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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1899
Page
4
A health ad urges readers to seek Dr Dix Tonic Tablets for relief from fatigue and declining health. It cites a remedy approach and provides a Detroit address for a sales offer.
The statement lists tracts of land and town lots with unpaid taxes for the years specified. It names Aaron Tse and notes delinquent taxes, interest, and charges as recorded against him in Washington County Iowa.
Mrs Shannon of Winfield arrived to visit friends with Capt and Mrs S W Brookhart hosting Thursday night for Messrs Hearne and Hearne who recently returned from the Philippines They plan a prayer meeting at 7 PM and Prof Clendenin arrived on No 15 from Davenport Geo Welch of Ainsworth stayed with his mother Mrs Henderson today Local notes reflect travel visits and church events.
Jefferson Armstrong enjoys a happy day near the Journal office. Licenses issued yesterday include Sylvester Peck with Nannie Beauchamp and M A Jones with Edith Dewees. Judge John T. Scott hosted the bar at Harvey Warfel parlor. Henry Breed sold his farm near Ainsworth and bought sixty acres near the city from Thomas Anderson. Chas Stephens heads to Winfield on business.
The Times-Democrat lauds Chicago Tribune foreign coverage with Grace Corneau and H. J. Whigham dispatches from Paris and London. It argues Chicago journalism is evolving into metropolitan standard and surpasses New York papers in breadth and depth despite politics.
The Miller versus Krejci jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff of one cent after a session that began yesterday evening and extended into today. Judge Dewey to preside Friday, with probate matters scheduled.
At 9 30 last night after court business Judge John T. Scott performed a wedding between Miss Hkdith P Dewees and M A Jones a locomotive fireman from Valley Junction Iowa. The couple had been engaged since last summer and were witnessed by members of the bar and friends who offered congratulations.
Yesterday in Dutch Creek township two neighbors Harmon Treat and Fred Mangold died within hours of each other. Both men were long respected Germans and died of cancer. Their deaths are mourned by the county. Owen Williams of Cotter rents property in the city and plans to move with his family as he nears retirement.
Notice lists events including a funeral for T. Cunningham and Thanksgiving contributions to Mrs. Foley. It also notes a Thanksgiving dinner at the Baptist church and seeks football game rooters. Cal Pearson visited, and A Boucher injured on a building job south of the city. Fraud warnings follow about census impostors.
George Wightman, 67, convicted of murder in the first degree for killing Clarence Updike after a seven minute jury deliberation. He awaits sentencing days later as his lawyers challenged the verdict. Wightman declared he was satisfied only that the people were. The case notes his sanity at the time of shooting and marks a grim end to a lengthy county jail confinement.
Electric makers propose a trust. Admiral Dewey to visit Chicago May 1 1900. The sultan plot found at Constantinople. Man killed near Devil's Lake Wisconsin by a southbound train. Bubonic plague ravages reported in Manchuria. London reports congestion of transit systems to cost about 100 million dollars. Dr Edward McGlynn convalescent not seriously ill as earlier stated. Mrs Leander J McCormick Chicago preacher dies aged 77. Mayor Harrison says Chicago lacks funds for needed improvements. The U S notes minor faults in the Samoan treaty and seeks a correcting document. Voting precincts establish on Oneida reservation Wisconsin. A man found dead on a Wisconsin railroad track. Torn ribs removed in pneumonia surgery.
Henry C. Payne of Wisconsin will present a resolution to the National Republican Committee proposing a new representation basis for future national conventions. The plan would award four at large delegates per state plus one for each 10,000 votes cast for Republican electors, plus four delegates per organized territory and DC, with district divisions as practicable. If adopted, states would gain or lose delegates, altering totals and reshaping the 1894 delegate map.
Reports show the Republican state committee spent 9113 Rebecca of dollars on literary bureau lithographs and plate work, while the Democratic committee posted receipts of 18149.55 and expenditures of 17908.58. In New York Croker discusses Bryan as Democratic standard bearer, and Nebraska hosts a suffrage convention with Carrie Chapman Catt and Ida Huetin attending. Englishman Douglas Campbell and Aimee Lawrence wed in Paris with Gen Horace Porter and Austin Lee as witnesses. Alvis Hotter, 62, of Jefferson Wisconsin, dies under uncertain circumstances after a late night fall at a hotel. Football notes include a Thanksgiving game mention and local travel reminders.
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