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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1902
Page
4
Describes Amoy on an island with 1 000 sewers and 5 000 000 dead bodies buried in hillsides now mixed with city graves. Graves touch, wells foul, water from shallow sources tainted by soil, streets narrow, no sewers, open plots, disease risk, and filth surrounding burial grounds.
Lord Spencer of Althorp bought a so called fine piece in Bond Street for two guineas. A china expert later revealed the item was merely a shilling marmalade pot with a green thistle painting, worth far less than imagined.
A two part exchange reveals Ethel Barrows initially refusing fiancé Hicks with a formal tone, then writing a second note to George reconsidering marriage and inviting him to visit. The reveal suggests a shifting romantic decision within intimate correspondence.
In a Milwaukee steam train wreck near Grace Hill eight cars derailed after striking a rough track. Two boys Albert Romig and Wesley Meyers were in the front car. Romig was severely bruised and soaked, Meyers escaped. A brakeman on the second car was also bruised. The engine stayed on tracks as officials resumed work. river Crooked Creek ran high signaling flood risks after last night’s storms.
A Lost Strayed notice warns Lulu May Davis age sixteen with smallpox spots on her face may travel with a man named Clark. The message asks vigilance at trains wagons hotels and dances and includes a $600 reward for information leading to her recovery. It also lists contact Jobo Davis at Fort Dodge Iowa.
The contract to build the new Odd Fellows block was awarded to 4 M Hall of Cedar Rapids for $16,668, the lowest bid. Hall will have the building ready for occupancy by December 15, as Montezuma Odd Fellows promise top facilities in the region.
The forecast for Iowa today and tomorrow calls for mostly cloudy skies with local showers and thunderstorms tonight and likely Saturday. A social arrival is noted as Mrs Rev H R Stark and her children Walter and Edna plan a visit next week with Mrs J Roberts and others.
Francis Swift sues to quiet title on southeast quarter section fifteen and adjoining parcels in Washington County Iowa. He alleges twenty years of adverse possession and seeks cancellation of all liens, and a decree establishing him as owner free of claims by defendants and unknown claimants including John McComb Hannah McComb Norman Ryerson Richard H Marsh John Keating Susan Keating John Keating Jr Phillip Fesal Nancy Fesal John M Wagner Isabella Keating Emma Skinner Frank W Skinner and others with unknown interests. The defendant list covers several former owners and heirs with claims as surviv ing spouses and heirs. The case dates to 1902 with court action in Washington Iowa.
A damaged listing advertises Fon Sale Restaurant stock and fixtures for a town of 1000 with receipts about 00 a month, at invoice price. The address is Hox 625, Winteld, Iowa 51th Doo Fon Sate. Red Irish Letter. 5S trained. Also for sale: a neat four room residence in Crawfordaville offered cheap or LD.
The Wellman Advance notes a Sunday school rail road excursion with Sheriff Teeter to supervise the dunks. Local news includes visits by John Hoppengardner to Ainsworth, Milton Campbell and son in Monmouth, land seekers sold near Bourbon in Neosho county, and Miss Brubaker visiting Miss Charlotte Cuninghar. Hawkeye No 1 to initiate candidates tonight with expectant attendance. various visits to Washington and Portland. Vera Ashby returns from Oskaloosa. Mrs. Racheal Coe and grandchildren visit A Y Ashby in Rock Falls.
A fragment discusses a butcher bird impaling prey as a larder to feed the female during her period of seclusion, noting many species fed by males and the practicality of storing large carcasses for later.
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