24 Mar 1894
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1894
Page
1
Brief city items record Majestic for water heating and cleanliness praise. Travelers include Hervey Bell visiting Brighton, Rh EF Dixon to Oskaloosa for real estate, C A Steel for the R R I P lines, and Charley Reeves to Kinross for a sale. J W Gray reports strength as he returns to Fairfield. By Wits Outwitted Co manager D W Arthur notes an April city visit. prayer meeting attendance may rise after stores close at 7 PM on April 1.
Professor Bemis closed a lecture series on political science with a talk titled Profit Sharing, citing La Claire the painter and numerous U.S. factories and stores using the system. He addressed new points, answered questions, and sparked thanks from the audience. Plans for future lectures include free access via a subscription drive and continued university extension work in Iowa.
The Evening Journal denies plans to become a Democratic organ. editors say Washington is too small for a political daily and pledge unbiased local reporting funded by any party's dollars, whether Democrat Republican Populist or Prohibitionist.
A telegram reports William Maxwell of Crawfordsville fell accidentally while inspecting upstairs repairs and died at six this morning. He was nearly eighty, recently married to Katherine Williams. The couple had been together the day before. no other details given. The notice also promotes Horse Brand Magnetic Oil sold by E N Foster.
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