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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1901

Page

2

J W Spargo Is Stricken In Washington Home

J W Spargo is reported gravely ill from likely apoplexy in southeast Washington. The 68 year old resident, a Ohio native, has lived here forty years and was found unconscious by his ten year old daughter Lillie Beulah. His wife and children are named in the notice.

J. W. Spargo Lillie Beulah Washington Mr. Spargo Bolce Spargo Ohio Grace Hill Brighton J. C. Boice Beulah George Fairfield Henry Farrier Martha Haifley Alexander Kansaa

Weather and church notices in Washington area May forecast

Special to Tan Evening Journal lists Iowa forecast showers and cooler northwest tonight. Local church services include Baptist, Second U P, Presbyterian, Covenanters, and Methodist schedules with sermons on various themes. Also notes about S A Dawson trip, Cyrus Chapter meeting, and Harvey Bell Carriage Factory feature with a backstage fainting incident at Quo Vadis show.

Washmoron D. C Evennne Jour NAS Iowa S. A. Dawson Missouri Cyrus Chapter Harvey Bell Carriage Factory Washington Miss Morton Henry Hull

Break-Up-a-Cold Tablets Sale Ad

A short cold remedy note says a bad cold in bad weather can be broken up by Weeks Break-Up-a-Cold Tablets while you sleep. No cure, no pay. 25 cents at Stewart's Pharmacy.

Stewart

Egg Shipments Reach Record April Volume From Roy Emry

Roy Emry shipped 11 cars of eggs in April, about three times his prior April totals from Washington. A car carries 400 cases or 12 000 dozen, totaling over one and a half million eggs for the month. The egg business is very profitable, with May prospects uncertain. Rocky Mountain Tea touted as a spring health blessing, 35 cents at Stewart's.

Roy Emry Washington

Burial for W. J. Lewis Sr. in City Cemetery

Remains arrived from Museca tine with daughter Mrs. B Lovelett and her son while granddaughter Mrs. Romine of Nira joined relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Henry Waters from Fairfield. Rev J L Schreckengast led service with pallbearers Alex Gibson John Minnick Henry Berdo Henry Royce John Babcock Captain Gallagher.

City Cemetery W. J. Lewis Sr Musecatine B. Lovelett Romine Nira Henry Waters Fairfield JL. B. Schreckengast Alex Gibson John Minnick Henry Berdo Henry Royee John Babcock Captain Gallagher

County Board Adjourned Meeting and Road Hearings Planned

The County Board of Supervisors adjourns to meet Monday and hold a Crawford township road hearing Tuesday at ten. The board will also hear another road case, with several J. H. Kephart area residents requesting a highway likely to be granted.

County Board of Supervisors Crawford Township J. H. Kephart

Grinnell Church probes Herron case with council call

Grinnell Congregational church votes to call a council of churches to try Professor George D. Herron for conduct unbecoming a minister. A secret, ex parte process is planned if Herron declines the invitation. Other items note the Prussian diet closing, a Grayling sawmill fire, a Pine Street building collapse, Dr. Irving Rosse's death, Captain Edward Rosser’s death, and a New York shovel manufacturers consolidation plan.

Grinnell Herron

Forty Gallons of Liquor Seized Condemned Under Law

About forty gallons of liquors seized in recent months by Sheriff Teeter and Deputy Black were condemned in Justice McCall's court. Seizures occurred at Wellman and Alnsworth with part of Washington shipments condemned. Most defendants did not appear. A Covington Ky shipment of twelve packages to be defended by Attorney Butterfield is set for hearing Tuesday next week. All condemned liquors will be destroyed.

Teeter Black R T. McCall Wellman Alnsworth Washington U.S. Express Company Covington Butterfield

Opera House closes after Quo Vadis finale season

Excursionists filled the house for the Quo Vadis presentation marking the opera house season’s end. The company delivered a fair performance of a modern master work, with overall high entries this year and fond memories of most shows.

Opera House

Improper Use of Anaesthetics Trial Nears Verdict

Dr F B Lovell of Gibson faces Ford County Circuit Court with charges of administering anaesthetics to Minnie Taylor under circumstances potentially making him liable for manslaughter. The trial, held in Paxton Illinois, unfolds with testimony and legal arguments shaping the case.

Paxton Ills F. B. Lovell Gibson Ford County Minnie Taylor

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Axminster Mercer & Chilcote Mies Miles D. M. Dewny Murray Dx. Mines Medical Co Elvhart, Ind SSS J. W. Sparco IS. Stricken Spilker RCCCE Bible School Younkin U. P. Church James R. Logue Paul Covenanters W. C. Allen Davidson First U. P. Church THE Nicola Hardware & Furniture Company Mattings Cohen Cobbinet New York March Eli Green Yule Sadie Koninsky R. B. Hall Soong Lil and Lou Hall Cirrus Holzman el Capitan Sousa Stewart's Parrish’s Saving Bank Charley Wallace School Box Springs Edith Balley Congregational Church Vanal Bill Berlin Count von Buelow Graynog Grayling, Mich Stalling & Houston Chicago Pine Street Irving C. Rosse Pioneer Pana Edward Rossler Shelby County Mi. Herron the Journal of Commerce Oxfords Jehutell Harwood, South Side OPERA Quo Vadis EDW Walther Plumbing and Heating CO Rvaslts Bork Nervita Medical Company Clinton and Jackson Streets SOL. Righ & CO Gorambier Temple Pharmacy Atwart Pharmacy Cook & Sherman Temple A Fosrmaep
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