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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1900
Page
3
A sprawling list of local travelers, visitors, and returning residents highlights a day in the city with names like Jas Graham, Judge Dewey, Fred Stewart, Mills Taylor, and Mrs Parkinson. The notes capture funeral visits, school plans, medical studies, and travel to Keokuk, Chicago, and West Chester.
A Northwestern line overland limited ran fifty miles without an engineer from Clinton to Bertram and Mechanicsville before the fireman stopped it. Engineer E J Fiske fell from the cab near Mechanicsville and died later in a hospital. Fireman noticed the absence near Bertram and secured the train.
Advertisers must submit ad copy by 10 o'clock in the morning to ensure the change is made the same day. The notice calls for timely submissions to guarantee updated advertisements appear as requested.
Royal Oak Michigan January 5 The majority of Congregational church members support Rev J J Axtell despite circulating rumors that his doors were closed. Axtell preached as usual with lower than normal evening attendance while he and Deputy Sheriff Lawless exchanged sharp words in a post office confrontation but did not fight.
L H Hall of Washington Iowa wed Miss Frances Blum of this city at Mt Vernon on Friday December 29 Rev Stunty of the M E church officiating The bride a trusted compositor in this office and the groom a resident of Eldora for the summer are praised with best wishes for happiness in their new union.
Kokomo Indiana January 5 merchants refuse to bid on county supplies under the new county government reform law. No strike but broad dissatisfaction grows as the infirmary needs provisions and the auditor warns against paying bills bought under the old system. Commissioners face deadlock after rejecting stationery bids and seeking new quotes.
Local residents travel for funerals schools and church services. James Stewart visits the city. Rev H R Stark visits Rev Williams. Dr Stafford aids in funeral services for John Dodds. John Dodds death prompts multiple arrivals including Mrs Sayles and Wm Allen relations. Several locals travel to Burlington Waterloo Keota and Des Moines for work visits and religious services.
The Shiloh battlefield commission reviewed four monument plans and adopted a committee referral to refine Beck of Chicago designs. Bronze tablets 22 by 86 inches to be placed on regimental monuments with inscriptions. Thirty-seven monuments contracted. five more for infantry and five for cavalry regiments.
Mm Buffet and Deroulede left Paris by the Northern Railway at five this morning banished for ten years by the high senate court for conspiring against the republic. M Guerin sentenced to ten years in a fortified place and M Soluces banished for ten years. In Chicago, Lord & Thomas ad agency held its annual banquet at Grand Pacific with twenty five guests including department heads and solicitors.
A Bridgeport dispatch reports the Fifth Ohio sub-district miners favor a 25 cent per ton wage advance and a 12 cent state differential for pick versus machine mining. They condemn Sunday work and call for enforcing the run-of-mine system and the credit hour day.
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