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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1902
Page
3
The Evening Journal lists office at 104 East Main Street Washington Iowa with subscription rates by period and a 10 oclock deadline for ad copy changes. It specifies per week month three months and year long terms and instructs advertisers to submit copy by the morning deadline.
A dense list of residents and visitors appears with long strings of names. Journal notes show travel to Chicago, Keokuk, Ottumwa, Crawfordsville, and Des Moines, along with local shop and business updates. Citizens such as Grover Neiswanger and Hazel Mount are mentioned amid routine movements and social calls.
Johnson's bakery promotes pies at 10c while the Alcove promises a smooth shave. Ralph Schilling rode as a Havre passenger this morning and Silas Wilson arrived from Okaloosa last evening. Roy Langworthy returned to Waterloo yesterday. John Wylie arrived from Des Moines last night. F E Swift left for Galesburg on business. Fort Corbin went to Brighton to finish work. Mr Clark and daughter visited the county seat yesterday. W A Crone departed for Kansas City and western points Monday night. Pearl Elder returned to school in Galesburg Monday evening.
L. E. Latta offers to buy and sell old houses for relocation and provides loans on real estate. He lists services including purchase and sale of securities, promissory notes, town and farm loans, abstracts of title, and legal opinions with ten years of experience. Northwest Cor. Square.
Community vendor urges shoppers to choose quality home grown meats from a trusted local processor. The ad emphasizes fresh cuts and the pride of neighborhood farming.
The Cleveland Leader reports on General Wheeler and Dr Samuel N McClean lectures before the YMCA. It outlines McClean progeny tracing to Scotch Irish roots, says his self loading arms industry is valued at 86 million, and covers his birth in Rehoboth Iowa on January 7 1857 and early education and medical career in Washington Iowa including marriage to Sarah Lamont Getty. Mrs Fitzwilliam visits West Chester after the piece.
Lincoln Neb Jan 8 Developments in the Miles will case involve an estate valued at four to seven million dollars. Samuel Miles seeks an equal share claiming the earlier dispute with his father was settled before death. Attor ney Paul T Gadsden testified he drew the 1807 will and may testify again. The hearing before Judge Thompson will continue for several days.
The Cook County Democracy plans a Charleston visit with about 250 members arriving Feb 19 to tour the exposition and attend events. Leaders include John Powers and Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison with other officials. An attire rule for parade participants calls for Prince Albert coats silk hats white neckties and patent leather shoes with silk umbrellas. Pioneer lumberman Silas Boardman of La Crosse Wis dies at 67 after early lumbering work on the Mississippi.
A bark capsized near Corunna Spain at the river Bezerc mouth causing the drowning of 23 people many of them women. William C Trimble veteran horseman and patriatch of the American trotting task died in Newburgh aged 76.
George Cruikshank drew a grotesque bank restriction note after witnessing hangings for counterfeiting in Newgate. The satirical plate showed Britannia devouring her children and ships to Australia, with a mock signature T. Ket h. Hone published it, drawing crowds and earning over £700 in days.
London Express reports on restrictive etiquette for bank clerks. Clerks face smoking bans, strict dress codes, modest salaries around 38 shillings weekly, and heavy obligations to funds and overtime. Saturday work extends to 4 5 o'clock, with hours continuing after bank closing.
A New York Herald observation notes about 400 000 men who read papers in trains ferries and streets. The piece contrasts newspaper readers with those without papers and describes the ritual of daily news as a devout, silent worship in the metropolitan transit system.
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