Local notice with contact for Marion Anderson
Fragmentary exchange advertises a call to act early with contact Marion Anderson at phone 176. The text is incomplete but implies a timely request or invitation from a person named Marion Anderson.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1907
Page
5
Fragmentary exchange advertises a call to act early with contact Marion Anderson at phone 176. The text is incomplete but implies a timely request or invitation from a person named Marion Anderson.
Local brief notes Cream puffs will be served Saturday at the Vienna Mrs Stella Sims plans to return to Washington DC this evening after a visit at the N L Black home Mrs John Best of Albia and Mrs Ollie Houston of Avery return home after visiting the McCracken home Johnson's offers every kind of pie including the genuine Jemon pie Mr and Mrs Cap Kerr of Sigourney were seen in town en route home from Ft Madison where they attended the regimental reunion
An ancestor advertises Foley’s Kidney Cure as a remedy for kidney trouble. It claims the medicine corrects irregularities and prevents Bright’s disease and diabetes and notes it is sold by all druggists.
Local correspondents report on happenings across the county including daily life, events, and day to day affairs. Brief notes update readers on community activity, meetings, and local milestones.
Alta Hampshire teaches at Look Out. Frank Tellin Sr. returns from Europe. Anna Bopp works for Mrs. Will Koening. Willie Keifer lost his driver. John Frank attended Columbus Junction fair. Henry Brecht family visited town. Philipine and Bertha Brecht also visited. Will Kloopfer and family visited Frank Welte. Albert Sharp visited Mrs. Wotruba. Joe Reiner plans a barn on his farm. Mrs. John Lemley is not well.
Sept 6 reports show Mrs Stanley Logan and baby with Mrs T Smith of Washington visiting A C Durst home. Gl en Beal at Gibson sale. Frank Jackson and family visiting Washington. Jessie Whiteman ill. lunch at Gibson sale funds Pleasant Plains church. Mrs Crawbaugh heads to Helena for two months. Mrs Rice visiting daughter Mrs Bert Donaldson. Will Clarks moving from Brigham. Sam Neill visits Washington. Charlie Hornung sells team of horses to Chas Brown.
Sept 6 reports show J M Lord conducting business in Washington while several visitors arrive or depart. Lettie Alberts and Clara Nichols of St Louis visit aunt Miss Mary Brockway. Families travel between Washington Douds Leando Keota Rock Island and Iowa City with short stays and returns.
West Chester residents note Walter Boyer delivered shelled corn today to the Dp. C. Kilgore elevator. D. R. Munro and J. Dayton returned yesterday from Centerville. The Epworth League held an ice cream social at the Hough home with a fine time reported.
Sept 6 reports A L Armstrong and son Harry leaving for Ipava. Rodney Mayhew, son of Mr and Mrs W C Mayhew, improves after illness. J A Cunningham of Washington visited for business. Mr and Mrs Robert Kephart visited Rev Perry Telford at Stronghurst. Mrs Wm Jugenheimer Sr arrived for visits with O and Will Jugenheimer. Will Easter and wife visited Mrs Easter at Ainsworth. Mayhews of Washington visit W C Mayhew in Illinois.
Fairfield Iowa September 6 the presbytery of Iowa will meet September 10 and 11 at Parsons college with a conference starting Monday evening and a sermon Tuesday by Rev Harry C Rogers of Fort Madison The program includes multiple addresses on religion education and church life. Conductor Frank McClure of the C and N W was killed in Jefferson Iowa when a coach derailed after hitting a cow. He leaves a wife and family at Boone and is brother to E B McClure auditor of Green County. Ames reports Henry W Schleuter contractor for I S C has gone into receivership after projects including the engineering hall Y M C A building Central hall and more.
Miss Dollie Harrison of Muscatine visits the L L Teas home. G W Nickolaus spends day in Mediapolis. Henry Wilson and family of Columbus Junction visit J R Rickey home. Mrs Harry White and daughter Freda and Luther Gormley visit Washington. Dr J H Hull of Washington stays with his father Dr H C Hull. Elias Williams and son Luther return from Chicago. Dr N J Lease arrives from Winfield. Dr S W Huston goes to Burlington for conference. Presbyterian and United Presbyterian church services listed with pastors J S Cotton and W G Robertson. Methodist has no services Sunday.
The regular weekly meeting of the Holiness Praying band meets at Mrs. Emily Runyon's home 315 South Avenue at 7 30 this evening. The group urges attendance and a revival focus to save souls backsliders sanctify and aid missions at home and abroad across many denominations in the year.
The Misses Page of Sigourney arrived from Chicago and will stay a few days at the Chas Hebner home. Mr. and Mrs. Freeland returned to Ainsworth after visiting the Bandy household, with Mrs. Freeland recovering from illness. Mrs. Elder returned from Canada where she spent the summer with her daughter Mrs. Peterson. Harvest is underway in the Peterson area with samples showing a strong yield for wheat flax and oats.
Ed Puckett of a horse trading outfit died after mistaking arsenic for a blood medicine while in Albia Iowa. He and three others consumed the poison and were hospitalized though some plans to move on remained for later in the week. His body was prepared for shipment to Des Moines for burial.
Cakes at Johnsons and sick list for Burrell Vogt populate this local blurb. Mary Wells and Emma Eckhart depart for Muscatine for a short visit, while Mrs J O Keep travels from Delta after Pennsylvania. Mrs J H Mintier visits from Polk City as Col S W Brookhart is ordered to Keokuk October first to greet the President on his Mississippi River inspection tour. Keokuk gears up for crowds with governors from about ten states expected to attend.
A vintage advertisement extols Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a mild remedy for chronic constipation. It claims the product stimulates the liver and bowels, restores natural bowel action, and avoids nausea or griping. Sold by all druggists with a note to refuse substitutes.
A. S. Meek has secured the patent for a window ventilator. He has already taken sixty one orders with strong endorsements for its ventilation system. The device attaches to windows and allows air entry from the top, dropping the upper attachments to avoid disturbing curtains while promoting good circulation.
Mrs. M. Bryce of Keota travels through the city this morning on her way home from Chicago where she has been buying fall millinery goods.
A brief promotion notes Chamberlain's Pain Balm as highly effective for lame back pain. Orange Michigan resident Luise LaGrange credits two applications after three weeks of other remedies with a cure. Sold by Cook and Sherman.
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