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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1903
Page
6
Alphonse and Gaston present a city show with 25 performers and over thirty numbers at Prices Gallery and Cir War Gee. Tickets range 25c to 50c with children’s seats 25c and are on sale at Carris drug store. The event features a large lady chorus and a publicized program on December 2 at 8 15.
The next lecture Friday December 4 features B Wickersham presenting Day Dreams. Course tickets for six remaining entertainments available for 1.50, single admission 50 cents. Fred Emerson Brooks appears December 10 followed by the Chi University Gleen Club Christmas night.
The Academy of Music in Brooklyn, the largest theater there, burned completely after an explosion suspected on the stage. The 1800 built brick and wood structure, owned by a stock company, stood in the financial district opposite the Brooklyn Public Library. Firefighters were delayed about fifteen minutes and could not reach the roof. the blaze threatened surrounding property including the public library. The loss is estimated at 500000 pounds with no insurance. The theater hosted many historic events and figures before its destruction.
Nearly two thirds of 2000 miners in the Northern Colorado coal fields resumed work with expectations of full staffing in a week or two. The northern district settlement eased coal shortages and sparked business rejoicing. A Trinidad conference of union officials Wednesday may resolve southern field strikes. In Chicago a theater crowd watched Special Policeman Milan Ek. McNamara shoot and mortally wound a man believed to be Albert Dennis on a sidewalk outside the Great Northern theater. Dennis died soon after at the county hospital.
Chicago on December 1 reports Mayor Harrison ordering police to arrest anyone loafing without visible means of support and for magistrates to fine vagrants found with a weapon. The move aims to clear the city of idle men linked to crime.
State Senator David E Burns faced police court examination after charges by former city attorney Lant K Salsbury. Salsbury testified as the first witness for the people, alleging Burns received $200 for his work in the water deal involving municipal officials.
Al Fields trades the Fred Dupuis property in East Washington for George McConaughey's East Jefferson property and both move today. Mrs. McConaughey and her parents also relocate to Dupuis. L. D. Higgins led a group to Ft. Scott Kansas last night. Homer Coppock returns to Ames for college after Thanksgiving. Miss Marjory Morrow leaves Cedar Falls for home, and Miss Omi Funston of Ainsworth visits the city.
The Milwaukee railway company installs a dynamomiter scale at the coal chute in the northeast city area. The device, under a swinging pocket, records coal weight as it enters and leaves the pocket toward engine tenders. Installation will take two weeks. Workers Will McClean and John Little are digging a new well at the stock yards, currently down thirty feet.
All toll lines and former lines on the Robinson-Wilson system will receive service Thursday morning. City exchange subscribers called by the city electrician will have their phones connected and active starting Thursday morning. 45-21 Washington Telephone Co.
Alphonese and Gaston and their big company of comedians appear in Graham tomorrow evening. Seats are selling now with popular prices.
New mouldings for picture framing available at Duncan's this month with satisfaction guaranteed. Endorsed by local shoppers and craftspeople seeking quality frames.
A vivid ad touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the remedy for burns cuts sores eczema and piles. It claims a reliable soothing effect and notes the salve costs 25 cents at Stewart’s Pharmacy.
Davenport reports that the Rock Island railway may extend its Washington Knoxville line from Knoxville to Council Bluffs to gain a 40 to 50 mile shorter route across Iowa. Winterset notes this would shift the western terminal, yielding a faster main line bypassing Des Moines.
An 19th century sales pitch asserts internal remedies cure catarrh by purifying blood. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as a nonquack prescription from top physicians and sold by F. J. Chenny & Co in Toledo, Ohio for 75 cents, with Hall's Family Pills claimed as best.
Marion Anderson relocates his ice house from Burlington yards to the rear of his office at the new North Marion Avenue location. The roof lumber has been removed and the structure will be moved in three sections for the sides and one section for the ends.
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