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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1899

Page

4

Bread Wagon to Sell Bakery Goods on North Side

After buying the Model Bakery the regular bread wagon will be replaced by selling bread and continuing homemade candies cakes lunches and meals for customers. Orders are taken for fine cakes and meals.

Heavy Storm on the Lake Dashes Mackinaw City

The Lake Huron winter fleet faced the season’s worst storm as a north gale with fog and heavy snow began at midnight and intensified by noon making straits passage impossible in Mackinaw City. The item notes other local reports including a natural death and various regional updates.

Mackinaw City Mich Dee Lake Huron

Switzerland elects Walther Hauser President yesterday

Reports confirm Walther Hauser was chosen as Switzerland's new president. The move follows a formal election process completed yesterday, signaling a change in leadership for the Swiss government.

Switzerland Walther Hauser Isabella Cripple Creek Colo Carbonado Wash Melvin W. Helms Cumberland Superior Wis Julius Walker Adams Brooklyn Peter Gray Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Chicago Holdom Webster County Kalo Coalville Lehigh and Carbon Nditer Casonie Osser

Furnace folly and a hidden bottle in a dimly lit chase

In a Cleveland Plain Dealer humor piece a host Mr Stiverson guides a guest to the furnace room where he extracts a black bottle and shares a toast. The guest realizes the liquid is spoiled cider vinegar while the hostess notes sounds travel up from the furnace register and laughs trickily.

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Quarantine Placed on Coalfield Iowa Over Smallpox

A general quarantine is ordered on Coalfield a town between Eddyville and Albia after four smallpox cases among colored miners. Iowa Central trains are halted at Coalfield and shipping along the line warned of the quarantine as health officials control the outbreak.

Coalfield Eddyville Albia Lowa J. H. Stewart Washington

Deputies Nab Fisher and Nelson for Muscatine Seining Fish Laws

Deputy Sheriff Foster of Louisa County brought Ken Nelson and Claude Fisher to Columbus for trial on Muscatine fish law violations. Ruby Klotz accompanied the deputy. They were tried before Squire Breneman and fined $50 each.

Columbus Foster Louisa County Ken Nelson Claude Fisher Muscatine Ruby Klotz Squire Breneman

Gas main blast Kills One and Injures Seven in New York

A gas main explosion in New York City leaves Charles ONeill dead and seven others injured. The incident adds to a string of shock events reported from the era.

Tucson Andrew Carnegie New York Virginia Charles O'Neill William Magill Amherst Conn Cotulla Tex Walker William Consuelo Duchess of Marlborough Blenheim

Prominent Muskegon Youth Arrested in Chicago Theft

John Tarrant, son of a Muskegon family, was arrested in Chicago on a brother's complaint for stealing 1500 dollars from his father's strong box in the office. Authorities pursue charges as details unfold.

John ‘Tarrant Muskegon Mich Chicago Joseph ‘Tarrant

Local Real Estate Transfers And Appointments Noted

Camille Morrell Law of Burlington serves as traffic manager for the B N W and oversees city affairs. F J McKay confirms a transfer whereby L L Teas exchanges his southeast Washington residence for G Q W Hains 12 acre Crawfordsville adjoining property. Possession set for March first with Teas planning to relocate as his future home.

Morrell Law Burlington F. J. McKay L. L. Teas Washington

Paris and London News Service Praised by Times-Democrat

The Times-Democrat extols The Chicago Tribune foreign service led by Grace Corneau in Paris and H J Whigham in London. It lauds Chicago journalism as the metropolitan standard and notes the Tribune’s comprehensive home and foreign coverage despite political differences.

New Orleans Times-Democrat Paris London Chicago Tribune New York Foreign Service Grace Corneau H. J. Whigham Star of Journalism Chicago United States the Tribune

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