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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1902
Page
3
Local brief items list oysters at 25 cents a quart from Todd Stuart and house notices. People travel for New Year visits, arrivals from Verdi and Keota, and family gatherings across Dublin Crawfordsville and Iona City. Several residents take part in holidays and local events.
The notice surveys a New Year breakfast party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. James IL Brookhart and various neighbors. It mentions local rides, candy, oysters, shopping, and several residents traveling, visiting relatives, or returning home. The period piece notes community events, travel, and small ads amid hometown society life.
Foley congratulates readers on the season’s lead in the photo trade and wishes a Happy New Year. He pledges to stay at the front with up to date offerings and guarantee the best photos for the least money.
An unreadable fragment promotes local goods: good quality, home grown meats and the finest selections. The notice hints at a seller urging shoppers to choose their offerings.
Northwestern governors and attorneys general held a closed door meeting in Helena to discuss plans opposing the proposed consolidation of the Northern Pacific Great Northern and Burlington railways. Governor Van Sant of Minnesota signaled a forthcoming plan likely to be endorsed, with no statements given until the conference ends.
North Dakota Governor White explains the reason for missing the Helena conference. He says the gathering was miscast as hostility to railroad interests and insists North Dakotans will not surrender regulatory power over rates and will seek remedies if railroads oppress them.
James Mackey of Pontiac Michigan reports a seven horsepower automobile nearly finished at Mackey Engine Works. He claims the vehicle can reach 120 miles per hour with all controls operated by a single lever and expects to have it road-ready tomorrow.
The Des Moines Geographic Exposition ended with the State Teachers' Association session, noted as one of the largest ever held in the United States. The show featured top apparatus and appliances used in teaching scientific geography.
Captain James Parker of Perth Amboy New Jersey said Admiral Schley believes the case is closed and that supporters will ask Congress to vindicate him by retiring him on full pay and reimbursing trial expenses.
Chicago December 31 reports say all victims of the Chicago and Northwestern wreck at Malta on Sunday morning are improving. No new deaths. some injuries are serious but recovery is anticipated.
Two deserters from Fort Sheridan were seized by Bloomington police after seven months on the run. They offered no resistance and said they were glad their escape attempts had ended.
The Ohio legislature convenes next Monday to elect the successor of Senator Foraker. Republicans hold large majorities and the Foraker re election seems settled, but a bitter contest over progress and other senatorial questions is noted.
The notice presents a local sale listing Dr A S Hays related parlors and dining furnishings. It notes a public sale event and mentions items associated with the parlor and dining room.
In Crawfordsville Indiana a dramatic church incident ends without tragedy when 18 year old Miss Branch grapples with Robert Reeves as Larkin Branch draws a revolver. Panic erupts as attendees flee and several are injured while Reeves is fined for the disturbance.
Judge Dissette of the common pleas court rules that the director of charities lacked authority to pardon prisoners from the Cleveland workhouse. The decision holds the legislature cannot confer pardon power on executive officials, challenging the federal plan of municipal government in Ohio and potentially affecting it nationwide.
Court of eight Baptist ministers found A Heath guilty after investigation into charges he improperly secured a divorce in Castile Missouri to marry a Kansas City woman. He was deposed Sunday and expelled from church membership.
Ben O Nich ols of Council Bluffs Iowa died in the Malta Illinois wreck Sunday. He managed the Council Bluffs electric light plant and was a former Indianapolis resident. He was the son of Edwin Nichols of the commission firm A Baker and Co at the Union Stock Yards and was to marry Miss Elizabeth Stuart of Council Bluffs. The body will be brought here for burial.
Albert Kiley a 24 year old motorman was thrown from his car when a wheel flange broke at Terre Haute. The fast moving car left the rail and he died two hours later from internal injuries. He leaves a wife and two children.
In Lexington Kentucky on December 31 workers in the shops of J. B. McCoy struck, demanding a 10 cent per barrel advance due to allegedly poor quality material. McCoy has not granted the demand.
Judge Haven ruled that Topeka Kansas cannot pass an ordinance to search places selling liquor illegally and seize liquors found there without express legislature authorization. The decision emphasizes the need for explicit legal authority for such actions.
James Ad ames the night chief of police and Patrolman Mack Smith were fatally injured while enforcing a midnight closing ordinance at a saloon. Hostility between miners and authorities flared as officers entered the premises and were attacked.
London observers report no list of New Year honors this year and expect future honor lists to be released on the king's birthday and on coronation day.
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