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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1904
Page
3
Washington D C Dec 15 Special to The Evening Journal The following is the weather forecast for Iowa for today and tomorrow Generally fair tonight and Friday warmer tonight and east and central portions Friday.
Local notes show Johnsons bakery busily preparing for Christmas with nut pound cakes and urging early orders. Attendees include Asa Reid Lan Birney in St Louis on business and the Sands Donaldson wedding in Ainsworth. Various residents travel, visit friends, and return from trips to Muscatine Craw fordsvile and beyond.
Lawrence Davis, son of ex Marion police officer Jerry Davis, who disappeared four months ago after being suspended for misconduct, writes a Christmas letter urging his father to return home. The family, including a wife and three children, awaits news with little hope of contact.
The Salisbury Orchestra received enthusiastic welcomes in Milwaukee and Winona as part of a sequence of YMCA entertainments lauded as top attractions. A strong musical blend praised by Hannibal and Waukesha papers as a superb concert with every number a gem. Also notes a 1905 Cardus Weather Chart calendar by Chattanooga Medicine Co highlighting weather forecasts and a promotion offer.
The Keck Floral company advertises a wide selection of Christmas arrangements and gifts including carnations lilies roses hyacinths smilax holly and potted cyclamens primroses azaleas and geraniums. Office and greenhouse are located west of the southwest corner of the square.
Regular conclave of Bethlehem Commandery will meet Friday evening December 16 1904 at 730 o clock. Petitions to be acted upon and officers installed. Full attendance of Sir Knights desired. E T Wicckham.
A light company foreman J. C. Williams fell from a Hoopole in front of Miss Lizzie Hohts home and soon wed. The incident sparked a romance that led to marriage plans at 100 North Eleventh Street after the couple met during a power company assignment in East St. Louis.
Sioux City Iowa recounts a dramatic rescue as Motorman Simon Peter and conductor halted a runaway streetcar after a brake cog failed. They leapt to the front and halted the car mere inches from a moving freight, saving scores of women and children. In New York, a court grants a new trial ruling for Philip Weinseimer amid extortion conviction and sentence questions.
Evansville Indiana sends a certified check for 10000 to a Nashville hotel clerk. The man aided an elderly gentleman who had fallen on the sidewalk, helping him until recovery. The payment is described as a sequel to the incident.
Traverse City reports Frank Webster, a Kingsley carpenter, died of consumption. His widow remains critically ill in the same house, with a small child nearby.
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