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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1899

Page

2

Kalona Ditch Case Advances with No Decision Yet

Kalona's ditch dispute consumes the county board session with many attorneys and interested parties present. The case likely settles after January, with dam age and bridge considerations raised by the B G R N railway and local farmers. Three proposed ditches, including an enlarged old ditch and two new east of Kalona, face varied support and opposition as flooding concerns push toward a drainage outlet to English River.

Brookhart County Board of Supervisors C.J. Wilson B.G. R. & N. Railway Company H. Scofield Frank Richey J. G. Myer TH. M. Richer Don Figgins Oliver Dunlap Dave Miller al. Rogers Kalona English River

Vaudeville and Edison Moving Pictures at Gra ham

Capt W D Ament s Vaudeville and Specialty Co appears at Gra ham tonight with refired specialties plus Edison Vita scope Electric Moving Pictures of land and naval battles fire scenes railway trains and Jeffries Sharkey fight pictures showing at prices 10e 20¢ 30e

W. D. Ament Big Vaudeville and Specialty Co Graham Edison Vitascope Electric Jeffries-Sharkey

Karl's Clover Root Tea Promotes Digestive Health

John Adams of Ainsworth visited the city and departed by Narrow Gauge for Omaha on business. The ad touts Karl's Clover Root Tea as improving digestion liver and bowels with a 25c and 50c price through J H Stewart druggist.

Karl J. H. Stewart John Adams Ainsworth City Omaha Nebraska

Pythians Elect Officers for the Ensuing Year

The K of P election named W B Wilde J F Curran W J Reynolds Chas Hebener CA Bailey FL Wilson Arch McCulley A E Austin Lisle Morehouse Ed Durst Mof W Morr M of B K of RandS. Ament brings eight specialty acts and a vaudeville show with an electric picture program. Tickets 10 20 30 cents. Illumination postponed to Saturday December 6th.

Billy Ament

Locomotive Hits Colt Near Havre Killing Animal

Last evening the Foxflyer struck and killed a colt owned by Clark Eckerman on the Havre side of town. The fireman felt the jar during coal loading but the train did not stop as no damage to the engine occurred.

Clark Eckerman Poxflyer Havre Foxflyer Tive

Fire at the County Farm and Clerk Office Renovation

A lamp caused a fire at the county farm but was put out with minor damage. The county clerk's office is being refitted with steel shelves and drawers for filing court records. Depot janitor Geo. Lease is accused of ejecting tramps from the Rock Island depot using force and a broom.

Geo. Lease Rock Island Railway George

Marriage license issued to Elmer Wilson and Lizzie Brandt

A license was issued yesterday at the clerk's office to Elmer Wilson and Lizzie Brandt. The notice hints at a busy month for marriage licenses and mentions J. N. Lewis & Co selling bargains.

Elmer Wilson Lizzie Brandt

B CXN R'y expansion from Worthington to Hardwick Minn

The B CXN Ry advances toward a 35 mile line linking Worthington to Hardwick in southwestern Minnesota. It now reaches Reading and will soon open to Wilmont, offering good opportunities for merchants and professionals. Inquiries to Those Brown in Sioux Falls SD and John Dows in Armstrong IA for Maple Hill Luzon sites along the Armstrong Estherville branch.

Worthington Hardwick Minn Minnesota Reading Wilmont Brown Sioux Falls Maple Hill Luzon Armstrong Estherville John Dows Iowa Mog Farmer AGP S&t A Cedar Rapids

Deputy Sheriff Shot and Farmer Surrenders in Iowa

In Creston, Iowa, Deputy Sheriff Thomas Walch was fatally shot by George Williams at Williams’s farm after Williams resisted attachment papers. Williams surrendered in town, was jailed in Osceola, and crowds debated lynching him as Walch, 23, prepared to complete his term. Troops in Cuba to be withdrawn, with the Fifteenth Infantry ordered home.

Creston Thomas Walch George Williams Walsh J. W. Fuller Williams Fuller Osceola Union County

P E Society to Meet at Mrs Stewart Home

The P E group will convene tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 at the residence of Mrs Dr Stewart for a planned gathering and discussion.

P E Dr. Stewart

Weeks Break-up-A-Cold-Tab Lets No Cure No Pay

Stewart's Pharmacy promotes Weeks Break-up-A-Cold-Tab with no cure and no pay offer. Price posted as 25e with Stewart's Pharmacy as sole agents.

Stewart's

Clover Root Tea Promised Absolute Cure Revealed

An advertisement touts Karl's Clover Root Tea as an absolute cure for chronic constipation and related symptoms. It claims a fifty year track record and offers the product for 26e or 50e at J H Stewart's druggist.

Karl J. H. Stewart’s

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