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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1903
Page
3
Fred Hoffman a prominent Burlington farmer fell victim to a bold bunco scam. A box swap led to a loss of 750 with a note mocked him and warned silence. The swindle blamed Bunco Bill and hinted at a NY trip, joking about victims.
Monroe Drew, formerly Rev Monroe Drew of Columbus Junction, writes from California to Muscatine friends expressing desire to be reinstated as a Presbyterian minister after a one year suspension ending in 1903. Iowa City Presbytery will likely address the case. He cites support from ministry and laity and is currently in California.
Local notes show Duncan leads in Xmas goods at 45-61 W. R. Jeffrey and other arrivals and visits from Ainsworth Davenport Webster Muscatine West Chester and Fairfield. Luncheons listed at Allen's and Lunches-Means & Stichter. Missionary Society meeting announced at First Baptist.
Beall, Mississippi resident T. R. Beall shares his wife’s fall illness story. After other remedies failed, she used Dr. King’s New Discovery and improved at once, with four bottles curing her. The ad, from Stewart's Pharmacy, offers 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes and trial bottles free.
A gang of highwaymen entered Emaus near Allentown on December 2 and shot revolvers while looting bars and shops. They shaved at Kremset’s barber shop and left without paying, then robbed Samuel Rehm and a woman with a child. A citizen posse formed but the bandits escaped.
The epidemic shows no abatement with one death and five new cases reported. Thirty four nurses arrived from Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Cleveland and other elites and have been assigned to duty locations. Mayor Kennedy accepted the offer of free transport for medical staff and domestic help to Butler by the Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio Railroad companies.
Police acting under the mayor tore up a section of the Chippewa Valley Electric Railway track after the council revoked the company’s franchise for nonpayment of street tax. The company obtained an injunction, track was replaced, and Judge Vinje was asked to rule on the dispute.
A tale from London Answers tells how a merry Margate visit brightened a youth who befriended a young woman. He sought consent for marriage from her father, only to confront his tailor on back bills, revealing a clash of romance and debt.
A quoted remark from Hare suggests that a person who refuses to learn from mistakes remains a fool. The line emphasizes self-critique and the value of reflection after folly.
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