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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
2
The January term opens January 4 with no criminal cases billed, a unusual precedent noted by Capt J J Teller. Washington county shows 55 probate and 70 law and chancery cases with juries called as usual. Grand Jury to meet at 10 p m on the second day. petit jury on Monday of the second week.
Joe Hall, a famed army scout, is captured by the Cheyenne near Fort Wallace and Lyon as he carries dispatches. He endures torture by gauntlet and knife throws, then escapes on a runaway pony herd, reaching Fort Wallace with fifty pursuers in near pursuit.
Republicans from all sections gather in Indianapolis for the annual love feast. Senator Charles W. Fairbanks voices confidence that Roosevelt will finish the isthmian canal without national dishonor amid his challenges. Senator Beveridge also speaks.
In Chicago on December 31, stationary engineers threaten strikes after demanding wages rise from 28 to 87 cents an hour from 125 big office buildings. They seek 87 percent more pay despite a five year contract. A similar demand may go to hotel owners as well.
The St. Louis city board of engineers revoked Edward 8. Forman’s license as chief engineer of the Transit company horsepower house following a Dec 21 boiler explosion that killed seven workers. The charge cited was neglect of duty.
A Paris newspaper printed three paragraphs in sequence by mistake. The items announced Dr. X as head physician at Hospital de la Charite, orders to extend Montparnasse cemetery, and that the works are being executed with the utmost disputed.
A short humorous composition notes men are married by women, drink and smoke with many pockets yet avoid church, suggests wearing bonnets could change that. It claims men are more logical than women and mocks both as descended from monkeys with women supposedly advancing farther than men.
A humorous vignette from Brooklyn Life depicts a groom asking to enter the smoking car on a honeymoon trip and the bride replying with theatrical longing for separation to heighten the joy of reunion. The exchange parodies marital banter and travel customs.
W C Putnam, 50, cashier at the Lansford bank, shot himself in the head near Minot North Dakota on December 31. Bank affairs are said to be in good condition.
Judge Webster sentences John Tully, a soldier, to hang on February 26 for murdering Thomas Kennedy at Fort Missoula on October 18.
Prospective buyers are invited to join Frisco System excursions to Greer County Oklahoma and other Southwest lands in November and December. Lands offered at one quarter to one tenth the cost of Eastern and Northern lands with favorable acre reductions. For details and rail rates contact R. S. Lemon Secretary Frisco System Immigration Bureau St. Louis Mo.
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