This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1906
Page
4
The Washington Club hosted its first annual banquet with nineteen members and forty nine guests under chaperones Mr. and Mrs. A Kt Miller. Caner's orchestra entertained while raffles and progressive games filled the evening at the club rooms above Miss Lewis' millinery.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church will meet Friday afternoon at 2 30 with Mrs Robert Clyde. The Ladies' and Pastor's union will meet at the same place at the same time.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Casper entertained about twenty friends at a New Years dinner yesterday at their home five miles north of the city. Mr and Mrs Joseph Reiner with daughters and the Misses Eather and Jenness Abbey attended from this city.
Local news updates include L W Loftus and wife returning from Davenport after weeks away. Mrs G P Dolan received three cockerels from J Lyman of Winfield bought at a poultry show. Geo N Reubsam plans to move to the Schenefelt farm near Winfield in spring. Ray Kirkpatrick visiting Keota before resuming dentistry studies in Chicago. Also a poisoning scare when a Merry Christmas box of carbolic acid coated bonbons was mailed to Miss Melia Carstenson. she detected the odor and did not eat them.
Mr. and Mrs. Pulaski Maxwell and other couples spent New Years with Ed Mayhew’s family southeast of the city. Tomorrow morning at Richmond Miss Henrietta Schmitt will wed Taller McKree in a ceremony to be performed by Father Albreas.
Augustus G Paine, a member of the appointed committee, denies a report that John A McCall has resigned as president of New York Life Insurance Company. Paine says the report is absolutely untrue and refutes the trustees meeting claim.
From Bloomington January 2 report says a loaded rifle discharged by seven year old Robert Stevens struck his six month old brother in the cradle, killing him almost instantly. Nelson Stevens is the father of the children. The tragedy occurred while children were playing with the weapon.
Fire ravaged Pickering college in Ontario destroying the Quaker institution with losses around 75000 dollars. The incident prompted the National Civic Federation to form a permanent immigration department. In related notes, Bishop Richter met with Pope Pius in a private farewell audience.
Andrew Carnegie presented the Baptist society in Shenandoah Iowa with 1000 dollars to cover half the cost of a new pipe organ for an eighty thousand dollar building dedicated last month. The congregation immediately subscribed the remaining 1000 dollars.
Ex banker and former Gage county treasurer John Bilis of Beatrice Neb collapsed after taking carbolic acid in Lincoln arising from financial troubles. He had resigned his posts and recently faced mounting pressure over affairs.
An 189x newspaper item lists shotgun and rifle rentals at Groendycke’s opposite the opera house, plus a tariff of cheap travel to the Pacific Coast via Iowa Central Ry. from February 15 to April 7. It promotes reduced fare one way to western states, with $15 savings, and mentions Santa Fe route options and agent contacts in Minneapolis. It also advertises homeseeker tickets to Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana with specific 21 day and round trip terms and rates through A. B. Cutts.
Promoters advertise rates and time tables for Florida gulf coast trips and Cuba guided tours with beaut fully illustrated booklets. Contacts request contact with nearest representative and brochures detailing itineraries and fares.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.