15 Oct 1897
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1897
Page
1
Leading real estate firm of Washington County invites owners to list farm or city property for sale or trade. They offer to match buyers and trades and guarantee helpful correspondence.
Winamouse Co offers a restaurant with a new building in a thriving town for sale cheap for cash or trade on town property in an Iown town. Business prosperous with no other restaurant in town. good dwelling rooms in the building. Terms favorable as the owner retires. For particulars contact Mrs. Mary Leuck, Harper, Iowa.
Next Monday evening The Graham presents Beau Lumiere Cinematographe with Paris imports. It features Cascade in Switzerland drills of troops caravan across Sahara bull fight at Seville lassoing a wild buffalo carnival in Nice and other scenes. Mile Lonita performs color filled dances with silent drapery effects and illustrated songs unseen in Washington.
The incident at Swift's Yards reports horses burned during a fire last evening. Kate of Tree is noted in connection with the event. Local officials investigate the cause and assess damage to the yard and property.
A south wind drives a blaze at Eli Coons property near Swift yards. The barn and a wood house burn, the residence is saved with extensive losses including three prized horses, two tons of hay, corn, harnesses, and no insurance. Firefighters face high wind and limited water to control the flames.
In Washington and surrounding areas news spans a weather forecast for Iowa and New Mexico style cold fronts, plus details on a high profile pardon debate in Illinois. The piece covers Jonathan Skene’s murder case and arguments against a pardon, plus local society notes and upcoming Republican rally with a ball game at Brighton.
A late autumn heat spike pushes the thermometer to eighty eight degrees in October. City observers note unseasonable warmth across the region with dry skies and light winds.
The warm spell continues as 88 degrees at noon prompts jokes of coal men and hatless milliners. Mrs Jane Timmons celebrated her seventy second birthday with about sixty relatives at South Green Street, receiving a new china set. A pleasant reunion also occurred at Dr. and Mrs. McClelland’s with Mrs Morton of Sandwich Illinois and Mrs Winters of Kansas City among guests.
Neighbors spotted a blaze around ten o'clock last night at Hise's creamery, with hot cinders igniting loose boards. They extinguished the fire before the fire department arrived. Also notes include local payment reminders and word that Congressman Cousins will arrive on the Branch from Oskaloosa after speaking to a large audience.
On November 1 interchangeable mileage books go into use across nineteen Western Passenger Association roads. The credit system issues a mileage credit permit usable through station agents for a 2000 mile one way ticket, promising a refund of the difference between paid fare and the net rate of two cents per mile. Dentist Geo Lanning visited over the weekend. Will Steele returns from a western trip.
An archival advertisement page promotes Shiloh’s Cure as a cough remedy with claims of rapid relief and high sales. It also touts Karl’s Clover Root Tea as a laxative aiding nerves, digestion, and skin, with priced offerings and distributor Glasgow & Lytle in Hartford. Additional endorsements urge readers to avoid deception and seek prompt dosing.
Passenger schedules for multiple trains on the Des Moines Valley Division with daily and Sunday exceptions, including connections at Knoxville and Washington, plus notes on stock express service and banking details for the Capital Washington National Bank and its $100,000 capital with $50,000 surplus.
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