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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1902
Page
4
A note from J T Burien asks creditors to call at once at the east side market to settle debts after selling his meat business to O D Gorham.
Des Moines September 4 Special Half the delegates attended the Democratic convention with Temporary Chairman Taylor of Davie County delivering a two hour speech. District caucuses by a vote of 7104 rejected reform of the Kansas City platform. A minority report will be presented and the convention must decide this issue. No other offices have candidates at noon.
Promising young attorney Chas Hughes of Lenox Iowa wed Miss Cameron Laurie in Lincoln Nebraska last Tuesday. They visit his mother and sister Mary Hughes before Hughes opens his law practice in Lenox. Washington sends best wishes as the couple plans moving to Lenox.
Conser and Schilling open a bright new grocery one door north of the Washington County Savings bank. The shop features fresh paint, all new stock, and a clean appearance. The owners invite customers to give them a trial and promise complete grocery service.
James Baird acquires the interest of T E Johnston in the Baird and Son grocery firm. Johnston has not decided his next move while the store restarts under Baird’s management. Conductor J A Gibson learns his brother R O Gibson is badly hurt in a wreck at Birmingham Mo. in critical condition in Kansas City hospital.
On farm for general housework a girl seeks a return for a gold bracelet. A lady requests a lost ticket between Washington and Eureka be returned. A child's pocketbook with vacation earnings asks to be left at the Journal office. A small phone veil is reported lost, please leave at Journal office.
The Gulf Stream is described as a deep blue current with high salinity producing warmer, tropical temperatures that persist into mid latitudes. Early navigators relied on thermometric methods proposed by Franklin and Williams to determine longitude, aiming to fix positions during ocean passage.
Local notes report Carrie Hamilton leaving Tuesday for Monmouth to attend college and take a music course. Family visits include Mr and Mrs Walker Crawford and Mrs Guthrie from York. Miss Guthrie elected to fill a city school vacancy. Oysters sold at Allen’s. Junior social at the M E K church invites all. Supt Clair Lewis to Columbus, Ohio. Nelson road case postponed to October. Rev J R Logue and daughter Jeanette return from Chicago. Mary Hughes foresees many teachers. at least seven may come from outside the county. thirty seven took Saturday exams for local schools.
A brief item notes a theater seating event for For Her Sake at a Carria location with a strong company and popular prices. Mrs J H K Young returned from St Louis with her daughter Jennie remaining in Shelbyville. a license to wed was issued yesterday to Davison and Charlotte Snyder.
The Burlington Route advertises the fastest Washington to Denver trip at 22 hours 50 minutes and 25 hours 50 minutes back. Train No 1 leaves Washington at 7:30 p m and arrives Denver at 6:20 p m, touting a new standard service to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and the Pacific Coast.
Jno G Farmer advertises a descriptive book on Spirit and Okoboji Lakes in northwestern Iowa along the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern line. The pamphlet includes Minnesota and Iowa game laws and local lodging options. A low rate excursion from Brighton to St Paul and Minneapolis is offered by Iowa Central Railway on September 6 to 9 at 8 58 pm, 8400 round trip, with tickets on sale September 6 and return through September 1.
Special summer excursion offers from the Iowa Central Railway to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Salt Lake City Ogden Hot Springs Deadwood and Custer in the Black Hills. Dates June 22 to 24 July 1 to 13 August 1 to 14 23 24 30 31 and September 1 to 10 with low round trip fares plus limited stopovers. For details contact local ticket offices or the company at Minneapolis Minn. June 1902.
The funeral service for Geo Zaring was held yesterday at ten o'clock in his southwest Washington home. Rev B Sirock Engast Rev W G Thorne and the First MeK Church choir conducted. Pallbearers were J G Stewart Jesse Philips M Weiderbee O Gray A Savage and Wm Skip on.
A discussion on the concept of second class men versus first class, noting that many settle for second class roles and that first class work is valued. The text then outlines the Bank of England's wealth, employment, wages, and note circulation, followed by a light exchange about guests at a social gathering and a suggested way to start conversation with music.
A local cooper R Lowyer credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhe Remedy with saving his life after a month of bilious dysentery. B T Little, a Hancock merchant, testifies to quick relief. For sale by Stewart's Pharmacy, Cook and Sherman.
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