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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1908
Page
5
Special to the Evening Journal from Washington D C on September 14 says Iowa will have partly cloudy conditions tonight and on Tuesday.
Friends in this city received sad news of the death of Mrs O H Massey of Denver Colorado who died Tuesday afternoon September 4 after a month long illness. A former resident and pioneer of this place she is survived by two children James and Miss Mary Denver. The body was placed in a vault at Denver and will be brought here in a few weeks. The Junior Queen Esther circle of the Methodist church will meet with Miss Opal Rickey Tuesday afternoon September 15 at o oclock with important business on hand.
Correspondents report moves and visits across the county. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. George Hopping at the Fairfield fair, many relatives visiting Coppock and Brighton, and small improvements such as cement walks and a new kitchen. A local ball game ends 4 to 2 with the High school defeating the Business Men.
Sept 12 reports B L Sanders and Charley Arnold back from Oklahoma where they attended farm interests. Mr and Mrs Link Fry mourn their two year old son Howard. Funeral at Presbyterian church at 2 pm led by Rev J C Giffen. Eliza Vastine and John Vastine visit Henderson Harris. Er A Kennel family travel to Iowa City for the weekend. Marr and Streit erect monument for Stephen Denton at South English cemetery. Will Holmes family visit West Chester relatives.
Sept 14 Moses Hay visits his parents Mr and Mrs P D Hay. Lon Adams ships a car load of cattle to Chicago yesterday. The Methodists plan a creek picnic Saturday. Fox and Dewey announce a new line of ladies shoes with quality up and prices down.
J C Boice P C Henry Bardo of this city and Jacob Bardo and W M Flourney of Pennsylvania arrived this morning from a six weeks trip through California where they visited San Francisco, Los Angeles and other points. Messrs Bardo and Flourney will visit here a few days before going home.
Miss Lois Overholt, who has been visiting here for some time, left this morning for Newton, Iowa, where she will visit for a few days before going to her home at Minneola, Kansas. Fox & Dewey offered a free tablet with every purchase of school shoes.
The Fortnightly club’s literary department gathers with Miss Andr Gardner this evening. Miss Mary Gardner celebrates her eighteenth birthday with a dinner hosted by Mrs. H. F. Steck, while Mrs. Earl Birney’s birthday is honored by about sixty guests with music and gifts. The Royal Neighbors schedule a regular meeting Tuesday evening, September 15, urging full attendance for initiatory work.
Mr and Mrs J H Squires held their silver anniversary at a noon dinner four miles east of the city with about forty friends in attendance. Violin and piano music accompanied the event with gifts of silverware. Out of town guests included Harmon Wakelee E B Bishop and N C White. John McCulley visited from Arkansas City. S M McCleery sent Sir Person to Winfield for races. Fred and John Kupka visited Ed Grayson’s home and friends.
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