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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1912
Page
2
Local Families Shared News Across Weekend Visits
Mrs Floyd Green spent Friday and Saturday with her parents Mr and Mrs Joe Lambert. Frank Romine and family and Miss Opal Romine visited relatives at Hopeville Indiana during the past week. Henry Henderson endures two afflicted horses lockjaw and brain fever. A large turnout attended the Columbus Junction fair Thursday. Mr and Mrs Frank Becker of Texas visited the Alf Anderson home Friday night. Ray Fisher and Sanford Anderson went to Chicago with cattle. Mrs Frank Dunshee and sons Ray and Rex visit Columbus Junction and attend the fair. Frank Huber moved his family to Washington Tuesday. Everett Huber and bride started housekeeping on the home place. Mrs Oz Powell and daughter Sadie of Keota spent Tuesday at John Powell’s. Harvey Gardner visited with Lloyd and Park Griggs on Sunday. Miss Murriel Cullumber visited Keota Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Green
Joe Lambert
Frank Romine
Opal Romine
Hopeville
Henry Henderson
Columbus Junction Fair
Frank Becker
Texas
Alf Anderson
Ray Fisher
Sanford Anderson
Chicago
Frank Dunshee
Ray
Rex
Columbus Junction
Frank Huber
Washington
Everett Huber
Bride
Oz Powell
Sadie
Fof Keota
John Powell
Harvey Gardner
Lloyd
Park Griggs
Murriel Cullumber
Wellman Social Notes and Local Happenings 1912
Mrs A J Sanders visits her cousin Mrs Anderson and daughter. Miss Emma Semler and Henry Millice wed at the bride’s home. Corner stone laid for St Joseph’s church. Mrs Ida Desing returns from Des Moines. A new boy born to Mr and Mrs Hole. Rev R L Patterson attends Newton conference. Art Spear wins hog prizes at the state fair. Marty Moore attends K P grand lodge in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Semler
Henry Millice
R. L. Patterson
Kellogg
W. N. Shaw
Theo Martin
Cedar Rapids
Lena Herr
Newt Turnipseed
Keswick
St. Joseph's Church
Ida Desing
Des Moines
Mabel
Highland Park College
Lide Jones
Kinross
Henry Eckhardt
Fairport
Grandpa Eckhardt
Kern Doolin
Iowa City
Susan Gardner
Newton
Pearl Gardner
Esther Ashby
Ohio
Patterson
Wayne Hodges
Marshalltown
Weiler
Vauehn Merrow
Nebraska
Ferd Swartz
New Jersey
Ferd
Wellman
Pluggin Along by Walt Mason
A man named Peter the potter keeps working despite critics on the corner and hard times. He pays off debt owns a cottage saves money and avoids reliance on aid as he hustles on in sun and shade with a steady, defiant optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Congressional
Local residents visit in town with family ties
Jay Bishop born and raised in Lexington returns for a visit with his mother and relatives. Miss Effie Hull to work in a Birdsville millinery shop. Warren Bishop manages a Spring Valley farm. Jess Glider from Davenport spent Sunday in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Bishop
Lexington
West
Effie Hull
Birdsville
Warren Bishop
Spring Valley
Minn
Jess Glider
Davenport
Cedar School District Social Notes and Local Visits
Cedar School District reports John Graham plans a Waterloo visit next Monday to see relatives. School started Monday with Miss Morgan as teacher. Miss Lela White visits sister Mrs. Frank Libe. Mrs. M Kendrick and daughter Marcella travel to Illinois for several weeks to visit relatives. Mr. Linas Wood was seen at his farm this week. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Orr attended the Junction fair last Thursday. Mr. Robert Gault injured his hand while repairing a windmill this week and suffered intense pain. M Kendrick Frank Libe and Henry Doig were bailing hay the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Graham
Waterloo
Miss Morgan
Lela White
Frank Libe
M. Kendrick
Marcella
Illinois
Linas Wood
Lester Orr
Junction Fair
Robert Gault
Gault
Henry Doig
Rural Route Three News Briefs and Local Notes
Fall term opened for Prairie Flower Union Landscape Cedar Center Pleasant Plains and Lincoln with teachers Wylie Romine Harvey Faulkner Freding and Robertson. Holbrook business visit by Bishop with daughter Abigail. A 40 acre George Amlong farm sold to Romine Wellman at 170 per acre. Local visits, attendees at fairs, school boarding, and church women's groups noted along with farming and teaching assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Flower
Union Landscape
Cedar Center
Pleasant Plains
Lincoln
Helen Wylie
Romine
Alice Harvey
Clara Faulkner
Mary Freding
Jeanette Robertson
Charles Rosen
Virginia
John M. Stimpson
Harve Kyle
Willie Kyle
R. W. Stryker
Washington
Haskins Local Notes and Weekend Visits
Miss Enid Annas of Ainsworth visits friend Mabel Godlove on Sunday. Hogs shipped to Chicago and stock cattle moved from Kansas City. Ebner and wife plan a ten day Des Moines Colfax trip. Pinkham sends Rumley oil engine to Mathers Wisconsin for land plowing after buying 800 acres. Church service resumes with Rev. Hughes. Blanche Coulter of Ft. Morgan visits. School opens with 35 pupils. teachers Emma Harrison and Ethel Booth. High school intake from Washington town. Ladies' Aid to hold fall bazaar. Art Hazens back from Illinois visit. Mrs. Hay returns from Lincoln. Watermelons hauled. area schools reopen. Many attend fair at Junction. Pinkham and Richardson aim for Wisconsin by auto. Horse traders nearby. lace sellers claim handmade goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskins
Enid Annas
Ainsworth
Mabel Godlove
Ira
Lewis Coon
Chicago
Wm. McCarney
Kansas City
M. E. Ebner
Des Moines
Colfax
M. E. Pinkham
Mathers
Wis
J. M. Stone
Joe Wehr
R. D. Hughes
Blanche Coulter
Ft. Morgan
Colo
A. Sands
Emma Harrison
Ethel Booth
Terry
Daryl Mathers
Reo Pickens
Juaneta Rabenold
Ola Foster
Washington
Ladies’ Aid Society
Ollie Beardsley
Harrison
Merle McConnell
Pussy Cat Pussie Prue Strays From Home Bedtime Tale
In a bedtime tale a friendly cat named Pussie Prue slips out of the house when the gate is open. She visits the fish man, dodges dangers, and returns home to her relieved mistress. The episode ends with Prue declaring her home friends are the best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daddy
Jack
Evelyn
Prue
Neddy
Pussie Prue
Public nuisance case seeks order to move along
A court confronting a public nuisance accusation orders movant to relocate. The decision emphasizes removal to restore public peace and safety and assigns deadlines for compliance.
Edith Peterson Taken For Acute Appendicitis In Washington
Miss Edith Peterson was carried to the hospital at Washington last evening for an operation on acute appendicitis. Mrs. W. T. Trotter Jr. spent yesterday in Washington with her mother Mrs. Gee. Mr and Mrs Charles Hall of Reinersville Ohio arrived last evening to visit their son Hugh Hall and daughter Mrs Charles Jackson. Mrs Anna B Woodburn attended to business here Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Edith Peterson
Washington
W. T. Trotter, Jr
Gee
Norton
Charles Hall
Reinersville
Ohio
Hugh Hall
Charles Jackson
Anna B. Woodburn
Social notes from Crawfordsville on September 7 1912
Mrs Roy Stewart Mrs John Cunningham Miss Jenne Rice Miss Jeanette Wooley S P Gordon and Dudley Robinson travel to Washington this morning. Mrs Robert Smylie and son Clyde return to Davenport after a brief visit. John McCleary leaves for Robstown Texas. James Hunter of Washington visits yesterday. Mr and Mrs F G Taylor host a dinner with out of town guests S W Neal of Washington Dudley Robinson of Artesia California and Mrs Mable Arkins of Blade Arizona. S R Harper goes to Hedrick Indiana for a Sunday visit with his sister Mrs Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Roy Stewart
John Cunningham
Jenne Rice
Jeanette Wooley
S. P. Gordon
Dudley Robinson
Washington
Robert Smylie
Clyde
Davenport
John McCleary
Robstown
Texas
James Hunter
F. G. Taylor
8. W. Neal
Artesia
Calif
Mable Arkins
Blade
Arizona
Ss. R. Harper
Hedrick
Bennett
Columbus Junc notes fall term and local events
A report from Rural Route One on September 6 1912 lists many locals attending events. Ethel Larson begins fall school at Jackson Center. Oscar Carlson travels to Monmouth Illinois. Martha McGuire starts high school at Washington. The community hosts events including a sewing society gathering and hog shipments to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Carlson
Monmouth
Ill
Martha McGuire
Washington
Helen Wylie
Prairie Flower
Davenport Coal Increase Suspended
Washington D C Sept. An increase of 15 cents per net ton on bituminous coal shipments from southern Hindis points to Bettendorf and Davenport Iowa announced by the Wabash railroad effective Sept. 9 has been suspended by the Interstate Commerce Court pending an investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Sept. T
Bettendorf
Davenport
Iowa
Wabash Railroad
Interstate Commerce Court
Copyright Notice from The New York World
The Press Publishing Co reports copyright ownership by The New York World. The notice appears on the masthead page indicating rights reserved and distribution limitations for this edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Press Publishing Co
the New York World
Old Man of the Mountains Hassan ben Sabbah
The article recounts Hassan ben Sabbah known as the Old Man of the Mountains, founding a feared sect. It details his rise through Syria Persia and Egypt, his drugged paradise indoctrination, and his murder campaigns. It notes Sultan Sanfar his enemies and his death in 1124 at age 90, with the Order later destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hassan-ben-Sabah
Sheik al-Jebal
Sheik
Hassan
Omar
Nizam
Persia
Omar Khayyam
Syria
Egypt
Paradise
Sanfar
Hasgan
Bank Robbery at Thayer Iowa Ends in $630 Loot
Five unidentified robbers dynamited the First Bank of Thayer early yesterday. They looted $630 and fled by freight train, firing at two witnesses at the railroad station before escapes. A search of the area is under way with reports of two suspects surrounded in a cornfield near East Peru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayer
Iowa
First Bank of
Peru
Market Report from Chicago on Sept 7 1912
Estimated receipts total 6 500 with 4 525 left over from yesterday. Market prospects are five higher than yesterday’s average. Prices: Light 8 40, Mixed 7 95, Heavy shipping 7 70 8 80, Rough 7 76 7 90. Cattle 300 prospects steady, Sheep 2 000 prospects strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hogs Market Strength Amid Mixed Receipts and Prices
Chicago reports Sept 7 1912 hogs with receipts today 6500 and yesterday 1015 porkers and pigs priced 9.05 to 9.20 per unit. Market shows strong tone with most hog classes from 8.15 to 9.20 and bulk near 8.15 to 8.50 while light and mixed hogs push higher. cattle and sheep receipts and prices noted as steady to strong respectively.
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