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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1902
Page
4
The funeral for Mrs. Mc Juokie will be held from the home tomorrow at two o clock. Rev Howard McJunkin will not attend from Montana due to ill health. The Graham theatre presents Beggar Prince for the Graham tomorrow evening. Seats available at Carris pharmacy.
A petition in equity filed in county court names Joseph Pollard Jr. as plaintiff and L B Latta as defendant. The suit claims fraud over a contract, disinformation about a lease, and alleged copying from Pollard’s abstract books to harm their value, seeking damages of 300000. The contract and Pollard’s affidavit accompany the petition, with listed counsel. A separate sale notice advertises 140 pieces of Red Seal Gingham at 10 cents per yard tomorrow at 8 o’clock, at the New York Store.
The Presbyterian Choir is asked to meet at Mrs. D J Norton’s home tonight at 7 15. Miss Mary McWirey received a telegram from Rev B B Ely of Rockford Illinois reporting the serious illness of Mrs Ely and their child and asking her to go to Rockford at once. Miss McElroy will depart on the first train for Rockford.
FounD black martio moff apply at JOURNAL office for sale two lotsa on North Green St to be sold this week see L D Higgins for sale at a bargain lakeside organ good as new inquire at F B Latehem East Main street 72 2b WANTED a good second hand organ require at the Journal Ulty Hus Line call up phones No 1 Hotel Allen and leave orders promptly attended to on Wrank HKovera
Miss Helen Reid visits Oskaloosa with friends enjoying a day out. Local witnesses report a lively gathering as they tour shops and share refreshments in the town.
Holliday of Indiana introduces a bill to switch pension payments from quarterly to monthly. President Roosevelt is named an honorary member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. The piece then surveys antique mirrors from Greek and Roman times, noting materials from bronze to silver and later metals.
Battle Abbey near Battle Sussex marks William the Conqueror 1066 victory. The abbey passed through Dornier lineages to Sir Augustus Webster and the Montague family, then to Duke of Cleveland and Captain Forester. A Duchess of Cleveland anecdote at an American host and a monk’s malediction frame a saga of fires drownings and vanished heirs.
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