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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1902
Page
3
Advertisers are instructed to have their copy in by 10 o clock in the morning to insure changes take effect the same day. The notice emphasizes timely submission to avoid delays and outlines the deadline for ad alterations.
Short note places an office one first door west of the Opera House, indicating location for services or notices.
A compact advertisement touts Stewart's Pharmacy offering largest line at least expense with diaries calendars and Peloubet's Notes highlighted as key items for shoppers seeking value and selection.
Local brief items note Sweet Rolls at Johnson's tomorrow and various society mentions. The Lyman Twins in A Merry Chase and routine visits, shopping advisories, and small notices populate the page with community chatter.
Local items report numerous residents traveling to Chicago Muscatine Davenport and St Joseph as well as visits to the city. Teachers receive six bound Bird Magazine volumes as a gift and Dr Hay reports Mrs McKelvey improving after surgery with good pulse temperature and nourishment.
Local rattling of events includes cake sales at Johnson's and a visit from A Merry Commie Messenger from Des Moines. Dr. Norton returns from Billings to finish year’s work. Miss your supper but don’t miss A Merry Chase. Grace Crooks arrives in Crawfordville by Narrow Gauge. John Wannamaker touts newspapers as town builders while praising enterprising communities.
Miss Mary Krauss, held in quarantine at a North Second Avenue residence near the Luminating Company works, has fully recovered from diphtheria. The home was disinfected and she will resume duties at the Civic Hotel.
Five year old Myra Lewis, daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam Lewis in West Chester, is dangerously ill with diphtheria.
Louis Kellihan, a 22 year old prisoner at Stillwater State Prison, died a raving maniac. He had been sentenced to hang for the Heron Lake bank murder during a 1807 robbery attempt. his brother led the raid and was killed. The sentence was commuted to life due to a brain tumor and weak-mindedness.
Chicago January 31 The Narrison street police ambulance rushed a dying woman Mrs Jennie Williams 3150 Armour avenue to the county hospital as she whispered a plea for haste. A physician after arrival said she had been dead five minutes or more.
A brief line notes that claiming others talk too much also places the speaker under the same judgment, using a dated newspaper voice and a general social observation. The item focuses on self-reflection about discourse and restraint.
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