Fragmentary catalog note from Russian hair goods shipment
A fragmentary OCR note lists items described as Beavers Otters Cames Hair and Russians. The text indicates direct shipment but lacks full details or context.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1900
Page
2
A fragmentary OCR note lists items described as Beavers Otters Cames Hair and Russians. The text indicates direct shipment but lacks full details or context.
Muscatine Iowa police chase two alleged thieves from Washington who took a coat from a hotel in Washington. The man and woman, described as colored, remain at large but are watched closely for arrest. The owner believes he has identified the culprits, but they disposed of the goods to avoid proof.
The Monmouth College Man dolin, Guitar and Glee Clubs assisted by the Wagner Quartet completed a Christmas Iowa tour with an encores filled performance at Gra h m Opera House last evening. About twenty four members earned praise for their classy show and reception at Miss Mollie Cherry’s Heights home.
Monday evening Hugh Rupp hosted six o clock dinner at his Madison Street home with guests John Steck Ortus Adams Arthur Wilcox Charles Dewey and Stanley Miller. The gathering was described as very enjoyable and they will settle in the city to be near friends.
Mrs Leigh Wallace entertained Monday evening at her home with a chafing dish party. Guests included Henry M. Richer Charles Parkinson Walter Ayres Mrs Owen Wilson Miss Cora Bell Mort Keeley and W A White.
Miss Marion Stewart entertained a number of friends at a taffy pull at her East Main street home Monday evening. Pleasant time was enjoyed by Misses Maud McCulley Antonie Rankin Maud Reeves Dack Montgomery Bessie Young Jane Shearer Else Klein and by Messrs Merle Lytle Willie Harwood Lloyd Neal Everett Shearer Everett Allen Fred Jordan.
The article describes a surprise twenty third wedding anniversary at Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Patterson's Columbia addition home with games and oysters and notes enlistment next Thursday for Co. D. It also covers W C ladies social honoring retiring officers, installation ceremonies led by Mrs. Bashie Burroughs, remarks from G A R and W R C leaders, and hopes for 1900. It closes with inventory on harness stock loss and poultry shipments.
J Hire offers one hundred fine mules for private sale. Prospective buyers may view them at McEwain and Allen's barn in Washington and arrange a purchase by contacting the seller.
Miss Ida Lambert and Fred Long, both of this city, were united in marriage by Rev. Schreckengast at eight o'clock Monday evening at the M E parsonage. The ceremony was attended by a few friends, and the couple are well known young residents.
London reports from Ladysmith and Mafeking describe Boer bombardment and a British defeat with heavy losses. Dispatches note a Mafeking sortie failing to seize a cannon, British casualties, and the long Tom gun under repair. Berlin and German reactions criticize British actions as neutral rights dispute grows.
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