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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1901
Page
3
Local retailer West Side Book and Stationery cuts prices to draw customers. Heavy stock and large sales offered at very small margins aim to boost volume and clear inventory.
The column lists various small notices and people travel plans including Rev. DeForrest and O. T. Smith traveling to Davenport and Ottumwa respectively. It notes fresh Baltimore oysters, crackers at Allen's, and Mrs Seymour visiting Thornburg. Carlton Wilson returns from Iowa City. Mr and Mrs Will Kerr visit West Chester. Mrs I M Lewis visits West Liberty. Robert L. Cherry buys Carson Anderson home. Anderson to build nearby.
A note of small town events includes Mrs J H Stewart hosting luncheon, Reverend Allen attending Morning Sun events, Rev W G Thorn returning from Williamsburg, and a marriage license issued for Geo W Bell and Stella Kepler. Also A J Rankin offers Cole's Hot Blast Stoves with 36 hour fire capability and Thanksgiving turkey orders from Topp Stuart's.
W J Hamilton visits Thos McClement home in Morning Sun while Dr O E Rork returns from Chicago after dental study. Mrs Rose Clapp of Muscatine arrives to visit Rev and Mrs W G Thorn. J B Crooks family move into new home on North Second Ave from Crawfordsville. Lizzie Erkenberry of Chariton visits East Washington Street. An English association offers a $500 reward for a greater blessing to women than Rocky Mountain Tea. Fred Emry from Stewart's attends Iowa City, visiting sister Mattie Emry, then returns to Brighton for winter vacation.
Mrs. Newt Eyestone of Lexington left last evening for a two to three week visit in Indiana with friends and relatives. Mrs. James Stapp, visiting Cotter, returned home in Cotter after shopping with the Rich family.
One hundred fine turkeys arrive at the Todd Stuart Meat Market in Washington and must be sold quickly. The sale emphasizes premium birds described as the finest that ever came to Washington.
Wednesday evening at the Graham venue, Mr. Jobo Arthur and company presenting an evening program.
Notices announce tickets for the production Virginius with special scenery. Also included are social notes of Mrs Jane Riddell departing for Englewood Sit and wedding plans for Miss Mattie Miller and Walter Johnson in Bloomfield. Turkey orders urged from Topp Stuart and Mrs G L Burch returning to West Liberty.
A Wednesday Nov 27 event in Armory D features a high school band 394th It day. Also scheduled are performances of Virginius, David Garrick, and An Enemy to the Queer at Graham. tickets sold at Carris Pharmacy. matinee at 3 pm. doors 2:30 pm. 15 and under 10 cents, adults 25 cents.
Members of the A. M. E. church will host a Thanksgiving Day dinner in Armory Hall to benefit the church. A large turnout is hoped for as patrons enjoy a dinner priced at twenty five cents.
Mary Lernard Seymour, granddaughter of Horatio Seymour, elopes with a 65 year old guide married to a Michigan land and timber expert. The couple, living in Marquette, faced parental opposition but wed after he guided her northward. The groom, a widower, has two sons and is 45 years her senior.
Major General Grenville M. Dodge visited Council Bluffs to be installed commander of Abe Lincoln Post, G A R. The event drew large crowds as the installation occurred outdoors, followed by a camp fire with local Woman's Relief Corps members. Dodge thanked comrades and donated relics from the Black River battlefield.
In Indianapolis on a federal court Saturday Richard C. Davis the Washington Indiana bank cashier pleaded not guilty through attorney Simpley Chambers to embezzling 70000 dollars from the People's National Bank of Washington Indiana The report notes an unrelated raid at a Chickasha gaming resort where three masked men stole 700 dollars in currency early Sunday.
Charles G. Dawes toured Danville Illinois last week to gauge gateway senatorial races. He said he visited only because he believed Cannon was not running.
Martin Hogan, one of seven men condemned with John Boyle O'Reilly in 1866 for treason, lies dying in County Hospital. Their sentence to be shot was commuted to life then twenty years of penal servitude after banishment to Van Dieman's Land. The Catalpa voyage aimed to rescue them before O'Reilly escaped by night, and later a Gazelle rescue helped Hogan.
Five hundred thousand people in the Yangtse valley face starvation without external relief. The report notes urgent need for assistance to prevent a humanitarian disaster in the region.
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