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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1903
Page
4
Hanley and Son present a French drama adapted from Bickner Dudley's romance. The production aims to revive famous sixteenth century figures with a fine acting company. The show opens at the Graham on Monday September the Ith.
Yesterday marked the hottest day of the season with records rising. The report notes high temperatures, mustard winds, and concerns for corn crops and frost risk for late plantings. Twelve bidders appeared for a fire hose purchase as the council considers options.
Officers of Company D received orders from Adjutant General Byers fixing the Fifty fourth regiment encampment from September 4 to 6 with the location yet to be determined. Earlier orders setting the camp for September 4 to 5 were revoked.
Twelve bidders filed samples with the city clerk and the corner opened bids at one o'clock. The city will buy five hundred feet of hose with prices from We to $1.10. The council met as a committee of the whole and each hose company representative presented his goods. Bidders included Bragg & Hokenkamp, George Stewart Hardware, and Rankin & Mauek.
The Journal notes a sale on the MS Wilson lawn by the Junior League of the M E Church featuring Indian baskets, baby rabbits and other fancy arts by pale favored maidens to be held Thursday evening. A short poem is included though not attributed by the author.
The Illinois picnic on nextSaturday on the Chautauqua grounds features U T D band, Col C J Wilson, Minter and Tanner addresses, a 12 m basket dinner, Capt S W Brookhart, Rev Jewett, Thon Brown, and notes it is not an exclusively Illinois affair urging all Washington county residents to join the festivities.
Taiph Taylor to visit ing at Fairfeld. Cross and wife of Blue Grass Iown visiting W. L. Derby's today. J. T. Risk and family of John visiting T. BE McMillan's. WHT visiting brother-in-law D. A. Long Kukton Kan. Mrs. W. T. Marr and children with W. A. Wood Burlington. Grace Pearson home from Mt. Pleasant. Maud Moreland visiting aunt Aledo. Mrs. Wylie visiting Mrs. T. J. Whitlock Burlington. Willian McCormick Letts and Mrs. Reiner Columbus City in town. Marion Crawford visiting relatives. returned to Washington. J. M. Pearson and daughter to Des Moines for state fair. Frank Sherbeck Washington with McBride. Horace Freed visiting brother in Perry. Mabel Meliride Mayre visiting here. J. M. Stewart Jr and Howard at state fair. Ab Mebiride Cot ter visited. Marriage cards for Valma Hopengardner and RK G Kelsey Sept 3. Stewart Jr and son Howard at state fair.
Aug. 24 reports from Petersburg say the Russian Black Sea Squadron was recalled from Turkish waters after Monastir dispatches. The Porte notified sultan’s compliance with demands, Rostkowski murderers punished, officials relieved, and security orders reinforced across Salonica and Macedonia.
Mrs G W Hay of East Main street entertained a company of ladies Saturday evening in honor of the Misses Guthrie of York New York and Mrs Wm Mahaffey of Mediapolis. Covers were laid for sixteen.
August 24 special from Verdi notes Messrs KE Shuck and C Flood measuring track culverts and bridges for the Rock Island system. They traveled from Muscatine toward Kansas City and will walk the entire route.
Miss Dot Maxwell of Crawfordsville in the city. Dr Ludwig Simon and Miss Laura Rich arrive from Chicago tonight. J B Carnes, noted Trenton stockman, visiting Sam McCleery. Antho Van Sickle to ship hogs Havre to Chicago tomorrow. Mr and Mrs George Haridge landed in Boston last Saturday and head to Vinton soon. Joe Brown of Waynesville visiting George Brown south of town. Henry Lovelet and family from Coneville visiting locals. Mrs Major Smythe returns to J M Bratton home after Muscatine visit.
Means and Siliechter, popular restaurateurs, report a booming ice cream business and high public regard for their quality. They boast hot bread cakes and pies, specialize in meals, and frequently sell out their entire bakery lineup each evening. Ice cream available for parties socials and dinners. orders receive attentive service.
Billy Evans and Minnie Evans are charged with stealing a cow and will face a hearing tomorrow at 8 30 before Justice R P McCal. Docket details remain unclear in the fragment.
In Chicago on August 24 eight firemen suffered severe burns while fighting a tank fire at Kinney Frasier and Co. The blaze erupted when water was applied to a liquid causing an enamel tank to explode.
In Rome on August 24 Rev. Thomas A. Kendrick of Rochester New York was consecrated Roman Catholic bishop of Cebu in the Philippines. The ceremony was conducted by Cardinal Satolli at the church of the Franciscan Missionary Nuns.
Louis and Yanda Polancho brothers were injured in a blast at the Vulcan mine in Norway Michigan on August 24. One brother is not expected to live.
Madie Demlow, kidnapped about ten years earlier from Urbana Illinois, has escaped from a gypsy camp and returned to her parents Mr and Mrs Fred Memlew. She was forced to travel as a blind girl selling trinkets and was later sold in Alabama before buying a ticket home.
Acting Secretary of the Treasury Taylor announced acceptable sites for future public buildings. Webster City Iowa at 5 000 dollars Mason City Iowa at 8 000 dollars Ann Arbor Michigan at 10 000 dollars Dixon Illinois at 10 000 dollars Marion Indiana at 20 000 dollars Chippewa Falls Wisconsin at 10 000 dollars Wedford Indiana at 6 000 dollars.
Leavenworth Kansas August 24 Colonel FD Ro Anthony editor and publisher of the Leavenworth Times marked his sixty sixth birthday anniversary and received congratulations from many friends. He has worked in newspapers for about fifty years.
Rawlins Wyoming August 24 The Union Pacific company agrees with the estates of forty one miners killed in the Tianns blast of June 30. Each widow receives 800, each child 50, and each single man 45.
Henderson Texas August 24 Joe Sanders a Black man accused of attempting a rape was shot to death by a mob when they went to arrest him Sanders stood at his door with a shotgun as the mob approached releasing fatal violence on the doorstep
Miss Wreda Pearl Parks of Springfield, Illinois, arrives in Washington Indiana to confront Frank S. Slossen of Chicago. She learns he married another woman weeks ago after a prior engagement and postponed their ceremony. Slossen, a Berlin and Michigan graduate, had wed the divorced wife of Dr. Patrick Campbell of Terre Haute.
Judge Shively of the Wabash circuit court names Charles B. Haas as receiver for the Wabash Bridge and Iron Company. Reported liabilities total 280,000 dollars while assets are estimated at 75,000 dollars.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr and his cousin George Roosevelt stay with Captain Seth Bullock in Deadwood. They will undertake a month long journey by camp wagon through the Black Hills forest reserve, a trip arranged by the captain, a personal friend of the president.
William B. McKinney of Vincennes, local agent for Terre Haute Brewing, choked to death in a Hotel Nickel room in South Bend Indiana. He reportedly rose to take a tablet or capsule and it lodged in his throat.
Des Moines Iowa August 24 Fr Fr kd Clapo a wealthy banker found a blue eyed girl baby in a basket at his front door The infant about two weeks old was sent to the children's home The banker planned to walk the floors all night fearing the child would not be welcomed due to his age and family circumstances
A New York Central special train carrying New York City papers wrecked at Gulf Bridge in Little Falls. Engineer Robert Lilly and Fireman Peter Conley, both from Albany, were killed. Workers from The World The Sun the Rochester News Company and The American and Journal were severely injured.
In Hauraz Peru 20 000 residents face danger as water spurts under a church and other buildings. Believers cry for deliverance while bells ring and residents call it a divine chastisement from heaven amid the looming threat.
Baseball scores from Chicago on August 24 list results from the National and American leagues with games in Philadelphia Brooklyn New York Chicago and St Louis. Notable tallies include Cleveland 11 Philadelphia 3 and New York 9 Chicago 6.
Call up phone number one at the hotel in Colenso and leave orders which will be promptly attended to by Frank Rogers.
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