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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1900
Page
3
An advertisement touts Karl's Clover Root Tea as an absolute cure for chronic constipation and accompanying muddied complexions and bad breath. It claims a fifty year sale history with a 26 and 50 cent price, offered at J. H. Stewart's druggist.
Mrs J B Crooks and Mrs John Buxbaum of Crawfordsville were guests of friends and relatives in the city yesterday and returned home in the evening.
Homemade chenille rugs offered at factory prices from J. B Crails produced by Thomas Simpson Jr with available item details and pricing.
Local items report Mrs J N Jones seriously ill and more ill children in the area. Marion Crawford visited Ainsworth, Bert Oliver from West Chester was in town, and many others from Havre to Crawfordsville to Keota paid calls or traveled. A Romance of Coon Hollow shown tonight and other events fill the schedule, with speakers and tradesmen moving between towns.
Advertisers wishing ad changes must deliver copy by 10 o clock A M to ensure the modification is in place for that day. The notice stresses timely submission to avoid delays and confirms deadline.
John Taylor was in Ainsworth on business. S. P. Jamison arrived from Noble this morning. Gene Anderson visited Des Moines yesterday. H. Sommers of Crawfordsville was a business visitor today. Prof. Clendenin returned home to Davenport this morning. Chas. Keiser of Keola was in the city en route east. Dr. Downing visited West Chester today on professional business. H. BE. McCollum returned home from Chicago this morning. Miss Nellie Samson went to West Chester this morning to visit her sister Mrs. Kilgore. Fred Smith of Richland returned home this morning after a brief city visit. Miss Edith and Uncle Shana left this morning for Des Moines to visit friends. Rev. Boyd of the Heights left this morning on a business trip to Beards town and other Illinois points. Miss Lelia Erdice of Ainsworth, guest of Miss Katheryn Wilson, returned home this morning.
Grand Rapids March 7. A fierce combination of wind snow and sleet crippled traffic across western Michigan. Rail lines halted with no connections to many points. The Pere Marquette Chicago division saw trains stalled north of Grand Junction. At Holland workers battled five foot drifts to reach trains and plows sent for relief. A Chicago passenger train due at 10:55 p m could not reach Grand Rapids and tracks near Fennville failed.
An additional smallpox case appears among Indiana University students linked to a clandestine romance. Earlier quarantines followed a male student’s escape. Miss Stevens fell ill with varioloid and her roommate Miss Clara Davis also contracted a light form of smallpox. Davis returned to Bloomington after a rain delay and is now under city care. Six men have been indicted and five arrested for alleged conspiracy to wreck the Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Harvard students are described as influenced by campus enticements.
The Iowa forecast calls for fair skies with colder conditions and a cold wave in the northeast. Thomas Riley of Crawford township seeks a new road to bypass private land, proposing a half mile north of his farm to reach the main road by No 2 school house to improve access to the school.
Johnson's Bakery will offer twelve varieties all day tomorrow including White, Chocolate, Cocoanut, Pineapple, Banana, Orange, Lemon, Caramel, Hickory Nut, Walnut, Devil's Food, and Angel Food cakes at the old Model Bakery on the north side.
Republican caucuses convene this evening at 7 30 to nominate aldermen and delegates to the city convention. The event includes nominations for assessor and treasurer with locations in Folger’s office and Smouse’s Hall across wards. Delegates counts: First ward 6 Second ward 3 Third ward 8 Fourth ward 7. By order of Committee.
A caucus convenes at Smouse's Hall this evening at 8 15 to nominate three candidates two for school directors and one for school treasurer.
Mrs J M Stephenson of East Jefferson street had a bad fall yesterday while crossing to Mrs M Wallace’s home. Help arrived to find no bones broken but multiple bruises with the left hip the worst affected.
Chicago Markets reports a list of warrants issued in February 1900 by the City of Washington Iowa across funds including Sewer Fund and Road Fund. Names such as Win Smouse Jos Wolf L H Cowger Frank Hildreth A H Wallace & Son and J F Henderson appear in the sworn statement by the City Clerk stating the list is full, true, and correct.
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