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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1901
Page
3
The state reports smallpox in Hamilton County with Frank Musser as the victim who contracted the disease there, escaped quarantine, returned home and fell ill. The State Board of Health quarantined his house as townspeople fear spread. schools have closed and exposure is high.
Mrs. Robert Squires and son John along with their family thank neighbors and friends for kindness during the recent illness and death of Mr. Robert Squires.
Report notes that hard maple trees in front of residences including Mayor Ross Col Bell and Dr Jenkins have bark peeled. City ordinance imposes severe penalties for this misdemeanor. Citizens urged to refrain and protect shade trees in Washington. An advertisement for Rocky Mountain Tea appears at Stewart's.
Neighbors and friends gathered Friday evening to honor Jack Woolm on his 29th birthday. An oyster supper followed the surprise with attendees including Robert Emry and wife, William Culbertson and wife, James Burnham and wife, Dennis Swick and wife, and Smoke Burnham’s Golden Buck. Rev. J R Logue left for Monmouth, Mrs W F Brinton returned home for a short visit, J A Sherman of West Chester visited the city, and an advertisement for Dr Farris oils appears in our columns.
Dr Newsome of South English sends regrets for Matt Donanhay s birth day anniversary party. J D Dayton of West Chester recently sold twelve carriage and driving horses to Hawkins Oxander of Oskaloosa at a good price. Neighbors enjoyed a Darbyshire home phonograph party hosted by Frank Webb to aid John Darbyshire who remains housebound. Walter Brown and Maud Shaffey announce marriage for midweek with a reception planned at Brown home in Jackson township. F L Hall of Manmouth Illinois arrives on business.
Saturday reports include Chas Work and Dr. Coxe in Keota and Muscatine. Ed Ruedy and Ott Stichter travel for visits while Mrs. Essie Hayes visits Davenport. Cigar claim and local business ads appear with coal for sale and Rocky Mountain Tea offered at Stewarts. A birth is noted near Madison Wisconsin.
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with colder temperatures in the eastern area. Expect lighter winds and no precipitation in the region.
The advance sale signals a fashionable crowd for the solo performance at Graham Opera House. Frank Keenan leads in Sol Smith Russell's comedy with special scenery and a strong supporting cast including Geo. R Sprague Geo. B. Miller John Cumberland Marcus Moriterty Miss Maud Abbott Hanny Barry Sprague Katherine Dooling and Kate Long.
Warren Munzel, 11, son of Mr and Mrs L Munzel, disappeared after leaving Grinnell Iowa with an unknown youth last Tuesday. They traveled east and were last seen together. officials fear abduction as the town laments the missing boy in a wealthy family. In San Francisco the board of supervisors restricts Twentieth Century Athletic Club’s permit unless McCoy is removed as a principal in a planned contest with Sharkey next month.
The Cook and Sherman thermometer read 56 degrees yesterday afternoon and the high since noon today was 37 degrees.
At the home of Mrs. Joe Gray Rev. and Mrs. I B Schreckengast J A Y Ashby and wife Mrs Jane Chilcote Mrs Bradford John G Stewart and wife were entertained Friday. American beauty roses graced the table. The afternoon was spent socially and enjoyably by all.
A promotional notice offers a free pile cure sample with each package and a positive guarantee no cure means no payment. The ad lists a 50 cent price and mentions Stewart's Pharmacy as the seller.
An old time pharmacy ad promotes Weeks Break-up-A-Cold-Tab from Stewart's Pharmacy. The product promises to cure a cold as you sleep and offers a cheerful refund of the purchase price if it fails. Price listed as 26 cents.
In Seventy Six township this morning attorney James Brookhart appeared for the defendant in Wilson v Wilson in Squire Vincent's court with Attorney Jones of Keota for the plaintiff. The dispute concerns about $100 in live stock and household goods. Local items note travel and illness, with social visits and a temperance meeting upcoming at Living Lake church. A Chicago Times-Herald piece features Robin B Organ advocating economy and school reform.
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