from Fairfield this morning and spent the day in the city. You should come to the Star.
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