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Newspaper
Washington Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1900
Page
1
Ringgold county visitors and local happenings are noted from Grace Hill. Socials, agriculture, school events, deaths, baptisms, and transport updates reflect a busy rural community season with Memorial Day planning and local visits.
The general conference refused to alter the amusements rule while Mr Dickie led a strong temperance resolution condemning the president over an attorney general opinion on the camp teen law. The report’s offending portion was expunged. The body approved a resolution allowing unordained ministers to perform marriages, while young congregations could not. Representation ratio remained unchanged and the conference adjourned sine die.
A sequence of real estate transfers including Sarah IL Scurlock to John R Scurlock for 20 acres near Lime Creek and other transfers such as A Hise treas to Jesse E Harvey tax sale deed five acres, Samuel J Browner to John O Dayton forty acres at Cedar, Anthony Yeaggy to Alphus Sear four acres in Iowa, Mathias Whetstine to Anthony Yeaggy eight acres in Iowa, and J W Haff to Eliza J Scurlock partial Kalona lot. Additional transfers list Jane Porter to Norman B Scofield one lot in Washington, Frank E F Smith to L P Dawson five acres near English River, W A Cook et al with J M Wagner partial of two lots in Washington, Thomas D Owens to Ira Adams C1088 Wongar 1.565255, Jeeree Frank L Sickles to A G Whitaker eighty acres in Franklin, B F Tipton et al to Chas Darain fifty acres Lime Creek, and N B Rush to S C Rash 182440 Oregon two and four lots Ainsworth.
Thirty four students graduate this year seven boys and twenty seven girls. Commencement exercises will be held Thursday evening June 7 in Graham. The program features class day exercises including oration class history prophecy music and presentation of diplomas. The second part features a play The Modern Delphic Oracle with performers in national costumes and several tableaux.
A social and business gathering for the Social First church youth was held Monday evening at Miss Faye Taylor's home. Clarence Trip gave a brief talk on life in Portland, which was well received. Delegates to the Presbyterial convention in Keota were elected: Dr Clyde Boice, Lew Dawson, W M Bailey, Dora Montgomery, Haugh McCleery, Elsie McCobb, Ola Hamilton, Etta Maxwell, Maud Daugherty, Lulu Kyle.
Colonel William F. Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, warns of a coming horse famine in the United States. He urges farmers to raise horses as demand and prices will rise, dismissing bicycles and automobiles as a threat. He notes larger breeds shrinking and asserts shortages will last years despite efforts by stock-raisers.
The ladies of the A. M. E. church announce a strawberry and ice cream social at the Armory on Friday evening. All are invited. Mas, F, Wauuack, Secy.
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