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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1901
Page
3
A bustling town page notes Allen's shop selling cigars oysters tobacco and candy plus Cole's Hot Blast Stoves sold by A J Rankin. Local residents visit family friends attend church and travel to nearby towns for Thanksgiving events with many arriving from Fairfield Muscatine and Crawfordsville.
Sequire of George W. Howe advertises land for sale with quality and improvements superior to Washington county prospects. Prices listed from 30.00 to 4000.00 per acre, indicating a wide range of acre values and potential buys.
Nashville Students perform at the Graham venue with tickets priced at 25 35 and 50 cents. seats now on sale for the event next Monday evening.
Joseph G. Cannon believes no move toward free trade with the Philippines will occur this session. He says the Philippine question rests with the courts and no such trade change will take effect until a court decree. He adds the ship subsidy bill is dead, tariff revision unlikely, and reciprocity measures possible but limited.
Norman F Y Lambert a colored US Navy deserter was arrested in Michigan City Ind on suspicion of a local murder but supplied an alibi claiming he was 11 000 miles away in Rahway N J meeting his wife and child then identifying by others as the killer He later confessed to desertion and proved he was in Shanghai aboard the gunboat Helena at the time of the murder, leading to official verification of his alibi.
In St Joseph Michigan November 20 Judge Beardsley ordered $10,000 worth of Booths nets seized by Warden Brewster condemned and turned over to the game warden for disposal. Brewster may sell the tugboats Hnee and Edwards seized in the crusade last week. Tug owners protest and will appear before Judge Coolidge to seek protection under state law. Tugs valued at $15,000.
London November 20, inquiry into the Battle Abbey sale ends with Sir Augustus Frederick Webster bart named the purchaser. He is a descendant of Sir Thomas Webster who acquired the Abbey from Viscount Montague in 1719 and held it for 130 years.
Samuel Willert, a watchman aboard the steam erlin, was found dead in the Nemadji river near West Superior. Three men with him Wednesday night were arrested, an inquest to be held today, and Willert is said to have lived in Buffalo New York.
The Fanfulla reports Signor Gioletti says Louis Granott is in Chicago under police surveillance. He had recently been sentenced to life imprisonment by Italy as Bresch's accomplice, though not in custody. Thanksgiving scores: Cornell 24 Pennsylvania 6 in Philadelphia. Michigan 50 Iowa 0 in Chicago. Wisconsin 35 Chicago 0. Columbia 40 Carlisle 12 in New York.
In Brooklyn the National Enameling and Stamping company plant was totally destroyed by fire early yesterday. Watchman George Koch perished in the blaze as losses are estimated above 500000.
In Clark county at Westfield Arcola area Sherman Bunton a wealthy barber died Wednesday by suicide drinking a quart of bay rum. He had a strong drinking habit according to reports.
Des Moines Iowa November 20 Judge William Phillips oldest Polk county bar member and one of its wealthiest pioneers died in Phoenix Arizona Wednesday night He had traveled there for his health to seek recovery after years of legal work in the county.
Pittsburg reports show the switchmen's strike dissolving as railroad officials in the region announce traffic returning to normal after disruptions. The move follows nationwide labor actions impacting terminals and freight movement in the area.
Elgin Illinois November 28 high corn prices force Geneva glucose factory to suspend operations Kane county seat leading industry to close with impact on local economy
Howell Michigan November report: village clerk Charles P. Adams, also employed in Alma, has been ill with Cubanitech later diagnosed as smallpox. His wife, who has kept him company, is now quarantined as a contact.
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