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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1903
Page
4
An old newspaper snippet shows a Washington post office notice with rates for second class matter and subscription terms. It lists address at 104 East Main and 7 and references weekly and monthly costs with annual in advance options.
Regular services every Sunday at 10 30 a m with Sunday School and preaching times listed. Midweek meetings and youth programs invite visitors to attend and join as members.
Washington reports Iowa will see a warmer spell tonight and Sunday. The Evening Journal notes tonight and tomorrow will bring mild to warmer conditions with elevated temperatures.
Des Moines visit between Col D J Palmer and wife. Mrs Marie Walton improves. Miss Mae Brookhart visits brother S W Brookhart. Mrs G Raguet of Davenport sees Mame Walton. Dot Maxwell returns to work fully recovered. Baker Johnson markets cakes pies and chocolates for Sunday dinners. R P McConaghey returns from Sigourney Theatre convention. Sigourney temperance drive abandoned for lack of 5 percent county signatures. Mrs McDowell of Washington conducts temperance meeting at Istian church in Brighton. audience fair, men scarce. Four new members join Brighton W C T U. Ghton News.
The new candidate says he favors a private canvass house over public meetings while another candidate notes they are not used to it and jokes he is an awning maker. Judge comments on the exchange.
A brief note from the Fort Wayne Star where Aunt Sophia counsels Grace to seek a palmist before meeting Henry. Grace recalls examining Henry's life lines during a past drive and feeling satisfied.
Dialogic snippet shows Ex asks if Sam is married and mentions divorce. The exchange uses slang and humor to hint at relationship status without a clear outcome or context.
The article notes a pending deadline for Colombia to ratify a canal treaty, highlighting the urgency and potential diplomatic implications if the agreement is not completed within the prescribed time frame.
Morning service at 11 00 a m and evening service at 7 00 p m with subject The Penitent Thief Other services as usual.
Services in the Church of the Covenanters tomorrow at 11 a m with a sermon by Rev. W. C. Allen. Junior Endeavor at 5 p m and Christian Endeavor at 5 45 p m.
Sunday School at 9:30 a m. Morning preaching at 11:00 a m. Junior League at 3:30 p m. Epworth League at 5 45 p m. Evening service at 7:00 p m. Midweek prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p m. Come thou with us and we will do thee good.
A curious tale from the speculative age describes a wealthy man paying five thousand dollars for an ear and a Hun offering his ear for the same price. Dr Stebbins of Ironwood, Michigan, transplanted the ear in Philadelphia leaving the Hun earless and the Westerner whole. The Hun now offers a thousand dollars for a replacement ear, prompting questions about the true market value of an ear.
Des Moines Iowa December 5 The Iowa supreme court released new rules detailing three regular terms annually. Each term will have four divisions starting January 12 with cases assigned from different districts. Submissions are heard in the first half of each month and opinions are written in the second half.
Fat stock sale at Chicago featured top prices for show cattle. The first animal netted the University of Nebraska 8879.80. Buyers and consignors include Neb. Ag. Col. J. Stevens champion 1730 at 26.00 per hundred, Hereford entries from W. F. Herrin 1009 at 8.35, Angus by Wallace & Son 1622 at 6.10, and many more cattle from Armour Swift S. & S. U. D. B. and other outfits with prices ranging from about 3.70 to 8.35 per hundred.
A traveler in eastern Russia attends a Greek church and notices a tall attendant who sprinkles holy water with skill while muttering a Scots phrase that sounds familiar. Afterward the man reveals he is a Dunfermline native who had been serving with the local priest.
A fragment note records a person named David arriving on time with another figure titled Mr Jogging. It mentions a tentative reminder that if the speaker is not home at dinner time, the other person should not come.
Mrs Joggins tells David he will be home at the usual time and warns that when his wife speaks the thing tends to come true. The Boston tran script notes the prediction and its confident tone.
A Chicago Post quote portrays a faded fighter who once sought a superior foe and finally encounters one. The dialogue explores decline and the lure of a stronger opponent, suggesting a turning point in the fighter's resolve.
Dialogue from the Atlanta Constitution features Misry remarking on sociability with the reply that she only feels sociable when she does not see it coming. The exchange reads as a social quip reflecting lingering attitudes of the era.
Special land buyers excursions head to new Greer County lands and other Southwest sections in November and December via the Frisco System. Prospective buyers are offered fertile farming land at one fourth to one tenth the cost of Eastern and Northern lands, with strong production claims. For full details and rail rates contact R. B. Lemon, Secretary Frisco System Immigration Bureau, St. Louis. Colenso Hotel shoe shining parlors Dave Keltner proprietor, good work.
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