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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1903

Page

4

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Weather forecast for Iowa from Washington dispatch

Partly cloudy with possibly snow flurries tonight and tomorrow. East and south portions may be warmer tonight. The report is dated November 28 from Washington showing Iowa conditions for today and tomorrow.

Washington, D. C The Evening Journal Iowa

Lost Horse Blanket Reported Near Baptist Church

Finder please return to the Journal office. Any person who wants hogs butch ered should see Stuart and son. Prices reasonable. 43-12t or

Journal Ofice Baptist Church West Madison Street Journal Stuart and Son

Annual election call for J G White Post 108 G A R

Dear comrade reminder for the December first 1903 election of officers. Post commander John Alex Young urges renewal of memberships and new applicants to strengthen the aging post and wear the bronze button to show Union Army affiliation.

Army of the Union John Alex Young

Glee Club Show Tonight At Academy

Local notes list a Glee Club event tonight at 8 o'clock at the Academy. The item catalogs community gatherings and social meetings including a bachelor maids group meeting and a Woman's Missionary Society session in Pleasant Plain.

Glee Club Academy Woman’s Missionary Society of Pleasant Plain Aux Sarah Noacker Wednnesday

Royal Neighbors Hold Regular Meeting Tomorrow Evening

The Royal Neighbors announce a regular meeting for tomorrow evening, December 1, with election of officers on the agenda. All members are urged to attend.

Tompkins Dancing Class Moves to Friday Evenings

The Prof Tompkins dancing class will meet Friday evenings in the future instead of Wednesdays. This change shifts the weekly schedule for participants.

Prof. Tompkins M&f

Bakery items and visits noted at Johnson's

The column lists ten cent pies at Johnson bakery and notes several people traveling or visiting Ames and nearby towns. Will Steele rode as a passenger to Chicago yesterday while Miss Marie Samson helps at Parrish during the holidays. Leland Clapper, EF 8S Spenser, Otto Dede, Mrs. Harry Tillotson, Mrs. Robert Israel, and Miss Allie Wells are mentioned with various trips and visits.

Johnson's Will Steele Chicago Spenser Otto Dede Harry Tillotson Muscatine Robert Israel Fairfield H. L. White Allie Wells Beulah Stewart Monmouth

How to Go Nutting in the Woods

Clarence Deming explains multiple nutting techniques from simple hand cracking to refined methods using a cord and weighted projectiles to shake chestnut branches. The piece contrasts old stone methods with precision looping to strip several branches in one cast, noting practice improves dexterity.

Clarence Deming

Millionaire in sore distress admits Pueblo snowstorm ordeal

A dusty Pueblo traveler, coated in coal soot, tells a Denver police officer he is not a coal miner or charcoal burner but a millionaire in distress who has endured a Pueblo snowstorm. The humor hinges on the contrast between his appearance and his declared status.

Pueblo Colo Denver

The Magnetic North and the Compass's Shifting Course

The article argues the magnetic compass does not point true north and varies by location and over time. It cites London as about 17 degrees west of north, notes 1580 at 11 degrees east, and describes movements through 1659 and 1820 with ongoing oscillation toward and away from north.

London

Fragmentary dialogue from Life magazine quote

A brief exchange shows a couple in a lingering quarrel with sharp irony. The man and woman discuss affection and perception, culminating in a quip about foolishness.

Funeral of Timothy H. Dempsey at St James Church

The funeral for Timothy H. Dempsey died Saturday noon was held at nine oclock from St James church with Rev Father Jacobsmeier presiding. Pallbearers named were John Buckley John Scannell W H Riley J B Crooks John Donovan and John Swift. Interment at Elm Grove Cemetery. The notice also lists low one way rates to the coast and Rock Island railroad excursion tickets to California Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana with tourist cars through via Santa Fe System.

Timothy H. Dempsey St. James Church Father Jacobsmeier John Buckley John Scannell W. H. Riley J. B. Crooks John Donovan John Swift Elm Grove Cemetery Iowa Central Ry California Oregon Washington Idaho Montana Santa Fe A. B. Cutts Minneapolis Minn

Rock Island offers low fare to Chicago for livestock show

The Rock Island System will sell round trip tickets to Chicago at one fare plus 2.00 to 9.00 from Washington due to the International Live Stock Show. Sales run Nov 29 to Dec 1 with return by Dec 7. Last low rate opportunity of the year. No matter whether

Rock Island Chicago Washington

Frisco Special Land Buyers Excursions to Greer County

Special land buyers excursions to Greer County Oklahoma and other Southwest lands in November and December via the Frisco System. Prospective buyers can acquire rich farming lands at one fourth to one tenth the cost of Eastern and Northern lands. Contact R. Lemon Secretary Frisco System Immigration Bureau St. Louis Mo Colenso Hotel shoe shining parlors Dave Keltner proprietor.

Greer County Oklahoma Great Southwest Frisco Lemon Frisco System Immigration Bureau St. Louis, Mo

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