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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1900
Page
3
Special to The Evening Journal reports a forecast for Iowa: tonight mostly fair with warmer extreme east while the northwest grows colder. Sunday may bring snow and a sharp cold snap with strong northerly winds in the northwest region.
A dense roundup of local movements includes J Lytle visiting Havre, Miss Nancy Stapp returning to Cotter, J D Glasgow traveling, and many others visiting Burlington, Ainsworth, Keota, and Davenport. Social items mention theater and band plans, a Degree of Honor social, and a fiftieth wedding anniversary in Brighton.
Miss Lydia Conrad of Noble visits her cousin Lina in town as Mrs. Smith arrives from Kansas to stay with her parents. A mite social hosted by the Women's Home Missionary Society is planned for March 1. PIOs donate ten dollars for a kindergarten room at the High School. A party at Wm. Fulton's for Lucille Miller, and May Latchem hosts about eighteen friends near No 4 schoolhouse. Wesson couple prepare to move to Oskaloosa after forty years here. Oyster shell incident injures Miss Louisa Wilson but she improves. Tuesday Knight club dance at Phanix Stall draws a good crowd with a strong orchestra. Local visitors include Cullough, Huston, and the Smiley sisters host guests from Winfield.
Teachers from Rock Island and nearby counties travel to Keota for a joint teachers meeting. Delegations will present papers and discuss educational topics. Passers through include Miss Mary Hughes, Prof M Grumbling and wife, Miss Julia Grumbling, and several other local educators.
A freight train bound this way collided near Oskaloosa causing a track blockade for hours. A meat car journal broke during high speed, badly damaging the car and scattering meat. No injuries reported.
Dr. Stewart, a professional visitor, was seen near Havre today. Kyle from northwest of the city returned home from Chicago this morning. Late Kline arrived on the Narrow Gauge rail. Robi Kilpatrick of Linton was in town, and J. A. Hawthorne of Crawfordsville was in town on business today.
The state board of health reports a smallpox outbreak among Detroit Medical College students linked to dissection work. Janitor and several students have mild cases, with most victims in Detroit and a case reaching Wheatfield in Ingham County where a student returned home to Williamston. The board urges widespread vaccination there.
Secretary Root announced a brief flying trip to Cuba to review political and industrial conditions as Cuba prepares for its first elections. The visit aims to monitor a critical period in the embryo nation’s development.
Chicago on March 1 reports H. R. Carr a clerk at Slunt and Co. 4 Wabash avenue placed a revolver to his head and shot himself in the right temple dying within minutes. No motive is known and Dr. Keeley is mentioned with no estate details. J. KR. Oughton holds a majority of the gold cure stack.
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