First Black Diamond coal arrives for John Shields & Son
The initial shipment of high grade Scranton coal arrives for John Shields & Son and is priced at 10 dollars a ton delivered. Orders will be filled as received, with assurance from customers about quality. Also notes upholstery and repair services by Frank Wesson and a Parrish Savings Bank opening next Saturday. The Iowa Central Railway offers homeseeker fares on Tuesdays. A child burns from a hot stove, treated effectively with Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Sold by Stewart's pharmacy Cook & Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shields & Son
Scranton
Geo. T. Benson
Bath
Paris
M. Rosey
Madison Medicine Co
J. H. Stewart
Parrish
Savings Bank
Low Rate Excursions For Homeseekers By Iowa Central
The Iowa Central railway announces excursion tickets to western and southern destinations at one fare plus 2.00 round trip, valid 21 days from sale. Available on the first and third Tuesdays of November through April 1903. Inquiries to any agent or A. B. Cutts, G P T A, Minneapolis. Also notes: teams for work offered by J. D. Daniels, telephone 266.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Central Railroad
Minnesota
North Dakota
Iowa Central Railway
Iowa Central
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
Weather forecast for Iowa: showers, warmth, and cooling
Washington D C November 28 Special to The Evening Journal The following is the weather forecast for Iowa today and tomorrow Threatening with showers Saturday and west portion tonight warmer tonight and east portion Saturday cooler west portion Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
The
Evening Journal
Iowa
Local Notes and Tidbits from Allen's and Surrounding Areas
Old items list ice cream at Allen's and barbers at the Alcove with no waiting. It notes Joe Allen of Winfield visiting his mother for Thanksgiving and Miss Gertrude Rogers of Oskaloosa staying with Miss Daisy Allen. The Pleasant Plains missionary society hosts a gathering December 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Allen
Winfield
His
City
Gertrude Rogers
Oskaloosa
Daisy Allen
Grading Advances on Milwaukee Cut Off Toward Muscatine
The Milwaukee road work gang expects to finish laying track on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul cut off from Muscatine to Cone by sunset tomorrow and reach Washington by December 10 to 16. Ballast work continues as ties go in with trains to run between Washington and Muscatine next month. A Thanksgiving reunion at H. H. Rathmel's home eight miles north featured a large dinner and good spirits.
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Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Muscatine
Cone
Iowa River
Washington
H. H. Rathmel
James Rathmel
Mattie
Ida Rathmel
Rose
Mounts Welcome Ten-Pound Boy During Thanksgiving
A telegram from Harry announces the birth of a ten-pound boy this morning in St. Louis. Harry and his wife are visiting Mrs. Mount's parents for Thanksgiving.
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W. R. Mount
Harry
St. Louis
Mrs. Mount
Kings and Queens Operatic Burlesque at the Graham
The Kings and Queens Operatic Burlesque Company performs tonight at the Graham. Curtain rises at 8 15 sharp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings and Queens Operatic Burlesque Company
the Graham
Garfield Coal for Furnaces Sold by Shields & Son
The Garfield Coal is touted as excellent furnace coal available from John Shields & Son. Rev. R. W. Nairn of Kirkwood Illinois will preach at the First United Presbyterian Church next Sunday morning and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Nairn
Kirkwood
U. P
For Sale Old Rails At One Dollar A Load
Sale notice offering old rails at one dollar per load on a first come first served basis. Contact Thomas at 181L ring on the southwest line, No 187 tf.
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Thomas
Dudley Refuses To Yield Sheriff Office In Nevada
Sheriff Dudley refuses to surrender the sheriff's office to Coroner Maxwell after a telegran from Governor Durbin. Maxwell demands control. Dudley, consulting attorneys, declines. The case involves a mob lynching of a prisoner while Dudley oversaw Jas. Dillard. Under state law the county coroner must assume the sheriff's duties if the sheriff cannot protect prisoners.
Equitable Life Offers Life Insurance for Clerks
The Equitable Life Assurance Society announced coverage for its New York home office clerks. Each employee will receive a policy of 1000 dollars, kept in force while employed. Half goes to the spouse or designated beneficiary at death, the other half funds pensions for aging workers. Over 600 employees are affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Doan's Kidney Pills Widely Praised in Testimony
Letters from Washington and Monmouth residents praise Doan's Kidney Pills for back pain relief. Mrs. R S Young recounts personal, and family, use leading to rapid improvement. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co New York sole agents. remember the name Poan's and take no other.
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United States
Dean’s
Washington
R.S. Young
West
Madison Street
Doan
Monmouth
Lir
Dean
Columbia
Foster-Milburn Co
N. Y
Poan
Miss Nettie O Vincent Dies of Typhoid at Swedish Hospital
Miss Nettie O Vincent, eldest daughter of J G Vincent, died Sunday of typhoid fever at the Swedish hospital after being brought from Minneapolis by her father. She was about 28 and had lived in Aberdeen until recently, with deep ties to local families. Her funeral occurred Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Vincent
Minneapolis
Nettie O. Vincent
Swedish Hospital
R.G. Vincent
Vincent
Washington
New Life Pills Claim Grand Medicine for Health
D. H. Turner of Dempsey town Pennsylvania praises Dr King's New Life Pills as a new man after two weeks of use. The advertisement claims the pill is infallible for constipation stomach and liver troubles and lists a price of 25 cents at Stewart's drug store.
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Dr. King
D. H. Turner
Dempseytown
Stewart's Drug Store
Death mystery in Shultsburg fires claims local veteran
In Shultsburg Wisconsin on November 27 the body of J W Sheffer was found in a field badly burned with the skin missing from the face and upper body. He appears to have rolled to extinguish the flames. The cause of the fire remains unclear and he was a prominent member of the local Sons of Veterans camp. In Springfield Illinois on November 27 Henry Estes aged 19 is jailed on $30000 bond for mailing drugs to improper purposes. Relatives in Winchester Scott county are said to be wealthy and prominent and have refused to post bonds.
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Shultsburg
Wis
J. W. Sheffer
Sheffer
Sons of Veterans’ Camp
Springfield
Henry Estes
Sangamon County
Anna Mader
Bertha Mader
Mount Sterling
Brown County
Maders
Winchester
Scott County
Territorial Inquiry Ends For Territory Statehood Claims
The Senate Territories Committee has finished investigations in New Mexico Arizona Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Chairman Beveridge returned to Indianapolis for a few hours before heading to Washington and declined to discuss conclusions. Also noted are active Pennsylvania collieries and volcanic unrest at La Soufriere. Silver reached 474. per ounce in New York markets.
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Indianapolis
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Beveridge
Senate Committee On Territories
Washington
Pennsylvania
Island of
St. Vincent
B. W.E
New York
Bowling Match at Dempsey Alleys Nears Washington Wins
Washington defeats Fairfield in a three game bowling match at Dempsey Alleys on the north side of the square. Three games were played with Washington taking the second by 3 pins and the overall lead after tallying totals. The event drew a full house as spectators watched a two hour twenty minute contest on five lanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fairfield
Fairfield Boys
Carbaugh
L. Hollingsworth
Chambelains Cough Remedy Promoted for Cold Relief
A local ad touts Chambelains Cough Remedy as a reliable medicine to loosen mucus ease throat irritation and soothe lung inflammation. Sold by Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman in town.
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Stewart's Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
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the Evening Journal
Orville Elder
Lows
Talephone
Opftor
Jon Hast
Main S&f
D. J. Norton, JR
North Side of Square
Washington, Iowa
Mississippi
Craney Crow Donovan
Oliver Horn
Dion McCatchen Parker Wilson Gibbons White
Lewis Wester
del H. Duncan
Victors
J. Albert Williams & Co
Dougherty Bros
West Side Clothiers
Frank Wesson
James Cowger
Parrish Savings Bank
J. D. Daniels
Hart Schainer
Marx
Nicola & Campbell
Undertakers
Stewart's
Washington, Ia
Weather Forecast
Allen's
Maggie Zeck
Pleasant Plains Missionary Society
Fred Jones
Ditmars
Brighton
Isadore Centliver
Rocky Mountain
KE. F. Lilley
Burlington
the Reynolds Studio
Garfield
First
U. P. Church
Dudley
Wim
Dempsey Bowling
Carbough Woodsides
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Tewne Eevee Hollingsworth
Denmpaey
Carbough
Woodsides
Bury Hollingsworth
Dempsey
Mi Sa Cdae
Ili
Emery Chedrnoeep
ECR
CCE AE
Sess Teese
Bell
Wisecarver
Woods EE
Cca
Washington Emery Cepr
Owen Ein Ees Sante Ee Eeneses Ee
Reynolds
Hollingsworth
Willy
Work & Meek
Weat Side
Topsy
Gilbert Me
the Savings Bank
F. F. Parrish
Tee
Kaye & Lytle
Telephone
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