Local notes and notices from Washington area and surroundings
Daily items include births and travels of local residents, visits to Keota, Ainsworth, Brighton, and Center towns, cafe and laundry ads, sales at Ashby Nicola, elevator chatter, and upcoming Pan American Exposition previews. Local officials, teachers, and merchants are named along with brief movements and errands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson’s
Hub
Kathryn Wilson
Ainsworth
Verne Lytle
Keota
Grace Warren
Brighton
Ashby & Nicola Handle Lowe Brothers’ Paints
Rine
St L
Patterson
J. Hart
Ethics and Education Topics At Des Moines Editorial Convention
At yesterday's Upper Des Moines Editorial association session papers were read and discussed. Freeman R. Conaway spoke on Ethics in Printing and Charles S. Rogers on The Home Newspaper as an Educator. W. I. Branagan presented The Value of the Editorial Page in the Country Newspaper. Mrs. A. M. Ainsworth spoke on The Bright Side of Country Journalism and B. B. Herbert of Chicago discussed The Fraternity of the Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Upper
Des Moines Editorial Association
Freeman R. Conaway
Charles 8. Rogers
Mount Pleasant
W. I. Branagan
Emmetsburg
A. M. Ainsworth
Onawa
Fraternity of the Press
B. B. Herbert
Chicago
Pace suit against railroad dismissed in St Paul court
The Pace personal injury suit for 30 000 dollars over a March 13 1899 leg loss in Chippewa Falls was dismissed by the United States circuit court at St Paul on motion of the plaintiff. It was shown the brakeman was not in a required position when the accident occurred as the engine ran ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Harry W. Pace
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company
United States Circuit Court
St. Paul
Lightning Rips Through Wisconsin House Injuring Widows
In Eau Claire, Wisconsin, the home of widow Mrs. Fien near the city limits was struck by lightning and torn apart. An oak tree in front was split. The widow started the kitchen fire as her son and daughter slept. the daughter was hurt and left in a precarious condition.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Fien
Deaths of Captain William Jones and Bernard Sechater
A Racine dispatch reports Captain William Jones, once a notable lake captain who left ten years ago for a North Dakota farm, died and his body will be brought back for interment. In Chicago Bernard Sechater, 60, died by inhaling charcoal gas. A Christiana dispatch notes Henrik Paen is seriously ill with erysipelas.
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Racine
Wis
Devil's Lake
N. D
William Jones
Captain Jones
North Dakota
Bernard Sechater
Chicago
Christiana
Henrik [Paen
Piano for sale trade request seeks road team horses
Mr. M. R. Breier offers a good piano in exchange for a medium priced road team. Preference is for western horses.
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M. R. Breier
Asher’s Black Ice Cream Offered at Columbia Pharmacy
Columbia Pharmacy Bowland and Shields advertises Asher’s black ice cream available in three flavors and any quantity. The listing emphasizes regional options and shop availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asher
Columbia
Break Up a Cold Tablets Featured by Stewart's Pharmacy
An advert promises Weeks' Break-Up-A-Cold Tablets cure colds and influenza, with a cheerful refund guarantee if they fail. Price is 25 cents and sold through Stewart's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Also Mentioned on This Page
J, Albert Williams & Co
Bonaparte
West Side
the Presbyterian Church
BE. C. Carris & CO
Harry McCall
Windsor Grocery
Carne
Hook and Ladder Co
Hook and Ladder Company
Sam Hovex
M. Lewis & Co’s
North Side
Thos. Reeves
Ashby & Nicola
Cash House
Gilmer Sickles
East Washington
Geo. Barnett
West Chester
Libbie Davidson
Centerville
Cam Tallman
Wairfield
Clarence Nevil
Richland
Leah Coder
Letts
Nina Isenhart
Dr. J
W. Coxe
Buffalo
Iowa
Eddy & Howe
Washington Steam Laundry
T.t
Temple Pharmacy
M. Gray
J. R. Isenhart
Geo. Hays
William Burbam
Ed. Rehmel
Muscatine
Grace Hill
Blanch
Bulah Fulton
May Long
Clearfield
Fannie McDowell
Coneville
Ima Seymour
E. HE. Adams
Thornburg
Tondre
Tondre & Benz
Las Lunas
New Mexico
Jessie Jeffrey
Northwestern University
Evanston, Las
Lee
Rock Island
P. A. Lee
Bertha Walker
Cedar Rapids
H. M. Bicher
Robbie Patterson
C. R.I & P. Company
Wapello
The
Tribune
Local Matters
Gray
Vinton
T. Y. Wickham, Jr
M. W. Patterson
Nate Babcock
Johnson's Bakery
Mat Donahey
Sigourney
G. Logan Payne
Minnetonka
Detroit
J. N. Lewis & Co
William Lemon
Winfield
City
J. J. Weldin
Eye House
Els
Joseph McNay
Silver City
Will Black
Cambridge
Pennsylvania
D.L Grifith
J. N. Lewis & Jo Hardware
Everett Adams
State Reform School
Eldora
Adams
Waldo Munsey
New World
Paris
Mattie Wilson
Mrs. Mason
Tra Sickles
Fairfield
Len Smouse
John Bowman
Cone
Johnson's
J. L. McNey
W. F
Guy Norton
Hol. Knapp
Prof
C. F. Thompson
Patterson N.J
B. F Bettle
Nellie
Ella
Nicolas Harmon
Anna Houdek
John Skipton
Madison Medicine Co
John Deweese
G. W. Gross
Central
University of Chicago
Marie Shearer
Aledo
Valley Junction
J. R. Randle
Gio Boileau
the Evening Journal
Evening Journal
Washington
Jersey
N. W. Corner Square
Washington, Iowa
Florida
Kentucky
California
Kalamazoo
J.C. Smith
Cash Grocery
Bowland & Shields
Goodyear
Work & Meek
New Peas
Uneeda
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