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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1902
Page
3
The clip notes a claims of Rocky Mountain Tea warming the soul and rejuvenating the young, with a catalog of local social updates. It mentions visits by J Hi Stewart and Mrs T W Trimble returning to Moline, L D Higgins planning a January return for emigration work, and Rev F W Hinitt with family visiting Fairfield and Rev H R Stark.
Advertisers must submit copy by 10 oclock in the morning to insure same day changes. The note references options for weekly monthly quarterly and yearly payments and a LOCALS OBATO PAR line with a tree advertises.
Jay Porter returned to Iowa City Saturday night. Miss Laura Doolittle left Sunday for Saginaw Mich to teach. Miss Margaret Doolittle left to resume study in Rock Rapids. Miss Franc Bailey returned to Winfield after visiting home. Nina Reeves returned from Verdi after vacation with her uncle. Violet Flower returned to Fairfield after visiting Miss Rose MacGugin. Jas Brockway goes to Ames for stock judging. Will Harwood and Will Kerr return to Burlington for business college. Health tonic Rocky Mountain Tea 35c. Mr and Mrs Joe Wright hosted friends in Jackson township. Bethel Presbyterian church notes include prayer meetings and services. Little Walter Stark fell ill during services but improved after treatment. cause heart failure from indigestion.
The 1902 city council met with all members present and approved a single bid for asphalt paving after extensive discussion. The north side of the square and East Main to H M Kicher residence will be paved, with 9300 square yards, finishing by fall. The street department planned sewer work, library finances were reviewed, and the meeting adjourned to discuss the light plant.
A gathering at Miss Edna Grooms’s home on South Adella Street honored Miss Gilathbrey Loehr of Washington visiting South Ottumwa. From 2 to 5 pm guests enjoyed games and music with dainty refreshments.
The band rents the opera house for the evening of the 21st to present a special musical treat for the public. A vigorous effort is made to invite the community to attend and bring the family.
Advertisement proclaims the best Washington County beef offering home grown meat and top service to retain patronage. The seller invites customers seeking good meat and dependable service to visit.
A Saturday night incident near the northeast corner of the square involved railroad workers and local youths. Marshal Ragan took seven into custody and investigated the trouble. Three were held. two railroad men were fined 500 and costs. One town youth will stand trial before Squire Folger.
A Pittsburg Press item notes a five year old asks about the next world and heaven. The father explains its beauty but the boy concludes heaven must resemble a ten cent store, causing a humorous exchange about appearance and wonder.
A Chicago Post quote contrasts a caddie's sight with shrewd judgment. An inexperienced boy asks if good eyesight matters, while an veteran notes some members will pay for ignoring misdeeds rather than finding balls. The advice: learn when to see and when not to.
Frank Stronck of Brookville imprisoned for burglary, admitted a sewer at the Indiana reformatory, slid a mile and a half toward the river before exposure to toxic gas, became exhausted, turned back, and was pulled from the manhole barely alive after a perilous hour long crawl.
Reports state General Riera and fellow insurgents boarded the Libertador Sunday night and landed in Venezuela near Valdecoro yesterday morning with arms. The gunboat Zumbador, formerly the Agosto, is said captured. In Kansas Earl Vishner fatally wounds Mrs Mary Wallace in a wagon trip near Slownee after accusing the couple of stealing corn. Vishner fled but was arrested.
Liberty Nebraska January reports cashier T. Smith Diller of the First National Bank of Diller attempted suicide with a knife at his home Sunday. He was badly injured but likely to recover. Diller's child died earlier from accidental poisoning, and he had suffered mental derangement since.
Governor Aycock set Wednesday February 2 for the execution of six white men in a single day, a wholesale hanging without precedent in the state. The decision marks a major judicial action following trials in Raleigh dated January 7.
The outline notes Jim Hall a celebrated boxer in a Cincinnati hospital with consumption Caleb Powers appeals for funds to take his murder case of Kentucky Governor Goebel to the U S Supreme Court King Edward grants Knight Grand Cross to Marquis Ito in Pais While a Madrid paper faces suspension for queen regent attacks New York state treasury balance Dec 31 1901 stands at 6190220 down from 2918831 Emil Grupp 20 kills himself in Chicago before his bride over money Lord and Lady Lennox and Moreton Frewen visit Senator Wolcott from Chicago Mayor Ames of Minneapolis gravely ill with pneumonia
Jan. 7 report states Judge Idé of the Philippine commission is ill with dysentery and has traveled to Japan to recuperate. He is the second commission member to succumb to illness recently.
Washington Jan 7 The comptroller of the currency declares a fifth dividend of 2 percent for the creditors of the National Bank of Illinois at Chicago.
Albany Jan 7. In the lower house a bill was introduced making it a misdemeanor to flirt on a public thoroughfare.
Two boys start life with different advantages one with a book the other with natural hustle. The latter often wins the race in life and at the posts. Twenty five US harbors have heavy artillery mounted for defense against threats to national security.
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