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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1902
Page
4
The seat sale for The Wrong Mr. Wright is now open at Carris theater. Patrons can purchase tickets for the production scheduling this season and find seating options, pricing, and showtimes at the Carris box office or online.
In Jackson Michigan, after the death of the author, Beckford purchased seven thousand volumes from Gibbon’s chronicle collection to read during a Lausanne pass. He soon tired of the books and gave the set to German physician Schell who promptly sold it. Police arrest John Atwell as officers hunt two accomplices over a car sale of rubber boats near Jackson Junction.
A mother offers another cake piece to Geraldine if she behaves as a good girl. Geraldine responds that she would prefer the indulgence depend on the cake itself being good, reflecting a playful exchange in the Richmond Dispatch.
Mrs. Mary Breed Warren wife of C W Warren died this afternoon at 140 oclock of typhoid fever. She resided in northeast Washington east of Nelsons factory and had been ill about one month. She was thirty years old and survived by her mother. her father Henry Breed died two months earlier of the same disease. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Additionally notes mention Mr Jno Clark from Keota and other local items about residents returning from abroad and travel observations.
The article tests a simple cure for eye irritation from railway cinders using two grains of Haxeeed placed in the eye. It claims the drops swell to form a protective film over the eye, preventing membrane irritation and easing discomfort. The remedy is described as inexpensive and handy for emergencies.
Local residents and visitors are listed with travel and social notes. People include Chas Reeves, Rev A L Davidson, Sam Love Sr, J H McCreedy, Mrs Jackson of West Second, L B Ward, Mrs D W Jackson, Ada Moore, D H Duncan, Mrs Finley, Sam Koupp, and others. Activities span frame shop ads, losses from a residence fire, a fat stock show trip, twins born near Similes, and Grand Chapter of the O B S gathering in Oskaloosa.
A fragmented excerpt shows a fatherly scene where a child resists punishment and contemplates vengeance. The text shifts to a traveler describing a sea voyage at high speed, suggesting a juxtaposition of domestic discipline and adventurous exploration.
Lost a black and tan terrier dog weighing about three pounds with a small collar. Return to Journal office and receive a liberal reward. Also lost a Chatelaine containing money. return to Journal office. A young girl seeks a job for board and schooling. apply at Journal office. For rent a seven room house with two acres in East Washington. inquire of Mike Kalaher. For sale my business at 108 Main St Iowa. call at store J. M. Allen.
The Congo basin hosts two deadly tropical ailments. Sleeping sickness causes progressive drowsiness and eventual death by starvation. A second tropical ailment, named alnhum, features the gradual loss of toes through a serrated ligature around the joint. In Cerro de Pasco Peru a deadly condition called verrugas afflicts unacclimatized whites, spreading wartlike growths over the body.
A garbled mix of quotations and notes features fragments about divorce, hemp as an ancient anaesthetic, a Paris library manuscript, a horse show, and musings on success tied to temperament rather than talent. Names and places are obscured by the jumbled text.
A London Answers reader notes a friend named Clara is soon to marry and has revealed her Paris trousseau, home, furniture, and luxury accessories but not the fiancé. The observer jokes that she forgot to mention the groom.
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