Grand Jury Pushes Hard Labor Rock Pile Plan in Jail
Washington county Grand Jury urges the Board of Supervisors and city council to instate hard labor for county jail inmates including pounding and breaking rock. They call for improved sanitary conditions and plumbing, with notices served to officials. The report notes humane treatment concerns but recommends labor and overhaul.
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Grand Jury
Board of
Washington County Grand Jury
Washington
Iowa
Washington County
Board of Supervisors
JS Stearer
J.S. Subarer
Doz Kidnap Plot Sparks Clark Street Sensation
A Clark Street rumor centers on a ransom note threatening Henry Lohrer’s cherished dog Ob. The note demands two dollars to be left on the Methodist church steps before Friday night or the dog will be killed. No exposure of the assailants occurred and the dog’s fate remains unknown.
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Clark Street
Henry Lohrer
Mr. Lohrer
Lobrer
Lobrero
Frank Keenan shines in A Poor Relation at Ottumwa
Ottumwa January 19 1901 to Warren Moore a genuine treat is Frank Keenan's performance in A Poor Relation The immense audience was aroused to intense enthusiasm by his wonderful acting Four curtain calls after the second act It is a splendid company and the performance was better than before Frank Jersey Mgr
Fancy Dress Promenade chaperones and charity proceeds
The management invites young ladies to the Fancy Dress Promenade with doorkeeper ID at the door and a grand march at 8 30. Strausser's Davenport orchestra provides music and any surplus goes to charity. Dr I G Finfrock at the Washington House offers thirty days of treatment from 1 000 rate with free consultation and examination.
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Strausser
Davenport
aW&t
I. G. Finfrock
Washington House
Quarantine Placed After Daughters Scarlet Fever Death
The Albaugh family near Ainsworth is under strict quarantine as scarlet fever claims their young daughter. Geo Albaugh’s family awaits guidance while Mark Campbell remains confined at the Albaugh home following the death. Meanwhile Globe Barber Shop on the east square continues three chairs with Huston and White announcing up-to-date services.
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Geo. Albaugh
Ainsworth
Mark Campbell
M. G. Campbell
Albaugh
Mr. Campbell
Globe
Square
Mr. Huston
Des Moines
White
Huston
Iowa
Warre & Huston
Jerry Garrett
Injured worker falls from engine at Buffalo yards
Eli Demarce fell from the No 86 engine Thursday evening and was found unconscious in a switch car. He received medical care in Rock Island and returned home last night. His condition remains serious with a badly bruised head. outcome uncertain. Dixon & Co sold land parcels near Havre and to Cedar Rapids buyers, including 40 acres at 870 per acre and 104 acres east of Havre to Wm Jugenheimer for 7000. The James Tobin 80 near the city also sold to Mrs Fisher.
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Eli Demarce
Mnihe
Buffalo Yards
Rock Island
Dixon & Co
S P Gordon
John Kennedy
Havre
Anna Fisher
Cedar Rapids
Wm. Jugenheimer
James Tobin
City
Fisher
Verdi News Notes Social Rounds Winter Visits
Local brief items list residents traveling to Washington Illinois Oklahoma and Fairfield for visits bailiff duties and family matters. Ethel Dillon and Miss McKain are mentioned along with a Bristow Miller wedding attendee. An advertisement touts Rocky Mountain Tea at Stewart's promising vitality.
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J. R. MecKain
Washington
Matt McKain
Fairfield
Ethel Dillon
C F. Bennett's
Richland
Ed Fox
Keenan Praised Across Cities for Noah Vale Role
The Cincinnati dispatch lauds Frank Keenan's Noah Vale performance as moving and powerful in the second act. Ann Arbor Times and Springfield Register echo peak ovations while Peoria News notes observers mistaking him for Mr Russell. A Poor Relation comes to Graham in Washington Iowa next Monday. seats via Bowland Shields.
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Springfield
Register
Frank Keenan
Noah Vale
Peoria
Ill
Keenan
Russell
Graham
Washington
Iowa
Bowland & Shields
DeLong Heads to Richland to Open New Grocery
Geo DeLong left for Richland to establish J R Greiner’s grocery business next week. He plans a full stock including shelf hardware and general goods and is greeted by friends who wish him success. Beaumont oil surge reported in Houston Post via J C Taylor with a 200 foot oil flow and 20000 barrel daily output.
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Geo. DeLong
Richland
J. R. Greiner
George
J.C. Taylor
Houston
Texas) Post
Beaumont
Roosters Crow Over Eggs and Imitation Tin Ad Sells
An old classified snippet advertises imitation Rocky Mountain Tin from Madison Medicine with a price of 35 cents and notes it is for sale at Stewart's. The fragment resembles a humorous local notice about overextended claims in advertising.
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Stewart’s
Rocky Mountain
O'S
Stewart's
For Sale farm near Havre Washington with stock
FARM FOR SALE thirty acre tract with fair buildings fruit and berries well fenced near school three miles southwest of Havre seven miles southeast of Washington price 1200 terms 300 to 500 trade contact C M Goopwin Washington Iowa Mr REF Moore announces sale Feb 4 sell fifty head cattle twelve horses and a few hogs
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Havre
Washington
Ref. Moore
Wellman
Break Up a Cold Tablets Sold at Stewart's Pharmacy
A brief advertisement notes Weeks Break Up a Cold Tablets reduce a bad cold during sleep. It promises no cure, no pay and lists Stewart's Pharmacy as the seller for 25 cents.
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Stewart’s
Hogs Shipped From Havre and Verdi by Local Firms
N. L. Barckock & Son shipped a car of hogs from Havre on Thursday and another from Verdi yesterday. Rev. T. Maughlin of West Chester arrived this morning from Ainsworth and conducted services at the First U P Church. Miss Kiva Dowling, an Academy student, returned home to Keone to spend Wednesday.
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N. L. Babkcock & Son
Havre
Verdi
T. ©. Maughlin
West Chester
Ainsworth
U. P
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Cambric, &c
Herkimer Percales
Mercer & Chilcote
Opera House
MNO
JOWTY
PE ‘Lally
Rowland & Shields
Tuansday
West Side
Teeter
State of
Foreman
PJ Booth
JoJo Horning
Jef Day
JP Jackson
Geo Hesseltine WA McDonald
District Court of the State of
Towa
Doz
Sisfinsiftittis
W. L. Derby
David Gibson
Meda
Robert G. Blick
Ferrold
Oklahoma
Milton Adair and
Medalil
J.H. Briley
Brighton
the Cincinnati Says
Ann Arbor Times
Athens Theater
Will
Bost
C. M Goopwin
HTM
Duncan Book Store
North Side Square
New York
Nw Jerk Store
Miles
Martha J. Sheffer, Omer, O. T
Singer
Singer Manufacturing CO
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