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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1903
Page
3
Washington reports for January 27 that Iowa will see rain or snow tonight and Wednesday. The forecast notes unsettled weather with precipitation and cooler temperatures likely to affect statewide conditions.
Local chatter includes business visits by Link Hall and Asa Reid to Crawfordsville and Keota, travelers to Havre Eldon Muscatine Kahoka and Oklahoma, and social notes on Miss Mollie Cherry and Miss Harriett Chilcote. The Twenty Third Century circle meets tonight, and Hugh Teeter advertises deals at his second hand store.
Local residents are mentioned in morning travels and health updates. Max Marbourg rode with Oskaloosa on business, Mrs. Thos Chilcote visits Verdi for her ill brother Sam Anderson, and James H Taylor of Marion is described as quite sick at his East Washington home.
Notice of a large stock sale at Col Palmer's farm located one and a half miles northeast of the public square in Washing ton Iowa, scheduled for 11 a m on Thursday January 29 1903. Conductor shifts noted with Lew Davenport on vacation and Zeph of Eldon taking his place on the Firefly. Other items report travel plans and local visits including Clarence Warner moving to Mason City Oklahoma, Mrs J T Matthews and son Harv ey visiting Avoca Nebraska, Ralph Kirkpatrick attending a Presbyterian conference, Mrs Sadie Lane trading property for Joseph Dawson’s 80 acre farm northwest of the city, and Dr Howard B Hamilton visiting from Ainsworth.
Funeral services for the late Mrs Hannah Stewart were conducted yesterday at 2 50 PM at her West Madison Street residence. Rev Schreckengast and Rev Darbyshire led prayers and remarks. Interment followed at Kim Grove cemetery with pallbearers K R McCall, B F Brown, Wm Fulton, Alf Chiclote, C J Wilson, and J A Young.
Chicago papers on Sunday reported Mrs. Dunlap mother of Tona Dunlap as insane. Dispatches from Aledo contradict the claim saying she was confined to bed briefly after a fall and not mentally afflicted.
Washington residents are told that every woman can enter the opening night free if accompanied by a paid ticket. Tickets available at Garris drug store as advertised.
Miss Kittie Ti Freed, a high school instructor, entertained the class and faculty Saturday night at the WR Beamer home on East Second Street. Pupils performed songs readings and solos then played games. Grace McConnaley won a drawing contest and received a shower bouquet of carnations. Light refreshments were served.
Eminent scientists and chiropodists claim the little toe may disappear by century's end due to foot anatomy evolution. Narrow shoes and coaching focus on the big toe are blamed for diminishing the little toe's role in walking and running.
A Saturday requisition in Des Moines by Governor Cummins asks for 2,200 Krag Jorgenson rifles for the Iowa National Guard. The request moves to Washington for immediate action, with Adjutant General Byers in the capital and promising prompt delivery of arms and accoutrements. A Springfield rifle exchange and ammunition settlement is planned for later. Also an unrelated advertisement promotes Dr King New Life Pills for headaches and headaches cure.
A passerby reflects on sympathy for the deaf Mrs Warren and the social friction between Mrs Hastings and Mea Warren. The exchange turns humorous as Mea insists deafness brings honesty and restraint, while family tensions surface in a quaint, era-tinged note.
R STUART & SON advertise limited time prices on beef pork and veal for Washington residents. Beef steak 8 to 12 cents per pound Fresh pork 10 to 12 cents Veal 8 to 12 cents Smoked ham 10 to 15 cents Best bacon 15 to 20 cents per pound Fresh pork sausage 12 1/2 cents Baltimore oysters bought fresh for the period sale.
A. R. Talbot of Lincoln Nebraska a director in the Modern Woodmen sends circulars declaring his candidacy for head consul to succeed W A Northcott before the head camp meet in Indianapolis this June Also Stewart's Pharmacy Cook Sherman guarantee Chamberlains Cough Remedy refunds after two thirds used claiming it best for la grippe coughs colds croup and whooping cough and prevents pneumonia tendencies
A cryptic account notes eggs of familiar birds like robin snipe and sandpiper remain undiscovered despite extensive searching and remote breeding sites. It also mentions a solitary frigate bird seldom seen near its nest and a Labrador coastal pursuit by an English rat to obtain a robin snipe egg, all highlighting rarity and inaccessibility of these avian mysteries.
Regular meeting of Chapter J K E O society scheduled for Thursday afternoon January 29 moves to the home of Mrs Kate Wilson replacing Mrs Maud Stewart. Please note the change.
The ladies of the W V B U will meet at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs Scott, by order of the Committee.
The red wood Sequoia sempervirens grows from dormant base buds as well as seed. When a tree falls, shoots rise around the stump forming a circular ring. Over time these shoots mature into trees six to twelve feet in diameter, creating successive circles of trees as older trunks decay.
A clerk and porter discuss moving trunks when Mrs Hibawl reports her husband has fallen from a top floor window. The dialogue humor hints Cassidy and Cassidy jokes. sources include Smart Set and Puck.
A reflective note compares catching a cold without effort to its lingering stay if not treated, and its quick disappearance when allowed to pass. The piece uses simple observations to ponder how illness behaves in the body.
Fragmentary text from Atchison Globe suggests a local notice or item about a sign out and amounts involved. Limited readable words make precise event or entities unclear.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable case of catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous system remedy. It lists endorsements from West & Truax Toledo wholesalers Walding Kinnan Marvin and others and notes price of 75 cents per bottle with testimonials available.
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