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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1901
Page
4
Advertisement promotes Mystic Northern Flour at 120 per sack suitable for all baking, Wanda Kansas Flour praised for equal quality, and White Satin Kansas Flour at 110 a bag. Heinz Sweet Pickles appear at 10 cents per dozen or 30 cents per pint along with other appetizers.
A promotional line touts combining a Can of Peaches Pears or Plums at 10¢ with preserved Raspberries at 10¢ to make a highly satisfactory supper option.
We carry the best line of jewelry and silverware and everything bought during the September sale will be guaranteed the same as goods sold at other times. Popular East Side Jewelers, Lemmon & Lewis.
The Wayland senatorial convention opens at two with fifteen delegates from Washington and Henry counties. A McKinley death resolution is adopted and Eric Roth is elected president. Ballots show J A Young 1 and R S Galer 15 as candidates. adjournment possible after tonight. Bon Loo hosts mint wafers as Cloyce Dougherty and Harriet Dougherty return from West Liberty.
Mrs Theophilus Kirkpatrick dies at age 86 after a months long illness. A Keota pioneer, she and husband were early settlers who later moved to town. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 PM in the Presbyterian church with Rev W S Crosier officiating. Interment in Keota cemetery. Oysters advertised at Isenhart's.
A 15 member auto mobilists gathering shows all but one remain cyclists, with some learning to ride after becoming chauffeurs. The horse, automobile, and bicycle each occupy a distinct field and do not interfere, completing a stable of three transport modes for the affluent.
I B Scurecken requests quick contact as they demand payment on this year's benevolences and the Mountain Fund church. Amounts advanced to me and all promises to pay become due at O H Keck's. Please call soon.
Captain J W Harper spends the week with relatives in Hedrick. J B Orris returns from western Iowa. His daughter Miss Lucy remains in Oxford Junction with her brother. Josh Huston W K Wooley MD Yard and T E Maxwell attend the senatorial convention in Wayland.
Mrs. C Hr. Dawson from Chicago arrived last night as the guest of Mrs. Geo. Parkinson while plans for tomorrow’s cream puff event at Johnson's are announced.
JLzz e Morton hosted a noon dinner for a group of former schoolmates honoring Bessie Young. Guests included Lizzie Smith Beasie Young Ida Reister Sade Rouseau Lizzie McClelland Clara Conger Becky Beatty Mary Beard Verne Brown Erha Henderson and Vene Stewart. Morton’s banquet delighted the guests with abundant treats as they recalled old times and school days.
T B Vogt offers remaining copies of last Saturday Inter Ocean featuring the late President McKinley photo engravure mounted on dark matting. Collectors should act quickly to secure a copy at Columbia Pharmacy.
All persons indebted to the estate of Dr J R Burroughs have until Friday the 20th to settle. Unpaid accounts after that date go to an attorney for collection. Settlements at Washington National Bank. Mr J H Lewis and wife of Nira visited the city and will winter in the west. Wm Buntenbich remains seriously ill from a bullet wound and kidney troubles. Tryssenbart’s fresh home made candies advertised. Rest room first month shows 376 visitors from 48 towns led by Kingston N Y Chicago Denver Pueblo Hamilton Me Omaha and Topeka Kans.
The text notes selections to the county convention and trustee nominations. In some townships with vacancies other offices may be filled. Township committeemen will attend to these matters.
Liney a vagrant taken in Oak Park tells a justice that his body attracts iron objects and streetcars. He says he is an electric storage battery and cannot resist bumps near elevated rails. Physicians may study whether mind or body causes the phenomena.
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