10 Sep 1897
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1897
Page
1
The Washington Children's Chorus led by Miss Bessie Scofield invites children aged eight to fourteen to join starting Saturday September 11 at ten o'clock in the store room six doors south of Ron Nichols Grocery. Lessons run every Saturday for eighteen weeks at a total cost of one dollar with a concert to close the term.
Advertises Karl's Clover Root Tea as a blood purifier for headaches nervousness facial eruptions and overall mental clarity. Marketed by Glasgow and Lytle with bread side claim.
At Rock Island depot passengers witnessed a lively scene as Chas King the bus driver clashed with a disruptive patron amid bustle from No 16. The report also traces a Pekin fraud case where a man forged a note for 150 and fled with a buggy, later detected through bank and lender investigations across towns and counties.
Social and personal notes recount the Maxwell infant death from kidney trouble and the three week old son of Mr and Mrs James Palmer dying of spinal meningitis. Also mentioned are Mrs W A Stiles displaying night blooming cereus, I Wagner’s Round House Maid trotting record at West Liberty, Daniel Steffy’s partial paralysis at Atwood, and a detailed list of city warrants in Washington Iowa for August 1897.
Dr. G. Z. Barnes of Pekin Illinois issues a fifty dollar reward for a medium sized man with a crippled right leg who passes forged checks and swindles. Last seen Sept 6 1897 at Ainsworth Iowa driving a rangy horse and nearly new Columbus top buggy. Information to Sheriff J W Teeren Washington Iowa. Barnes left for Pekin Illinois.
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