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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1906

Page

5

For Rent Larn Immobile Stable Space Near Stevenson Hotel

For Rent in Larn at 735 South Marion Ave a property to house four horses buggy or wagon with an adjoining room. Inquiries should be directed to Journal Losat A brooch with picture on it between Stevenson hotel and the B. ph toot residence. Return to Journal office. For Sale includes 60 breeding ewes native sheep by Wm. Sutherland. 82 1f

Larn South Marion Ave Journal Losat Stevenson B. Ph Toot Journal Office Wm. Sutherland

Fall and winter millinery display at Tondre Spenzs

A large line of fresh cookies at the senna. All kinds. 200 hats on display at Miss Lewis' Friday and Saturday. Fall and winter millinery display at Tondre Spenz's on the south side square Thursday and Friday. Mr. and Mrs George Dempsey left for Des Moines to visit relatives. Dr J A Marie and wife returned from Minneapolis. 25th Iowa boys left for Burling ton regimental reunion with Er D Hox worth Robert Bennett and others listed.

Tondre & Spenz South Side Square George Dempsey Des Moines J. A. Marie Minneapolis Minn Iowa Burlington Er. D. Hoxworth Robert Bennett J. A. Dawcon Clark Sitlar Port Lewis W. A. Shannon D. A. Boyer William Burnside Oskaloosa Pulaski Maxwell W. C. Mayhew

Local notes from Vienna and Highland township

Mike Dean arrived from Canada last night. Cora Porter visited Highland township schools. Miss Lewis offers exclusive ideas in millinery Friday and Saturday. The Misses Dade Shearer and Louisa Wilson assist in the county treasurer’s office. G W Hobson family returned from Chariton. Mrs Dihel moved from Chetopa to West Chester. Mrs Hannum and Miss Hannum registered at the rest room. Lucy Miller left for Waterloo after a week with her sister.

Cora Porter Highland Township Lewis’ Riday Dade Shearer Louisa Wilson G. W. Hobson Chariton W. R. Hannum West Chester Leverra’ Hannum Winfield Lucy Miller Wairfield Chas. Benz

The County News: The Day With the People Go

The column reports on accidents, deaths, births and marriages with prompt local coverage. Names and places appear as events unfold in the community.

Grace Hill Social Notes Roundup

Bert Dunbar and family of near Keota visited Will Dunbar south of Grace Hill Sunday. Royal Robertson ill with typhoid fever. Vitus Disch plans a sale on October second. Ed Libe and William Strohm host visits, Dublin area. Mrs Cary Porter welcomed George Amlony visitors Sunday. Mrs Frank Rhea heads to Nebraska for the winter. Miss Bessy Taylor hosted a party. Miss Ella Beitel listed as sick. Concrete bridge work begins to lengthen the structure at Grace Hill.

Bert Dunbar Keota Will Dunbar Oliver Dunbar Royal Robertson J. Wess Myers Bighton Luesday Vitus Disch Ed Libe William Strohm Dublin George Amlony Cary Porter Frank Rhea Nebraska Bessy Taylor Indiana Ella Beitel

Local Briefs Include Fishing Report and Schoolyard Injury

Grover Neiswanger is among the sick. Benray returned from Rublo after visiting his sister Mrs. W T Hol len and reports several fish, largest 25 pounds. A horseshoe accident left Quy Coulter with a one inch gash requiring two stitches. Chas Whitlock from Lancaster arrives to visit. Mrs. W T Marr returns from Keota. James Porter leaves Crawfordsville for the 25th Iowan reunion in Burlington.

Grover Neiswanger Bensray W. ‘T. Hollen Rublo Frank Carson Quy Coulter Chas Whitlock Lancaster T. J. Whitlock W. T. Marr S. J. Wilkins Keota James Porter Crawfordsville Burlington

Club Meetings and Socials Near the City

SOCIETY notes show i Society Chapter J and P BE O chapters meeting Mrs. Martin Thursday at 7 30 pm. Ralph Zeck hosts a young people gathering Friday at his northwest city home. Prairie Flower church youths held an ice cream social at Harve Knapp home, raising twelve dollars for the church.

Ralph Zeck Prairie Flower Church Harve Knapp

Church Meeting Sets New Officers for Next Year

The group will meet tomorrow evening Sunday the 24th at 7 30 in the Baptist church parlors. All members should attend as new officers for the upcoming year will be elected.

Baptist Church

Dinner Honors Departing Guests at Florence Parrish Home

The Kooking Klub hosted a 6 o'clock Tuesday dinner at Miss Florence Parrish's East Washington street home. The event honored Mrs Dr G Hi Pratt and Miss Dade Shearer who will soon leave the city for new endeavors in Chicago and other locations.

Kooking Klub Florence Parrish East Washington Street G. Hi, Pratt Dade Shearer

Communion Services at Second U.S. Church Schedule Change

Communion services will be held next Sabbath at the Second United States church. Preaching on Friday at 7 30 and Saturday at 1 30 with Rev W O Fisher in charge. The Saturday time was changed from 2 30 to 1 30 and this change should be noted.

U. S W O Fisher

Mrs Edgington and relatives visit Washington residents

Sept 27. Mrs Edgington of Washington arrived yesterday to spend a few days with her children Mrs Richard Donaldson and Charles Edgington and their families. Mrs L B Cocklin departed for Iowa City to care for her son Karl while he finishes university studies. J L Benn visited relatives in Washington. R E Love returned to Hot Springs S D with his brother 8 R Love. Ben Ferguson arrived back from a brief business trip to Washington.

Edgington Washington Richard Donaldson Charles Edgington L. B. Cocklin Iowa City Karl J. L. Benn R. E. Love Hot Springs S. D R. Love Ben Ferguson

Picnic Dinner at Cherry Home Near Verdi

Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cherry hosted a group today at a picnic dinner at their Verdi area home. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cherry Mr. and Mrs. Lem Cherry Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Cherry Miss Mollie Cherry John Cherry of Oklahoma City and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Cherry from northwest of town.

W. A. Cherry Verdi Robert Cherry Lem Cherry W. W. Cherry Mollie Cherry This City John Cherry Oklahoma City Ben Cherry

Death of Mrs. Thomas McKee Reported in Chicago

Ward received word this morning of the death of Mrs. Thomas McKee of Chicago which occurred at 2 10 this afternoon. Daughters Mrs Dave Benson and Mrs Andy McGuire of the north went to Chicago last night and reached the city shortly before their mother’s passing. Mrs McKee, with her husband and children, once lived west of town and are well known in the county. The body will be brought here for burial, timing not yet learned.

Ward Thomas McKee Chicago Dave Benson Andy McGuire McKee

Miss Friesie Peck Hosts South Washington Taffy Pull

Miss Friesie Peck entertaining friends at her south Washington home with a taffy pull for about fifteen guests. The candy making produced mixed success as guests scattered candy on themselves and others, but all enjoyed the evening.

Friesie Peck Washington

Lodge Pays Tribute to John C Lynch and Mourns Decease

A lodge records heartfelt sympathy for the daughter Maud, honors John C Lynch as a faithful member, and resolves to publish the resolutions in city papers and place copies in the lodge records dated September 25 1906.

Maud

Ladies Host Thimble Bee At Wilson Home

Mrs Fred Smith Mrs Lloyd Lytle and Mrs C J Wilson entertain a company of ladies at a thimble bee yesterday afternoon at the Wilson home on Washington street. The home was decorated in astors salvia and nasturtiums. A two course lunch was served to about one hundred guests by the Misses Havel Martin Vera Alerson Dorothy Miller Mary Steck Martha Briedley Marguerite MacGugin and Helen Wilson. Out of town guests included Mrs McFarland Crawfordsville Mrs Ward Richland Mrs Saterfield and Mrs Applegate Bloomfield Ill Mrs Mills California and Miss Young Kansas. Hi H Killmer Sigourney passed through city en route to Chicago on business.

Fred Smith Lloyd Lytle C. J. Wilson Wilson Washington Street Havel Martin Vera Alerson Dorothy Miller Mary Steck Martha Briedley Marguerite MacGugin Helen Wilson McFarland Crawfordsville Ward Richland Saterfield Applegate Bloomfield Illinois Mills California Miss Young Kansas

West Chester landowner sues over cemetery condemnations

F M McCurdy brings a damages suit after West Chester condemned three acres for cemetery use. Jurors sworn at 10 40 am with examination of witnesses underway. McCurdy seeks just compensation for land taken and farm damage. Attorneys Eicher for McCurdy Butterfield and Wilson for the town. Jurors named include Al Patterson J H Potter L Johnson and others.

F. M. McCurdy West Chester Mr. McCurdy McCurdy Eicher & Eicher Butterfield and Wilson al Patterson J. H. Potter Johnson W. Corbin J. F. Badham W. H. Brinning Robert Griffith John Barnett A. C. Miller James Starr C Noel David Thompson

What is the Spanish main and why it matters

At a lunch table readers debated the meaning of the Spanish main with vivid memories from the Hesperus and Ingolsby Legends. The discussion revealed vague understandings and a single voice claiming firsthand nautical authority. The tone notes how people often half know a topic without verification.

Ingolsby London Chronicle

Shopping Stereotypes by English and American Women

A London Express column contrasts English shoppers as impulsive and easily steered by polite shop staff with American shoppers who resist coercion yet are more exacting and decisive about purchases.

Millinery display and moving visits listed in local notes

Miss Lewis hosts a Friday and Saturday millinery display. J F Maass travels to Fairfield on business. Miss Menzen Wolfe returns from Montana. Miss Nina Isenhart new at Risser's store in Des Moines. Mr and Mrs George Stewart and Ada visit Keota. Mrs Emma Saunders travels to Brighton. Mrs 8 S Barden and Gwendolen depart Noble for Ottumwa. Mr and Mrs J J Legrill and children visit Brighton after staying with the Mart White home.

Lewis J. F. Maass Fairfield Menzen Wolfe Montana Nina Isenhart Des Moines Risser George Stewart Ada Keota O. Barden Gwendolen Ovtumwa J. J. Legrill Muscatine Brighton Mart White

Fire engine used in Bray blaze from 1737 gift

London dispatch reports a Bray England fire where a fire engine donated in 1737 by Lady Coleraine of Canonhill was successfully employed.

London New York Times Bray England

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