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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1900
Page
2
Four men suspected of gambling near the park fountain were detained by Marshall Norton and brought before Mayor Rosas. Two pleaded guilty and paid fines with security. two others were released as onlookers. The incident comes amid ongoing concerns about drunkenness and public disorder in the city.
Next Sabbath pastors urge unified sermons for the American Bible Society with collections after services. The Bible Society Record cites Rev. Jay Goodrich reporting Manila as a booming field with housing, land value, and work prospects for workers in lumber, mining, pearl industries, and harbor trades.
Yesterday evening at the Thompson home four miles southeast of the city, Miss Martha Adaline Thompson wed Fred K. Palmer in a wedding that drew seventy five guests. Rev. H. R. Stark performed the ceremony, with a large lovers knot arch and a six course supper. The couple will live on a farm southeast of Washington. a 2:30 reception at the Palmer home followed.
Mr and Mrs Jesse Demarce and son Mose left Fairfield IA for Texarkana TX to attend the funeral of Anthony Demarce brother of Jesse Demarce of this city He died Monday at his Texarkana home A native of Canada he lived in Fairfield IA about thirty years Ten years ago he moved to Texas A wife and three sons Alfred Chas and Frank all in Texas survive He was a machinist since age seventeen.
Mrs S. Livingston and her son David depart after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Samson. They are en route to Chicago where Mrs Livingston will return home, accompanied by Mrs. D. J. Palmer who is traveling for a visit.
City of Washington Iowa requires every dog over two months to be registered by May 10 1900 and wear a collar matching the clerk’s certificate. Unregistered dogs will be restrained and advertised. Also praise for Mr De Motte’s lecture on real living and senses endorsed by Margaret Doolittle.
A reader pleads for respect of newspaper rights warning that borrowing without permission offends the paper’s owners. The item urges subscribing to read legally and save the paper’s costs.
A young man appeared before Mayor Ross yesterday and admitted intoxication. He pleaded guilty and received the usual fine with trimmings as punishment.
A local freight bound west last night carried at least twelve tramps, piling up aboard the moving train. The incident highlights growing numbers of transients riding freight cars through the area.
Last evening at 5 o'clock a quiet home wedding took place at the residence of Miss Eva Skinner in Keota. She wed Mr. L Gilbert of Bedford Indiana, a cousin of the Misses Anderson of East Washington. The couple departed for their Indiana home after receiving well wishes between trains.
In Washington Iowa on April 24 1900 a reader commends Prof De Motte as one of the best lecturers heard urging a newer thought toward a better life. The note is signed by Gro H Mullin.
Readers of the Evening Journal are invited to try Dwight's Complexion Beautifier. A free full size box worth fifty cents will be sent to each woman who provides her address and ten cents for packing and postage. One free box per address. Send to D. W. Custer & Co Huntington West Virginia.
The New York Clipper notes William Owen has signed to start next fall with Charles Frohman’s Empire Stock Company in a major city production, likely marking his final local appearance in A Gilded Fool.
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