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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1903
Page
4
Lexington resident Mrs. Robert Spencer departed Monday for Albia, ending a week's visit with family. She was joined by her sister Miss Margaret Eyestone during the trip.
George Barker, a bridge carpenter for the Milwaukee line, was struck by work engine No 607 at Titus this afternoon. Both legs were amputated, one near the hip and the other between knee and ankle. He was unconscious, carried to Muscatine hospital, while coworkers and foreman expressed concern for his condition and his family waited in Marion. Barker, about forty, had been working on the Muscatine-Rotlege extension with the Sam Kerr gang.
A fragment notes a favored worker with ten years of service praised for courage after an accident at Titus. Several workmen were present but none witnessed the incident. The injured man described his capture and endured intense pain eased by injections. A brief item also mentions a bakery stock note and a Cyrus Chapter No 15 meeting with two petitions on a short session agenda.
Prof and Mrs Crone host High School pupils in north Washington for an evening gathering. Miss Jessie Sage’s music pupils perform a thirty piece program at North Fourth Avenue home. About one hundred guests attend bakery goods event at Johnson's. Jean Havel and Charles Gilbert return home from visit with sister Mrs Louis Baird in Bas Washington after weeks in Colorado. Jed L Stewart sells residence to J R Taylor and plans a new house opposite Harry Shrader residence.
Committees from Iowa City Kalona and Washington met to form the Iowa City Kalona and Washington Railway Company with capital of 50000. The project begins surveys and route establishment within weeks followed by right of way work. Officers named include George Rodman W P Coast W J Welch C M Keck and directors list several local figures.
The Rev. W. G. Allen departed this afternoon on the Milwaukee for Chicago where he will preach at the Covenanter church next Sabbath and then proceed to St. Paul for a Presbytery meeting. The Rev. Mr. Sawhill will preach at Living Lake next Sabbath at three in the afternoon.
Bucklens Arnica Balve is advertised as a universal cure for cuts corns burns oils sores felons ulcers tetter salt rheum fever sores hands skin eruptions and piles. The ad promises cure guaranteed and lists Stewart’s Pharmacy at a price of 25 cents.
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