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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1903

Page

16

Christmas City Notes and Local Visitors

Local brief mentions Johnson bakery promos and Christmas candies. Numerous travelers and visitors arrive in Davenport with holiday plans and calls on friends, including Johnson, Foster, Schauber, Sehulty, Kilgore, Holland events at the Methodist church, and family visits across Wellman, Columbus Junction, Davis County, and nearby towns.

W. S. Foster Davenport Johnson Bakery Jas. Wilson Fairfield Mark Schauber Creston Sam Sehulty Riverside D. ©. Kilgore West Chester Mr. Gaston Stewart Hardware Co Letts Clyde Warner Muscatine Homer Nichols Elliott's Business College J. Wesley Holland Hezzie Grifith Ainsworth George West Lindsay Gladys Wellman Birdie Manley Columbus Junction C. H. McCreedy M. G. Campbell John McCleary Crawfordsville Davis County Nina Alice Dennison Brighton Myrtie Smith George Boileau Columbus City Wilson Cleveland Dayton Nichols

Service in Woodman Hall Next Friday at 10:30

Woodman Hall hosts a service next Friday on Christmas day at 10 30 AM. Everyone is invited. Signed 1412 Jacob Simmering Pres Board.

Woodman Hall Jacob Simmering

Various Crime And Deaths Reported Across Cities

Diverse brief notes recount crimes and fatalities including a suspected officer in Cleveland, two bodies found near Denver after a boating incident, a burglary conspiracy conviction in Davenport, a Mont saloon shooting over money owed, a Cincinnati journalist death from pneumonia, and other legal and violent events across Missouri Wisconsin and Indiana. The roundup mentions a Denver fraud trial and a bear attack near McFall Missouri.

Edgar C. Swain Cleveland John Ryan Leonora Zorning Mont Hillson Hienry Hanecke Inquist Cincinnati Pheumonia T Sevadmore John A. Vananaueh William Binswanger Colorado Denver James Torter Slaw Kentucky

Poston Examiners Suspended Over Appraiser Values

Colonel W. W. Castle, examiner in the appraiser's stores at the Poston custom house, has been suspended by Washington orders pending an investigation. He is accused of erring in not assigning high enough values to imports, leading to too small a duty. Integrity of the officer is not questioned.

Poston W. W. Castle Poston Custom House Washington Castle

Desertion Plot Charged Against Norfolk Sailors

Frank Moore Frank Ward Nick Albano Vance Mc Carthy and John Dood sailors housing runners were arrested for enticing Joseph Mullen master at arms of the receiving ship Franklin to desert. They allegedly shipped Mullen on a merchant steamer as part of a navy led plot to aid desertion.

Norfolk Frank Moore Frank Ward Nick Albano Vance McCarthy John Dood Joseph Mullen Franklin Mullen Navy Department

Weather forecast for Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Iowa

The forecast shows increasing cloudiness with rain in Indiana and rising temperatures. Lower Michigan is likely to see rain or snow with variable wind, while Wisconsin and Iowa expect rain or snow with variable to cold winds.

Thinoiland Indiana Lower Michigan Wisconsin Iowa

Market Reports Hogs Cattle Sheep and grain prices posted

Hogs receipts 2200 with sales mostly 4.40 to 4.60 and up to 4.75 in some lots. Cattle receipts 12000 with steers mostly 4.30 to 5.85 and cows 1.25 to 4.50. veal calves 4.00 to 6.75. Sheep receipts 10000 with western lambs 3.40 to 6.00 and natives 2.50 to 4.25. calves steady 7.00 to 7.50. East Buffalo market shows strong hogs and cattle, with lambs 5.60 to 5.90. St Louis grain: wheat mixed near 82c to 93c. corn 43c. oats 26c.

Texas East Buffalo Buffalo N. Y Dee Dunning & Stevens Live Stock Commission St. Louis Chicago Chicago Board of Trade

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