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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1901
Page
3
Describes low fare first class trips from Washington and other cities with dates and special rates. notices Pullman sleeper to Chicago, single and round trip offers, and agent contact F. E Stewart. Journal ads invite use of want ads for sales and notices.
Low excursion rates offer transportation to lands in northwestern Iowa southwestern Minnesota and South Dakota via the Burlington Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway. Tickets at one fare plus 82 are available on the first and third Tuesdays for trips north of Abbott Shell Rock and Waverly. Information from Messrs h ten & Brooks Cedar Rapids Iowa. Remember Quo Vadis at the Graham Friday evening seats selling final season performance.
A small ad touts Weeks Break-Up-a-Cold Tablets claiming to ease a cold during sleep with no cure and pricing at 25 cents at Stewart's Pharmacy. The item appears in a period news snippet among local notices and ads.
An advertisement promotes tender beef from native stock along with Diamond Chams bacon dried beef and canned goods. It highlights fresh fish poultry bottled goods vegetables pickled pork and canned beef as top quality and invites customers to try them, offering phone contact 126.
Special to Taw Evening Journal lists Iowa forecast as fair tonight with probable showers in the northern portion. The page also runs through a long city notices style mix of local departures, errands, social items, and small ads including plant sales, eye exams, farm equipment, and medicinal tonics. The jumble mentions many names and places such as Ottumwa Keota Davenport Brigham Hannibal Havre Chicago and Burlington while noting events like a wedding and club meetings.
A promotional notice touts Stewart's Book Store and West Side Pharmacy stocking Pasteur's Black Leg Vaccine and Our Biological Products from French laboratories. It frames vaccines and publications as timely news items for readers.
The Shirt Waist Club met at the Stichter residence near South Washington for a May Day themed evening hosted by Miss Kate Stichter. Guests enjoyed ribbon streamers from ceiling to plate, personalized guest cards, and two course dining, with members Mesdames J. B McCartney Ralph Dougherty Marsh W. Bailey Norman Scofield Ralph Smith and Misses Kess Scofield Anna Henderson and Etta Stauffer of Oreston in attendance.
Annual meeting to be held at First Baptist church with afternoon business session and clergy temperance conference. Program includes talks on union work past and present, law enforcement unity, and local organization. entertainment for out of town delegates and multiple songs and recitations. Large attendance expected. Local notices follow about road damages, farm impacts, and regional visits.
Harold Hagerich of Iowa City plans a May dance at the Phenix tonight. Ralph Atchison, longtime clerk at the north side book store, departs for home near Albla. Mrs. Palmer and Miss Hettie Morgan of Kalona shopped in the city today. Rev. and Mrs. Maughlie depart for Dunbar Nebraska after visiting daughters at Peon College. The Mount Ayr Record urges a continued teacher shortage in rural districts and warns cheap teachers lower standards. The May Ladies' Home Journal features fiction and articles, including a Calhoun romance, Harriet Lane in the White House, double personality cases, zoo escapes, summer advice, and home fashion content. One dollar yearly from Curtis Publishing Company.
Judge Owen B. K. Thompson of Jacksonville instructs the state board of equalization to assess stocks of twenty or more companies named in a Chicago Teachers' Federation suit. The decision finds the board as public officers with a duty to complete assessments and to assess omitted property, applying mandamus to force compliance.
Charles B. Butler, son in law of the late ex Governor James A Mount, is appointed administrator of the Mount estate with bond of 18000. Personal property valued at 10000. Family visited Oak Hill cemetery and decided to keep the tomb. Authorities will elevate the lot and erect a monument. Mrs Mount in good health. Milwaukee pallbearers form group and handle Natall Wiese funeral. Paul Krueger shows recovery after stomach removal for cancer at Illinois Medical College Hospital.
Four gates of the Welland canal at Port Colborne Ontario were carried away disrupting navigation for a week. The article notes a large indemnity claim against China totaling 273000000 dollars. May corn traded at 56 cents per bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade. An engagement is announced between Miss Emily Katz of Salt Lake City and Governor M Wells of Utah.
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