Washington Iowa Post Office Notice
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Washington, Iowa
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1903
Page
4
Weather forecast for Iowa today and tomorrow
The forecast for Iowa expects possibly light snow flurries tonight with colder southwest portions. Wednesday will be partly cloudy. Washington, D. C., December 8.
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Washington, D. C
the Evening Journal
Iowa
Local society notes and small town visits
Local items list visitors from Havre and Riverside and other towns, a low health report, and upcoming events. A new Crown Cafe is nearing opening, basketball games have time adjustments, and urban trips include cemetery visitations and a honey harvest from a farm.
A Heroic Part
A plain man recalls loving Jessie Lewis who leaves him for Maynard Read. A staged plan with detective Merrill backfires revealing Read’s theft of 80,000 in bonds. Jessie praises the narrator for saving her from a villain, restoring her engagement to Read’s capture.
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Jessie Lewis
Maynard Read
Jessie
Read
Joasie
Maynard
Leslie Merrill
Lewis House
Merrill
Bradwell Jones
Mr. Merrill
Mr. Bigly
Billy
John Turner Wyeth
Parrish Savings Bank Store Holds Christmas Opening
The Parrish Savings Bank store held its regular annual Christmas Opening on Saturday with a day and evening crowd. The shop glowed with thousands of candies, candle light, and attractive decorations as Mr. Parrish and assistants welcomed visitors.
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Parrish Savings Bank
Debs Address Sparks Socialist Rally at Chicago Coliseum
Five thousand people gathered in Chicago to hear Eugene V. Debs speak at a Socialist demonstration. The report notes a rapid marriage of Vernie Alderman to Bessie Lower, a fatal brawl by cowhand Dennis Walker near Ellsworth Nebraska, and fires at Powers-Miller in Newark with large losses.
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Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
Vernie
Alderman
Bessie Lower
Menier
IML
Peoria
Dennis Walker
Spade Ranch
Ellsworth
Neb
Cummins
Walker
Auburn
Arthur Herz
Prairie Avenue
Powers-Miller Company
Newark
University as a costly campus and tobacco education
A Life magazine reflection redefines a university as costly: buildings at 15 million dollars, apparatus at 10 million, and faculty salaries totaling 5 million, while admitting students of any faith who can pay to learn use of tobacco and slang.
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John Henry Newman
Worthlessness of Theories Parody in Town and Country
In a humorous exchange Mrs. Catterson jokes she has too many children to form theories about education, while Mrs. Hatterson questions the need for theories. The line satirizes reliance on theories over practical parenting insights.
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Mrs. Hatterson
Mrs. Catterson
Less Expensive Elopement Debate Cited in Plain Dealer
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt notes a couple choosing elopement over parental opposition. The dialogue shows the suitor preferring to face the father, while the response indicates the father would favor eloping.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hook & Ladder Co. Elect Officers in Annual Vote
Hook & Ladder Company held its annual election with Fred Shoemaker as Foreman Joe Lohberger as Assistant Foreman Jas Warner as Secretary and Jake Minick as Treasurer in last night’s tally
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Hook & Ladder Co
The
Fred Shoemaker
Joe Lohberger
Jas Warner
Jake Minick
Ladies Gym Class Planned At The Club
Last evening the gentlemen gym class organized at the Club was a success. A similar class for ladies will run tomorrow evening from five to six at the gym, with notices urging participation in gymnastics. Special land buyers excursions to Greer County Oklahoma and other Southwest lands offered via the Frisco System in November and December.
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Greer County
Oklahoma
Great Southwest
Frisco
Lemon
Frisco System Immigration Bureau
St. Louis, Mo
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