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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
3
Local residents report Christmas visits and trips across Iowa and Missouri. Carl Sayles travels to Missouri on business while Verne Ashby and family spend the holiday in Keota. Emma McCulley visits Wintie's friends, and others return from Keota. An optician promotes Rocky Mountain Tea and notes fine optical work.
Dr A S Hays operates parlors in Temple focusing on patient comfort and community health services amid local healthcare access efforts.
Three masked robbers burst into Henry Hakenheitns saloon at Twenty seventh and X streets in South Omaha. He tried to draw a revolver and was shot through the lungs. The assailants rifled the cash register and escaped.
The town enjoyed a holiday season with visits from Hume candy makers at Isenbart's and many locals traveling to Mt. Pleasant St. Louis Springfield and Columbus Junction. Notables include Alma McCutcheon Ida Harter Tim Riley John Shields and Geo Schneider visiting relatives and friends over Christmas.
Local items report fresh mint wafers and homemade candies at Isenhart's with a candy cave window display. Several residents return home for holidays from Burlington Iowa City Crawfordsville and West Chester. A Christmas dance in Muscatine and theater plans for David Harum are noted along with rail fare promotions.
John E B Seay head miller at Noblesville Milling Co was shot to death at 1 a m by buckshot through a mill window. Will Fodrea son of ex Recorder Fodrea is jailed on circumstantial evidence in the case. Seay 27 formerly of Richmond Va had courted Miss Carrie Phillips who rejected Fodrea.
Eau Claire Wisconsin December 24 two boys Sevberth aged 18 and Bonell aged 15 cutting a Christmas tree near Lowe's creek were bound gagged and robbed by a man who then threw them into an abandoned cottage and set it on fire. They escaped and reached home with injuries including a black eye and a broken collarbone.
Pr Thomas N Rogers reports coal mining development in Nome Alaska after two years away. Last winter coal sold for 150 to 200 per ton. Also notes Kerr writing a biography of John Sherman as executor. A man named Robert Meenan is sought for arson in Port Clinton though he is in Racine Wisconsin. Snow falls across Nebraska hindering transit as Des Moines war veteran dies.
Jacksonville Dec 16 Judge Thompson overruled Ferguson s motion for a new trial. Ferguson convicted of poisoning Dr Charles L Barnes at the Central Hospital for the Insane last May was sentenced to twenty years in the Chester penitentiary.
Omaha reports a record cold wave beginning Friday noon with temperatures 10 to 16 degrees below zero in the city and as low as 24 below at some state points. The spell is described as the harshest December cold in twenty years.
Ex Governor John P. Altgeld of Minolta spoke on American Ideals before the Good Government club in University hall, Ann Arbor, drawing a large, receptive audience Saturday night.
Birmingham officials report that Tudore Samuel E. Greene of the criminal court ruled osteopathy is the practice of medicine and that anyone practicing it in Alabama may be compelled to obtain a medical license.
Mira Mayme Walker daughter of L B Walker and relative of Governor LaFollette was seriously hurt in a runaway near Spring Green Wisconsin. Returning from a shopping trip her carriage tipped when the team balked. She suffered a fractured skull and broken shoulder at Hillside Home School.
John McQuaid, prominent Stanton farmer, died in Stillwater hospital from exposure after being found in a snowdrift beside the road near Houston. He had fallen from his wagon during extreme cold.
Flooded with worthless notes from the old State Bank of New Brunswick New Jersey issue of 1864. The bills have been worthless since soon after the war. Businessmen and bankers are duped as the notes resemble Canadian money. Denominations are one and two dollars.
In Lansing on December 24 an attempt to boil out gasoline soaked clothing caused an explosion and fire at Star Laundry. Mrs. Carrie Stocking warned the danger before dropping the goods into the boiler.
The 1901 statistical lake traffic report for Sault Ste. Marie shows 28,408,065 net tons of freight passing through the canals. Of this total, under 8,000,000 tons are credited to the Canadian lock.
In Bay City Michigan on December 19 local sugar and chicory factories paid farmers for November delivery roots. The total payment reached 276000 dollars, bringing the campaign total to 681000 dollars.
Prominent Cleveland attorney C M Voree collapsed and died from heart disease while shopping for holiday gifts. Weather reports note a cold snap extending south to near Tampa with freezing temperatures.
Foley endorses its leading photo trade status for the season and wishes readers a Happy New Year. The note lampoons competitive bragging while pledging continued front ranking and up to date test photos for the least money.
A collection of social tidbits from the area includes entertaining at the Hall home southwest of the city, visits to Davenport by Misses Mc Culley and Adams, and holidays with Mrs. Collies in Clearfield. Also noted are relocations, greetings from Chicago, a dental ad for Rocky Mountain Tea, a wedding anecdote about a girl eloping with another, and reflections on the groom left behind.
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