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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1902
Page
3
A customer requests Rocky Mountain Tea while J H Stewart and O F Haight operate a Singer Sewing Machine office just north of a local church. They stock repairs and service machines. Rumor says Rev Robert Gray may visit next week for a few days.
Walter Wilson reports a telegram from Civil Service examiner Joyce of St Paul announcing the examination date changes to the 20th inst instead of the 21st. Applicants are instructed to appear at City Hall at 9 a.m. Monday next.
Local notices list residents traveling to Des Moines Burlington and Des Moines from Muscatine and nearby towns. Readers are informed of carnival openings, church visits, revival updates and a fine for horse slaving. Several named individuals and towns appear including Keota Ainsworth West Chester Circles of Des Moines and Floris with dates and travel details.
The heaviest rain of the year, 3.40 inches, fell last night as floods surge across Fairfield. Water soaked fields delay early corn, washouts damage Rock Island and Pleasant Plain rails, dam breach near Emry Creamery complicates ice harvest, and crews abandon Rock Island cut-off for year. Telegraph lines cut as lineman Dupuis moves to sever station ties.
Mr Henry Beresford and company bring the great road attraction The Wrong Mr Wright to the Graham for a Monday October 27 performance. Seat sales begin four days early at Carris Pharmacy with local support from St John, Harry McCall, Marion Gorey O Loughlin, John Combs, and Clifford Thorne. The Firefly party returned from a Fruitland fishing camp naming the camp Big Chief after a flour ad. A member hinted that biting was good when asked by a Journal rep.
An Oct 21 sale offers one fare plus 2.00 for round trip to Kansas Nebraska Indiana Territory Oklahoma Texas New Mexico South Dakota North Dakota Minnesota and other western regions. Contact a Rock Island agent for full details. A Crawfordsville reunion honors Mr and Mrs Andrew Ferguson and family. County Recorder Samuel Cocklin records the articles of incorporation for Snauffer Hughes & Company dry goods.
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