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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
5
Special to the Evening Journal reports fair weather in Iowa with warmer conditions in the east tonight. Forecasters expect unchanged conditions for Saturday with continued warmth in the eastern portion tonight and into tomorrow.
The Star reports on Saturday’s Vienna market offerings with melons on ice and fresh produce. Teeter and Lathrop offer first class steers while German peach and apple cake is featured. W R C members urged to attend a 2:30 meeting. Leigh Wallace and son travel to St Louis for business and baseball. Tom Strader returns from Greer County Oklahoma for a visit. Mr Dawson party visits Auburn before returning to Denver.
Local correspondents report the county’s daily life with items on residents, farms, and small town events. Short notices cover gatherings, appointments, and community decisions shaping neighborhood routines.
Sept 3 report notes Miss June Emry as new principal from Brighton with high expectations for the term. Many locals travel to Fairfield for the old settlers reunion. residents return from Rock Island and Olympia visits. Several sick lists, farm and church activities, and upcoming southeast district convention set for late September.
A funeral is planned for Edwin's brother as family members gather to bid farewell. The service details and exact date are not provided in the fragment.
Sept 1 family visits Nodaway Iowa relatives. Harry Waters returns from Seattle. Helen Waterman to Cedar Falls for school. Ethel Meacham to Iowa City for study. School opens Monday with Clara Meacham teaching. Funeral of Edwin Draper at Brighton noted. Raper Duttweiler family at Fairfield old settlers meeting. Newton Waterman family visit, Connie Waterman from Michigan. Minnie and Julia Northcutt return to St Louis after visit with A R Gowey. Eugene Robinson ordination Sept 16 with Rev F A Zickafoose in attendance. D A Kurtz Brighon auctioneer, here on business.
Sept 3 report notes Steve Ossman’s return from Chicago and a big turnout from the area for the Wellman old settlers meeting. Maj John F. Lacey gave an able address, with C A Dewey of Washington also well received. Keota band played as locals spoke and early remarks were offered by several old settlers.
Sept 5 report lists Mrs Emil Anderson and son Ivan visiting relatives in Illinois. Miss Katherine Mauthe of Washington visits relatives in the area. Mrs J Johnson is ill. Emma and Lily Hutt with Harry Hutt travel to Lincoln Illinois for a weeks visit. Frances and Clara Meyer visit Bessie McKinstry. Erk Inkens and family moved to the Cuddeback farm house vacated last spring by Harry Davidson.
Chas. Laird arrived to spend a few days attending to business. Mrs. A. J. Laird and children Margaret and David returned home after a few days at Morning Sun. Miss Ella McCreedy returned home after a week in Chicago. Two hundred ten tickets were sold from here for Columbus Junction yesterday.
Washington D C September 4 Frank P Sargent commissioner of Immigration in the Department of Commerce and Labor died today after months of illness from chronic stomach trouble He was fifty four years old and had served in the post for several years reflecting the government’s long standing disease struggle.
In Crawfordsville on September 4, Joan W. Maxwell of Washington and Mrs Ollie Springer with her son from the Philippines are visiting. Jol McKee of Winterset arrives for relatives' visit. Mr. and Mrs. Carrick return from Albia. others travel to Washington or Eldon. No church services Sunday due to missing pastors. United Presbyterian church holds 11 am and 7 30 pm services. Extra reels from McKee shown Saturday and Monday nights including Pat in the Powder Mill McCarty's Wake Winter Straw Ride Young Heroine.
A special memorial service will be held next Sunday morning at the Baptist church for the deacons who have passed away. Short addresses will be made and favorite hymns of the departed will be sung. The program lists Deacon Ross, Mrs Edworthy. Deacon Babcock, F Sage. Deacon Sage, Miss Ross. Deacon Doolittle, Pastor Rogers. The general text is And His servants shall serve Him.
Local notices report 15 cent bacon as the best at the South Side Market. A candy giveaway occurs each night at the Star. Jas Casey and son attended the Junction fair yesterday. John C. Foster of Hedrick visited the city on business. Mr and Mrs Moon and daughters from near Wellman were in town. Mr and Mrs Allen Ott of Mount Pleasant visited Mrs Mary Ott and relatives in the city.
Mr and Mrs Orville Elder host a Brighton river outing for nine Journal carrier boys with fishing games and a planned return by evening. Rain spared the Second United Presbyterian Christian Endeavor social last night as forty to fifty youths enjoyed a watermelOn party at I K Beal home with games and a nut millinery prank led by Miss Molly Cherry.
The Baptist Sunday school held a large picnic today at Sunset Park with nearly all students in attendance. Ladies of the congregation provided plentiful baskets and generous food. The youths enjoyed an afternoon of games in the park.
In compliment to Miss Hazel Scranton of Oklahoma City, Miss Marguerite Cherry entertained the members of the A. B. C. club with a social gathering noted for courtesy and cordiality in a local-page brief.
Miss Bertha Young hosted five friends at her east of city home for a six o'clock four course supper. The evening featured visiting and the formal announcement of her approaching marriage to Mr. Behrens of Waterloo with a wedding set for Sept. 17. Guests included Dessa Walnitz Ava Matthews Mabel Buckley Stella Wells and Stella Cunningham.
Mrs. E T Wickham led her boys and Mrs Ralph Keller led her girls in a Methodist Sunday School gathering yesterday at Sunset Park. Most members attended and had a fine time. Prof Bruce Francis asks new pupils to report Monday for the kindergarten and primary departments to begin the new school year. Parents are asked to note. A line of fresh candies at the Vienna.
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