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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1902
Page
3
Special weather update notes flurries tonight and a possibility of snow in the eastern portion Sunday. Cold temperatures to follow, with colder conditions expected tonight across the state.
Col Bain notes Graham Theater tomorrow night. Mr and Mrs Wake Neal hosted a six o'clock dinner at their new East Washington Street home. Ida Hatley directed guests to the vlosak room, with Miss Cora Teller in parlor and several young ladies serving. Out-of-town guests included Rev and Mrs Osborne and others from Winfield. W. D. Shearer and Robert Ewing homes released from smallpox quarantine after no new cases. Funeral services for Mrs Jennie Titus held at her South Marion Avenue home with pallbearers Miles Bradford Sam Wolf J Crooks Obas Hebener Ab Anderson and James Bailey.
A garbled record lists numerous land transfers and tracts including parcels in English River Washington Oregon and Crawford with buyers such as Joseph Rogal Charlies A McCreedy John Gowey Maggie McConaughey and Robert Adams. Amounts show acres such as 120a 79a 14a and 40a with rights of way and various lot descriptions across multiple counties.
A long list of daily movements and minor events across towns includes Means hosting a turkey dinner, visits to Crawfordsville Brighton Keota and Des Moines for relatives and business, residents returning from Des Moines and Chicago, a Firefly trip, plans for a home talent play, and several medical and travel notes involving individuals such as Col D J Palmer Walter Wilde Miss Davidson Rev Brown and Dr Clyde Boice.
Vol Geo. W. Bain will address Graham tomorrow evening under the Good Citizens League. The temperance lecture on The Safe Side of Life for Young Men is free, with a collection to follow.
Prices for Mahara's Big Minstrel Carnival at Graham Friday Evening are 10 20 30 and 59 cents. An annual elector meeting for the Independent district of Washington Iowa will be held at Kiremen's Halls Monday March 10 1902 from 1 to 6 pm to elect a treasurer for two years and two directors for three years. A caucus to nominate school board candidates will be held at Smouse's Hall Monday evening March 38 1902 at 7 30.
John Bartholomew of Company D, Spanish American War, receives eight dollars monthly pension via Kellogg agency for a bad leg damaged by typhoid fever. He is living in Harlan working as a telegraph operator for Northwestern. Rural carrier Alpheus Grumbling delivered the material today. roads south of town are very muddy hindering travel.
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