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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1902
Page
2
State auditor supplies figures showing tax levies on railway lines crossing the county, with many roads reporting higher taxes than last year. The listed rail lines include HORAN Iowa City Westero, Burlington Westero, and Southwest Division lines, with amounts ranging up to 8000. The report notes changes and implications for local revenue.
Crawfordeville items list daily visits travels and family notices. Residents visit relatives in Chicago Harrison County Mo Cedar Rapids and Muscatine. Local clergy plan Sunday services and members attend church events with friends and visitors from nearby towns.
Local notices describe Wayne resident T J brown visiting cl week end, Vera Miller returning to Alnaworth, Cleo Turbott visiting relatives, Miss Malin and daughter homeward, Mrs Harvey and Dorothy from Oskaloona, Stowell from Chicago, and others moving through Alnworth. A lawn fete is planned August 15 by St James parish ladies. News includes arrivals, health notes, and a Denver and California trip by Mr and Mrs Varria. Latest song published Queen of Our Mansion.
Miss Lurana Yard will present an eloquence program on August 15 at 8 p.m. at Prairie Flower Baptist Church. The event features vocal numbers by Miss Tula Warner and instrumental pieces by the Simpson sisters, Mrs Dr Hay and others, while a party including Mrs Ronaldson traveled to Columbus Junction to attend the Chautauqua with baskets.
Eaton resident photographer Harlan suffered chronic indigestion for years and tried various remedies without relief until Electric Bitters restored his health. The tonic strengthens stomach liver and kidney function and aids the whole system. Stewart Pharmacy guarantees them for 50 cents. Edith Boughman and Blanche Gordon traveled to Columbus Junction to compete for a gold medal in an elocution contest with many nearby towns represented.
Forty people attended the Chautauqua this morning drawing interest as Washington youths joined the program. The article notes a 33 percent rise in average age over the last decade and mentions Rocky Mountain Tea and a life preserver labeled J H Stewart. Mr and Mrs E J Eisenhart arrived from Sheldon to visit Frank Bailey.
Thermometers dropped to five degrees yesterday morning with northern Nebraska and southern South Dakota recording frosts as low as 30. No damage was reported despite the chilly start.
The Commercial Law League of America holds its eighth annual convention at Cataract House Niagara Falls New York. Williams Castleberry a Cincinnati lumber merchant was found dead in the Hotel Audubon New York City. The tariff committee of the German reichstag adopts the last paragraph of the tariff bill. Cascade mountains forests along the Columbia River burn destroying millions of feet of timber. Richard Glenn a Detroit newspaper fan dies in Denver of dropsy at 25. Lance Harwood of Sioux Rapids Michigan finds 150 000 in certificates and checks at Chicago stockyards and returns them. John Stevens of Chicago robbed of his watch and 32 by sham policemen in Chicago. Leonard M Dingle ex teller of First National Bank Aspen Colorado arrested in Denver charged with embezzling 40 000 from the bank. Be sure before you give your love and trust that you give to one who deserves and wants the same.
The piece argues that many tonics mislead by claiming to create strength or blood. It asserts true strength comes from digested food and proper nutrition, not stimulants. It claims Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery helps stomach health and digestion, enabling the body to build health.
The petition of Jaws, plaintiff, seeks to quiet and establish fee simple title to the northeast quarter of section one, township seventy four north range eight west, and south half of the southeast quarter of section thirty six, township seventy five north, range eight west, all in Washington County Iowa. He alleges adverse possession for more than twenty years and that unknown claimants may exist but are barred by law. The court is asked to reform deeds and other instruments and to enjoin all defendants and unknown claimants from any interest in the described property. Defendants must appear by noon of the second day of the next term, else default and decree. Attorneys for plaintiff W and J Kroxman. Publication ordered in Evening Journal weekly for six weeks.
Government officials suspect Charles Martin of Brookport in the Chicago post office robbery case. Martin disappeared July 23 after proposing to settle creditors with postage stamps at a 10 percent discount. Police found stamps in his store room and investigators note he previously used the alias Henry Howard in Arkansas. Other brief items report a Brookport death, a McLeansboro insurance agent’s death, and Queen Alexandra's wartime nurses honored with nails.
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