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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1902
Page
4
City readers are advised to call the bus line at phone number 1 and contact Hotel Allen to leave orders. The notices indicate Frank Rogers will promptly attend to these requests.
Dr. Orville Ernest Rork of East Washington street dies at 845 am after a long illness linked to stomach and liver troubles. Born in Cattaraugus county New York he lived in Wisconsin Keosauqua Iowa and Iowa City before returning to Washington to practice dentistry. He is survived by his wife Angie Shane and had recently attempted to restart dental work in Chicago. Funeral arrangements not made.
The pastor will preach in the morning and conduct communion at the Presbyterian Church. This concludes the present pastorate with no evening service. The farewell sermon will be at the First U. P. Church in the evening.
M E Church offers Sunday School at 9 30 and sermon at 11 with a topic on obscene laws of mental science and telepathy. Junior League meets in the afternoon at 3 30 and Epworth League at 1 45, with Sunday School again at 9 30.
A U S army private Frank Rakowski, jailed for ten years on Alcatraz after threatening to assassinate President Roosevelt upon release. The event coincides with the Emperor's yacht launch in Astorey Oregon with Prince Will representing the Kaiser.
From Kiel Prussia on January 18 the Imperial yacht Hohenzollen departed at 9 30 for New York with a note on Miss Curran as a diligent music student likely to rise in concert circles Mr Andy Ferguson plans a trip to the Kansas oil region in Wilson county next Tuesday inviting companions at once An excursion rate of 1865 is offered to Fredonia and return The Churches First U P Church appears in the notice section.
Rev H B Stark will preach his farewell sermon at the Church of the Covenanters tonight at 7 pm. Tomorrow morning at 1 o'clock the pastor Rev W Allen will lead services with the subject My Body and I.
WANTS LOST FOUND FOR SALE A lot on West Washington St See Mrs Ella Dodds WANTED Girl for general house work Permanent position Apply at JOURNAL office WANTED A married man to work in brick yard and take a house Steady work the year round See Ein Swift 4t
Morning service by pastor in the morning and 11 oclock service with sermon. B Y P P at 5 45 pm. No evening preaching. Trinity Episcopal led by Rev Joseph DeForest rector. Sunday school at 10 am. Evening prayer and lecture at 7 pm.
L. D. Higgins will leave Tuesday morning for Fo. Scott and Parsons Kai. A round trip rate of $10 is set. Anyone wishing to travel should see him. Dr. O. W. McLaughie of Crawfordsville visited the W. S. Hamilton home yesterday.
The navy department struggles to recruit enough high rank officers. In Baltimore County, taxpayers ban textbooks not crediting Schley for the Santiago victory. Census bureau dismissals begin with several hundred already discharged.
Tom Bagwell, justice of the peace in Altman the highest incorporated town at 12 000 feet, fined a disorderly character 10 and costs. The offender vowed to appeal but the court declared it cannot be appealed and called itself the highest court in the United States.
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