Harvey and Warfel Lunch Service Notice
Local eatery Harvey and Warfel offers meals and lunch to the public. Al Ne caters to customers in the seating area.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1900
Page
4
Local eatery Harvey and Warfel offers meals and lunch to the public. Al Ne caters to customers in the seating area.
Miss Lelia Erdice returned from Keota and several locals attended Crawfordsville camp meeting. Profs J J McConnell of Iowa City visits his brother in town. Ed and Fred Rush trip to Colfax for a short stay. Residents on mail route No 2 plan to build a telephone line and branch lines may connect with the county line. W H Palmer Isaact Bauman A M Ray R N Arnold attended the Masonic Lodge. Mr Beamer visited on business. Cal Grady returned from Kansas with two carloads of cattle. Seth Nicola and wife came from Kidon to visit friends. F Thomas and brother D KE of Des Moines went to Wellman today.
Orders direct placing a large cannon at Captain McCutcheon for the 49th Iowa encampment. After Red Oak the gun will go to Ottumwa for the 50th Iowa encampment. Citizens warned over bicycle rules near the park. The 19th Century Club meets tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. Roberts.
An acting advert promises quick relief from la grippe with Weeks Break-Up-A-Cold. The ad offers a full refund of the purchase price if no cure is achieved and lists Stewart's Pharmacy as the seller at 25 cents.
Jobo Koupp was in the city yesterday the first visit since breaking his leg in March. Gray, Jas. Houck Jr., and Mrs. Arnold with Mrs. Ed Coffman of Keota were seen in town. The depot completion is slated for about Christmas given favorable weather.
Mrs McKee and daughter of Rock Valley Iowa who were visiting here returned home this morning. George Holmes and wife and his brother in law and wife of De Soto were visiting and went to the river intending to camp out tonight and tomorrow. Jobn Williams and F Edworthy of your city are business visitors there today. Arrangements are being made for two games of ball next Friday and Saturday with Grinnell, one of the strongest teams in the state.
The Washington County Normal Institute nears its end with one more week of work. Examinations in algebra arithmetic didactics history reading and grammar are planned at the Third Ward school and the courthouse. Miss Sarah Hughes will oversee south school exams and Prof. Keith arrives from DeKalb Illinois to teach the McMurray method during the final week.
Miss Mabel Dewey entertained twenty four young ladies at breakfast on East Madison Street in honor of Miss Sarah Adams of Cedarville Illinois. Prizes from drawing went to Miss Henderson with Miss Grumbling receiving the booby prize. A two course lunch followed with piano solos and songs ending the gathering. Miles Neff of North English visited. J A Todd fell ill at Brindley corner and was carried to his Madison Street home in a critical condition. John Eventone and Lewis Palmer of Mt. Pleasant are visiting city residents.
Classified snippet shows lost hat with diamonds described as the hat pie round head with several brilliants. Instructions ask to leave at the office. Also rental and employment ads mention a seven room house, a good barn, and a hustling young man earning 860 per month with Clark & Co. as contact.
Bulletin announces reduced round trip fares from Burlington and Northwestern routes to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City Ogden Hot Springs Spearfish Deadwood Oyster Bay Sheridan and Wyoming. One fare plus 200 for round trip with sales June 6 19 July 5 17 August 7 21 for 21 day tickets. Other sale dates June 20 July 9 17 and August 21 for tickets valid to Oct 31 1900. Contact KK G Fox for rates and schedules.
New Orleans reports describe a riotous period with a black man killed and about twenty others injured. Mayor Capdeville mobilized 500 special police and Governor Heard ordered 1,500 militia to quell the violence as mobs attacked black residents and disrupted port trade.
The Northern Pacific Railway offers Home Seekers excursions on the first and third Tuesdays each month. Tickets from eastern terminals to western points via Aitkin and Little Falls Minnesota at one fare plus 200 for round trip, with stops for inspecting land prices and conditions. For details contact G D Rogers Des Moines or Chas Fee St Paul and order Wonderland travel book for six cents.
The advertisement promotes several low fare excursions from Washington to Colorado, Salt Lake City, Ogden, Yellowstone National Park and to Paris and other Old World destinations. It notes first class service, multiple travel dates in summer, and agency representation for White Star Red Star American and International Transportation lines with tickets available on site.
The narrative extols Minnesota and North Dakota for farming, wheat, flax, and stock raising with vast acreages, timber, lakes, and a rich prairie landscape. It highlights corn in both states, healthful climates, strong communities, railways, and invites readers to request Wonderland 1900 for regional literature from Chas. S Fee of the Northern Pacific.
Eyewitness accounts describe a coordinated mob attacking Black residents in multiple areas. A Pullman porter, J. Cluny, and T. S. Sanders were shot. Esther Fields and others were beaten or killed as rioters looted homes and attacked pedestrians. A 75 year old man and a laborer are named among the victims. a boy, Joseph Lewis, aged 11, suffered head injuries.
C Bonnichsen of Brighton township paid county tax in the city today and prepared to depart for Paris on Monday. The farmer will travel about three months and will visit a brother in Paris he has not seen in 28 years. A license to wed was issued to Emil Simon and Anna M Beck. Laura Johnson of Brighton visits Miss Laura Ingham on East Washington street.
In Oroquieta Mindanao a native killed a soldier and severed his head. In retaliation Fortieth Infantry from Cagayan killed eighty nine natives, thirty in one house. Gunboat Callao shelled Oroquieta burning warehouses. one crewman died. Rebels led by Alvarez threaten northern Mindanao. a marine near Isabela de Basilan dies after being wounded.
Andrew Van de Horn of Liverpool Indiana was trapped by a large black snake twined around his ankles as a runaway team dragged him toward danger near Indianapolis avenue and One Hundred and Second street. Two Illinois Naval militia men pulled him free after he dropped the hay wagon lines.
Reports from Panama City say insurgents in the department of Panama have surrendered after a clash with government troops. Consul General Espinosa in New York confirms the fight, noting 406 killed or wounded, government reinforcements bringing 1,000 more troops. Separate dispatches from St Louis and Marion detail a boycott clarification by the Lithographers and Engravers' Association and the Western rolling mill sale of machinery and scrap from the Republic Steel trust plant.
Iron Mountain Michigan July 27 The young child of Leopold Trudell was badly burned as two children played with matches. The older child tore off the clothing to extinguish the flames but suffered severe burns to hands and arms. Hudson Michigan July 27 An 80 year old man Charles Loomis was struck by lightning and killed instantly during a severe thunderstorm.
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