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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1904
Page
4
Jan 28 says Franklin Center hosts weekly singing. The Grifith family has recovered from mumps and now faces a bout of Dutch measles. Local stockmen continue shipping hogs to Ottumwa.
Charley Atkins returned from Mt. Pleasant after a Sunday visit. Babcock shipped a carload of cattle yesterday. Oscar Harrison will work on the Robert Taylor farm next summer. Mrs. W L Derby is improving while James Stevenson grows weaker.
Mr and Mrs Ollie Dean of Muscatine visit Mrs M Deans parents Henry Boyds. Mrs Will Baland from Stewart Ill arrives to stay with her parents before moving to Washington. The stork brings a son to Mr and Mrs Mall Ebner. Oscar Critz of Riverside visits friends. The local thermomter records 23 below zero.
J B Orris returned from a three months visit with his son in Monmouth. Robert Crissinger left for Keokuk for an operation. Ruth Maxwell spent the day in Washington. Mrs Hl Hull and daughter Nellie returned from a ten days visit in Mason City. Wal Cherryholmes was an arrival.
The text reports Mr. Cherryholmes death and funeral attendees from Washington. W. P. Davidson traveled from Washington. Mr and Mrs James Cook and their baby visited friends in Washington. J W Maxwell and G T Auld attended the funeral. A birth is announced for a son Sabbath to Mr and Mrs A Barnett formerly Edna Hough of this place.
Clara Coulter of Washington arrived to visit her brother R H Coulter and family. McCoy visited Columbus Junction and planned a Burlington business trip. Myrla Moreland left for a visit with John Warnock in Washington. Grandma Pratt remains frail this morning. C H Clarahan was a business visitor in Washington. Lee McCoy headed to Burling for a brief business trip. J M Gahey returned from Cotter after attending a public sale totaling 4400. J H Pearson visited Washington between trains. John Davis of Crawfordsville arrived to help in G M Welch’s shop during Welch’s absence. Mrs Dora Thrasher returned home after assisting Mrs J A Crawford. Harold Looss listed among the sick. Dr A J Laird and daughter Ella were in Washington on business. G M Welch sprained his left wrist while shoeing a horse. the injury is painful and the arm's prognosis uncertain.
It is noted that a person will take time to resume duties due to recovery. Miss Effie MccCreedy visited friends in Washington ID yesterday. A Peterson was a business visitor in Crawfordsville last evening.
The American Culti vator argues high egg prices reflect rising demand and better poultry practices. Poultry farming has grown. modern methods yield larger, healthier flocks. Surplus eggs in spring and summer steady prices, improving year round. The outlook remains profitable for skilled egg producers, with resilience to downturns and potential for expanded operations.
A Bostonian visiting Washington notes cafes offer free bread and water, while New York serves potatoes without price and San Francisco adds shrimp. He jokes that Philadelphia might offer free items and panics about the cost of breathing in the capital, contrasting with Boston where brown bread comes with beans.
The Baron Huddleston recounts trying to sit beside a duke at a hotel table. He bribed the waiter with a sovereign, but the servant betrayed him. The duke had paid the waiter two sovereigns to keep the seat free.
In a Detroit Free Press joke exchange, two comedians riff about a highwayman hold up. The narrator claims his wife had already emptied his pockets, turning the jab on both men and then on the wife, as no money remained.
The passage notes slave physicians in wealthier Roman households, valued at about $300 in later money. After Julius Caesar supported physicians, the art grew. many prominent practitioners were foreigners who gained wealth, with one physician amassing around $500,000 in a few years.
Russia's reply to Japan's latest note could be delivered within days and possibly reach Tokyo by Saturday. If the response is unsatisfactory to Japan, an immediate declaration of war seems unavoidable.
The Chicago drainage board sold 1.875 million dollars of twenty year serial bonds bearing 4 percent interest to Arson, Leneh & Co for par and accrued interest. A portion of the bonds will be issued at once with the rest in sixty days. Bids for a Dearborn street bascule bridge, superstructure by Roemheld & Gallery at 1.558 million was lowest, while Fitz-Simons & Connell offered 60476 for the substructure.
In New York on January 20 James J Jeffries the pugilistic champion halted a runaway in Central Park. He saw a hansom cab with two frightened occupants, sprang from a stopped cab, grabbed a horse's bridle as the team bolted by and was dragged briefly yet uninjured as he steadied the vehicle.
In Cienfugos Cuba on January 20 a fight in the Central cafe between supporters of rival political leaders escalated into a riot. One man was killed and several wounded as disturbances over the registrar elections intensified after a disputed ballot.
Charles W. Clark son of Montana Senator Clark dies after his special train stops for water at Argentine Kansas around 8 am He is informed by relative Mr L Luke that Mrs Clark has died in New York City The report notes the family connection and sudden tragedy in transit.
Right Hon. Lord Frederick Thynne, second son of the Marquis of Bath, has died in London on January 20. The death is reported as confirmed by official sources.
The text advises keeping ample grit available for all fowl from chicks to mature birds. It notes grit should not be mixed into mash for most, except young ducks where sand is used. Grit aids grinding food, acts as teeth, and supports growth when fed with dry grains.
W A Taylor lists promising new fruit varieties including Stayman Wine Sap Randolph Philopena bel le Willett peaches Brittlewood Stoddard plums and Jordan almond in notes on experimental varieties.
A lively bowling contest on Commercial Club alleys pitted married men against single men. The singles won two of three games by 73 points, suggesting marriage not necessary for success. Lineups included J A Cunningham and George Barrett for married men and George Barrett and Will White among single men.
Harley Cherryholmes lost the end of a finger and badly split another after his hand was caught in a saw at the Banana Crate Factory on Wednesday. He is recovering and getting along nicely.
George Auld and J W Maxwell traveled this morning on the C B and Q train bound for Crawfordsville.
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