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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1902
Page
3
Public notice from Washington Iowa detailing subscription terms and rates per week month three months and year with advance payment. It notes the post office filing as second class matter and lists contact at East Main Street with a 10 o'clock deadline for advertisement copy to ensure same day change.
Store advertises large selection of diaries and Calenders with Peloubet's Notes at low prices. Nearby shoppers seek the closest prices and best deals on calendars and religious study aids.
Fair tonight and Tuesday with warmer temperatures in the east and central portions. The forecast area covers Iowa for today and tomorrow.
Long list of residents and visitors traveling to and from Rose Hill Monmouth Davenport Davenport and Des Moines. Opera company Beggar Prince transfers to Fairfield. Street chatter covers funerals visits and social calls across Sigourney Keota Davenport Ottumwa and miles beyond.
Examiner of Real Estate Titles and Farm Loans advertises a new office opposite the court house in Washington Iowa. Includes contact phone 51.
A printed financial and statistical book was distributed to congregation members. The report covers receipts and expenditures totaling 7065 dollars 27 cents for the year and lists baptisms marriages deaths first communions teachers and town children of school age among other church statistics.
Graham patrons invited to join advance subscription for Chas Frohman’s David Harum at Frohman Empire Theatre New York touring Omaha Des Moines Cedar Rapids Davenport Burlington and other cities If 200 subscriptions are reached this week orders ship to New York and performances occur in February Call Carris Pharmacy to reserve tickets Wanken Moon Mer Graham
At a camp west of the city a steam shovel’s dummy engine tipped over but no one was seriously hurt. The engine was righted and returned to the track. the engineer suffered a slight injury.
Mrs Norton and her pupils with the First Presbyterian church choir will stage a grand concert in Graham next Friday evening January 17. Ticket sales begin at Carris Pharmacy next Tuesday and continue after.
A local notice promises satisfaction by Neiswanger on purchases and invites new customers to join the list while asserting trust in the seller. The message emphasizes righting any issue and seeks to grow the customer base through goodwill and business appreciation.
The thirty sixth annual convention of the Bricklayers' and Masons' International Union opened today in Pittsburg. Separately, burglars stole 6000 dollars in jewels from Mrs Everhard Fuller in New York. John Koellner the New Rochelle NY receiver of taxes is in custody after confessing a seven thousand dollar shortage. Henry Payne the Milwaukee new postmaster general passed through Chicago on his way to assume duties. Chicago teachers begin a new tax fight and threaten to block traction franchise extensions if dues remain unpaid.
In a will reading of a distant relative, an elderly man learns a field is left to him. The clause that follows bequeaths the old gray mare in that field to a man he dislikes. He interrupts the ceremony and quips that the mare is eating his grass, prompting smiles from all.
The Kaiser plans to send the Hohenzollern to New York for a christening ceremony with Miss Roosevelt performing the rites. Prince Henry of Prussia will represent the Kaiser, signaling strong U S ties. Roosevelt responds with a warm welcome and best wishes for Germany.
Chicago announces a new book titled Schley and Santiago by war correspondent George F. E. Graham who was aboard the Brooklyn at Santiago. The work reportedly has Rear Admiral Schley's full endorsement and includes illustrations. In Savannah, Schley held a levee at city hall with Mrs. Schley and General and Mrs. Gordon, drawing about four thousand attendees.
In Ottumwa Junction Iowa thirteen families are under arrest for wholesale coal theft from the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul chutes. About thirty tons a day were stolen with wagons and horses bought to haul it. Five boys under 15 confessed and named others implicated. In Bloomington Illinois J W Hunter filed for bankruptcy with liabilities of 25000 and assets of 15000 as receiver expected to close the business.
Mrs. DD B Stamp, aged 108, marked her birthday Saturday at her Finchville area home. She remains alert and active, often spinning, with relatives noting her continued vitality despite her long life in Middletown New York.
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