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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1901
Page
3
Advertisers must submit copy by 10 a m to ensure same day changes. The deadline is strict to guarantee timely updates for all campaigns.
Several residents and visitors are noted throughout the region. George Howe and T E Brown traveled to Ainsworth. Arthur Chalmers of Havre visited the city. Rev E W Sage attended revival meetings in Coneville. Mrs Wilson Dougherty and Mrs JL McKeery returned from Wyman. Mr and Mrs Henry Humm went to Muscatine to see their daughter. J E Gunder and wife came home from Bloomfield and Ottumwa. Mrs Lew Davenport traveled from Oskaloosa to Montpelier to visit her parents. Miss Mary Hughes attended a Pleasant Plain teachers meeting. Prof R E Daugherty also attended. Mrs Ben Henderson of Chicago arrived to visit Mrs H F Steck. Toys promoted at W A Turner's store.
Dave Keltner proprietor praises good work done at Colenso Hotel shoe shining parlors.
The Henry R Cowles Regiment No 28 of the Union Veterans Union elected officers for the coming year led by S A White James W Scott John Ferguson Dennis Brown and F M Crawford with Bee We OE h6 64s aidan eee uch and a Chancellor Anna Houdek Vice Chancellor Wee WN i eK Chaplain Treasurer and Recorder other officers listed including Sentinel Dr Hay and Stewart and Med Exra Geo Stewart. A guest O Turpipseed from Kansas arrived with relatives. Also noting shoe shining parlor near Washington National Bank and Allen’s candy shop opening plans.
George Anderson describes Evergreen Alabama and Southern conditions in a letter written after moving south for health. He notes a warm climate, pine and water oak trees year round, dining on biscuits and bacon, and cotton farms. He sketches daily life including timbered land, oxen and mules, limited sidewalks, rough highways, and wary relations with Black residents he terms darkies and diggers. He mentions a recent fire destroying two businesses, the city engine used to fight it, and his plan to take photographs of locals.
Special to The Evening Journal reports a threatening night and Sunday with possible showers or snow flurries across Iowa.
An old advertisement lists subscriptions for Popular Magazines including Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly and Cosmopolitan. It notes prices such as 3.00 for a bundle and mentions substitutions like New England Magazine. The notice is from Vogt at the Columbia Pharmacy office.
Daily items include Tom Chilcote going to Brighton Cop pock and Wayland, L. D. Higgins returning from Fort Scott, Miss Grace Stewart and Miss Dougdale visiting, W. C. Linton in Ottumwa for Banker's Life work, J. B. Crooks back from Chicago livestock show, and an ad for Rocky Mountain Tea at Stewart's.
Be llas announces latest style photo and Christmas mounts at The Newport. Bring the baby for the new Baby Poser. Big fall trade rests on honest work and prompt delivery. The motto promises the best for the least money and timely photo finishing for Christmas.
Local notices detail arrivals and visits including Jas. Graham from Wyman and Chas Weldin to Crawfordsville. Harry Ferguson returns from Kansas City and Miss Nina Isephart helps at Dell H. Duncan’s store. Sam McCleery sells a 200 acre farm north of the city for 105 per acre to George L Duke of Reed Illinois. The notice also states non liability for debts of subcontractors without signed orders.
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