This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1901
Page
4
Advertises farm loans negotiated at lowest rate and insurance for farms or city property. Offers to show farms and rent collection with leases, inviting responses from interested buyers or landlords.
Robert Young Garbrey born December 7 1821 in Miami County Ohio died October 21 1901 in Brighton Iowa aged 79 years 10 months 14 days He moved to Iowa in 1866 settled in Brighton later lived in the country then returned to town He married Mary J Whitmer in 1842 and had four children Bourbon V Callie Woodford live two sons Frank and Alonzo died in childhood The M E church member endured six years of illness and spoke of going home The funeral was held at his residence at two o'clock conducted by Rev H Alogham
A forty six foot steel bridge is being installed by the county one and a half miles west of Crawfordsville. Several smaller bridges are planned south and west of the city. Supt. Gdlove and his crew are working on the new bridges in this county area.
A two year old child of Mr. and Mrs Horace Seeley climbed a 50 foot windmill south of town and dangled legs over the edge. The father urged the child to wait as he climbed up and brought it down safely. T R McMillan returns from Missouri with Mike Dean. Hl A McMillan sale set for Oct List. family to move to Washington on Nov 1.
The Emma Stanley versus Rosa Loftus slander case was settled with the defendant paying 25 dollars. the matter will be dismissed in court after depositions were taken at the defendant’s home north of Alnsworth.
Bloomington visitor Mrs G A Parcell returns home. Stanly Miller Chas Frank and Humm go to rifle range. Mrs Kelser of Keote in city. Geo Schneider leaves for Des Moines. Mr and Mrs Ed Swift go to Ottumwa. Miss Sarah Hughes departs for Des Moines. John A Crawford expands laundry building with front showroom and cement walk. Mrs John Stevenson returns from Ohio. Mrs Thomas Little ill but better. District court filings planned. T W Rickey Crawfordsville in city. Dr Grant Riverside on business. John G Stewart and mother return from Shenandoah. Mr and Mrs Harper Fulton return from Ft Scott. St Larkin family from Butte arrives, staying with Chilcote. Jack Woolm and John Albertson head to Barnes City for school work. Sunday church service at MBE church for old people and shut-ins with memorial service in evening.
Henderson Grimett of Logan county West Virginia suffered partial paralysis and loss of use of an arm. After two bottles of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm he recovered substantially, according to Geo R. McDonald. The liniment is also promoted for rheumatism sprains and bruises and is sold by Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook and Sherman.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.