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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1902
Page
3
Local notes report visits and travel by residents including Nort Corbin, Amos Rankin, Milton Dennison, Ed Maxwell, and others. Menthol candy ad by Isenhart and a medicinal pitch for Rocky Mountain Tea appear amid social calls, hotel mentions, and requests to reclaim a misplaced umbrella. Ainsworth and Crawfordsville figures attend weekend events. a theater show titled A Thoroughbred Tramp is advertised.
Link Hall went to Libertyville and Chas Reeves traveled to Kinross for a sale. W D Taylor is seriously ill. Grace Benn returned from the east. Franc Bailey home from Winfield for Sunday. Mrs Alex Nelson went to West Chester. J O McCartney left for Colwein on travels. L B Patterson to What Cheer, R M Wilson to Burlington, Asa Reid on horse business in Brighton. D A Boyer visited from Dublin. Dave Kilgore and son returned to West Chester. Mrs Sam Cocklin visiting T W Rickey in Crawfordsville. Wilson Dougherty headed to Columbus Junction then Chicago and Wisconsin. James Brockway arrived from Ainsworth. C Lyon went to Rock Island to see his daughter who is recovering. Rev Dr Masson returned from Columbus City after preaching. Mrs Schuyler Livingston to entertain at six. Rev B Jackson returned to Albia. Frank Swift to Milwaukee for brick makers convention. Win Smouse sailing to Chicago then Wisconsin on business. Miss Mary Crozen returning to Aledo. Mrs Horne returning home from Rock Island. Rev Jas Nicola of Vinton to lecture at Pleasant Plain church. James Brookhart visiting Richmond Kalona Riverside for a lawsuit with change of venue. Laura V Moore to graduate Still College of Osteopathy Des Moines. Commencement invitations received for Des Moines event. Sheriff Teeter and Deputy Black escorted insane patient to Mt Pleasant with witnesses for the Herman Jacoby and Cora Miller case. Mrs Stucker writes that her husband has been missing for over two years.
In Washington Indiana at 5 p m Saturday all departments of the B and O Southwestern shops except the round house shut down indefinitely by order of General Superintendent Rawn who said operation could not continue during the strike. He noted the shops are modern brick structures and unlikely to be moved. Strikers oppose concessions. A fire erupted in the mill room at 7 p m but was easily put out. Brazil Indiana reports electric plant engineers quitting in sympathy with street car workers, while non union actions follow.
Engineers were secured and put to work after strike sympathisers cut two poles along the street car line west of town. The trolley wire fell to the ground delaying traffic for hours. Several torpedoes were placed on the track west of the city but caused no damage. A mass union meeting is expected here within days.
Sumner county Sheriff G Shawyer halted a Santa Fe freight on Kansas Southwestern tracks at Caldwell and attached stations to enforce delinquent taxes. The railroad secured an injunction from the probate judge to block seizure, but a $5,000 bond was posted later and the train was released.
Reports state Miss Stone the American missionary and her companion Mie were located near Yapyak in the Turkish frontier area. U S delegates negotiating for release arrived at Banisko and likely paid the ransom yesterday.
William Strother, the man in charge of St. Louis bathrooms where Cooper was found dead, has confessed to the murder. Georgia may name Alex 11 Stephens and Dr. Crawford Lang to represent the state in Washington's Statuary Hall. Carnegie offers Kenton, Ohio a 17500 library gift. General Miles denies any pursuit of presidential honors. Frigid weather and snow stretch from the Rocky Mountains to Chicago.
A Washington Star excerpt recalls a Veteran Reserve corps unit during the Civil War at Fort Stevens. An unnamed temporary commander used dust to simulate heavy reinforcements, convincing Confederates General Early that thousands were arriving to relieve the forts, altering perceptions of the siege.
The piece traces how women gained prominence as diners and servers in dining halls from Elizabethan times to the 17th century. It notes the shift from indi carvers to side table carving, the introduction of forks in 1653, and Holland influence on seating gender order.
Practical home care guidance covers window washing with kerosene and hot water, polishing mirrors in brass frames, cleaning glass with chalk and a soft brush, reviving a fire using lemon or orange peels, and restoring sheen to mahogany surfaces with vinegar and oil. It also suggests scented ribbon care by steeping in heated ale and safe drawer cleaning with tepid water and carbolic acid or thymene.
An excerpt from Smart Set presents a grave question from Miss Thirsty smaith's father asking if Spooner can ensure his daughter's happiness. Spooner replies that he has already asked her to marry him, implying a resolved engagement.
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