Heat Brings Complaints as Public Thermometer Varies
Citizens complain about high temperatures with readings of 90 and 92 degrees in the shade. Weather forecast promises slightly cooler conditions tomorrow after a hot spell.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1906
Page
5
Citizens complain about high temperatures with readings of 90 and 92 degrees in the shade. Weather forecast promises slightly cooler conditions tomorrow after a hot spell.
A regular meeting of the Odd Fellows 1.0.C.F. is scheduled for tomorrow evening. Delegations from other county lodges will attend. Important business will be transacted and full attendance is desired.
Miss Kathryn Kennelly spent today with relatives in Muscatine. Mrs. Chas Saling of Davenport visited in the city. Mrs. Lloyd Latta of Racine Wis arrives this week to visit at the H F Samson home. Lloyd Williams is the new assistant at the Windsor grocery. Earl Hout has gone to Muscatine to work with his father ditching. Rev W Fisher will be installed in the First U P church Wednesday at 2. Rev J A Smith of Morning Sun will preach and Rev A L Graham of Keola will address the pastor. Rev H B Foster of Keokuk will give an address to the people. All are invited to attend.
A message from Marion T. Anderson offers a probationary approach to coal delivery and states willingness to tailor a method. The speaker asserts capability to accommodate and suit the recipient's needs.
Alex Lytle arrives from Brighton and stays home Sunday. S W Brookhart leaves for Cedar Rapids on business. Apna Legt] visits Harper with parents over Sunday. L Samson returns home from a business visit. Mrs Cal Long visits J I Crayne home at West Chester. Mrs Black returns to Wyman after city visit. W E K Walker returns home to Crawfordsville after brief city business. Ella Beggs arrives from Chicago to visit J P Babcock. Dr Ida Bailey goes to Columbus Junction for Mrs Walter Morgan’s illness. Blanche Gordon heads to Burlington for a week with relatives. Clyde Fishburn returns from Crawfordsville after day in Stacia Jacoby visit. Jacoby also arrives from West Chester after two weeks with friends. Standard Furniture advertises framing glass. W G Montgomery and daughters Ethel and Wack visit Winfield. Dr Holson and wife come from Fairfield to visit Ida Bailey. Ed Carris and son Clarence go to Keota after uncle W W Carris’s death. Mrs RE McFarland and children travel west of the city to Ainsworth for Sunday with relatives. Dan Klopfenstein returns from Europe on McCormick Harvester Co business. Edmund Anderson and wife leave Horton Kan after weeks with C M Stinson and A Harvey homes.
Rural Route Two notes local farm sales and movements with C Bores selling his Iowa farm at 120 an acre and buying near Hedrick. Many residents attend Columbus Junction fair. Charley Nicola’s stock sale brings nearly 3 000 dollars. A new daughter born to J D Smith’s family and a caucus set for Sept 14 in Holmes & Son’s store.
T. B. Johnson repainted his barn this week. J. G. Zaring from Washington spent Thursday at his farm in the neighborhood.
Miss Dora Davidson of Coppock visited the Will Easter home on Saturday night. Oscar Jugenheimer hosted friends Saturday evening. J E Booth and daughters Ethel and Hazel stayed with his brother northwest of Washington. Lytle Easter was at Coppock with John Davidson. EF M Smith, recently hurt in a runaway, shows some improvement. Will Easter and Lytle Easter visited John Davidson's Coppock home Sunday. Tow Thompson of Washington was a professional caller in the neighborhood.
Sept 10. Miss Lena Trieschmann, Miss Katie Trieschmann, and Jake Trieschmann travel to Mt Vernon to attend school. Miss Zetta Carr goes to Valparaiso Ind. to study next year. John Henn is clerking in the Trieschmann store.
Friends report the death of P. R. L VanHorn a well known resident formerly from the northern area now living near Columbus Junction. He suffered from asthma and heart trouble and had been in frail health for months though seen recently in reasonably good condition. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
Sept 10 residents including T M Hardin family returning to Lancaster after a visit with J R Hardin. Mrs S D Ross and children spent Saturday with Columbus Junction relatives. Ora Henderson returned from A P Jeffrey home in Washington. Dr BE Spessard and Sammie Marsh came from Stratford Texas. Lucile Peck of Washington visited on Saturday. Baptist Sunday school group enjoyed a Buzzards Bay picnic. John Athearn returned to Washington after a brief stay. Eva Neiswanger visited relatives in Washington.
Sept 8 notes Edith Miller starting fall term at Franklin. Washington visitors S P Keefer spend day with George Fetters. Local attendance at Columbus Junction fair. Washington residents R P Lewis visit neighbors. Jeff Tucker and May return from Havre trip. Tucker's sister Ellen Nichols of California stays longer at Nicholson home.
At the Court of Honor election on Friday night September 7 officers were chosen for the ensuing term. Chancellor Charles Heboser, Vice chancellor James Cowger, Chaplain Mrs Jane Denison, Recorder Mrs Cora Adams, Conductor Charles Johnson, Guard Mert King, Sentinel Mrs Flora Ross, Director three years M R Meek. Installation set for the first Friday night in October. Recorders of H.
Mrs. Mary H Walters of Columbus Ohio states her stomach and nerves failed due to drugs until Electric Bitters restored her health. She claims immediate improvement and a complete cure, praising it as the best health tonic. Sold by Stewart druggist at 50 cents guaranteed.
A sworn statement signed by David McLaughlin vice president and A Wurre cashier is notarized on the 8th day of September 1906. The document records financial figures and lists directors including Samuel Thompson and William Warre with attestation by notary public William A Warre and others.
Washington township Republicans meet at No 11 schoolhouse at 4 o clock next Saturday to select nine delegates for the county convention and to name the township ticket. Also notes a popular excursion on the Iowa Central Railway, and listings for Foley's Kidney Cure and a Christian Science lecture by Bicknell Young on September 13 1906.
Nice lot of early Spring Pigs for sale both sexes with good bone size and health. A few fall males of extra length. Eligible to record me and see my herd. Write James K Melmick R F D S&S 9 10 2m Columbus Junction Iowa.
During hot weather the first diarrhea in a child needs quick attention to prevent serious illness. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy plus castor oil can cleanse the system. Rev M Stockland of Little Falls Minnesota endorses the remedy as valuable for summer disorders in children. Sold by Cook and She Stewart's Pharmacy.
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