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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1902
Page
3
Washington weather forecast reports generally fair and cooler tonight with Sunday fair skies and likely warmer conditions in the western portion. The report covers today and tomorrow with emphasis on cooler tonight and warmer trend on Sunday.
Local residents and guests visited the city yesterday including Rev Romig of Grace Hill Morrell Law of Burlington Mise Evan Dougherty Allan Thyne and Mrs William Bogencamp Mrs M D K Weimer and Mr and Mrs Will Harper They advertised wallpaper at Duncans book store and offered well boring services at 20 to 40 cents per foot Also Isenbart announced ice cream flavors and Bath tickets at Washington Steam Laundry John Maxwell and family shopped here Father Jacobsmeier planned services Pleasant Plain Hillsboro and Fairfield trips noted Major Latta repaired a linotype in Fairfield and Frank Lamphere arrived on passenger No 29.
Local notes from the county town record visitors from Wayland Washington and Maxwell Iowa. The county telephone line progress nears completion with half the poles erected. Various residents, including Dr Youngs niece Maude McKee and Auditor Ingham, are mentioned with daily activities and upcoming events.
Mrs. Alex Weller of Sigourney hosted guests with Mr and Mrs A T Burris then returned home. Mrs Sherm White left Crawfordsville after visiting her parents I E B Green. Rex Goble of Eidoo will arrive and live with Mr and Mrs H N Morris on East Second. Mrs Jake Hoult of Omaha and Miss Fred Jardon of East Main went to Muscatine for friends. The Rock Island trains draw crowds on the Yes terday No 30 east bound. Mr and Mrs N Sturges and children of Des Moines stayed with M Sturges. T J Woelfle plans to arrive after May first and may start music classes. Swain Beaty of Santa Fe left for Chicago after visiting his mother and others.
Washington reports renewed interest in Richard Davis a former bank cashier with two incidents raising questions about his pending cases. Davis must appear before Judge Baker in Indianapolis in May to face possible dissolution of his United States court matter while another claim seeks to exempt saloon stock from seizure. Kelley a gambler against whom Davis obtained a 9000 dollar judgment has had his saloon and liquor seized by a sheriff pending exemption claims. District Attorney Kealing’s inquiry in Indianapolis suggests the order to return to Indianapolis stems from newly learned details of Davis affairs.
Witford Lanfare, aged 84, and his wife Catherine, aged 86, have just been divorced after fifty years of married life. There was no contest.
Chas M. Cramer, a Colombo, Ceylon watchmaker, endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds in children. He says it quickly cures chest colds and hoarseness, often with one bottle, and notes he has recommended it to many others.
At a Jefferson dinner in New York the Florida representative urged support for David Bh. Tin and Joseph H. Batley as the 2004 ticket. The Wiscon sin Whiet association holds its annual Milwaukee meeting. The president plans to wait until legal time to retire General Miles.
The piece mocks a newspaper editor as a cold, joyless figure who drains life’s amenities. It warns authors that their work will be mishandled or damaged if left in his hands, potentially printed unsigned or for less than expected.
Rudyard Kipling completed verses for Sir Philip Burne-Jones painting The Vampire after long effort. He presented the copyright to Burne-Jones and declared vampoetry his property, allowing Burne-Jones broad rights and disclaiming any need for permission for derivative uses.
A Chicagoan touring Boston asserts the city is unique after a day of hosts and observations. The Westerner jokes that unique derives from una equus meaning one horse, highlighting Boston's distinctive character.
An English clergyman preached at Wormwood Scrubs Prison in support of the Church Society For the Promotion of Kindness to Animals. He said the cat is the friend of the poor and deserves care because it is weaker than man, useful to humans, and can feel like man.
The piece advises cleaning silver by boiling borax in water for hours then drying and polishing with plate powder. It warns against tarnish without storage in cases and recommends ammonia cleaning. It notes Dewar’s experiment with burning hydrogen in liquid oxygen producing snow and freezing water, and cooling liquid air to semisolid to extract oxygen with a magnet leaving a nitrogen jelly.
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