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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1904

Page

5

BOOKS STEWART'S. Chas. Porter arrives and travels

Chas Porter arrives from Ainsworth this morning. Mr and Mrs L Bynum travel to Keswick then new home at Marengo. George Lovelett and Mr and Mrs A Robbins head to Harpers for a few days. Dr King s New Life Pills ad promises relief from numerous ailments. 25¢ at Stewart s Drug Store. Wanted boys and girls to earn 15.00 weekly after school. Send name and age to Ford Publishing Co Indianapolis U S A Dept 1687.

L. Bynum Keswick Marengo George Lovelett Dr. King Stewart’s Drug Store Ford Publishing CO Indianapolis U.S. A

Local Notes from Cedar Rapids and Havre Area

Warren Meeker traveled to Cedar Rapids on business and Prof Davies arrived this morning. Mr. and Mrs. G England left for Iown to visit relatives. A hunting party including Jay Adams W W Wolary and Jas Wilson headed to Havre. Wilfred Smith returned home to Havre after a short visit here. The Border couple from Keswick attended the Dexter Bynum wedding then returned home. Miss Gertrude Downs visited Miss Jertie Winders and returned to Brighton. An ad offers $5 for three hours of work from Ford Publishing Co Indianapolis Dept 167.

Prof. Davies sRee G. England Jay Adams W. W. Wolary Jas Wilson Havre J. D. Border Keswick Dexter Bynum Gertrude Downs Jertie Winders Brighton Ford Publishing Co Indianapolis U.S. A

Rand McNally sales job for world map wall chart

Five salesmen wanted to market a reversible Rand McNally map of the U S and world printed in eleven colors on heavy paper and mounted for wall display. Map features Panama Canal and Russo Japanese War battle sites with routes and distances. No experience required. commissions high and territory to be assigned by Rand McNally & Co of Chicago Illinois.

Rand, McNally & Co U.S Panama Canal Chicago

Patent notes list Iowa inventors and assignees with many filings

A compressed patent report lists W Bishop, J W Caster and others from Iowa sites like Charles City Cresco Des Moines and Muscatine. It includes multiple patent numbers and inventors for attachments steam heating domestic devices and machinery plus a Warren Warner claim for tar syrup la grippe cure with local retailer names.

RK. W. Bishop Washington, D. C Iowa J. W Caster Cincinnati S. A. Hartman Charles City W.lt Seevle Cresco W. Reed G. Addie John Collis Des Moines W. I. Collis New York KE. Vance P.S. Baker N. G Baker Muscatine Vance N. G. Baker

Ten Thousand Dollars in Bowling Prizes Set

Milwaukee on December 15. The National Bowling Tournament Co. will run the American bowling congress next Friday and has announced a $10,000 prize fund. Individual prizes total 3500 for 150 players, with a top award of 200, and separate 3000 for two man teams. Gold medals accompany several prize categories, including five for five person teams and two for two person teams.

Milwaukee Wis National Bowling Tournament Co American Bowling Congress Tive-Emen

Lockstep Abandoned in Iowa Penitentiary

Sioux City reports Sheriff C. W. Jackson says the lockstep will never be used again in the Iowa penitentiary after Anamosa warden Hunter abolished it as an experiment there. He asserts the step labels convicts for life and drives them back to crime if they reform.

Sioux City Iowa Penitentiary C. W. Jackson Anamosa Hunter Washimeton Congress Ace Rome New York Washington Depew Frank S. Black Elihug Poe Blaine Olney Merkrinley Chevy Dd Harvison John Paw Fom Rees Root Senate Bailey

Senate hearing on statehood bill debated by Mrs Colby

Washington hearing before the senate committee on territories focused on a statehood bill. Mrs Sara Rewicek Colby editor of the Woman's Tribune in Portland Ore urged removing the word male from Section 2 to allow women to vote for delegates to constitutional conventions of the proposed states.

Washington Bec Senate Committee On Territories Sara Rewicek Colby Woman's Tribune Porthind, Ore Colby

District Zemstvo votes funds to ease grain distress

Kishenev reports district Zemstvo allocating 106000 to buy bread and stock warehouses for sale at cost. plan limits to 260 pounds per person. Meanwhile Boston reelected Alderman James M. Curley from the Seventeenth ward, jailed for conspiracy. An ad notes a magazine job offering 5 dollars daily in Indianapolis. A cold cure ad promotes Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup.

Warner J. H Stewart Kishenev Zemstvo Yematvo Boston Mass Jamey M. Curley Curley United States J. H. Stewart

Vermont Legislature Objects to Canadian Reciprocity

Vermont becomes the first state to protest national reciprocity with Canada. In a unanimous memorial, the Green Mountain Legislature voices opposition to treaty talks, signaling border state sentiment despite slim chances of ratification. Arthur W. Dunn is the byline.

Vermont Green Mountain

Drys Win in Sentencing Case In Sigourney

The temperance community rejoiced when Judge Scott of the district court in Sigourney sentenced J. A. A. Pegee to six months in jail and a fine of 1000 for illegally selling intoxicating liquor in Rick.

Drys Hedrick Scott District Court Sigourney J. A Riok

City Council backs monthly fine plan for blind pig cases

Judge Scott censured council members for their role after temperance advocates opposed the plan. The McKelvey case followed the dispute over enforcing fines on illicit liquor operators.

McKelvey Scott

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