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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1900
Page
4
A fire alarm sounded at 10 30 this noon saving Washington from a large blaze. The laundry engine room caught from hot cinders piled in the alley and burned the corugated iron building near the roof. Firemen and a bucket brigage stopped the fire before it spread, preventing heavy losses in windy conditions.
The marriage of William F. Marsden and Nancy E. Mace was celebrated at the M E B parsonage Tuesday evening with Rev. J B Schreckengast performing the ceremony. The couple resides northeast of Ainsworth as friends send congratulations and best wishes.
This afternoon in Justice Foulger's Office Henry S. Read married Maggie McDowell both of this county. The ceremony was performed by the justice in the brides brother and J D Buckley present. The groom a farmer from near Lexington and the bride a daughter of Thomas Meldowell of Wellman plan to settle in Iowa City.
On a wild gusty night Em sits by the fire baking cakes when Waldo reappears after a year and a half. He asks about Lyndall and Gregory while Em tends to work and a newborn baby near Tant’ Sannie’s visit. Waldo recalls his hardship as a transport rider, his struggle with alcohol, and a life ground down by relentless labor. He vows to quit drinking after a moment of crisis by the river and a Bushman’s joke.
Fult McFarland in town on business today returned to his home in Ainsworth. Wanted a girl for general housework inquire at this office. It.
Baron von Holleben Emperor William's representative is welcomed at the University of Chicago with classes dismissed, speeches by Prof. J Lawrence Laughlin, and a banquet afterward. The event underscores friendly German American ties and ends with a reception by Quadrangle club. Des Moines notes Col H H Rood seen as forthcoming Iowa state board of control nominee to replace ex Governor Larrabee.
Chicago announces the Prohibitionist national convention for 1900 will be held June 27. Representation will include four delegates-at-large per state plus seats equal to twice its congressional delegation and an extra delegate per 1000 votes or fraction for Prohibition candidates in 1896. Des Moines reports a bill penalizing train robbery with death or life imprisonment for participants.
Hogs estimated receipts 36,000 with pig prices 3.60 to 4.35 and heavy packing at 4.60 to 4.77. Cattle receipts 14,500 with steers 6.15 to 6.60, cows 2.00 to 4.25, bulls 2.80 to 4.25, and veal calves up to 7.50. Sheep receipts 16,000 with western lambs 5.00 to 6.25 and natives 8.25 to 5.00. East Buffalo reports light cattle and slow hogs with mixed pricing. St. Louis and Milwaukee show firmer to steady grain markets and steady livestock bids amid varied futures.
Yesterday through B. F. Dixon & Co. W. F. Harding of Oregon township sold 80 acres of unimproved land to H. Newell of Wuap ello for 600 dollars. Julius Conger departed for Chicago on a business trip last night.
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