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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1906
Page
3
Special to The Evening Journal reports fair tonight and Friday for Iowa with warmer northwest half tonight.
Dr Meyer of Chicago calls in the city and Mrs Nicholson is reported sick. Various locals travel to Ottumwa Letts Eldon Des Moines and Keota. Concerts at the Methodist church with 35c 20c admission. Colored concert at the Methodist church Friday. Auctioneer Chas Brown in Keota. Community notices and business travels listed along with loan offers in Washington Iowa.
John McEwen leaves for Orion Illinois with George Shaw stepping in as day operator. Catherine Stephens and Emma McCall depart southeast of the city for Keota to visit the Finneys. Dr Droz and RK Hamilton return from Galveston. Hendersons relocate to Denver for work with Mary Anderson Beatty joining them. Milt Dicken leads a pigeon and rabbit hunt producing 60 pigeons and nearly 100 rabbits. Will Nicola and family plan Wyoming move near Yellowstone Park with intent to irrigate a government belt.
A collection of humor and quips from newspapers, including a trader’s bull or bear joke, a Texas schooling remark about Texas as the largest state, a poker tale with Four Aces, and a Georgia man’s humorous wife tally.
The Journal will publish Hesper by Hamlin Garland in a few days. It is a western life tale praised for realism and educational value. Readers are urged to make arrangements to read the story.
John Freestone, a delegate to the United Mine Workers convention in Indianapolis, is believed murdered while traveling. He left two weeks ago with a considerable sum of money and has not been heard from. Indianapolis authorities are asked to locate him.
The Boone audience enjoyed The Telephone Girl at the Arie theater with a fair crowd. Edward Wagleton as Hans Nix delivered the standout performance and Eulalie Young impressed as Estelle Coo Coo in a lighthearted musical comedy.
Central reports Saling's Music Store offers a wide list of tunes and titles including Everybody Works, Let Me Kiss Mama Goodbye, A Picnic for Two, The Same Old Crowd, Moonlight, When the Harvest Moon Is Shining on the River, and hundreds more marches two-steps and waltzes. The ad notes customer questions about late pieces and requests for various sheet music selections.
Reports from his bedside indicate Dr Hancher is improving rapidly and may leave the hospital in a few weeks. Friends in Mt Pleasant hope his recovery will be permanent and enable many more years of service to Wesleyan.
At the Eureka school house on Friday night an oyster supper will be held to raise funds for the library. Emma Slays, teacher, extends a cordial invitation to all to attend.
Mrs. Frank Strickland returned yesterday morning to Rubio after a few days with friends in the city. The item notes social visits by Mrs. Willilolmes and Mrs. Grant Rey and advertises Bucklen's Arnica Salve with a Springfield testimonial for cuts burns sores and skin eruptions.
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