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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1902
Page
4
Miss Laura Bell Davidson and Earl Birney wed at the bride’s parents home on South Iowa Avenue in a small ceremony. Rev. W G Thorn officiated with near relatives present, followed by an elaborate dinner and numerous gifts from friends and out of town guests.
Miss Florence Gear of Upper Sandusky Ohio arrived in the city for the winter with Rev and Mrs Lilley. The group included Mrs Lilley Janeice a daughter of Hon W Gear Ohio Legislature and Pearl Gardner assisting at Jo Albert William shoe store.
Misses Lora and Flossie Bowman hosted a New Year’s gathering for about fifteen friends with music contests flashlight photography and refreshments. The arcadia temple meeting and Women’s Relief Corps installation are scheduled with officers to attend and annual business to finish.
Mrs William Martin, an elderly Detroit widow at 463 East Fort Street, receives a Christmas surprise with the return of her son Edward, 40, whom she believed dead since he was 13. Edward wandered the country, enlisted in the Spanish American War, and was later living with Company D, Fourteenth Infantry, at Fort Wayne. A reunion follows after his name appears in papers.
J A Walker and daughter Jennie visited Chicago fat stock show then toured Ohio Virginia and Pennsylvania. They viewed the Monongahela bridge near Pittsburg costing 1.5 million and a second bridge over the Ohio at Mingo costing 1 million. Wabash R R Co built both.
Brief notes indicate a crowded scene with enthusiastic fans reacting to an event. No clear names or locations are readable in the fragment.
Officials from Joliet and Chester prisons report costs and contracts to Governor and labor representatives. Convict work funds about 12,000 monthly with 7,500 state aid and a remaining deficit. Legislature will be asked for relief and higher funding, plus road work for convicts, with no new contracts until assembly convenes.
At the Pan American conference in Mexico City the Leger of Haiti amendment inviting European governments to join the codification effort was voted down unanimously. Leger alone supported European involvement, arguing Europe’s experience should be utilized while the rest opposed it.
The piece argues for equal sympathy for the deaf and blind and urges careful attention to hearing loss. It notes many people underestimate treatable ear disorders and worry that minor issues could become permanent, stressing public misconceptions about audiology and autism work.
Housewives are advised a carpet cleaning method from The Druggists Circular. Create a suds with white soap and hot water, add fuller's earth to a thin cream consistency, then scrub small carpet pieces with a brush dipped in the mixture. Rinse with a sponge and cold water, dry with a sponge and dry cloths.
It is learned from reliable sources that a treaty between the United States and Denmark for the sale of the Danish West Indies will be signed despite local agitation. The Danish government has promised the action, and plebiscite issues will not delay the deal.
The Anglo French modus vivendi on Newfoundland's French shore lobster issue has expired. It is unclear what course will be taken next as Newfoundland shows no desire to renew unless imperial needs demand it.
Abbreviated telegraph notes say the military store of Helen Planque in Goshen Indiana was robbed Sunday night of nearly the entire clerical stock. Jules Cambon French ambassador to the United States is at his post after a visit to France. Frank Rause alias Mrs Saunders held for mail order frauds is jailed to await examination. Observers note the prisoner’s gender may be a man.
Benton Harbor Michigan Jan 1 Roman I Jarvis who left shoemaking for politics and spent his fortune has resumed a cobbler's bench. He once ran three times for Congress as a Democrat and was defeated. He served as postmaster under Cleveland and supported Bryan before being ousted. He was a noted silver advocate in the region.
Cyril Monroe of Menominee Wisconsin lent $35 to a man claiming to help a friend. The con man gave a $500 check as security, promised to return with cashing help, then vanished. Monroe alerted Harrison Street Police and learned the check was counterfeit, exposing a bunco plan.
John Daly, a prominent Grand Rapids lumberman, died at his home after a Sunday runaway accident. Daly, a 36 year veteran, was a member of the Grand Rapids Lumber Company and held stock in several Wisconsin river valley paper and pulp mills.
General Frank Armstrong acting for the war department at Fort Sill plans the release of Chief Geronimo and 298 Arizona Apache Indians held as prisoners of war. Captured by General Lawton after a 3,000 mile campaign, they will be allotted land by the government.
Ruth Rhodes, six, daughter of John W. Rhodes, West Superior, Wisconsin, was accidentally shot in the head by her older brother while playing with an air rifle Monday. She died en route to the hospital.
Wanted a good second hand or van. Seeks farm listing near Crewfo i for 130 acres in clover timothy with 5 room house barn stock water and orchard. Targeting a suitable property with deep well and 60 rode to boost two miles from Crewfo i of tire SF Migs aaa.
Ogdensburg New York January 1 Almon Streeter of Rensselaer Falls has died aged 107 making him one of the state’s oldest men reported today in a brief obituary.
Most of the $50,000 in jewels stolen from Paul G Thébaud of New York have been retaken. Paris authorities report progress as investigators pursue remaining pieces.
Washington dispatch notes Iowa’s rise in federal power with William B. Allison and David B. Henderson steering and speaking in Congress. It cites other Iowans in cabinet posts, mint director George E. Roberts, and Spanish-claims commissioner Chandler, as irrigation plans and second class mail reforms unfold.
A life size portrait of Z G Simmons, painted by Robert F Jaeger, was unveiled at the Grant hotel in Kenosha. The work honors Simmons for his numerous free gifts to the city and will hang in the Gilbert M Simmons memorial library. The unveiling drew large crowds and the portrait will be installed in January.
Michigan Central files articles with the secretary of state to relinquish its special charter and reincorporate under the general railroad law. The capital is listed at 18,788,000 dollars. The company plans legal action to recover damages from the state for losing the charter.
Chippewa Falls Wisconsin reports Chas Hockenbreck, son of Mr and Mrs John Hockenbrock, back home after a decade away. He vanished a decade ago, enlisted in California three years ago, and served in the Philippines. The reunion occurred at a supper table moment.
Final details are arranged for the United States Rico Mines company with a capital of 3,600,000 dollars. It will absorb the Enterprise Rico Aspen and other principal mines mills and smelters in the Rico Colorado district.
Des Moines reports Frank Sherman son of Major Hoyt Sherman and nephew of General Tecumseh and John Sherman was found unconscious and paralyzed on his wife’s grave on Monday.
Riley Mc Laughlin a veteran trapper and guide in Cody Wyoming met instant death when he fell from a 300 foot precipice while hunting in the Big Horn country.
Washington January 1 Admiral Schley departs for Baltimore to visit his sister and end a long deferred trip. New York January 1 Emmeline Dale dies after ingesting strychnine given by her mother. The body is sent to Chicago for burial per agreement between fathers and mothers counsel.
Governor Baine's private secretary states a pardon for Joseph Bartley has been granted. The report comes from Dinboln Nebraska dated January 1, with details on the executive clemency decision.
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