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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1900
Page
2
County officials report seven information filings under the mullet tax law on taverns and liquor sales, with new books and a special blank forms system. Twenty-three new ballot boxes will be used countywide for the biannual amendment vote, aimed at reducing voters missing the special question on ballots.
Social notes recount Miss Allie Rupp entertaining about fifty young ladies at her home at 521 East Madison Street last night in honor of Mrs Fred Schmidt of Muscatine. The event featured lantern lights and a locomotive headlight as decorations, piano solos, a beans-guessing contest, and a spread served by Misses Helen Fulton Myrtle Sage and Laura Bell. Out-of-town guests included Mrs Schmidt Miss Boss Mrs Rupping Chicago Miss Winnie Giesler Muscatine.
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