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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1900

Page

2

Pulpit Government and Citizenship Lecture Draws City Audience

Prof John T Ray of Chicago spoke at the First Presbyterian church on Pulpit Government and Citizenship. He argued for school based citizen training with student led government, tribunes, and good citizen badges to foster self governance and civic duty among pupils. John Knapp and wife of West Chester visited Ed Knapp’s home before returning home.

Normal Institute First Presbyterian Church John T. Ray Chicago Miss Hughes Ray Europe Meno Commonwealth Township Senate John Knapp West Chester

Iowa Forecast Warns Of Warmer, Cloudy Weekend

The weather forecast from Wasutoron DC on July 27 predicts fair and warmer conditions tonight with Saturday turning increasingly cloudy across Iowa.

Wasutoron D. C Tas Kvanixo Journal Iowa

Needle Club Picnic At Highland Park Ends In Toasts And Sail

The Needle Club hosted a joyful picnic at Highland Park in honor of Mr and Mrs Smith. A large dinner followed, with boating on the lake and song. The event concluded with a unanimous vote that the gathering was enjoyable and wholesome. A brief jab about a sock mishap appeared in the write up. Additionally a Dodgy advertisement promotes Dwight’s Complexion Beautifier with a free sample offer to readers.

Needle Club Highland Park Smith Ralph Smith

Robbery Disrupts Brigadier General Brown During West Liberty Visit

Brigadier General W. W. Brown of Oskaloosa, on a visit home from West Liberty, was held up and robbed of 105 dollars in cash and checks. He noticed three men watching him at the depot, they followed to West Liberty, and the loss may force him to repay much of the money intended for the Union.

W. W. Brown Oskaloosa Union Veterans Union West Liberty Brown Union

Prisoner Held for Horse Stealing Arrives in City Jail

Sheriff Crickett of Oskaloosa accompanied a young man to the city and handed him to Deputy Sheriff Will Black at the depot. The prisoner, confined in Mahaska county jail, is held by the grand jury on horse stealing charges. The youth, in poor health from jail crowding, is brought here for safe keeping per Judge Dewey.

Crickett Oskaloosa Will Black Mahaska County Dewey

Business Principle in Trade Ethics Questioned

A business man who discounts rivals today and hawks their goods tomorrow under their name erodes trust. The passage challenges reliance on such a deceitful practice as a principle for fair commerce.

Suspicious Burlington Arrest Ties to Sigourney Harness Theft

A tall muscular man named John Dunn was arrested in Burlington on suspicion of stealing a set of harness from a Sigourney physician’s barn. Sheriff O Laffer of Sigourney recovered the harness during transport, and Dunn awaits grand jury indictment. Brigadier General W W Brown of the Union Veterans Union was reportedly touched for 105 dollars in West Liberty. The suspect was described as green in the business and cheerful about the arrest.

W. W. Brown The Union Veterans Union West Liberty Charcter Burlington O. ©. Laffer Sigourney John Dunn

Barber Shop Trial Elevation At The Globe

Marr Waits, proprietor of the up-to-date Barber Shop The Globe, invites patrons to try the new elevator feature as part of shop upgrades and modernization efforts.

The Globe Marr

Seven Bottles Condemned in Justice Court Action

Information filed in Justice court of Squire A S Folger against four young men over seven bottles of beer shipped in. Hearing set for ten this fore noon. One defendant in county jail on another charge. three others failed to appear. The seven bottles condemned and writ issued to destroy per law.

Squire A. S. Folger Hastile

Do you advertise

A compact sales appeal urges businesses to advertise regularly as a small two inch ad can boost fortune. It argues advertising drives customer response and business growth while competitors loaf. It ends by promoting Little Gold Coin cigars as the best small cigar sold in Washington.

Anad Washington

Young man jailed for drunkenness in county jail

George Young of the east city aged about twenty was sentenced to ten days in Washington county jail by Esquire Folger after pleading guilty to drunkenness. He allegedly caused trouble for a meat market man on the square’s north side yesterday afternoon. A notice follows about Mark Pratt’s drag line and customer service, with a telephone contact and a Miss Lulu Vernon arrival from Crawfordsville.

George Young Washington County Esquire Folger

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