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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1900
Page
4
The Christian Union of the First church holds a social this evening at Robert Braden’s home on West Washington street. Cyrus Chapter No 13 postpones its meeting to Monday evening due to the absence of Dr J C W Coxe.
Four grand excursions by the Iowa Central Railway to Indiana and Ohio on September 4 11 19 and 27 1900 offer round trip fares less than one fare to Indianapolis Cincinnati Columbus Dayton Louisville and other eastern cities. Write ticket agents or G S Batty for lists of points and rates.
Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho offer rich agricultural lands suitable for diversified farming and fruit raising without irrigation. Cheap grazing lands exist and the largest body of white pine in the United States lies in northern Idaho. The Palouse and Big Bend wheat fields are in Eastern Washington, with mining camps in Coeur d Alene Bitter Root Rossland and Republic districts providing profitable markets for farm and fruit products. For maps and particulars write Q W Mott Emigration Agent Northern Pacific Ry St Paul Minnesota.
Pirot Class Excursion via the First Class Mette offers affordable trips from Washington on a premier route. Features include homeseeker and event specials to Colorado, Seymour, Muscatine, Ottumwa, Davenport, Iowa City, West Liberty, Yellowstone and Europe. Agencies for White Star Red Star American and International lines are available with tickets ready for immediate purchase.
The county court adjourns non jury matters to next week and readies divorce cases for trial. Dockets list numerous default judgments settlements guardians ad litem appointed for minors, probate estates discharged and administrators named, with several cases continued or dismissed.
A rugged western man enters a New York saloon and demands whiskey while a table of Germans plays pinache. He vaults behind the bar and tells the bartender to stop, then jokes he overheard “Dutchmen” boast of a hundred aces and plans to be unseen during a shootout. He muses that in Arizona a coroner would already be sent for.
The piece praises a mixed breed vagrant dog as the best to own describing his perpetual smile wagging tail and generous appetite. It warns against fancy dogs with blue ribbons that may menace children and oddly expresses preference for a yellow dog bought from a Black boy reported by Atchlison Globe.
A French housekeeper notes an invariable rule to add a speck of butter and a touch of powdered sugar to coffee beans during roasting. She says a hazelnut-sized piece of butter per pound and at most a teaspoon of sugar create the pleasant burned sugar flavor characteristic of French coffee.
In a humorous exchange a young woman and a former Hub clerk now in Lincoln Illinois discuss love restoring reason. The old bachelor quips that insanity has cured insanity for the first time, while Jobo Flick and his father and brother are noted to be visiting.
A promotion promising children’s picture books in small medium and large formats in exchange for a set of coupons and two cents in stamps. The offer lists 5, 10, and 15 coupons with corresponding book sizes.
L D Robinson announces a special sale offering 25 percent off on selected items during September. Limited stock available at the downtown store.
A brief sale notice advertises items including gold spectacles priced at 6.00 and Rogers knives and forks at 3.25 with reference figures 246 450 265. The fragment emphasizes discounted merchandise and these catalog entries.
Observer Cox of Chicago predicts two large storms forming in the south and west may sweep Illinois and Iowa. A Montana system tracks eastward while a Galveston origin storm moves toward the plains. a possible meeting in northern Iowa could bring wind from both events.
San d b a g g e rs safe. Death of Calvin Craven a resident of this county for sixty one years died in West Chester this morning. An elderly man Kalona Iowa September 14 2 30 pm. Iwo suspicious characters have been arrested at South English and are believed to be responsible for the sandbagging and robbery of Hugh Ayres last night. Deputy Sheriff Black and George Marshall who witnessed the attack have gone to South English. Ayres is in a critical condition and unconscious most of the day, his sister Hila who works at the Tice hotel is also in a serious condition from the nervous shock.
Calvin Craven of West Chester died at his home at 8 o clock this morning after a long illness due to cancer. Born November 4, 1816 in Indiana, he was nearly 84 and had lived in the county 61 years. Survived by his wife and three children A F Craven, Mrs Mary Cleney, and Mrs Howell, plus many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 10 a m.
Five candidates for county offices will be chosen by the Washington county Republicans tomorrow with two places to be filled without opposition. County Auditor Logham seeks a second term and Marsh W Bailey is named as candidate for County Attorney. Clerk candidates are J T Matthews Sid Lewis E W Swisher and Frank Townsley. Board member candidates are H T Reynolds J B Gallagher and John G Stewart. Recorder candidates are A B Folger Oliver Gray T Jones Dutch Creek 8 Cocklin Marion J E Carr D J Echelberger. Miss Margaret Doolittle departs for Boulder Colorado for a university post.
William J. Bryan arrived in Fort Wayne at 1 30 p m and was escorted to State Senator Bell s home The city with holiday attire and bunting hosted Union Veteran Legion members and a big crowd Bryan spoke at area towns including Warsaw Pierceton and Columbia City The event featured Governor Mount and Colonel Bryan as main orator with Hon R B Hanna presiding at the main street procession in Fort Wayne Indiana
Cadillac Michigan remembers the end of an era as the last pine tree in Wexford County was felled at Cummer and Diggin’s camp northwest of Cadillac. A crowd witnessed the ceremony before timber shifts to hardwood, signaling the decline of the county’s pine industry once a major employer.
President and Mrs. McKinley return to Canton from Somerset with no definite plans, health reported excellent, the President showing endurance after five weeks of demanding work. Also notes a wild man scare in New London identified as William Keble, a 25 year old ex-resident who disappeared two years ago and is described as demented. Sioux City reports 350 divorce suits filed this year, about 400 licenses issued. Mrs. Minnie Keisers, 73, committed to Brown county asylum for chronic insanity after mortgage worries. Lord Roberts cites French engaged with Ho rs near Machadodorp and Hutton moving to assist.
Population data for East St. Louis Illinois shows 20655 residents, up from 15169 in 1800. Reports list $100000 allocated for highways in the Philippine commission, a 2 year old dies in Chicago after drinking rheumatism liniment, and a donation of $10000 from Carnegie Steel to Galveston relief. Premier Bostrom resigns with Admiral Van Otton succeeding him. London papers doubt Charles Yerkes controls the underground railway. Shakers decline to about 1000 in 1870 US. Three attempts to wreck UP trains near Abilene Kansas. Count Zeppelin plans a second balloon ascent soon. Rabies spreads in Decatur Illinois livestock with calls to cull dogs for safety. A decomposed body is found near Escanaba Michigan city tracks, cause of death unknown. Naval Constructor Hobson to return and possibly head Brooklyn navy yard work. Chas Densehman piano tuner to visit Sept 19. orders at JOURNE office.
Advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a perfect permanent cure for coughs and respiratory diseases. It cites a Chicago testimonial of rapid recovery after three days and two bottles, plus notes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a safe laxative and bile regulator.
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