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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1901
Page
4
Shiloh hosts Eureka in a Saturday afternoon matchup won by Eureka 20 to a remaining tally. Easley and Everette Allen shine with two home runs and strong team effort. Lloyd Neal among Washington players contributing. Lineup lists Jureka, Shiloh, Ragan, and others as part of the contest. Johnson the baker to supply buns and bread for Sigourney Buffalo Bill celebration.
Ainsworth nine leaves with calm sportmanlike mood after lastweek’s match. The visiting pitcher lauds umpire Mr Hott, urging fairness and harmony between teams for future contests.
For SALE Cuest or exchange for cord wood one good second hand buy. Gasoline stove good as new cost 16 for 12 See L Ditler. Gowed work horse THOS NEIAWANGER Losi A rubber tire to a bogey. Pidr please leave at Journal 463 For Rent Room in top flat of the neat side of the Rookery tf.
Generally fair conditions expected in Iowa with a slightly warmer night and continued fair weather through Tuesday. The message from Washington notes no rain and mild temperatures for the local area.
Charney Dewey will locate permanently in Washington to practice general law in state and federal courts. A State University graduate, admitted to the bar, he will handle all kinds of law work from an office near the Washington County Savings Bank.
Miss Lulu Patterson hosted about thirty friends for a quilting party on Thursday. The event featured lively fun including a cat shake in a quilt and praise for the organizers, with Tina Randall and Edna Godfrey receiving congratulations.
F. E. Stewart, Agent, promotes first class trips from Washington to Colorado resorts Spirit Lake Okoboji and more with low fares and fast travel. Highlights include trips to Des Moines State Fair and San Francisco with sleeper service to Chicago and limited sale dates across summer. Itineraries emphasize comfort, speed, and special rates on many dates and destinations.
Mr M J Pringle contracting agent for Great Western at Kansas City wed Mrs Dora Cockerill of DeWitt Missouri last Saturday evening in Keota at 8 20 conducted by Rev J R Payne M E minister The couple plan two months in the vicinity and north before returning to Kansas City where Pringle resumes railroad duties Miss Baker of Buffalo Iowa arrived today for a visit with Mrs Frank Neal
The Malay peninsula hosts a large burrowing cricket-like worm called musicus by scientists. Malays call all crawlers worms, but the creature makes a musical chirp by bristles striking stones as it forages near the surface. The London Express notes the sound resembles a Jew's harp.
A Pennsylvania gentleman preserves a long‑smoldering document showing Andrew Jackson's reaction to a tailor’s bill for 64.50 charged by a state department clerk. The president sent the matter to the secretary of state with a blunt threat to discharge the clerk if unpaid, asserting honesty as a government standard and referencing Amos Kendall and others in the dispute.
The passage notes that turtles embody the oldest vertebrate type, closely resembling early reptiles from the Mesozoic era. It cites sea tortoises of that epoch with up to 20 feet of shell spread and later tortoises about 12 feet long from head to tail.
A brief humorous quarrel unfolds between a mother and Bridget over a bashful sweetheart. The mother forbids visits to the drawing room while Bridget protests, offering cheeky excuses in a domestic scene.
Port Huron on August 8 reports Hon. Eugene S. Law has been selected to succeed the late Judge Frank Whipple as circuit judge. Burt D. Cady will replace Law as prosecuting attorney. Law is 42 and a product of the deestrict school.
Racine Wisconsin mayor Higgins issues order prohibiting wheels of fortune at church fairs and picnics after years of extensive use and large sums spent by the younger generation.
Lawrence Mc Griskin, a teacher at a South Chicago school and former University of Notre Dame professor, was struck and killed last night when a live electric wire fell from a post.
Jerome Carson a well known farmer and politician in Frankfort Indiana left a note for his son Sunday saying You will find me dead before disappearing. No trace of him has been found since. Brass bedsteads and enameled bedroom suites offered for sale in time worn styles. The pope receives thousands of letters daily yet only a few reach his hands.
Prof. Rainer of Milwaukee and Dr. Giglinger of Davenport guest of Rev. Jacobsmeier. Mrs Brady Page of Burlington and Mrs George Kiner of Oskaloosa spent Sunday with J F Curran. They head to Burlington with Bessie Curran. Maude Erdice returned to Ainsworth after visiting Patty Wilson. Patsy accompanied her home for a few days. Mrs T Daugherty travels to Moline for nephew Geo Watt wedding to Miss Guy on August 15. Mona Stapp returns to Cotter from J W Morton home. James Guzeman and wife return to Iowa City after visit in South Washington. Hon Wm W Wells visiting the city. L W Plummer and J R Dusenberry visiting from near West Chester and Evans.
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