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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1902
Page
3
A holiday note invites customers to order at Stuart's Meat Market to secure a chicken and a large supply for the season. The message emphasizes festive wishes and shopping for Christmas.
100 sheets of new and popular music usually sold for 50 and 60 cents a copy. Our price for one week is two for 25c. Austin & Maass in Washington Iowa offer a rifle or shotgun as a Christmas present and invite readers to visit O Sol brig opposite the opera house.
T H Chilcote offers a fine line of Edison phonographs selected for the holiday season plus new and popular records. He advertises second hand goods and Cleveland lamps at the Civic Hotel area. Also Johnson's bakery sells bon bon boxes and latest calling cards for Christmas gifts.
Forecast warns of rain or snow tonight into Sunday for eastern and central areas with colder conditions in the west. Central regions should expect lingering chill Sunday as conditions ease northward and eastward.
Advertisements list items for sale and services at Hobson and Gove, Duncan’s, and Cook & Sherman, including silverware, jewelry, organs, and second hand goods. A stream of residents and visitors arrive for holidays, visiting friends, or returning from trips such as Monmouth and Chicago.
The page lists local happenings including visits from Miss Carrie Farnsworth and other residents, sales and gifts at Nicola & Campbell, Isenhart candy promotions, and holiday plans. Also reported are a Sierra Madre discovery, misc travel notes, and a wedding anecdote featuring Raymond Hopper and a Patterson journalist.
A brief note records that today proceedings adjourn for one week. The entry names William Hl. Gra as a participant or official involved in the session.
Judge A R Dewey held court to open probate of the late William H H Graham bequeathing all real estate money and credits to wife Laura Graham appointing her executrix. Hearing set for Saturday December 27 at 1 30 p m with publication notice. Also notes estate actions including administrator authority to sell personal property and final report postings and appraisal appointments.
Rev. W. W. McCleary and wife of Crawfordville visited the city yesterday and placed African skins neckwear and relics on display at the recorder's office. The items will be numbered cataloged and opened for public viewing during their stay. The couple plan to travel Friday and will make their final Washington appearance before a long journey.
A new window has been built in the post office delivery area on the south side. It will be used by carriers delivering mail on their routes during evenings and Sundays to residents on those routes.
The piece notes that in China substitutes can be bribed to face execution for condemned men. It recounts Rock Island train robberies near Davenport with only 14 dollars recovered the first night, then 250000 dollars the next, and 750000 dollars for Denver the following night, suggesting a possible miscalculation by the robbers.
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