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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1900
Page
2
The grand jury for the ensuing year and the trial jury for January term were drawn yesterday by Clerk Young Auditor Ingham and Recorder Parker. Also announced is the musical comedy A Bunch of Keys opening tomorrow, the famed Hoyt production.
The Degree of Honor held a social last evening at Mrs. Dr. Long's home. Mrs. Heny Minnick received a degree pin for Receiver duties and Miss Louise Wilson a similar gift for Recorder work. Mr and Mrs. Jas Miller were given a book for their service as financier and recorder. Out of town attendees included Amos Stewart of Algona and Elmer Young of Peoria.
A circulating list invites Graham residents to a December 25 concert by the Boston based Fadetts directed by Mrs Caro line B Nichols described as a rare woman conductor and a premier holiday attraction. The notice links a December 1d meeting of the Woman's Temperance Union at Miss Mary Parker's home for devotional exercises and exhortations on sacred duty and faith to finish the century with renewed effort.
A Chicago diamond house consigns a large stock to the Popular East Side Jewelry Store for one week only. The sale promises greatly reduced prices and the largest diamond selection ever shown in Washington.
The sermon cites Matthew 3 10 and Luke style about the ax at the root of the tree as a metaphor for nations oppression and social ills. It links the fall of Rome to Jewish oppression and slavery to freedom era achievements including Lafayette and Cuba, then condemns temperance as a remaining giant tree. After the service social greetings occur and a store ad follows noting low prices.
Sympathy goes to Oskaloosa sister city as Herald reports a poet unleashed with five quatrains of ebullitions. He sings of no trolley cars by the 25th century, a glad burst of unrestrained happiness. The wild verse signals a hopelessly gone poet in mad abandon.
Get your tickets now for a top show at Graham tomorrow evening featuring the funnier side of life in a lively stage comedy titled A Bunch of Keys. Local crowds are promised a sharp, rapid-fire performance with quick wit and character-based humor.
Timetable notes show departures from Washington to Omaha with several arrival times. Local items mention Harvey & Warfel cigars and Gunther’s candy in boxes and boxes of 25 50 and 100. Other items report visits funerals and medical appointments plus Lieutenant Hobson improving and a Manila voyage for Jobo Springer.
Telegraph notes report S L Sturdivan a passenger in Ainsworth for Pleasant Plain today. The Lyceum Bureau Co. opens with the Quaker Valley Quartet performing Thursday night, a three number program the first in Ainsworth. Clyde Erdice plans to return from Ozark Missouri for the Erdice McFarlane wedding in Keota. Mrs Geo Welch and Mrs F G Sands also travelled to Washington this morning.
The Graham hosts Hoyts production A Bunch of Keys for the morrow evening with a comic performance aimed to provoke laughter among audiences.
The range shoot Saturday matched old and young guards with close scores. The young guards prevailed overall while veterans posted creditable marks. Coffman edged out Wilson at 400 and 500 yards as scores out of fifty were tallied.
The funny musical comedy A Bunch of Keys plays the Graham tomorrow evening. The show offers comic opera style humor with lively tunes and lighthearted scenes.
Stewart's Pharmacy advertises Rectol as a guaranteed pile cure with a free pile pipe in each package and a no cure no pay promise. A 50 cent price is listed with free samples.
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