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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1901
Page
3
Advertises Stewart’s stock of SIScos with a large and comprehensive range. Notes mailing address and subscription terms. Mentions office hours for ad copy changes and emphasizes fixed prices. Provides postal details and local promotional tone in period voice. Includes subscription and advertising deadlines.
Dentist announces office location at Over and under Barden's store on the South Side of the Square in Washington Iowa.
Stewart's changes of address and Mrs Roy Emry visiting Brighton are noted. Various residents travel to Davenport Keota and Fort Scott while Todd Stuart offers dressed fish and poultry. Ed Carris family moves to East Jefferson street and several locals visit friends in Keota.
Our Friends notes seven years of dedicated portrait work by KEYNOLDS in the artful craft of picture making. The piece highlights the steady support of an appreciative public for portraits by KEYNOLDS.
West Chester report shows Rock Island company drilling a new deep well at the stock yards to relieve water scarcity. Workmen reached forty feet with a four foot diameter as shippers struggle with hauling water in the area.
A medical advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for stomach and digestion ailments. It cites a Columbus Ohio testimonial about severe illness, weight gain after eight bottles, and claims cures for weak stomach and related organ weaknesses.
Special weather forecast for Washington D C notes rain tonight and Sunday, possibly turning to snow. Much colder Sunday with the west portion turning cold tonight.
President Charles M. Schwab and his party attempted to pass through a gate at the Scott steel mill but were blocked by Dad Brown, the old colored watchman. Schwab tipped Brown $2 as a memento of the encounter and left without entering the plant through that route.
Sheriff Demmer with Aurora police arrested twenty one men from the Aurora Wheaton and Chicago Railway construction crew for violating a court injunction. The Bracey Howard Foster firm faced suspensions and an injunction as Mayor Alschuler sought city attorney guidance.
Rev Frank Crane resigns from Hyde Park Methodist to lead the People’s church in Chicago. He will preach next Sunday and receive 7500 dollars yearly, making him the city’s highest paid minister. Dr W H Thomas, who stepped down as People’s pastor, becomes pastor emeritus at 1800 dollars annually.
Grave fears for the Laflin Rand powder works magazines at Pleasant Prairie as a prairie fire raged nearby. Workers labored to save the magazines containing thousands of pounds of plant powder and the danger of further fires remains possible.
Miss Bollen Hartshorne, 46, arrived from England in response to a widow William II Wilson, 54, advertisement for a wife. They identified each other by exchanged photographs at the station, spent the afternoon together, and agreed to marry.
The steamship Roanoke arrived from Cape Nome on Thursday with 600 passengers. It is described as the last of the Nome passenger offers.
Li Hung Chang is reported in Peking with grave condition after two days of hemorrhages. Foreign physicians say his health remains critical and his status is precarious.
New York November report states Andrew D. P. White ambassador to Germany sailed Thursday on the Deutschland after a fortnight in the United States for private business.
Dr. Jorge Munoz was presented as special minister and plenipotentiary from Guatemala to the president while condolences were read for McKinley. C F McGrew Nebraska bank examiner resigns. Chicago detectives seized a slot machine under orders from Chief O Neill and returned $2.85 to a youth who dropped $18. The Chicago firemen ball total receipts reached $44 460.50.
Davenport visitor D A Mac Gugin returns home after a brief visit with his brother R L Mac Gugin in Davenport. Brookhart family reunion heads to Keosauqua with Mr and Mrs 8S W Brookhart and son joining the trip. Mack Williams arrives from Washington DC on leave to visit his parents amid the election. Mary Florence Boyer of Dublin to wed Frank Vernon Kerr of Iola Kansas in a quiet ceremony at the bride’s home on Wednesday at 5 PM with a December 3 4 start in Iola. Rocky Mountain Tea advertised at Stewart's. Cakes bread and home made candy featured at Johnson's this evening. Clifton Wilson wins outfit at a health resort hunt with Brannager Disberry Deeds Griffin and Dr. Dash present.
A roundup notes Andrew Carnegie donating to libraries in California and Oklahoma, a Spanish bill on silver, and a lord rector nomination at St Andrews. It cites a Youngstown barn fire injuring three firefighters, a Uniontown livery stable blaze, and Congo troops captured and eaten. Weather and Guthrie library funding also appear.
A derisive remark targets a poor child as the source of street trouble. The quotation reflects the paper's tone in criticizing lax public safety. No further context is provided about speaker or event.
One half section near depot on the RR Line priced at 860 per acre. Another parcel of 120 acres in Orez a township one mile from Cotter and 3.5 miles from Ainsworth along a public highway at 65 per acre. Marion township holds 319 acres with three barns, a double corn crib and an almost new $1000 house built in the last five years. Windmill, well, school within half mile and 150 tillable acres.
Three farms will be sold on easy terms with one third cash or its equivalent and the balance on long time. Money at per cent interest in even sums of $100 principal payable on interest paying days.
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