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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1902
Page
3
Subscription terms list monthly and advance rates for 4 East Main telephone office. Includes per year and end-of-year payment options with rates unclear due to damaged text. Reads like old newspaper telegraph or telephone service notice.
The forecast says fair tonight and partly cloudy tomorrow with possible showers. Affected area includes Iowa, with extreme heat portion noted.
City residents and visitors are listed from Allen to West Chester with motions to Low a City, Des Moines and Cincinnati. Names include Hoyt, Nellie Anderson, Miss Fannie Kyle, Rudolph Warfel and many others visiting, returning, or planning trips and social events. Park chairs arrive, phones go on, and local errands mix with travel to Ottumwa and Chicago.
A youth Otto Haukan fell from a dam bulkhead into swift water and was rescued by bystanders after nearly drowning. The page also notes a memorial day flower drive, a funeral notice for Andrew Goodberret, and legal motions in the Kid Noble case, with assorted local notices on clubs and holidays.
Sidewalks repaired under the street commissioner by A Miller. Community invites all to see Little Women by Alcott at Swift Hall on Decoration Eve with admission two dimes. Pearl found by Chris Griesbach valued near $800. Hamilton area social and sales events announced with local vendors and educators noted.
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