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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1900

Page

4

Novel Affair by Honeysioon Quar tette entertains crowd

After a program the Honeysioon Quar tette Ralph Dougherty Fred Smith Orville Eider and James Brookhart mingled with audience at Dougherty home corner Washington Iowa Streets. A gramophone and pantomime illustrated numbers while a social hour followed with refreshments. Guests praised the novelty and humor of the evening.

Ralph Fred Jim Orr A.D Dougherty Washington and Iowa Streets Win Smouse Ralph Dougherty Fred Smith Orville Eider James Brookhart

Local buys and openings highlight busy week

Pennsylvania visitor Ed Frit purchases horses while A N Bower and Sheim Crone move on to new properties near the Essley House. Up-to-Date Millinery advertises opening days. Academy students head toward a spring break with exams today and a one day vacation tomorrow. Fay and Fern Farms depart for Crawfordsville to visit friends.

N. Bower Pennsylvania Sheim Crone

Knox Cook Visits Huntsville and Plans Crawfordsville Work

Knox Cook of Huntsville Ohio arrived yesterday as a guest of his uncle A Knox and will work as a pharmacist with D Weldin in Crawfordsville. Nellie Anderson leaves for Havre to visit friends and Rev W S Gardner from Keokuk arrives for a visit to Lexington. Fannie Dayton leaves for Keota. Mrs L Anderson arrives from Havre and Geo Brown returns from Latta Indiana. Elizabeth Daugherty returns home after visits in Wyman Crawfordville. Ashby and Nicola announce steel.

Knox Cook Huntsville Ohio A. Knox D. Weldin Crawfordsville Lexington Fannie Dayton L. Anderson Havre Geo. Brown Latta Elizabeth Daugherty Wyman Crawfordville Ashby & Nicola

Fidelity and Deposit Company Granted Permanent Michigan License

Insurance Commissioner Stevens issues a permanent license to Fidelity and Deposit Company of Baltimore to operate in Michigan. Earlier a temporary license followed a dispute over examination of banking operations and a later acknowledgment of error. The state suit over General White’s bond remains unaffected by the settlement.

Lansing Mich Stevens Fidelity and Deposit Company Baltimore Michigan Military Board Michigan Department General White White

Extraordinary Case Of Mrs Bauer Passes At 75

Mrs Walbirga Bauer of Tell City Indiana dies at 75 after months on morphine. Doctors note arteries ossified heart near collarbone liver fused to lung kidneys misplaced spine curved like an 8 and stomach lining thickening. She had been an invalid for seven years and was mother in law to Major Theodore Kiefer and John Riedlinger Jr.

Tell City Ind Walbirga Bauer Theodore Kiefer John Riedlinger Bauer

Papers on Nature Study and Degeneracy at State Charities Meet

At the Cedar Rapids session the conference heard Miss Julia C. Rogers present Hibical and Aesthetic Value of Nature Study and Prof G T W Patrick discuss Degeneracy as a Cause of Pauperism and Crime. The gathering ended with a discussion on Administration of County Charities.

Cedar Rapids, Ta State Conference of Charities and Correction Julia C. Rogers Cedar Rapids G. T.W. Patrick State University

Safe Glass begins union run at Upland plant

Marion Indiana reports Safe Glass company starts operations Tuesday under union rules at its Upland plant with nearly all departments filled by union men except one shop. presser absent. Factory now running full force and most old workers have joined. Camden New Jersey jury fails to reach verdict in conspired to injure Eugene Darnall case. defendants discharged.

Marion Ind Safe Glass Company Upland Ile Camden N.J William HL. Tay Howard K. Sloan Philadelphia Eugene Darnall Cty

Chicago Markets Report From March 28 Grain and Live Stock

Prices move across wheat corn oats and pork and beef futures with mixed daily ranges. Chicago board quotes show May and July contracts with varied highs lows and closes while St Louis and Milwaukee regions report cash and futures activity for wheat corn oats and rye and live stock markets in Buffalo and St Louis notes.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Leon East Buffalo N. Y Dunning & Stevens Live Stock Commission Buffalo St. Louis Milwaukee

Back broken to critical condition in livery stable fall

James Casey sr. lies in a very critical condition after a fall from the left of his livery stable. His back is broken and paralysis has set in in the lower spine. Friends and family express deep regret and concern. Ashley and Nicola operate no carte and cabs in the area.

James Casey Ing Mr. Casey Bis

Topeka minister praised as humble yet effective leader

Dr. White of Topeka, a returned missionary from Egypt, describes Rev. Sheldon as ordinary but hardworking. He notes Sheldon’s Topeka church has grown to about four hundred members and sits near the city’s colored settlement. White suggests combining Sheldon’s paper with top church editors would improve reader reception. Local notices mention Ashby Nicola go carts, and visits by Oscar Rev. and Mrs I B Schreckengast, J Ro Isenhart’s Des Moines trip, and residents Cora Davis Flossie Adams returning from Muscatine visits.

Sheldon Topeka White

Miss Mike Lewis store opens with millinery and sales pitch

Des Moines dispatch notes Miss Mike Lewis announces Friday and Saturday as opening days for a millinery shop with Ashby Nicola offering go carts and baby cabs. Local residents Miss Millie Lee and sister Mrs. Chas Brown arrive home, while H McCleery visits Crawfordsville. IT mentions C F Winnerstrom named state labor commissioner and governor’s stance on office strength.

Mike Lewis Ashby & Nicola’s Millie Lee Letts Mrs Chas. Brown

Fat Man Demands Correction After Explosion Report

In a Detroit Free Press exchange, J. Jones, a furnace owner, protests how his wife and hired girl are portrayed after an explosion. He admits not being hurt and recounts his own accidental injuries while asserting the reporter omitted his role and demeanor.

J. Jones Tam D. Jacobus Jones Detroit Free Press

Shillalahs and Bog Oak Jewelry At Queens Town

A New York Tribune traveler recalls a stock Queens Town saying where steamers pick up mails leaving London after Liverpool. Delays prompt passengers ashore to buy shillalahs, bog oak canes, and other claimed indigenous wares. One head shillelagh is six inches wide and used as rent payment.

Queenstown Ireland London Liverpool Darky Georgia Arrah New York Tribune

False postage stamp practice discussed by man and lawyer

A man argues about washing a postage stamp from an envelope before reusing the stamp. A lawyer counters that one may cut out the adhesive stamp and reattach it with mucilage on a new envelope. The exchange notes that a genuine unused adhesive stamp is not questioned by the government when sold.

Des

Stamp Confusion Triggers Postal Rulings

The Washington Star notes that stamps affixed to letters must be genuine adhesive stamps or valid for postage, and warns that impressed stamps cut from envelopes are invalid. It explains how misapplied or damaged stamps can cause mail to be rejected despite perfect perforation.

Washington Star

Parisians Found Delightful Yet Frivolous by Country Visitor

A countryman returning from Paris says Parisians are delightful but changeable and incapable of lasting attachments. He spent only three days there, prompting the remark recorded by the Chicago News.

Paris Chicago News

Eldest Son Named Sixth Little Sister To Trick Spirits

A Chinese family named their eldest son Sixth Little Sister to fool evil spirits, who are said to hate the eldest son and enjoy mischief. The parents believed spirits could be deceived about the child's sex.

Yankee soldiers seize cotton marked CSA during Red River action

Professor Alfred B. Adams recalls a Civil War raid with Major General Nathaniel Banks in which Union troops surprised a southern garrison. They captured a mountain of cotton meant for Europe, confiscated it, and stenciled U S A over CSA on the bales, provoking a witty exchange with a Confederate officer who misread the markings.

Alfred B. Adams New York Red River Nathaniel T. Banks Europe Yank United States of America Confederate States of America Cotton Stealing Association

Regenerating buds in fern Cystopteris bulbi fera

Herr Heinricher notes in Botanische Centralblatt that Cystopteris bulbi fera forms regenerating buds beyond ordinary adventitious buds. These buds quickly produce assimilating leaves rather than fleshy food-reserve scales. The passage also oddly contrasts a novelist’s remark about a baby becoming less troublesome with a wife reading stories to soothe him.

Botanische Centralblatt Herr Heinricher

Heppner Native James Jones Visits City

James Jones of Heppner Oregon, a former resident, is in the city renewing old acquaintances.

James Jones Heppner, Oregon

Hennessy LeRoyle Comedy Company Eyes Graham Return

Graham patrons recall Mr. Hennessy LeRoyle and his witty company who staged By Wits Outwitted in Graham's second season. Manager Moore aims to bring them back in late April with Other People's Money, praised as a top modern comedy with a strong troupe.

Graham Hennessy LeRoyle Moore Mr. LeRoyle

Homeseekers Excursions Round Trip Tickets Offered

On set dates round trip tickets valid 21 days available at single fare plus 200 to all points on this line in Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota north of and including Sheldon Rock Abbott Crossing and Waverly Tickets also sold as tribute to many cities in Northern Western and Southern states For more information contact B C R N agents or Jne G Farmer AGP and T A Cedar Rapids Iowa.

Iowa Mnonesota South Dakota Sheil Rock Abbott Croasing Jne G. Farmer A.G P T. A Cedar Rapids

Northern Pacific Offers $5 Passes to North Dakota Lands

On March 14 20 28 and April 4 the Northern Pacific invites settlers to travel from Saint Paul and Minneapolis to Jamestown Leeds Oakes and Pembina ND and intermediate points for a five dollar rate. Farm lands offered at reasonable prices and a chance to establish a home along the line. For details contact C W Mott or Chas Fee at the Northern Pacific offices in Saint Paul.

Northern Pacific Saint Paul Minneapolis Jamestown Leeds Oakes Pembina C W Mott General Emigrant P& T A Northern Pacific Ry St Paul Mion

The Washington Limited and Fox Train Lines Push Quick City Links

An advertisement touts fast through routes from Washington to Chicago Peoria Indianapolis Cincinnati and St Louis with precise times. It promotes the Washington Limited at 7 40 p m for Burlington connections and claims no waiting on lines, urging readers to visit agent E G Fox at 24012 for service.

Washington Chicago Peoria Indianapolis Cincinnati St. Louis Washington Limited Burlington Fox Agt Dees Moines Valley Division Uwly B& G Ind Peoria Mall Sun Marshalltown Omaha Denver Tittemo Manaceras

Snow Delays Hit Iowa and Midwest Cities

Heavy snow blankets Iowa, South Dakota and nearby northwestern states with one inch of wet snow reported in Chicago. The Federation of Labor executive committee declines to place the Chicago Record and News on the unfair list.

Iowa South Dakota Chicago Federation of Labor Executive Committee Chieaee

A Happy Family Property Offer In Washington

An advertisement promotes a residential building lot for sale in Washington with drainage shade trees sidewalks and a fine neighborhood. Prices start at $100, highlighting a promising family oriented property sale.

Builder Offers Home on Plan With Monthly Installments

An advertisement states that EK) will construct a house per your plans and allow payment through monthly installments if desired. The offer emphasizes customizable design and flexible financing, targeting prospective homeowners.

EK Properties For Sale On Favorable Terms

EK offers a mix of good properties with new and near-new features, available for sale at very cheap prices and on favorable terms.

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