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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1902
Page
4
Des Moines reports the river reaching 21 feet above low water, highest since 1851, as water works fail and traffic halts. South Des Moines is cut off, thousands lose property, residents flee, and levee breaches force evacuations amid drastic flood conditions.
The treasury department issued the first order under the new Philippine civil government. It directs that taxes paid on articles to Internal Revenue taxes in the Philippines since New 15 be refunded to those who paid under future treasury regulations. A separate item reports Mise Morrison of Hiderado Kansas found guilty of the murder of Mia Castle and sentenced to twenty years in prison.
Fragmented town notices offer items for sale and lost parcels. A reader seeks a dropped parcel and reward while others report bakery staff changes and business travel. Local names include Wm Bartholomew Richard Bear and Sam Houston of Wyman.
The item lists visitors and trips among county residents with multiple short notes. It also discusses a debate over rainfall influenced by tiling and deep wells, arguing for balanced reservoirs and vegetation to sustain precipitation for agriculture.
A bold promotion offers Doan's Kidney Pills free to anyone with kidney or urinary ailments in Washington. The notice claims strong cure claims and invites immediate response, promising regular size boxes worth 50 cents to recipients on a first come, first served basis.
Sioux City Iowa reports a ruling that property owners with saloons on their land are not responsible for violations in injunction actions against saloon men. The Anti Saloon League plans to appeal to the Iowa supreme court.
Free distribution from 9 am to 5 pm at the Columbia Pharmacy Washington. Cut this out and bring it with you. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for the United States.
Major Chas Stewart of Riverside appeared before the commissioners for a sanity examination at the clerk's office this afternoon. He had been adjudged insane over a year ago and appealed to the district court. He had been supplied by the county until January 1801 when the case was dismissed. He was later adjudged insane and will be taken to Mt. Pleasant tomorrow morning.
W D Shearer of the Western Union telegraph office has had his large blonde mustache removed. The change alters his appearance and neighbors urge him to move. Dog owners are asked to muzzle savage dogs until they adjust to Mr Shearer in his new look.
Severe weather in Chippewa county Wednesday night wrecked barns and sheds. Ole Tlangon near Wheaton loses eight thousand dollars, Crooks and Cummings lose about one thousand, Matt Cheney's barn destroyed by lightning for sixteen hundred dollars.
A Sunday service in Oshkosh Wisconsin saw one woman and five men baptized by immersion in Lake Winnebago, bringing Dowle's followers in the area to fifteen. The lengthy legal notice lists numerous defendants and unknown claimants in a Washington County Iowa real estate case, detailing disputed lots and requests to quiet title and reform deeds.
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