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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1901
Page
4
In Keota Louisiana May 21 special election voters approved a franchise for the Farmers Mutual Telephone company entitling right of way wire stringing pole placement and terminal access by a margin of fifty votes. A nuptial mass for Michael Dean and Gertrude Wolf was held at St James Church with reception to follow.
An overview of state exhibits at the Pan American Exposition notes liberal appropriations for in state and foreign buildings. New York leads with 300000 and a large permanent structure, followed by Illinois 75000 Michigan 40000 Ohio 30000 Missouri 50000 Washington 25000 Wisconsin 25000 New England states pool to display regional resources and industries.
A Washington Star quip recalls a failed local newspaper venture. An intellectual man with glasses asks if anyone tried to start a paper, Broncho Bill responds that it failed because the editor would not tend to business. The joke contrasts desk posture with readiness to shoot.
A traveler in Sweden learning he is about a mile from a destination is advised to hire a horse as the true distance equals 11 700 yards, making the so called mile the longest in the world.
Consolation to a husband as a child swallows a halfpenny. The exchange shows Pat urging calm and urging medical care, while a boy boasts of future plans and an old man recalls past deeds in a Chicago News item.
A short dialogue shows Tommy explaining his father is a policeman, not using brains or muscles for money. The Chicago Tribune quotation frames a joke about work and occupation.
WANTS family washings. Inquire at the Journal office. LOST Sunday a small black cape. Finder please leave at Journal office. WANTED house with eight rooms near Star J M Allen. FOR SALE ladies high grade bicycle good as new 1500. Inquire at Journal office. Picket fence for sale. Inquire of R R Lane. Refrigerator for sale cheap. Inquire at depot lunch counter. Found necklace with heart attached. Apply at Journal office. 2 seated Surrey with harness all good as new. Apply at Journal office. If Aaron Hise has a desirable place to rent house and garden to rent. Tate House for rent near square. If O M Ke c For Sale house and lot two blocks from the square. Excellent location good neighborhood. Price 1250. Apply at the Journal office. This place will make a nice home.
Good lands remain in northwestern Iowa southwestern Minnesota and South Dakota with low excursion rates. On the first and third Tuesday each month excursion tickets with a 21 day limit can be bought to all Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway points north of Abbott Shell Rock and Waverly at one farr plus 82. Full information from Shen and Brooks Industrial and Immigration Agents Cedar Rapids Iowa. John G Farmer A G P and T A B C R N Ry Cedar Rapids Ia.
First Class Excursions advertises trips to Columbus Ohio Centerville Lincoln Des Moines St Paul and more with reduced one and one third fare or one fare plus 2.00 for Milwaukee dates in May June and July. The route is described as the only first class line from Washington offering comfort speed and low rates. The listing lists multiple city departures with specific May and June travel windows.
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