09 Jul 1897
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1897
Page
1
The ad proclaims Stuart's offers more meat for $1.00 than rival places charging $1.25. It boasts a large selection of stoked meats and diverse products from bacon and hams to salt fish, mackerel, white fish, veal, pork, poultry, and vegetables. It notes recent beef purchases and promotes a fall line of pickled meats and canned goods.
The notice lists very low rail rates to Detroit Toronto Lake Chautauqua Chattanooga and Salt Lake City for next week with tourist rates to all resorts and requests call for particulars. Other items report mule driving mishap near Ewing grocery wagon on East Jefferson street with minor damage and several local visitors including I M Pilger of Pilger Bros Burlington Iowa and Elmer V Pilger son visiting the city.
The Court of Honor unveiled a new hall with music by the Palma Band and a program including piano duets, recitations, speeches, and German and Italian touches. Notable performers were Nina Isenhart, Mrs. Buxbaum, Hallie Berde, Jessie Rupp, Verle Isenhart, and John Buxbaum. The event drew a large crowd and praised organizers and hosts for hospitality. The group, about three months old, plans to become a leading insurance lodge in Washington within two years.
The Journal recalls a marriage episode where the groom refused to take his young bride home after the ceremony. She was three years older, and the writer argues a man should live with and love his wife. Sam Kellogg and others head to Luck Lake north of Fredonia for their yearly fishing outing.
The forecast warns of afternoon thunderstorms and cooler conditions tonight with possible severe local storms. Saturday should be generally fair and cooler across Iowa, per the Washington DC Weather Bureau dispatch.
Mrs. Louisa Dedrich wife of Tent Dedrich died after a long illness at her Keokuk county home five miles west of the city on the Sigourney road. She was 66 years 9 months 8 days and German born. A son died on the same date three years ago within two hours of her death. Funeral Saturday at 10 o'clock from the country residence with Rev Stark of the Presbyterian church officiating. Interment in Win Grove cemetery.
Record broken as heat climbs daily reaching near 100 degrees. Mr W A Cook tracks fluctuations at mealtime with the weather thermometer and at six oclock notes the hottest point of the afternoon. Weather protection noted as reliable despite reflections and ancient readings.
The article salutes Pox the station agent for the BLO & N. W. railway in Wayland on eight years of service. It praises his rise from modest beginnings in Brighton and Coppock to Brighton then Wayland, noting increased business, a strong work ethic, a fine home, and two daughters. It predicts future advancement to a higher railway role within ten years.
O L Bond, an elderly man, died at Tracy hospital from injuries after a wheel struck him during Des Moines wheel parade. The coroner suspects the collision caused the death and fault is being investigated by a coroner's jury for possible police neglect.
The advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that treats the blood and mucous surfaces to cure catarrh in all stages. It asserts a $100 guarantee for any case not cured and invites readers to request testimonials from J Cheney & Co of Toledo.
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