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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1909
Page
5
Special to the Evening Journal provides the Iowa forecast for today and tomorrow. Fair tonight and Friday. Warmer Friday with cooler northwest winds tonight.
Funeral services for Miss Jane Caldwell McIlree were held at 11 o clock from the A Sharp residence 1026 East Van Buren with Rev A S Smith and a choir. A second service occurred at 1 o clock in Richmond at the M E church before burial in Richmond cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Lyman Babcock arrived back yesterday after an extended western trip. They spent the winter in California and stopped in Colorado for a couple of weeks before their return.
Mrs. Thomas McCormick formerly of this city and her daughter Miss Kate are in town to attend business matters. Their current home is in Omaha.
H. F. Maass departed this morning for Greene Iowa with plans to establish his future residence there.
The Southeastern Iowa Teachers association meets in Iowa City with sessions running through Saturday. Noted speakers include Prof. L H Bailey of Cornell, Prof. James Speed of Louisville, and Bishop Edwin H Hughes. two women also address the group, Isabel Bevier and Bertha Payne. Many Washington educators attend, with a large morning turnout of delegates and several locals traveling to the city.
The city council of Washington Iowa passes an ordinance to appropriate funds from the General Fund for the fiscal year starting April 1 1909. It allocates specified sums for mayor and council salaries fire police health and street needs with the remainder to contingencies and directs clerks to align accounts. The ordinance becomes effective after passage and publication.
In district court the State of Iowa against Thomas M. Hopkins ended with a jury verdict of not guilty on the perjury charge. The jury was out briefly and the entire petit jury was excused for the term. Judge Wilcoxson will attend to matters on June 7, with further docket entries noting numerous final reports, guardianships, and estate actions.
The French government ordered Cipriano Castro, former president of Venezuela, expelled from Martinique citing risk of fomenting a revolution. The decision followed a cable from Jusserand recounting talks with Secretary Knox in Washington.
D. J. Norton departed yesterday morning for his semiannual journey to the Pacific coast. He was seen off with Mrs. Norton who stayed with friend Mrs. John Reinert up to Keats.
An 1886 Toledo declaration offers F J Cheney Co a $100 reward for any catarrh cure failure with Hall's Catarrh Cure. The piece also reports a northwest hurricane in London Ontario causing six injuries and $50 000 loss, including a fatal chimney collapse at Aberdeen public school.
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