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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1906
Page
4
Miss Nina Alberson and Miss Dot Keister assist in two millinery shops north of the city. Multiple residents visit or travel for visits, business, or university plans including departures for Iowa City and Chicago, and a Georgia visitor in town.
Elliott Lynn arrives from Perlee and J B McCoy visits Crawfordsville. Samuel Sands and Mrs Hallower travel for business and millinery updates. McCall and Stewart attend family events while others seek travel, health updates, and shopping notices. Overcoat and suit cleaning offered by H Knecht. Various trips to Iowa Iowa City Atlantic Crawfordsville rock Island Morning Sun and Olathe noted.
In Joplin Missouri district court a jury heard opening statements in a mining case between J C Evans and J H Gallop plaintiffs and Tyndale Palmer and C W Stephens defendants. The suit seeks balance on a note and the defendants seek about 14000 plus release from further obligations alleging misrepresentation in the sale of two milling properties. The original price was about 10000 paid except a note for about 2750. Attorneys Eicher and Livingstone represent the defendants. Sapp of Galena and Morrison represent the plaintiffs.
Invitations issued by Mr and Mrs T J McKilhinney announce the marriage of their daughter Isa belle to William Nelson of Minden Nebraska. The ceremony will be at the McKilhinneys home on South Iowa avenue October 2 at 9 30 a m.
Special agent Mr Friendeman of Old American Insurance Company Newark settled a loss for W A Whiting on buildings on Iowa avenue and a loss for Mrs Margaret Roberts grain warehouse on Marion avenue through J W Morton agency to their full satisfaction.
William Davidson aged six came from Crawfordsville for a day visit. Republican candidate Andy Rioner also traveled from Crawfordsville on business. Mrs Patton and daughter Elizabeth left Sawhill’s to return to Omana. Eva Neiswanger passed through from Ainsworth en route to Harvey for a week. L. D. Higgins joined landseekers bound for Stratford Texas. Others include W A Daugherty James Palmer and more. A platform scale weight went missing from Whiting’s office area, hindering the scales. Any information is welcome.
The hymn Blest Be the Tie That Binds was written by Rev John Fawcett an English Baptist who died in 1817 after sixty years in ministry. In 1772 he faced uprooting from Yorkshire to London but chose to stay with his flock returning to work on a modest salary. The hymn commemorates that moment of sacrifice and devotion.
A New York Tribune view argues that deliberate fasting harms those who are thin, nervous, or anemic. It notes insomni a, weight loss, and debility from skipping meals, advising such individuals to eat regularly, especially before bed, to boost tissue growth and blood health.
Franklin Center delegates to the county Republican convention are H. D. Kreese, J. P. Mc Abulty and Clifton with alternates Emil Anderson Fred Hutt and George Helm.
JS. W. Neal went to Crawfordsville this morning. Chal Ford headed to Keota on business. Karl Rice rode as a business passenger for West Chester. John Sullivan arrived from Burlington and went to Ainsworth for work. J. D. Buckley left for Adams county to visit relatives. D. J. Wittman went to St. Louis with a car load of horses to market. Mrs. M. J. Adams and daughter Winifred visited Ainsworth. Miss Goettsch arrived from Carthage to visit Esther Maxwell. T. D. Dill, of Kansas, passed through en route to Winfield to see his brother J. A. Dill. Dill formerly lived here about twenty years ago.
A candle flickers above a stairwell as a deep voice calls to Katherine. She answers from the shadows that no one is downstairs and suspects the next door. A parlor quarrel erupts as someone jokes about shaving, cited by the Chicago News.
A Cleveland Leader quip recalls Adam and Eve driven from Eden in scant clothing as winter began, joking that the timing proves it was winter since it followed the Fall. The remark riffs on seasonal inference and biblical themes.
Local brief notes report fresh candies at the Vienna and Butter Scotch snaps. Miss Bessie Purvis visits country days while Vane Wooley travels to Havre and Samuel McCleery to Burlington for business. A newborn twelve pound son to Mr and Mrs J L Lohberger. Dr and Mrs Roy Eller move to Anita Iowa. Mrs Mary Waters returns from Keota to see her son Ort. Mrs J A Y Ashby and son Gerald visit Keota. Misses Nellie Wilson and Maude McCreedy head to Iowa City for the State University. Bert West departs for Bureau County Illinois after playing with Washington. Will Worel and son George return to Idaho from near Richmond. Nan Ritchey and Mrs C Gormley plus Tyndale Palmer register at the Rest Room. Mr and Mrs W A Cobb depart for Columbus Junction then Wapello to run a hotel.
Mrs. Mary H. Walters of Columbus Ohio describes a dramatic recovery from near starvation caused by weak stomach and nerves. After taking Electric Bitters she reports immediate improvement and a complete cure, praising it as the best health tonic on earth and noting a 50 cent price guaranteed by Stewart, a local druggist.
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