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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1901
Page
2
The Methodist Church overflowed with attendees for a memorial service honoring Civil War veterans. Mrs. Lillian Haggett gave a short talk. The sermon urged developing wartime values and the quick transition from youth to manhood. The event featured patriotic decoration and the song America, leaving attendees moved by shared national sentiments.
Miss Mazie King and Mr. L. D. Higgins, both of this city, will marry at eight o'clock. The ceremony will be private with close friends, Rev. J. B. Schreckengast officiating. The couple will visit relatives in Fort Scott Kansas before settling in the King residence on Green Street. Higgins is an emigrant land agent for M. E. T. A. R. and well regarded in local circles.
Ed Swift assumes charge of brick work started today on St. James school with Frank Moore as foreman. The main structure nears completion and interior work will start next. When finished the building will stand as one of the citys finest public structures.
Lytle county central committee chair J H Stewart announces the county convention will not be held until late June, ahead of the August state convention. Local counties near Des Moines host conventions to boost a candidate. Christia Beauchamp of Winfield visited Mr and Mrs J J Weld. Advertisements tout Dr Kay's Renovator as spring system reviver, with 25¢ and 650c tablets and $1 liquid, sold by local pharmacies.
A funeral yesterday at 10 o'clock from a Southeast Washington residence featured Rev. J. B. Schreckengast and a Presbyterian choir with Miss Conrad. Services at the Mennonite church north of Noble were in English and German by Revs. Stuckey and Graber, drawing about eight hundred attendees. Remains placed in Sommers' Cemetery northwest of Noble. Pallbearers named. A Decoration Day dance was announced for Armory D that evening.
The advertisement touts Casearets Candy Cathartic as the most important discovery for constipation. It claims guaranteed relief with genuine tablets stamped C C C and warns they are not sold in bulk through druggists.
Washington obituary notes Col George A Stone long respected by soldiers in the civil war. He served in the First Iowa infantry, then major in the Fourth Iowa Cavalry, organized the 25th Iowa infantry from multiple counties, and worked as a National Bank Examiner. Funeral arrangements set for Mt Pleasant with many 25th Iowa veterans expected.
East end players Brogan and Bergquist defeated West end duo Winters and Beatty in an 18 to 13 baseball game at Highloch Park on Saturday. The teams are now even in wins after West end’s prior victory, and the next matchup is anticipated as a battle royal.
In San Francisco's Chinese Quarter a joss house scene shows a wooden warrior on a fiery horse awaiting the joss in the doorway. The ritual includes tea and cups for the rider, water bowls, divination through slips, and offerings burned for the spirit world. Annual rites send valuables to the departed. worship days fall on the 1st and 15th. An unidentified man was killed and Frank Ennis injured by a Northwestern train in Chicago. Filipino General Cailles negotiates surrender and amnesty for his followers.
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