22 Nov 1897
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1897
Page
1
The column notes Edna Terry and Matheny wedding as a major Mena social event with prominent families. A separate report describes a Saturday fire west of town caused by a freight, destroying hedge, orchard trees, and wood as crews fought the flames.
The dispatch reports a forecast for Iowa with generally fair skies and continued cold temperatures through tonight and Tuesday. The item originates from Washington D. C. and is datelined November 27.
Clyde Brown parties with Dolly chase ends near Washington Buggy Works as horse exits and tools scatter along Jefferson Street. Boston Syndicate Shows offer free turkeys and prizes for Thanksgiving and a matinee. Boston Continuous Performance Company draws larger crowds at the Opera House with acts by Rajan Our Baby Wrath Wakefield and Lester Franklin. Local services and court cases noted with a Maxwell case dismissal and Orion Lodge activity. Prof Hanna visits Des Moines Highland Park Normal College guest at DeLong home.
The program features The Great Rajan with 18-foot dives and tumbling into a front-table landing, Rice and Delmar German Comedy Sketch Artists, Wroth and Wakefield Irish Comedians, The Lesters Sketchers, Little Miss McKeever dances, The Eldons juggling and hat spinning, The Only Hibbard slack wire, The Victorellis Shadowists, Marion Campbell Always Different, W. N. Simonds An Novel Thing, Mart N. Zielie Popular Ballad Singer, and Prof. Fred Hull musical director under Ray Gothold.
New York Store promotes homemaker fabrics with denims for pillows and draperies. A new denim pillow line features 16 cents per yard while the pillow fabrics start at 15 cents, highlighting satisfaction and customer appeal.
Elegant new Taffeta ribbons striped and changeable priced at 25c each. Butter colored laces offered at 15c 20c and 25c per piece. A wide table linen selection is in the sale with the store boasting the lowest one day price ever on table linen.
The notice lists heating stoves and local sellers including Benpo Rankin Mrs G BP Judson Mrs BR A Jones and Mrs Elizabeth Spry of Brighton. It mentions a Saturday visit to Robt McGaughy and notes Flinners washed at Crawford Steam Laundry with a laundry guarantee.
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