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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1901
Page
3
In Chicago advertisers must submit copy by 10 a m to ensure same day ad changes. Route details include the permanent locating of quotations from Chicago newspapers. The note cites first time Chicago papers mention Milwaukee plans being perfected.
Partly cloudy weather in Lawa with possible local storms and heat in central and east areas. Local notices urge Sunset park lawn social funds for a pavilion. Rail news reports plan to shorten the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line by 35 miles via Muscatine Cone Washington and Rutledge linking to Kansas City division. Muscatine to Rutledge branch about 70 miles. The Muscatine Journal notes social events, visits, weddings and farm updates amid ongoing railroad development.
A lawn festival is held this evening to raise funds for Sunset Park. Organizers urge residents to attend, enjoy music and activities, and support park improvements through the benefit event.
A report states France is laying a cable from Amoy to Vladivostok to avoid German and English telegraph routes. Colonel D R Paige, Akron business leader, dies in New York. Twenty one HL Gentsch Chicago female workers cling to a capsized boat on Lake Calumet. The Empress of China reportedly sets a new capital at Kai-Fengfu in Hon Nav province amid fears of returning to Peking.
J. H. Stewart advertises a hemorrhoid cure with a free sample and a pay only if cured policy. It promises no cure, no pay and a 50 cent price per package. The text emphasizes a free sample and positive guarantee.
West Chester July 1 Special I S Nash one of the county’s oldest residents was stricken with paralysis today at noon while at the dinner table. The stroke affected his left side and he is nearly helpless. At 86 he faces slim chances of recovery after 57 years in the county and many years in the village.
Rev. Robert Gray formerly at the Baptist church in La Junta Colorado will move to Des Moines soon after accepting a charge there. Mrs Gray has poor health in Colorado and necessitated the change in assignment.
A party of evangelists led by Frederick B. Duncan visiting Prentic in Madison July 2 faced 2000 locals who objected to their anti beer campaigning. The crowd surged toward Schuetven Park and pushed several from the group into the lake after surrounding them.
A Vienna dispatch reports that three German travelers Welsinite Meixner and Fischer were killed near Weipert after roping together to rescue a friend. One man slipped over a cliff while the others held him, refusing to cut the rope, and all perished attempting the rescue.
In Boulder Colorado on July 2 Asa Rod haine and Eugene de Lamory both Marshall coal miners drowned while fishing for trout in Schearnshire. De Lamory was seized by a cramp and pulled Rod haine under water attempting to save himself.
Atlen Barton, arrested on arson charges by Night Watchman Perry, admits setting two fires within the past week. Barton, 1 years old, says he hails from Grand Rapids.
A Washington store opens July sales offering women a chance to buy shirts in the new 1901 styles at prices never seen before. The promotion emphasizes substantial savings and fashion updates for August buyers.
A 50 cent round trip rate to Coppock Celebration on the B N W line is announced for the Fourth of July event. Provisions set to cover travel to and from the Coppock area.
A brief New York Journal comic exchange jokes about docked wages for missed laughs at a regular show. The banter contrasts penalties with a charged admission of a quarter.
A New York Sun item notes the proprietor of a Fifth Avenue apartment house paid a heavy penalty after refusing a cartoonist’s decor changes. The owner’s long whiskers appear in weekly cartoons, with changes and payback recurring as the artist trims and reworks Iris face. The man plans to bill the artist for modeling services.
London reports that a US misunderstanding exists about a Friday meeting in Liverpool. The announced action concerns only the completion of the British commission and the salt union states it had no knowledge of any American combine.
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