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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1901
Page
4
In Clay Township two churches announce tomorrow evening services. First Church of Christ (Scientist) holds 10:30 service with subject Sacredment and text Matthew 26 29. Also brief county news notes report mild smallpox in the area.
Sunday activities include 9 30 Sunday school 11 o clock preaching by the pastor Junior Union at 2 30 and B Y P U at 6 45. Evening union evangelistic service begins 6 45 with a half hour song service led by Mr Halse of Keota.
The Cove church will hold morning services tomorrow at eleven conducted by Pastor Rev W A Alien with the sermon titled Scariest Sins. The event is announced in this church notice.
Morning sermon by Rev W R Williams at six o'clock announced with no evening service due to evangelistic meetings now in progress.
The notice invites all to attend tomorrow's services with morning preaching by the pastor on Weariness in Well Doing and an evening union revival service.
The rector Rev Joseph DeForest leads the Sunday program with Sunday school at 10 AM, morning prayer and sermon at 11, and evening prayer and lecture at 7 PM.
A letter from Will Graham reports a seven pound loss, seen as a hopeful sign. 8S. P. Gordon of Crawfordeville visited the city to conduct business, while Miss Jessie Anderson and Fred Taylor of Verdi also called on friends and conducted city business. Mr Groendycke of Grace Hill called at the county tent for business.
Dec 7 mise Edith Clark visits with friends in Kewanee. Lt D Weldin of Oskaloosa formerly of this place greets friends in town today. Mrs J H Crooks returns from extended visit with relatives in Biggsville and Monmouth. Sir Thomas Simpson Jr and Mr Richey of Washington call on business. Miss Jennie Anderson visits Washington today. Misses Dale Neal and Lena Maxwell arrive from Washington for an over Sunday visit with their parents.
Probate Judge Francis denounces cases where county patients were sent to insane asylums while refusing to name individuals or a specific case. He vows his court will not be used to railroad people to Pontiac and insists feeble minded persons cannot be declared insane from his bench. Public interest grows over who recently attempted the railroad through his court.
Kenosha Wis Dec 7 The Chicago ice companies once active in this county plan a dispute with Governor LaFollette over the export ice tax law They argue the tax interferes with interstate commerce If the challenge fails the superintendents are ordered to pay the tax and the companies will retire from the state after the season ends.
Margaret Flem ming, a Chicago patient at the northern Illinois hospital for the insane, escaped Wednesday night and scantily dressed as a man paraded downtown for about half an hour before a police officer captured her and returned her to the asylum.
Vivian J. Fagin, U S marshal for the southern district of Ohio, resigns from the Ohio Republican state central committee citing a circular that federal officers must not join political party organizations under civil service rules. Joseph D. Keith was hanged at Michigan City for the murder of Nora Kifer near Elberfeld in April 1900.
New York reports the Weekly Review of Trade notes ample trade but worsening traffic congestion and labor controversies hinder shippers. Prices trend up with scarce billets and ongoing steel orders, while wool, cotton goods, and footwear demand rise. Hides dip in Chicago as dry imports hold.
In Blwood Indiana on December 7 the Arbuckle brothers John and William failed to agree on selling or buying their jointly owned North Ninth Street property. They demolished the house after dividing roof siding floor and brick and stone, leaving the lot undivided and baffling locals on how to proceed with the land.
Elgin reports Dr. W. G. Todd, a local astrologer, predicts a mild winter due to Lake Michigan warming the air, followed by a late, backward spring. He states heat leaves the lake and permeates the region, delaying cold snaps until after February and pushing spring into late months.
T Chief Engineer Ely of the American Sheet Steel company from Pittsburg has completed plans for the Midland Steel works upgrade in Muncie. The project, costing about 2500000 dollars, calls for six new mills and will employ nearly 400 more workers. The proposals will be reviewed by the executive board of the trust at the January meeting.
Valparaiso Indiana December 7 The marriage of John M Currier of Valparaiso and Mrs Laura M Morse of Chicago closes a romance that began over forty years ago. The groom is an elderly prominent resident and was divorced from his bride of Thursday more than forty years earlier. He is seven years old she is seventy two. Both have grown children from later marriages.
The Methodist revision committee meeting in Cincinnati decides to remove “Sweet Hour of Prayer” and “He Leadeth Me, O Blessed Thought” from the hymnal amid objections to their last lines.
W A Crone advertises good baled bag for sale at 50e per hundred. Delivery offered for 500 pounds to Puooe No 7 Northwest line 14 miles northwest of square. Also a room for rent in top flat on the west side of the Rookery.
A mild smallpox case in a Clay township family led two women to flee quarantine today. One went toward Pie’s Pass, another toward Keota then Des Moines. County attorney’s assistant was alerted and pursuit begun as officials seek to return them to isolation.
John Brown of the New York Store gains praise for trimming shop windows while Johnsons offers fresh cakes and confections for Sunday shopping. Ex-County Clerk J. B. Young visits Pilotburg, and the W. R.Met officers are elected. The Opera House Orchestra will provide music for next Tuesday masquerade at Armory Hall.
The seat case for Stetson's famous Tom's Cabin Co. opens Monday at Curris Pharmacy with prices listed for Children Gallery Balcony Parquet Circle. Note OCR text is garbled in parts.
In Washington on December 7 testimony established blood on Mrs. Bonine's wrapper worn the night of the homicide and that the pistol was held very close to the person shot, a point argued by the defendant's counsel.
Alexandria Indiana December 7 Walter Freestone 21 and Carl Welsh 22 were crushed when a twenty two foot long log rolled over and trapped them beneath a log cabin ruins north of the city. Both men died likely from the accident.
Douglas confirms former AG Childs ruling to State Superintendent Olson that state constitution prohibits using the Lord's Prayer in public schools.
Sixty five people were poisoned at a wedding feast at John Mulky's home in East Point near Prairie du Sac Wisconsin. It is claimed the coffee contained poison.
An advertisement touts Smith's Sure Kidney Cure as a guaranteed remedy with a money back refund if a single bottle does not satisfy the user. The copy notes the druggist will refund the purchase price when customers are not satisfied.
A Toowoomba Gazette reader reports a severe two month cough improved by Chamberlains Cough Remedy. The testimonial says the remedy offers a cure and recommends others try it. Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook Sherman sell the remedy.
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