Tales of marital strain and social satire from a fragment
A couple's two month marriage unravels after the wife discovers an old scrapbook of poems from his college days. He burns the scrapbook to reassure her while she displays former beaux photographs and invites them to dinner. A Broker joke follows about confused telephone orders. Balfour cites a Dutch peace proposal. NYC tunnel explosion losses total under 150000 dollars.
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St. Louis Mirror
Balfour
Commons
New York
Calling Up Fish The Other Day Several New York
A brief item notes a small event in New York involving people casting lines for fish. Details are sparse but indicate a casual fishing activity reported in a local column.
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New York
Howard Declared Guilty In Goebel Murder Case
The House Ways and Means Committee reports a bill repealing all Spanish war duties except mixed flour after finding Jim Howard guilty of complicity in the Goebel murder. The aid of the warden's wife and desertion of husband and children are noted in the surrounding report.
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Man Payne
Goebel murder case verdict and prison life sentence
In Frankfort Kentucky on January 30 the jury found Jim Howard guilty of complicity in the Goebel murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment. In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on January 30 Edward and John Biddle escaped after overpowering guards at the Kahney murder scene. The warden alleges his wife supplied revolvers and fled with the prisoners.
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Frankfort
Jim Howard
Goebel
Marriage of Misa Harriet Hillhouse and Jacob Strader
Havre dated January 30 reports the marriage at noon yesterday at the bride’s sister home of Misa Harriet Hillhouse and Jacob Strader. Rev Wilson Nicholson officiated before about eighty friends. The bride wore drab with cream lace. the groom in a black suit. Guests were shown to a large repast after the ceremony. Over-town guests included H A Hillhouse of Burlington and Chas Chogemch of Nebraska.
Raspberries Strawberries and Pitted Cherries
Readable fragments mention berries including raspberries strawberries and pitted cherries suggesting a produce listing or fruit assortment. No additional context or events provided to establish a full item.
Coffee Prices Under Cut Bid In Washington Market
The ad proclaims low prices on fine coffees in Washington offering 13c per coffee easier worth 18c and 1ie value for exceptional quality with no exceptions.
Wedding and funeral news from Crawfordaeville area
Jan 30 reports Rev W McCleary returning from Brighton after attending Clark Smith wedding. J F Parrish at W A Anderson funeral. Miss Eather Strand visiting Mr and Mrs Johnson. Mrs John McConacey visiting relatives northwest of town. Glazier Jubilee Singers to perform tonight. Rich Maxwell and daughter Phabe arrived from Washington. KK T Neal of Washington in town.
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Glazier Jubilee Singers
Rich Maxwell
Phabe
Washington
WANTS LOST FOUND. A new house for sale or rent
Classified notice seeks a good home with pleasant location. Apply at the Journal office for details.
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Journal
Washington Iowa Weather And A Separate Civil Case Report
The forecast warns of tonight and Friday light snow flurries with warmer temperatures. Separately, the case John Pavek v Albert Rogers moved through venues from Richmond to Riverside. Pavek claimed pay for digging a deep well and walling it up, while Rogers contended pay only for reaching water. Pavek quit after thirty feet. judgment awarded 11960 with costs 25.20. appeal possible. attorneys Hanley and Brookhart are named.
Crawfordsville hotel sale disclosed in Crawfordsvila Iowa
In Crawfordsville Iowa J B Allen sold the hotel to O L McKinzie near Wayland. Possession to be taken in about two weeks. Also notes on local funerals for W A Anderson and Sophia Guthrie with details on services pallbearers and attendees. Relatives from out of town included Joe Anderson Lon Cochran and P D Wood and Mrs Hi M Nelson of Birmingham.
Night Burglary Fiasco Ends With Misplaced Alarm
A couple terrified by a supposed intruder fires twice at a shadowy figure, only to discover the danger was a mislaid pistol and the late noise was a neighbor. The shot ruins Marian's new forty dollar coat as the building's tenants rally to investigate.
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Marian
New York Tribune
Conscience Fund Traces a Nation’s Restitution Spirit
In 1811 an anonymous New Yorker sent a dollar to the Washington treasury to repent for defrauding the government, founding the conscience fund. By 1861 six thousand dollars arrived after Sumter, and now the fund exceeds three hundred thousand dollars as restitution becomes fashionable amid national emergencies.
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H. B. Armstrong
Ainslee
New York
Treasury Department
Washington
Uncle Sam
Great Britain
Conscience Fund
Sumter
United States
Thanks and sympathy extend to Guthrie family
Neighbors and friends furnish heartfelt thanks for kindness during illness and death of Sophia Guthrie. Eva Stephens ill and out of school this week due to vaccination. Leech rivals from Keota travel Branch. Mrs Knogland returns home after visit with Mrs Neiswanger. Mary Izzies travels to Sulier Iowa to visit ill sister-in-law Mrs Wray.
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Eva Stephens
It Was a Pretty Pistol in the Bachelor Girls Flat
A girl who draws for magazines recalls a costly pistol kept in a shared flat with a teacher and says they no longer keep one after a past winter experience. She mentions a silver mounted pistol and reflects with regret on the days of its presence.
Washington Iowa growth praised in county additions
A reader extols Washington as the best city in the best county in Iowa praising anticipated yearly growth. The note highlights the northeast town area and mentions the Columbian and Highland Park Additions on the east side as focal points.
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Washington
Iowa
Columbian
Highland Park
Senator Hoar Proposes $100 Pension for Total Blindness
Senator Hoar introduces a bill to raise the monthly pension for total blindness to one hundred dollars. Emperor William presents a gift of yachts Meteor and Comet to the government. Over two hundred soldiers die of freezing in northern Japan. Henry Payne sworn in as postmaster general yesterday.
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Hoar
Emperor William
Meteor
Comet
Japan
Henry
Payne
Washington
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Lemmon & Lewis
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Smith Premier
Smith Premier Typewriter CO
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Band and Children
Howard
Washington, D.C
House Committee On Ways and Means
Pittsburg
Edward and
John Biddle
Thos, Kahney
Mount Washington
Warden Soffet
Edward Biddle
Ife
Hillhouse-Shrader
Havre
Benjamin
Harriet Hillhouse
Mr. Jacob
Strader
Wilson Nicholson
William Michell
Bride
Mita
Elizabeth Goodwin and
Mr. Chas. An
Derson
Mr. H. A Hillhouse
Burlington
Chas Chogemch, Nebraska
F. E. Carris
Michigan
Java
Crawfordaeville
W. McCleary
Brighton
Clark ‘Smith
J. F. Parrish
W. A
Eather Strand
Milaca
Mion
Theias Johnson
Mra
John McConacey
Ton
Mr and
EF. M Smith
KK. T. Neal
Weather Forecast
Washington, D. C
The
Evening Journal
Pavek
Rogers
John Pavek Va. al
Bert Rogers
Justice Radda
Richmond
Justice Southwick
Ka'ona
Tce Huntley
Riverside
Pavek Dug
P J. Hanley
James Brookhart
Allen
O. L. McKinzie
Wayland
W. A. Anderson
Crawfordsville
Sophia Guthrie
BE Doud
H Thompson
W. C. Ailee
Rev Manson
Em Grove Cemetery
John Sick
Mils Taylor
Clyde Boice
James
Baird
Wary Masson
Maude Crawford
Eden Purvis
Nora Bickford
Jane Yockey
Emma Hayes
Mrs
Oliver Lemon
Oska
Loosa
Washington Street
EF Tough
R. EB Lease
S R
Joe Ander
Mos Mb, LL. Lon Cochran and
P PD Wood
Clearfield, Iowa
Mra Hi M Nelson
Birmingham
S. B
Coulter
D M. Lemon
Richland
Ralph Hamilton
Keota
Muscatine
OUR Conscience Fund
Guthrie
Harry Leech
G. W. Knogland
Nira
Tom Neiswanger
Mary Izzies
Suller
Iawa
J. W. Wray
Sohn
Henry George de Cigar
Columbia Pharmacy
Bowland
Shields
Pur
Win Smouse
the Evening Journal
L. E. Latta
Ishington
Asketel
Senet
Munn & Co
Scientific American
F St
Washington, D
W. E Lawhead
Tama Brock
Owa
Hotel Allen
Frank Rovers
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