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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1900
Page
4
The New York Clipper reports William Owen may be making his final local appearance in A Gilded Fool as he signs to join Chas Frohman's Empire stock company next fall for large city productions.
Jap Bidwell of Coppock attended the city today for an unspecified meeting or event, with no further details provided in the readable text.
The Prohibitionists of Washington county plan a 1:30 pm meeting Monday April 30 in Smouse’s Hall to choose eleven delegates to the state convention elect county and township central committees and transact business. An evening session at 8 o clock will feature State Chairman O D Elliott and others. Gold music is expected. A cordial invitation is extended to all, of both sexes and all political persuasions to hear the issues from a Prohibitionist stand.
The child left at the Sisters residence doors earlier was taken to Chicago this morning and will be placed in a Sister's school. Mrs Haugh Dougall and an attorney accompanied the departure. The case has had odd episodes in recent weeks and there is hope the mother will be found.
The Madaras Big Minstrels bring 25 performing dogs and 10 Shetland ponies to the stage under Prof Geathers at Graham tonight for a family entertainment program.
Our display features sample commencement programs and invitations for county schools. Whiting's exclusive NAL handle and Butler's and other known houses are offered. The ad touts Kinney Steam hookers to prevent meal burn and keep food hot, promising easier evenings for housewives. Salesmen wanted. Also, at Justice W A White's office this afternoon Marion W Schooley and Elizabeth Barnett married near Brighton. The Journal extends best wishes.
The First Presbyterian ladies host a social at Mrs. Jackson Roberts home Friday afternoon inviting all congregation members. Other notes mention visits by Mrs. D. S. Patterson and Mrs. Martin from Gerlaw, St. Harry Ditmar from Brighton at Graham lecture, Mrs. Ames from Davenport visiting Miss Osborn, and a regular Iowa Legion of Honor meeting tonight. Jennie Dunn of Wyman attended the DeMotte lecture and visited Dr Hay. Read L D Robinson's change of ad.
Graham hosts the Maharaj Big Minstrels featuring two cars fifty people twenty five trained dogs and ten horses and ponies. Homeseekers tickets go on sale the first and third Tuesday of May and June at a fare plus two dollars round trip to various regions. For rates call or write Jon G Fanmera GP& Taborn.
Mrs. Henrietta M. Clark of Chesaning and Charles Lyon from New York state pursued a marriage fueled by a promised $2,000 check. Lyon obtained a marriage license in Saginaw County and then disappeared, prompting Clark to seek cancellation of the license after he failed to deliver the funds or draft.
Springfield Illinois April 26 Governor Tanner shows slight improvement but refuses surgery until after the Republican state convention in Peoria next week. He aims to attend the event as his last political appearance for some time, despite medical advice. His doctors strive to fortify him for the trip, while the family urges caution. He reportedly subsists on limited liquids.
Surgeon Carmichael in Honolulu reports since March 31 only one new plague case, a fatal illness of a white girl. Detention camp count small with two convalescents at the pesthouse. no new cases on other islands. No large outbreak on Kalauhui. rat control efforts limited to a 25 cent bounty and a hired rat-catcher.
Anna M. Brown a 14 year old schoolgirl saved herself from a passing train by swinging from the trestle over the Little Blue river. The engineer halted the train to assist and rescue her. This marks a third observed self rescue by women on that trestle. In London the Gazette notes the Queen elevates the Duke of Fife to Earl and Duke with a line of succession to the Princess Louise of Wales.
Special to Evening Journal from Dubuque on April 26 notes Jacob Grill's suicide amid chronic illness, Michael Grew killed on the Central railway near Scales by an overhead bridge, and Sigmond Fritchell, Lutheran Seminary president, dies of Bright's disease.
A program of Edison war and travel shorts to be shown next Tuesday May 1 at the opera house under church auspices. The hour and a half program includes exciting scenes such as Spanish torpedo boat sinking and Cuban ambush with colorful color shots and parade sequences. Admission 25 and 35 cents.
The B OR N Ry will provide very low rates to Sioux Falls SD for the AOUW meeting in June. Contact your ticket agent for rates limits and ensure tickets read via this line. JaoG FaunMen AGP TA B OR& N Ry Cedar Rhupids La.
Dr. Howard Hamilton returned from Des Moines while Dr. Clyde Boice visited relatives in Toone for a few days. Tetley and Selover continue closing out their furniture line at cost at South Side Square.
Classified notices listing wanted boarding place for summer by a lady, lost umbrella between Ed Davidson and Shanafelt Kaupp lumber yard, requests for a good plain cook at Washington House, second hand cook store for sale, man to work in garden on shares, four year old mule pair for sale or trade near Dublin, experienced clothing and shoe salesman at the Club, and orders for hard maple trees with prompt delivery in Washington Iowa.
Travel offers include Cedar Rapids trips at one and one third fare, Washington to Kansas, Detroit and Denver at special rates, Paris daily, and packages with agencies for White Star Red Star American and International lines. Tickets ready. visit for facts and bookings.
A roundup of disparate news items includes a $10000 settlement in a damage suit against Northwestern by James Hanrahan, a fatal shaft accident at a Stevens Point mill, the death of Harriet P. Dame, European oil land purchases, a Paris claim about Empress Frederick’s marriage, a Green Bay factory project dropped, Neillsville’s furniture plant reopening by a Baltimore firm, an Evansville scarlet fever outbreak, a mail carrier’s arrest for attempting to pass a marked bill, Nicaraguan filibusters seizing David in Colombia, two children’ deaths from ptomaine poisoning in Chicago, smallpox in Brussels Deer County, and geopolitical rumors about Russia aiding Turkey. plus two late 19th century jokes from Chicago papers.
A promotional line touts home ownership in Washington, claiming the ideal family lives in their own house and invites readers to consider the proposition offered.
WwW offers a fine building lot with good drainage shade and ornamental trees planted sidewalks built in a fine residence neighborhood for from $100 up.
A contractor proposes constructing a house according to your specifications and allows payment in monthly installments. The plan emphasizes flexible financing to help buyers manage costs over time.
A sale notice highlights kK items offered at very low price and on favorable terms. The brief lists attractive features and potential new and near-new properties appealing to buyers seeking bargains.
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