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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
3
Local items report visits by Mrs L L Vernon and others, theatre ads for A Woman in the Case at the Graham, and multiple short notes on residents, shoppers, and weekend plans. Business notices include court January docket and the Building venue.
Dec. 27 Wellman area reports a burglary five miles from Wellman at Bunker Crossing. Henry Pelton and wife were robbed of $30 after gunmen sprang from bushes. Sheriff Teeter not notified. suspects likely fled. The village also faces a taxiof protests against Penn Oil storage tanks as residents seek injunction.
The A O U W degree team hosts a New Year’s Eve ball in Phoenix hall with music by Donovan’s orchestra. County Recorder-elect Cocklin and wife recently moved to the city and stayed at the James Work residence. Private Drew Davidson, retired from Muscatine, arrived to attend the dance and visit friends. A first class cigar costs five cents and Golden Buck is advertised as home made.
The Board of Health of Washington Iowa adopts additional rules for public health and contagion control issued by the State Board of Health since 1808. The resolution was adopted December 4, 1900, with Geo F Ross as President approving and Huan H McCurery as Clerk attest.
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