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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1901
Page
3
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A compact classified notice for Dr J A Marie, dentist, with office location in Washington Iowa. The fragment indicates a dental practice and street entry Borne Baten sore as part of the address.
A bustling list of city errands and social visits includes notable residents and travelers. People like Wm. Bogencamp, John Jay, Alfred Hillhouse, James Warner, Ira Bowmen, Jobo Orr, Mrs. Julia Smiley Crail, and Ed Walther appear amid shopping for Thanksgiving meats and turkeys at Wells Mc Culley and Wells Moulley. Local shops advertise deals on cigars, jewelry, and Cole's Hot Blast Stoves as residents plan visits to Burlington, Fairfield, Des Moines, and other nearby towns.
Doctor A S Hays announces new parlor location within the Temple Building. The move highlights expanded services and a broader patient reach in the community.
One thousand copies of sheet music covering marches waltzes two steps cake walks and popular and classical tunes for piano voice mandolin guitar violin and cornet priced from 10 cents up to 200. Catalogue free from Saling Belknap's Music Store Washington Last.
Captain Edward I. Lawton's company of the Nineteenth Infantry attacked and seized an insurgent fort on Bohol island south of Beiru in the Viravan group. Sergeant McMahon led twenty men up a cliff through thick brush to ambush the rear, forcing the fort's surrender after a three hour assault. The enemy suffered heavy losses as they fled past Lawton's company. Cannon and rifles were seized and special mention was made of Sergeants List and McMahon in the report.
In Bloomington Illinois on November 28 the death of Professor Frank W. Harvey is reported. A piano master born in Chicago, he ran the Harvey Academy of Music here and was famed as a leading pianist of the west. His fiancée Adelaide Victorian Lloyd, a young newspaper woman, was married to him two weeks before his death as he lay in bed propped up.
In El Paso Texas November 25 authorities report 112 bars of gold and silver bullion valued over 20000 were stolen during transit from smelters to eastern refineries. The car traveled on the Galveston Houston and San Antonio line and the haul surfaced near Fort Worth before being buried in western Texas. Detectives track leads across various locations as uncovering digs continues.
The doctor reports strong optimism about Will Graham's recovery at Hot Springs. The patient must follow strict rules, which will test his active temperament, but adherence is expected to lead to cure.
Miss Flo Montgomery starts the winter term at Sunset School while Orin Helwick returns from a trip to Central City Nebraska and other lands. John Needham of the Sigourney News visits the city Saturday as a reporter for a leading Iowa weekly. An English association offers a 500 reward for a greater blessing to women than Rocky Mountain Tea. Stewart's advertises fresh oysters from Baltimore and bakers supplies.
The JoURNAL office promotes calling cards as convenient Christmas gifts and remembrance items. It notes many friends ordered them last year, and urges readers to view samples and modern engraved styles.
Grover Cleveland’s condition has improved after a slight pneumonia attack contracted during a duck hunting trip at Cape Charles. Attending physician J H Wickoff reports the ex president is no longer in danger though confined to bed in Princeton New Jersey.
Chicago scores on Saturday show Notre Dame defeating South Bend Physicians and Surgeons 84 to 0. Michigan skews Beloit 89 to 6, and Cornell overwhelms Vermont 68 to 0 while Ohio State falls to Indiana 18 to 6.
Helen Willt mans Post C C Post and Charles Burgman of Sea Breeze Florida indicted by the U S grand jury in Macon Georgia for alleged fraudulent use of the mails to push letters and pamphlets promoting their mental healing science. In Baku a second oil gusher boosts production and lowers local oil price by six kopecks.
John Rorick an oil salesman traveling in Ohio and Pennsylvania is charged in an affidavit by George H Goldman of Pittsburg with having drowned the babe of his daughter Emma Goldman in the city reservoir here last September.
Guthrie O T November 25. Indian agency agents propose withholding the quarterly payments of any ward who has been drunk since the last payment to deter whisky drinking among tribes. The strategy targets sobriety by linking aid to conduct.
Sioux City reports Charles Lodine marshal of Albert City died from his gunshot wounds sustained in last week’s bank robbery battle with Greenville Iowa gang. Three fatalities declared two citizens and one robber.
Hartford on November 25 reports a silver handkerchief case of artistic workmanship completed for the New York Fruit Producers association. It will be presented to Mrs. McKinley by the group.
A Scots dialogue about asking for whisky before going home. Sandy and Tammas discuss when to drink with playful banter and a final nod to the glass deciding.
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