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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1901
Page
3
Advert says peaches available now with heavy shipments this week. Emphasizes quality over waiting for lower prices. Stocks guaranteed, with baskets priced at $1.50 per bushel and small baskets 25 to 30 cents. Big yellow peaches noted.
The notice urges readers to stock up on canned fruits and vegetables. It states the store bought stock before price hikes and will sell accordingly, inviting customers to prepare for the coming winter with preserved goods.
Very low single trip and round trip dates to the Pacific Northwest on sale certain dates. F E Stewart, agent, Great Rock Island Route. Groups of five or more can secure low rates to Iowa's Clear Lake resort via Iowa Central Railway. Booklets with full details available from the cf. agent or Geo S Batty, P T A, Marshalltown Iowa. Spirit Lake and Okoboji 11.00, Sept 11 to Cleveland. G A K, very low rate Sept 28-27 to San Francisco 48.00. Summer trips via Great Lakes, including St Paul 13.60 Spirit Lake and Okoboji 11.00. Washington to Colorado Springs time 9:20 a m arrive 1:03 next morning. Pullman Sleeper daily except Sunday to Chicago at 8:15 p m.
Classified notices include several labor ads seeking a girl for general housework and a competent girl for house duties in a small country family. Other listings offer a fresh cow and calf, two coal or wood ranges, a second hand buggy, a lace baby bonnet lost between residences, and top-floor room rent on the Rookery west side.
A long-form note outlines how Earth once rotated in a five to six hour day, the moon forming as a fragment when the planet was molten and expanding to a 24 hour day today. It explains tidal forces receding the moon and gradual slowing of Earth, with historical context from Harper's Magazine.
A brief note on Frudence described as common sense refined through training in manners discrimination and address, emphasizing polished conduct as a social craft.
Daily trips to Colorado resorts offered at low fares on the only first class route from Washington. Round trip rates include the Pan American for $20.00 and other options at $24.65. Passengers enjoy comfort and speed on the premier service.
A Coppock youth selling a horse on the east side of the square was robbed of about five dollars Saturday evening by a man who crowded in and slipped away before being seen. He notified officers but could not learn the thief’s name. The man is said to be the stepson of Alex McCulley.
A midweek match between Ainsworth and Washington is billed as a lively rubber game. Admission is 1 cent, with the game called at 2 30.
A Paris circus shows a lion opening a lid on a box to reveal meat, delighting spectators. In London Zoo an African elephant returns biscuits tossed to him by striking them with his trunk and blowing them along the bars to the throwers, adjusting force as needed.
The London Spectator notes in a historical account that the railings around St Pauls Cathedral cost £11,202 0s 6d and weighed 200 tons. It mentions the work at Lamberhurst and cites Richard Woodman’s remark about employing about a hundred workers for a year.
Detroit Journal quotes Sober Second Thought on entering office amid popular enthusiasm and later feeling the weight of expenses. The piece notes the clash between campaign fervor and financial realities, implying a sobering shift after assuming duties.
A promotional piece extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as boosting maternal health, reducing pre birth misery, and aiding painless birth. It cites Mrs. J. W. G. Stephens praising its effects, highlights lack of narcotics, offers free consultation, and notes Pleasant Pellets as a laxative option.
An Occidental Buildings dispatch reports J. T. Harahan of the Illinois Central returning from Europe and discussing how foreigners view American market encroachment. The upcoming Army Canteen debate between Rev. Dexter and Editor Ferguson is billed as a major temperance event, with Dexter prepared to present months of data from Fort Sheridan and war departments. Also covered are Cook County marriage declines, Professor Starr's Mexican Indian theory, and local legal and social notes including Whiskey Row abolition.
Mrs R McCall leaves tomorrow morning for Chicago to study new styles and buy millinery. Rev Lilley the new Baptist pastor will move from Woodbine Iowa and preach his first sermon in the city next week. Harriet Picket travels to Winfield to assume duties in the Winfield schools. Ambrose Hout and F Rehbelin of the McKeere cement team are ill after a dosed candy joke. the pranksters face no immediate consequences. Mrs Lewis Longwell and sister Miss Mabel Freming of Lexington visited the city today.
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