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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1902
Page
3
A long list of short items describes ordinary town life including visits and travels of residents such as Clyde Carson in Minneapolis Frank Stewart in Fairfield Eugene Schneider Verdi and many others. Community notices announce lost and found items housework help and upcoming social events at churches and clubs with names like Miss Sabella Stephenson Elizabeth Yansky and Col D J Palmer.
Short notes document residents of Macomb Ainsworth and surrounding areas returning home from visits in Iowa Illinois and Missouri. Several locals depart for Creston Crawfordsville Chicago and Milwaukee while others assist at businesses visit relatives or recover from illness. A dramatic train boiler explosion near Pottstown Pa left Harvey Miller uninjured after being thrown 300 feet and signaling an incoming train.
Charles Latchem returned from a West Chester visit this morning. Mrs H M Eicher and children visited the Eicher home in Wayland. Mr and Mrs R L Emry spent Sunday at the Trav Emry home in Brighton. H M Bicher left Saturday for Washington DC on legal business. Ed Bieher arrived in Wayland and stays at the H M Bieher home. Little Jeanette Beamer, daughter of Mr and Mrs J T Beamer of East Second street, is quite ill.
Stetson's Big Double Uncle Tom's Cabin Company offers two Graham shows next Wednesday Dec 31. A matinee for ladies and children at 2 pm with reduced admission for children. Evening performance at 8 15 pm with ticket tiers 15e 20e 30e and 50e. Reserved seats at Carris drug store. City Bus Line contact Frank Rogers for orders.
Homeseekers and Excursion offer tickets on sale the first and third Tuesdays each month with a single fare plus two dollars for the round trip. Includes cheap round trips to winter tourist points, and special rates for associations and meetings. News notes mention routes to Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, the Pacific coast via the Scenic Route, and colonist tickets. EBG Fox Morrell Law in Burlington Iowa is cited as contacts.
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