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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1910
Page
7
Local notes report Oliver Rice and Karl Kephart tiling a George Hill house. Visits span Caldwell Pratt families, Vern Tomlinson in Kalona, and Wagners with the hill-area social circle. Auctioneer J A Yoder sells several farms at good prices while Domestics and visitors fill Kalona and Pleasant Hill events.
Ainsworth residents and relatives visit kin in nearby towns while social groups plan meetings. Mr and Mrs John Kephart and sons Rodney and Orie travel to Moline to see relatives. Mrs Belle Brown and son Carrol return to Washington from the Kephart home. The Ladies Aid meets with Mrs Norman Pratt. J L Strain and family visit Keota to see his brother Will. Charlie Long of Winside Nebraska departs after a short visit. Mrs H J Sands and children travel to Sigourney to see her parents.
A stream of local residents and guests travel between Iowa City Wellman and Mt Pleasant with mentions of visits to relatives and friends. Notables include Kalona A C Sleichter and wife, Chris Te Bockhorst and daughter, Ina Lauser visiting her brother Henry, and A K Stewart and Arthur Stewart of Des Moines and Keota. Other movements involve Rev H T Jackson moving plans, land seekers Clark and Roy Wood in Michigan, and J A Carson selling twenty acres for 180 per acre to J C Edmonson. Families attend reunions and plan extended absences in Ohio Oklahoma Crawfordville and Cone Lake areas.
The Ladies' Aid society met with Mrs. Ivan Rehmel last Wednesday afternoon with about twenty in attendance and refreshments served. Neighbors attended an ice cream supper and bazaar at New Haven Saturday night. Ray Robbins returned from an extended visit in Greeley Colorado. Mrs. Elizabeth Alberson of Omaha Nebraska visited Washington and returned home with 8. P. Gordon. Mrs. Nora Warner sold Broadway property to Mr and Mrs Jack Longman who plan a boarding house. Warner moves to Des Moines for her son Leo's schooling. Miss Alice Wilson left for Iowa City to attend the State University. Mrs. John Ramsey returned to Cedar Rapids.
Mrs J C Smith aged 71 or 72 died at her son Ralph Smith's home in Des Moines county after a prolonged illness from slow paralysis dating back to June. Born Eliza McMaken in Ohio in 1838, she moved to Des Moines county with her family in 1839 and married J C Smith in 1864. The couple lived in Clinton and Washington before her death, survived by one son, a sister, and a brother. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 3 PM at the residence, with Elm Grove cemetery burial.
Keota residents joined the Sigourney courthouse dedication and reported the ox roast a success. Attendees included Mrs Stella Sloat, Mr Nelson Newton, Dr L B Ash, James Chesney, and many others from Keota. A local testimonial praises Foley Kidney Pills restoring health after kidney trouble and backache.
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