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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1900
Page
3
The notice advertises flour brands Cream of the West Jersey Cream Golden Patent Pride of Wilson and Elwood fencing. It urges buyers to purchase shelf hardware nails screen wire lawn mowers and rubber hose from the seller, plus furniture gas and oil stores and steel ranges at cash-knockdown prices.
Forecast for Iowa calls for showers and thunderstorms tonight and a fair Tuesday. Local notes include visits by Wyman and Brighton residents, shopping at J N Lewis Co and Anderson's Pharmacy, a Cornel Bluffs graduation, announcements of ice cream sales, calling card orders, and several household trips around town.
Advertisers must submit copy by 10:00 a.m. to ensure same day ad changes. The note specifies the cutoff time for processing requests and confirms the requirement for timely submissions.
A sanitary refreshing Soap claim emphasizes use in nurseries. The report notes John Stevenson arriving from Thornburg to visit his parents Conductor Davenport has been on layoff and took his firefly run this morning. Mrs J W Babb and children arrived from Chicago to visit her mother Mrs Holden. Louise Wilson left for Clinton to visit brother Howard. Bessie McCoy left for Williamsburg to visit sister Mrs Sherm Wolf. Attorney P J Hanley leaves for Kansas City for the Democratic convention then plans a trip to Denver and Salt Lake City.
Washington reports revive talk that Assistant Postmaster General Heath will resign and sever ties with government service, possibly around July 10, with Hanna seeking Heath to lead the Republican literary bureau. In baseball, league scores include Chicago 1 over Brooklyn 0, St Louis 4 over New York 3, and Cincinnati 8 over Boston 2, among others.
Samuel I. Stewart of Evanston Illinois a stockholder in the Homestead company publishers of the Iowa homestead has filed a petition in federal court seeking a receiver alleging president James M. Pierce issued stock to himself to gain control and may violate Stewart rights.
Pennsylv ania wins the four mile varsity race on the Hudson with Wisconsin second and Cornell third as Georgetown, Columbia, and Pennsylvan ia contend. In the freshmen two mile race Wisconsin defeats Pennsylvania with a photo finish as Columbia and Cornell trail closely. The Pennsylvan ia and Wisconsin shells remain neck and neck throughout the four miles provoking wild crowd excitement aboard the observation train.
A weekend storm in Indiana left fatalities and extensive damage from Union City to Linton. Lighting struck Miss Gertrude Sipe in Union City and Charles Istell was killed at Knightstown. Dozens of homes, crops, and a church suffered roof and structural damage.
Oshkosh labor movement threatens to wreck the State Federation of Labor as the cigar makers and woodworkers exit. printers to join next. Dissatisfaction cites Social Democracy affiliation and uneven local representation, with Milwaukee seen as overrepresented.
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