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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1901
Page
3
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The item lists New York Times and Saturday Review for purchase at Stewart's Book Store. Pasteur Vaccine Co. Black Leg Vaccine Virus is in stock at Stewart's West Side Pharmacy. Our Biological Products from French laboratories offer antitoxins and related products.
Residents and visitors arrive and mingle in the city. Robert Gardner of Ainsworth and Miss Tet White of Crawfordsville are highlighted among several calls and greetings. Mrs Clint Cunningham improves slowly while Isabel Ayres recovers from illness and Byron of Burlington visits.
Smoke Burnham's golden buck home bake sale features a fine line of new candies at Means. Roy Davis left for Wapello on business. laundry drop at Crawford for cleaning. Walter Ayres returned from Cedar Rapids. Mrs. W. Rathmel of Richmond visited the city. Pearl White went to Ainsworth to visit friends. Clayton Allen of Crawfordsville called on city friends. Dr. Fordyce of Ainsworth visited the Biskamp home. Free eye examinations offered by Dr. Pratt. Wall Cherryholmes headed for Winfield on the Narrow Gauge. Oral Anderson returned to Ainsworth after visiting. Means candy shop features Gunther's bonbons and wafers. Mrs. Johnson and children departed for Bushnell. G. O. Savage of Brighton visited friends in the city. Harry McCall and family fished today at Coppock. Mrs. Henry Stichter returned home from Fairfield with her daughter.
Mrs Baxtrr INGHAM of Brighton, Iowa reports wearing six rubber plates from different dentists were unsatisfactory and praises an aluminum plate made by Dr A Hays at Temple Dental Parlors Washington Iowa as entirely satisfactory.
Mrs H A Barrell visited West Chester this morning to see relatives while Miss Hattie Moore from Chicago arrived to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Wesley Moore. Funeral in Marion calls Mrs D S Beaty. Carson Fulton plans Iowa Falls visit and possible Pittsburgh trip. A A W initiation Friday night. Lectures and school events highlight community entertainments and upcoming teaching certificate exams.
The Hook and Ladder Co announces a dance in Armory D on Saturday in May inviting everyone to attend.
Mayor Knox of Rock Island launches urban reform in the city. Efforts target wine rooms and protective measures as proprietors harboring single young women are to be found. The letter notes a forthcoming Avery threshing engine train and strong weigher shipments this year nearing two thousand machines.
William H. Williams sues to probate his wife Alethea Williams dying in New York. He claims impaired faculties and drug influence void her will that left $30,000 to cousins while naming a few guests and naming executors Mr. and Mrs. Mullican.
The Ancient Order of United Workmen of Iowa meets in Marshalltown with 900 grand lodge delegates and 800 Degree of Honor delegates. The key issue is replacing the level assessment with a graded system after ten years of debate. Will M Narvis of Muscatine serves as grand master workman. Grand Medical Examiner Clever of Council Bluffs reports strong organizational health.
Complete list of victims from the Paducah wreck near Fountain Bluff includes Miss Mabel Gardner and James W. Bell among five named victims and nine unknown robbers. The coroner clears vessel blame, cargo valued at 75000 dollars and ship at 15000. Additional items cover baseball scores, a stay of execution for Joseph D. Keith, a fatal shooting in Oklahoma City, and frosts in Burlington.
Chinese plenipotentiaries say China is willing to pay the indemnity but needs reasonable time. Germany plans to bolster forces on the Russian frontier. Rumors link Postmaster General Smith to a resignation.
The Iowa fishing open season runs May 15 to December 1. Anglers may catch salmon, trout, pike, pickerel, bass, and croppie. Use restrictions include one trout line at half river width, at most two hooks in set fishing, and three on a spoon for trolling. Spearing and seining are banned. minnows may be seined under size rules. possession of a spear or seine near water implies violation. State Fish Commissioner George A. Lincoln orders stricter enforcement with deputy fish commissioners directed to watch for infractions.
In Springfield Agata and partners suffer a shock as Governor Yates vetoes the legislature’s $40000 appropriation to the Partello claim, dragging a nine year dispute over state reformatory costs. The veto also blocks three other bills on fraternal insurance costs, rent collection with ejectment, and defining police magistrate counties.
London reports the king intends to convert White Lodge at Richmond into an outer London residence for the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall. The vacant crown property, with some royal furniture, was visited by the King incognito, who was cheered by crowds as he toured through Kew Gardens.
Governor Bliss vetoes annual $1,500 salaries for the chief clerk of the house and the senate secretary and a $17,500 land purchase for Mastern Asylum, citing lack of session work and unnecessary expansion. Other measures: $185,000 for the College of Mines and $70,000 for the state fish commission approved.
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