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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1902
Page
4
The article touts Means & Stichter as a restaurant favorite offering oyster sandwiches and various oyster preparations. It notes new Gunther candy shipments and claims of superior meals for the money. Also mentions local social events and a court case in progress.
Classified notice listing found items and help wanted posts. Items include a lady's breast pin found, dressmaking services offered, a general housework position sought, with addresses and contact details obscured in the OCR.
A sewing machine trust with 30 million capital is forming in Belvidere Illinois. Twelve concerns have joined and more are expected. Participating firms include New Home Orange Mass Household Providence R I Domestic Newark N J Demorest Williamsport Pa Williams Manufacturing Miattsburg N Y Standard Cleveland White Cleveland Davia Dayton Ohio Foley Williams Chicago Kankakee Illinois Illinois Sewing Machine Rockford Chicago National Sewing Belvidere. Belvidere will be the main western manufacturing center consolidating several local factories to cut costs.
Local items report Obas and Gorham leaving for Kansas City on business. Mrs Clemente visits in Wellman and Mrs Jenkins and Cal Long visit West Chester. Klein arrives from Davenport. Laas from Milwaukee on business. County Supervisor Reynolds goes to Brighton. Lamp dealer See Aaron Hise for supplies. Verne Kerr and family visiting in Wellman. Nellie Hall and daughter visit Crawfordsville. Mrs Kama Hall of Caseville, Ohio attends Home Coming, visits briefly. David Lemon returns from Crawfordsville reunion. John Shields to move residence and erect a new office east of Capt. Gallagher’s. Connie Lemon and Gleone Terry attend Crawfordsville reunion. Governor Fayige comments on packum house merger. Battleship Iowa runs aground off coast and is unharmed. General Wheeler and daughter return from Europe. Boxers kill 300–1,000 converts in Szechuen province.
Lorges of the Order of Railway Conductors and Morrissey of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen report lodges from Duluth to New Orleans voting on a wage increase. If two thirds approve within the territory, joint committees in Kansas City will set a uniform scale affecting thousands of men.
Lincoln Sept 17 The Nebraska National Guard vetoes sending two infantry regiments and a cavalry troop to Fort Riley Kansas citing near exhausted funds a projected $25000 shortfall and a strike on Union Pacific rail lines as a risk Governor Savage says no formal troop call yet but may occur.
Mercer county grand jury returns multiple indictments including Miss Tona Dunlap for the murder of Miss Allie Doot and Miss Margaret Miller of Warren county in a related case. A separate note mentions chocolate drops and a private’s national debt figures London September 17. The debt shows total liabilities for March 1 at 3 812 216 080 pounds, up 115 507 440 due to the South African war.
The Bridge and Structural Tron Workers' Union of the United States announces a secret convention at MM wanker. Free delivery postal service established at Taylorville Me and Franklin Ind effective Dee 1. Lord Charles ereeford arrives in New York. Ann Arbor residents report a brilliant meteor flight Monday night. Samoans die of cold per San Francisco reporter due to trade winds. Andrew Sengren, 62, attempts self harm by chopping left wrist with a hatchet in Chicago.
Sir John Gordon Sprigg announces repeal of martial law before the house and government gazette, with a new peace preservation act granting control over arms importation possession and registration in the colony. In Nebraska a man hunted for divorce driving wife and father in law, Gottlieb Neigenind, is traced but not spotted. Three rewards total £1.40 offered. In Arkansas a Little Rock dispatch reports a fugitive named Kelly arrested by telegram but denies identity amid questions of the Bridge City case.
Mack Barnhart engineer J A Pettingill and John Rodgers firemen were killed in a Santa Fe railway collision near Littleton Colorado. The report also mentions alleged killings in Poland and notes a Chicago grand jury refusing to indict Oscar Thompson Edward Counselman and Dad Clary as accomplices in the Bartholin murders.
The piece argues cramps during swimming are not as dangerous if the swimmer remains calm and cool. It notes cramps often blamed for drownings but stresses training to stay composed can prevent serious outcomes.
The piece explains drowning from fright during cramps and urges swimmers to float on their back with chest inflated to stay buoyant. It notes fear turns a cramp into danger and that relaxation often frees the swimmer to regain control.
A quoted exchange from the Detroit Free Press features a wealthy critic arguing his daughter should not have a mind of her own. The dialogue highlights class attitudes and gender expectations in a satirical light.
A fragment describes a night at the theater with a box and gallery sightings. Mentions Mrs Boaster Henry with another person and Mrs Blunt, chocolate treats, and sharing a private moment amid the venue chatter.
An appeal offers a $2500 reward to the first person who informs General Manager Goodoow of the Rock Island System travel route between Davenport and OX unet Bloffe or Davenport and St Joseph. It notes Goodoow’s address at Grand Central Station, Chicago.
Rock Island offers September October fares to California Oregon Washington British Columbia Idaho Utah and Montana at about two thirds regular rates. Example regular Washington to San Francisco and Los Angeles 46.5. to Portland Seattle Tacoma 85.25. Tours depart Chicago nightly with faster routes to California via Vicksburg and Colorado Utah. Agents note fall travel and railcar details.
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