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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1902
Page
2
Last evening's meeting drew good attendance with music featured throughout. Evangelist Smith preached on profit and loss from First Timothy 4 8 contrasting worldly wealth with godliness while Haker led a duet and a solo and the Presbyterian choir offered a fine anthem.
County Chairman R M Dihel reports the annual county convention will be held here August 5 to name a county ticket. Ten delegates will attend the state convention in Waterloo on August 1. A county central committee and speakers will be secured for the event.
A Philadelphia Record account describes how Chinese in Chinatown view Western papers as sacred. Waste paper including letters and newspapers is collected, burned in a furnace blessed by priests, ashes loaded on a boat and scattered at sea, while locals insist on reverence for printed material.
Anchaotic, poetic sketch extols the California poppy as a unique native bloom. It traces the flower’s sea of gold along the Pacific coast, its mythic allure, and historic echoes on battlefields, noting its sole ties to California and its brilliant, almost sentient beauty.
A physician’s advice criticizes fad health foods as marvels of restoration and argues it’s better to eat what you enjoy, even if it includes fried ham and chocolate cake, than force yourself to eat disliked health cereals. Moderate portions and savoring meals matter more than rigid health trends.
The Iowa Central Route showcases modernizing upgrades to its track and train service to handle rising traffic between Peoria and St Paul, emphasizing quick, comfortable travel and continued Western railway competition. A free booklet on Spirit and Okoboji Lakes along with regional game laws is offered by the Burlington line to Cedar Rapids.
District Court notices a Geo W Brown plaintiff seeks to quiet title to the northeast quarter of section one township seventy four north range eight west and south half of southeast quarter of section thirty six township seventy five north range eight west. He claims fee simple ownership against Abraham Warfel Elizabeth Warfel and others including unknown claimants and minors with guardian, urging prior open continuous possession for over twenty years and asserting any claims are barred. The court orders publication weekly for six weeks and warns defendants to answer by noon of the second day of the next term.
Notice of incorporation for The Farmers and Merchants State Bank in Washington Iowa. Capital stock 50000 dollars with nine directors and officers to be elected. Banking business authorized upon state auditor approval. term twenty years. private property exempt from debts as allowed by law. Incorporators listed.
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