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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1901
Page
2
A Washington County update notes Robinson and Wilson install cam boards at the central office to improve line reliability. New four hundred attachments arrive while three hundreds are used, reducing dropped lines and missed numbers. Local reports also cover births licenses and social notices.
A thirteen year feud over naming their baby ends as Simon and his wife attend a Zion Center revival near Keota. The preacher’s emphasis on love and peace moves them to reconciliation, restoring harmony after years of silence.
M G Thompson of Ainsworth Washington county suffered a fractured left leg after slipping on ice on Benton street near Dr Huband's home. He was moved to Dr Huband's house and then to Ottumwa hospital. Thompson had driven to the city with produce and his team remained at a livery barn.
Public notice advertising Weeks Break-Up-A-Cold Tablets from Stewart's Pharmacy. Claims the product breaks up a cold during sleep. Includes price 25 cents and note no cure no pay.
Springfield reports a batch of bills: cap streetcar fares at six cents, offer seven for 25 cents, and allow universal transfers. require two skilled operators on elevated trains. permit vendor wares by honorably discharged soldiers without license fees. Senate debates include bakers’ sanitary laws, teen labor limits, and a holiday for Saturday afternoons. Senate funds Pan American exposition with governor appointing a commissioner and secretary. A House resolution cites injustice claims against the state board of equalizations for a $60,000 plant valued at $1,000, proposing a five-representative committee to draft abolition. In Paris underground workers call a general strike. Kruger cured of eye trouble. May sails home from Pretoria. Badger Moore of Sing Sing inherits $125,000.
Charles B. Hanford guards letters from General Sherman and Lawrence Barrett in his safety box, praising his Shakespearean performances from youth. The article notes his current season with the new play Private John Allen, marking his first full-season single-role run.
Two Washington girls observed as ushers handed out circulars for a possible military band visit. The Fadettes performed while the girls checked off numbers on the band program, counting each selection as it was played.
The girls expressed indignation and felt the Fadettes cheated them out of one or two songs, leaving them still upset about the outcome.
The management of this great comedy keeps faith with the public and delivers clean entertaining theater. Side Tracked has had a ten year run and shows promise of ten more with Jule Waiters as the tramp and Louise Llewellyn and a strong company providing hearty laughs and quality production.
Father Nugent, eminent Roman Catholic divine, delivers a lecture next Wednesday evening February 6 at 8 45 p m. The topic is Philosophy of Civilization. Admission 50 cents.
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