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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1902
Page
2
The article lists fast and abstinence rules for Lent, detailing who must fast, exceptions for the aged and sick, meal allowances, and permitted foods. It notes Ash Wednesday start, dispensation options, and special permissions for workers to eat fresh meat on fast days with restrictions.
Jan 27 Miss Engle returns from a visit to her parents Mr and Mrs Engle. Kate Ruxbaum and Grace Romig resume duties in Washington. Sunday School Missionary Wheelwright visited Grace Hill on business. John Bluxbaum visited Washington. Jan 27 J L Tucker sold two cattle loads and one of home to Bert Pierce of Washington. W R Newton joins a Kansas excursion party in Washington. Ora Farrier of Plainville visits his uncle. Rev R W Taylor visits Washington. Will Beere of Mediapolis visits H Robbins home. Rev Charles McCleary attends Clark Smith wedding in Brighton. Mr and Mrs Milan Shields return to Washington. Miss Margaret Twinam travels to Washington.
Mrs Salina Lemon died last evening after a long illness at her East Washington street home. Funeral services are set for two o clock tomorrow with Rev W G Thorn presiding and interment in Elm Grove cemetery. She was wife mother and community member active in the Degree of Honor and W R C lodges. She was born May 12 1854 in Marion township Iowa and married to Robert D Lemon February 25 1880. Interment follows at Elm Grove.
Mr V Nieman of the Continental Tea and Coffee Co of Chicago will arrive Thursday January 30 to appoint an agent to sell tea coffee spices and baking powder direct to consumers Apply at Hotel Colono Our agents make from 50 to 100 dollars per month Reference required Epworth League Social The Epworth League of the M E church holds an old fashioned spelling social in the Epworth League parlors Friday at 7 30 Admission five cents Light refreshments served Everyone invited
A box supper will be held at Young America School house three miles northwest of Washington on Wednesday evening January 20 for the benefit of the school library. Everyone invited. 91-26 Bessia McCoy, Teacher. Mr and Mrs J P Lewis, married last Wednesday, returned to Fairfield today after visiting Mrs Lewis sister, Mrs Cal Little. Mr Lewis is son of late W J Lewis formerly of the Heights. Kleta arrived this morning from Daventort.
Jan 28 notes report visiting relatives in Washington and Keota. Mr and Mrs J W Danham are guests at George McConnahey’s home. Jesse Marr returns from Chicago. E S Erdice of Keota visits his father A L Erdice. Eva Schontz of Chicago gave a temperance lecture at the U P church. Asher F Pay returns to Clinton Missouri after visiting his sister Lizzie Atheran.
Notices of January and February 1902 Iowa Central homeseekers’ excursion ticket sales to many states, with one fare plus 200 for the round trip and a twenty one day return limit. Also brief items on Miss Grace Kyle and Miss Grace Fr zey, and a Jamaica resident praising Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy warding off pneumonia.
Elmer Walters big scenic comedy A Thoroughbred Tramp comes to Graham next Saturday evening with a strong company of actors clever comedians pleasing specialties and splendid scenic effects. Seats are payable at the Certix Poarmary.
W. E. Williamson of Amherst Virginia says he suffered lumbago for over a year before using Chamberlain's Pain Balm which gave him complete relief after other remedies failed. Sold by Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook and Sherman.
J T Billek of Cone Iowa reports Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Co bought a 100 acre tract at the city for a feed station and a building boom is expected. Muscatine parties are erecting a hotel and tenant houses. Crawfordsville Ithaca mentions a funeral. a theater ad and a testimonial for Chamberlains Cough Remedy are included with local pharmacy ads.
Threatening snow tonight possibly heavy in the east and colder in the west. Thursday will be partly cloudy with brisk high northerly winds. Mrs W O Wallace and three sons departed for Oklahoma City on the Narrow Gauge to take a new home. Fresh ginger snap available at Johnson bakery for ten cents per pound, three pounds for twenty five cents.
The advertisement extols beef pork muttoh and veal with claim of a sweet flavor and juicy substance inviting readers to try the meats for themselves. The broken copy hints at a promotional pitch for a butcher or market.
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