20 Jan 1898
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1898
Page
1
The Agnes Villa company staged at the Grand last night to one of the season’s best crowds. The performance offered admirable acting with strong emotion and bright clean comedy, entertaining the audience. Booker T. Washington will lecture at Graham Saturday evening under Academy societies. Seats go on sale Sunday at 9 a.m. Walter's Cassandra Cigars at Neiswangers’.
The Munro-Burham trial proceeds with morning speeches by Henderson and Brookhart and afternoon closings by Kicher and Batley. Judge Dewey adjourns to funeral of Daniel Kicher. Gas Co case may start next week and two indictments await spring term.
Obituaries and personal notices reflect Iowa era life from 19th century figures. Items mention Adam Page’s death and sympathy notes, personal disputes, marriages, elopements, court cases, weather forecasts, and local social events including a Hook and Ladder social with Mayor Hoss in Washington.
Grand master Wm. Wilson Jr. led the Nank-Eyesays audience as evidence showed A. O. U. W. offers great benefits at minimal cost. Booker T. Washington is announced for Graham on Saturday the 22nd with local applications, and ads promote Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills as remedies.
A family reunion took place on the Heights today drawing relatives from nearby towns. Attendees shared memories, photos, and a potluck meal while enjoying the afternoon together.
Social notes report a wedding at Waterloo and a large family reunion at the Heights. Mrs Martha Long hosted twenty relatives including Mr John Long and children of Brighton and Mrs Hardesty of Walnut, Iowa, with a pleasant afternoon for the good mother and grandmother.
At Waterloo Iowa on January 4 the marriage joined L Gilbert Adams formerly of this city and Miss Ursula Hays a resident of Waterloo Adams formerly worked in the harness business here and has many warm friends while the bride was a saleslady at Miller and Daugherty store Iris friends here will join the tour NAL in congratulations.
County Recorder Thomas Allen receives a marriage license request from Mrs. Isabel Turnipseed for herself and Mr. Joseph Adams. The couple, aged 58 and 70, are longtime county residents with grown children and broad approval. Allen secures the license and forwards it to the clerk’s office. An orchestra is formed in the city by J Albert Conaway, with Lester Mintle as first violin and a list of players across strings and wind instruments.
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