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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1900
Page
1
City council grants quit claim deed to a McJunkin heirs lot in the old cemetery and empowers the mayor. The treasurer resigns effective April 1, with Mr Falgow praised for service. Election day judge, clerk, and police rosters announced for four wards.
Mrs T Kyle returns from Brighton visit. Mr and Mrs Dye return from Sigourney. Mrs McKain arrives from Brighton. Rev Ford returns from Cedar Rapids after funeral. Marshall McCarty from Brighton back after city visit. Chenille rugs offered at J B Crail by Thomas Simpson Jr. Dr and Mrs Chas W McLaughlin arrive from Crawfordsville. Prof Clendesen to open dancing at Phoenix Hall. Senior class events set for Marsh 6 at 8:30 pm, Junior class March date, Juvenile class March 8 4 to 6 pm. H W Richardson of Onaga stops in with stock shipment for brother Harvey Richardson. Second visit there in twenty three years.
Mrs. Robert Gray learns of a sister’s death in Bradford England while Ubames Hebener visits Columbus Junction for marble work. The item notes local travel, horse shipments to Chicago, a burial in Elm Grove, and details of the Washington Iowa city general election held March 1900 with polling places, judges, clerks, and registration rules.
Rev Strong works to bridge gaps between Calvary church and mill workers through Sunday night forums. He invites labor leaders to outline conditions, then analyzes from Christian perspective. The aim is mutual understanding and reforms in housing, wages, and poverty. Audience reaction ranges from cheers to hisses as he defends Christian wealth ethics.
The evening sermon at Rev. Philip Strong’s church drew a remarkable, crowded attendance. The audience included many mill workers who filled the sanctuary, listening to a trades assembly president discuss wealth, labor, and inequality amid global suffering and luxury by the few.
The report lists 4,800,000 famine relief recipients in Lydia, the presidential return to Washington from New York, the People’s church inauguration in Green Bay, a Cliff House fire in Waukegan causing 10,000 in loss, an Italian cheese instruction post in Milan for Wisconsin’s William Nisbet, Ellsworth resident G W Cairns found dead, a La Crosse birth of triplets, Bank of France gold shipments for England, and Yale freshmen smallpox exposure with isolates.
Four men armed with revolvers robbed ticket agent Dennis A. Foster at the Twelfth Street station of $70 early yesterday. Foster signaled for help but was restrained. robbers cut the telephone line and fled with $67 from the drawer and $8 on the agent. Police rounded up suspects within hours. several loungers from the levee district were taken in for questioning.
Washington reports that German authorities in Dusseldorf restrict American consuls from obtaining commercial information. If confirmed, the U S state department would press Germany to honor treaty provisions from 1871 and 1828 granting consular privileges and equal treatment for all nations.
Lord Rosebery has resigned the presidency of the Scottish Liberal Association, marking a leadership change within the party organization. The move comes amid ongoing party affairs and future planning for liberal initiatives in Scotland.
Each nationality has its own preference for confections. The Oriental offers a sweep tooth and the ability to satisfy it. These fine Oriental Dreams are designed here with fruits and candies, priced at 40 per pound. Oranges tangerines bananas grape fruit apples lemons figs dates coconuts.
Experienced painter offers paper hanging and related services with neat workmanship and low prices. Can bring samples and sell paper direct. Also advertises life of D L Moody biography rights with promises of high profits and official endorsement from The Dominion Company Chicago.
Bakery Supplies Company proclaims a complete range of baking goods at low prices with a long established reputation for service and value.
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