03 Apr 1896
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1896
Page
1
Advertisment offers a seven room house with one lot five blocks from the square for rent at nine dollars monthly and for sale on easy terms at one thousand one hundred dollars. Also a neat five room cottage with one lot on the east side with cistern woodshed and other amenities and sale on easy terms at one thousand three hundred dollars.
The court case between the City of Washington and The Washington Illuminating Company remains active. Proceedings continue as both sides prepare further filings and a schedule for future hearings is expected to be set.
Tickets sold well yesterday for the Herr Matus band benefit. Hear Matus on clarinet and violin tonight with Miss Julia Boska, pupil of Matus, as pianist. Band benefit tonight.
City events include the Temple anniversary and social gatherings such as the “Who Am I” game at Jas Dawson’s. The court heard City versus Gas Company arguments with defense seeking dismissal. A fire destroyed D W Rickman’s barn near the railroad, with two horses lost.
Licenses were granted to J. B. Moore and Frankie De yng Grant Thomp son and Miss Eva Yonakin. The first couple live near West Chester and the latter near Riverside. The notice appears in Pittsburgh Pa March 25 1896 with editor note. A letter from F. E. Swirt details travel through Illinois Ohio and Missouri reporting furnace sales and city contrasts.
The article notes Holy Friday as a day of mourning and special prayer, one of two paschal days called Pasch of the Cross, with strict fasting and solemn rites. It cites early church canons and Eusebius, and mentions Constantine barring courts and markets on this day. Mercer & Chilcote display a pretty Easter window featuring a green lawn scene with a chicken and colored eggshells.
One hundred dollar reward offered for any catarrh case Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. I J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio poste verification. West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists endorse F J Cheney. Mall's Catarrh Cure taken internally. Price 75c per bottle. Testimonials free.
The seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Silas Caldwell of Marion to died yesterday at two o clock a m after a illness with lung fever The funeral was today at Shiloh Church with burial in Shilo Cemetery Local society items report surprise to Elder and Mrs Stewart a baskets filled visit from Mrs Fitzgerald Chicago visiting her brother Wm LaClair Government Signal Service Corps mentioned A boy fined 2 50 for abuse Missing details include unrelated travel and theater notices and a collision incident at sunrise with no injuries noted The Journal invites readers to renew subscriptions and notes the Conklin case coverage Shipper Drake and family attend christening of the battleship Iowa in Philadelphia A buggy overturn near Centerville causes minor injuries and a basket spill The Beacon mentions spring millinery and Shore Acres a popular melodrama headed to Burlington with a special B and N W theatrical train fare.
The Masonic lodge celebrated its first anniversary with an informal reception from 7 to 9 pm led by Master Dr. C. W. Coxe. Toasts covered Masonry’s mission, the new woman, law and equity, true woman, Christian knighthood, and our honored dead. Visitors included Geo. Jackson of Muscatine, L. B. Oliver of Sigourney, and George Seevers of Oskaloosa.
Louie Edwards, 14, living with grandparents H J Childress at 038 Seventh St Des Moines, was severely wounded Monday when a revolver discharged during a hunting trip with the Smith boys and Guy Reinard. The bullet lodged near the knee and was extracted by doctors. he will be bedbound for weeks. Magnolia quartet to sing at the Opera House tonight.
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