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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1903

Page

4

Fragmentary Pens Report On Office Prompts

Delivery of papers report made with unclear knowledge of service perfection. Partial text mentions office prompts and party involvement without clear outcomes or names.

Local Rail Fares and Ticket Offices Advertised in Chicago

Inclusive June travel rates announced with return limits. Details and terms available at Licket Office, 111 Adams Street and Union Ticket Office, Auditorium Annex, Chicago.

Iowa Central Ry Colonist Tickets Sale Notices 1903

On the first and third Tuesdays of each month through September 2003 the Iowa Central Railway will sell colonist tickets to points in Ark Southwest Missouri Oklahoma Nebraska South Dakota Texas Louisiana New Mexico and more at very low rates. Call or write A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minnesota for rates and information. Sept.

Iowa Central Ry Ark- Southwest Missouri Oklahoma Nebraska South Dakota Texas Louisiana New Mexico

Unclear Schedule Notice From City Ticket Offices

An entry notes travel dates via Nickel V I Piate Road from June through July at popular rates. It directs to Write City Ticket Office Adams Street and Union Ticket Office Auditorium Annex Chicago with a cryptic code 2hwjuls.

City Ticket Office Adams St Union Ticket Ofice Auditorium Annex Chicago

Fragmentary Sports Scan Records Unclear Readings

A garbled OCR snippet shows mixed percent values and letters without coherent context. No identifiable people teams places dates or events are extractable for a reliable headline or summary.

Army of the Frontier survivors meet for Black reception plan

A meeting in J. W. Morton’s office gathers the Army of the Frontier survivors to arrange General Black’s July 4 reception in the city. Attendees urged include all veterans. Rev. Dillon Bronson, visiting in Lisbon, Iowa, plans to hear Rev. Charley Brown preach. Local Methodists hope Bronson will preach tonight. Johnson bakery offers cakes and pies this evening.

Army of the Frontier J. W. Morton General Black Our City Dillon Bronson D. D New England Lisbon Iowa Charley Brown Bronson The Johnson Bakery John P. Rennolds Milwaukee Dispatchers Davenport

Special Telegraph and Rural Route News in Crawfordsville

Round About item notes visitors and residents in Crawfordsville Jones county. Among readers and travelers are Rev John Fergueson and Tey KB Hf Thompson and daughter Helen in Washington. Various locals report visits from Mrs Charles Whiteman, Henry Witting, A Bieber, Lurana Yard, Valma Hopengardner, Fiora Hopengardner, Mrs S R Stone, Geo Chesley, Horace Breed, Bella Marsden, and Martha Walker. The Water Works system was completed with a successful test.

Geo. Chesley Hopkington Hiorace Breed Blaped Swift Bella Marsden William Washington Martha Walker Mamie Rush

Chautauqua Program Tuesday June 30 Detailed lineup

The program lists open exercises led by Hon J Wil sop and Rev Father Jacobsmeier with Dixie Jubilee Singers, lectures by John DeWitt Miller on Uses of Ugliness, then 2:00 Hon Wm J Bryan, 3:30 Cooking School, 5:00 Open Parliament, 7:30 Dixies. Band music throughout. Order Fourth of July bakery from Johnson. no special orders for Independence.

Father Jacobsmeier Dixie Jubilee Singers Schreckengast Bogtish Russ Dixies John DeWitt Miller Wm. J. Bryan Johnson

Tents Arrive for Chau tauqua Campers

A car load of tents arrived today under W D Chamberlain secretary of the Decatur Tent and Awning Co. and by evening thirty tents will be erected. Grounds bloom as a white city with tents ready for campers for opening day. Parsons College Fairfield set up tent headquarters. Out look is splendid.

Decatur Tent and Awning Co W. D. Chamberlain Parsons College Fairfield

Church notices run together with mixed schedules

Regular services Sunday at 10 30 for First Church of Christ and 9 30 Sunday School for Second United Presbyterian. Baptist services 9 30 and 7 30 with Rev Echlin and Rev Brown. Junior and Senior Endeavor Leagues and Epworth League listed. Dan Sexton injured in hay mow accident. Johnson Bakery invitation for Sunday table. Prof Seth Thomas visits town.

Jefferson St Iowa Ave First R. D. Echlin Chicago B. Y. P Chas. R. Brown Oakland Cal Epworth League Seth Thomas Town City Dan Sexton Johnson Bakery

Marriage Announcement and Local Society Notes

Society notes announce the June 16 1903 marriage of George Lilly Young and Alfa Crouch both of St Louis Mo. A birthday surprise celebrated Mrs M J Roberts 58th birthday. Mr and Mrs HL M Bicher marked a crystal wedding with a surprise gathering. Local shop hours updated for Sunday at Johnson Bakery. Various residents and visitors including Rev Stryker John Ferguson and others are recorded as attending or passing through during Chautauqua season.

George Lilly Young J. Young Alfa Crouch St. Louis HL. M. Bicher Mr. Stryker Wellman Chas. Miller Miller John Ferguson Newton

Tokyo court reveals a law lesson and a royal disguise

A Tokyo street dispute over ruined dress ends in a dramatic court scene where a plumber faces jail for damages. A merchant paying the bill exposes the buyer as the Mikado's heir in disguise, prompting a public awakening on justice and mercy.

Tokyo Ike Ite Cll The Tharoun-Al-Rashid Bagdad Lester Dillon

Florence Cresin 1S Years Old Near Bristol Hotel Chicago

The outline notes Florence Cresin aged 1S miles from home near the Bristol hotel in Chicago. In ISL district reballoting the Socialists in Germany won 25 seats to bring total to 81. Feudists clashed with pistols near Raleigh North Carolina but a mutual consent allowed a picnic party to pass.

Florence Cresin Miles Joe Bristol Hotel Chicago Germany Raleigh N. C

Forgotten Magistrates Prayer Revolts a Drumsbeckie Clerk

In a tale from Longman's Magazine an eccentric Dr. Muir recalls a Glasgow minister Dr. Simith who in a concluding prayer improvised asking mercy for all fools and idiots and especially for the magistrates of Drumsbeckie, provoking displeasure.

Muir Glasgow Simith Drumsleekie Drumsbeckie Longman’s Magazine

Mind and battery derivations explained in Chuumbers Journal

The article notes nine of ten would tie Mind to blindfolding but argues Mind means felted or struck blind and could be written blindfelled. It adds battery is often confused with butter yet derives from bottlery where bottles are kept and presided over by the bottler or butler.

Butler Chuumbers’ Journal Jones Miss Owens Cardus W. H. Jones Cameron

Uniformly Bound Books Reflect Military Fondness

A brief Chicago Record-Herald note recalls a woman who cherished military ties, noting her books are bound in a single color so they appear uniform. The item highlights a personal quirk linked to military imagery.

Chicago Record-Herald

Fortune Knocks Once at Every Man Door

A nostalgic quotation from the Chicago Post notes fortune visits all men, yet often in disguise, suggesting opportunity hides behind wit and timing.

Chicago Post

Lost paint brushes on Brighton road found by Journal office

Lost items posted for pickup. Several paint brushes missing on Brighton road and left at the Journal office. Also a rental inquiry for a lower floor room at the Brooks residence on East Main Street and a notice seeking 50 girl applicants for Washington Mfg Co the Old Organ Factory.

Brighton Journal Office Brooks East Main Street Washington Mfg. Co Old Organ Factory

Public lands and incidents snapshot across regions

Adirondack government reserve holds 1 355 851 acres while private parks cover 700 000 acres. The czar pardons seventy nine Finns who fled military service. Richmond streetcar service runs quietly under military protection. Four violent earthquakes hit Bolan Hungary with several suburban houses collapsing. Elsie Buehler a 24 year old Chicago resident died after leaping in front of an Erie train in Jamestown New York.

Adirondack Catskill Richmond Bolan Hungary Elsie Buehler Chicago Erie Jamestown N. Y

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