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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1903
Page
10
A collection of small classifieds from the Journal includes For Sale items like beautiful Christmas trees and a go in organ cheap, Lost notices for a pocketbook and an overcoat, a Taken Up notice for a gray mare, and rental offers for the D. M. ae property and five living rooms. Also Hog pricing by Stuart and Son and Brahma cockerels listed by Howard L. McCleery.
G R K Dillon arrived from Crookston with a car load of household furniture and plans to live on the Wm Moore farm south of town next year. Slazel White shows improvement this morning. Martin Stewart returned from Chicago after accompanying a stock shipment. Rev E R Ferguson traveled to Cedar Rapids yesterday. Mary Stewart is ill with tonsillitis.
The Dick Thompson Jubilee Singers arrived this morning and will present an entertainment via the Columbian this evening. Miss Lena Maxwell returned from Washington to spend the Sabbath with her parents. Mr and Mrs W G Manners left for Mr Pleasant to visit at the W W Cartwright home. Henry Witting arrived from Washington to spend Sunday here.
Mrs. D. C. Kilgore visits Washington today. Miss Gertie Todd arrives from Washington on the Firefly. Mrs. Dr. Droz and her baby Keith visit Washington today. Walter Fisher arrives from Sunday with his parents.
Colfax Iowa reports that George Wood a prominent banker and bank director in Ira Mingo and Daxter banks shot himself today. He placed the gun to his head and died instantly. Wood valued at about a quarter of a million dollars. his financial affairs were reported in order.
Centerville residents vote unanimously to erect a fine stone church valued at 35000. Rev W P Stoddard leads a strong Iowa Conference ministry as Billy Sunday revival meetings boost church rolls and enthusiasm. Several denominations plan new houses of worship alongside the Methodist project.
The election of officers for Washington Lodge No. 2 A F and A M was held last evening. Roy L. Emry was elected W M Wm M Terry S W Clifford Thorne J W A H Wallace Treas J W Morton Sec John Smith D C A Dewey J D W L Miller 8 G W Brown J S Geo W Brown Steward for three years.
The A O U W held an election of officers with Postmaster A E Wilbur leading as Postmaster. Other officers include Master Workman Henry Minick Foreman Geo Riester Overseer Lon Moothart Financier Harry McCall Recorder D L Aughey Receiver Chas L Saling Guide Loren Neal Inside Watch T McFarland Outside Watch Chas Miller and Trustees Sam Hout and Wm Sheets. Examiners Dis Stewart Jenkins and Eiskamp.
At the annual election George Stewart was named Chancellor and W A Beanblossom as Vice Chair Anna Stewart became Chaplain M R Meek was chosen Recorder Martha Bickford Conductor Charles Hebner was named Guard Matt Springman was elected Sentinel and Director for three years.
Work in the Second Rank is set for Monday night with an election of officers. A full attendance is desired. Signed J. L. Brookhart and C. C.
J. Brochner notes a dense Danish hierarchy with nine classes and numerous sub divisions, each carrying tithes from 44.5 to 3.33 dollars. Titles include real and other categories with forms of address like excellencies and high well born. Wives bear added inde endings. ninth class men are called well bred, a status for 83.33.
The guide outlines Mexican social norms including funeral attendance rules for women, children kissing parents, brides purchasing trousseaus, hosts served first, and casual greetings like adios. It notes greeting forms, gift and parcel practices, mourning for relatives, and notifying friends of moves to maintain social access.
Rivers explains quitting shaving to save time noting daily fifteen minutes becomes ten or twelve working days yearly. Brooks counters by counting meals totaling about six and a half hours weekly, equaling sixty eight days annually, joking about quitting eating.
George Gould and his two sons along with Tiere Lorillard of the tobacco industry are at Goulds lodge near High Point New York on a hunting expedition. Joseph Canovisky who killed his wife in Minersville Pennsylvania on January 7 was hanged in the jail yard.
A merchant explains a discharged office boy was too strong for the job as he broke rules and furniture in only two days, while the boy's mother insists he was strong enough for the position. The exchange highlights a clash over expectations and conduct.
A whispered exchange between burglars unfolds as one asks if anything was taken and the other notes the resident is a lawyer. The banter ends with the first acknowledges poor luck and asks if anything was lost.
He declares they have saved enough for a year at ten thousand dollars yearly. She asks how long, and he replies for one year. The exchange reflects cautious optimism about a planned one year budget.
Des Moines Iowa December 5 The estate of General F M Drake valued earlier at four to five million dollars will be reduced to about one million due to a drop in United States steel stock in which the securities of Mr Dake were invested.
Market update from Chicago on December 5 1903 reflecting close and open prices for grain. includes Beach-Wickham Grain Co and McCall Bros Agents based in Washington Iowa with yesterday's figures noted.
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