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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1901
Page
4
The ad promotes Mystic Northern Flour at 120 per sack for baking bread and pastries, Wanda Kansas Flour praised for quality, and White Satin Kansas Flour at 110. Heinz Sweet Pickles priced at 10 cents per dozen or 80 cents per pint, with other similar appetizers offered.
A lively pitch suggests pairing a can of Peaches Pears or Plums at 10 6 each with preserved Raspberries at 10c to create a satisfying supper. The ad-style line blends fruit options and prices to entice readers.
The advertisement touts first class travel from Washington to Colorado Springs, Spirit Lake and Okoboji, and San Francisco with round trip and single trip fares. It promotes summer trips via the Great Lakes, Pullman Sleeper service, and low rates to the Pacific Northwest, urging readers to visit agent F. E Stewart for tickets and schedules.
Each year Clear Lake attracts more visitors as a premier northwest summer retreat reached by the Iowa Central Railway. It is rapidly becoming the popular summer home for many. Special low party rates and train offers are available. Ticket agents can provide full particulars and a booklet upon request.
A note promoting Kemble's flowers as the best with direct ordering options and a claim of express service from BLE Flower Co. in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
A collection of small classified items including sale listings for a Jersey cow and a team of black horses with harness and sleigh, contact M. Rittenhouse. lost gold rimmed spectacles marked O Starryman to return to the Journal. a helper wanted for house work. a dark brown horse found by marshal with identifying marks. a shrine pin lost with a reward. a room for rent in the Rookery top flat.
The saying going to Canossa refers to Emperor Henry IV in 1077 who sought peace with Pope Gregory VII at Canossa Castle in Modena. Deserted by attendants, he endured three days barefoot and bareheaded in penitent garb before being admitted, absolved, and restored to his dominion.
A San Francisco tale recalls a visiting Englishman asking to see seals at Clift House. The waiter misleads him by saying the seals are fed at 9 pm. The guest arrives on cue while the joke unfolds as the seals are fed elsewhere.
John L. Sullivan recalls in New York a stay above Sarah Bernhardt in Sydney. He describes her constant French rehearsals and a night he followed her to the theater where a startled Bernhardt fainted after he scowled at her.
The engineer appointed by the district attorney reports the Brook lyn bridge condition is dangerously close to unsafe with urgent need for repairs. He suggests cost efficient methods to increase safety without major traffic disruption.
The report describes Boer forces capturing two hundred British troops and losing fifty men. It notes a torpedo boat Cobra foundered in the North Sea with all hands lost. A separate item states a bank vault at Shelburg was robbed using dynamite, with about 2700 dollars secured.
Washington county grand jury finished ten days of work and was dismissed by Judge A R Dewey. Indictments include Henry Hamm for assault with intent to commit murder and Williams who escaped from jail for rape. Wilson case to be tried next day. Also notes oyster parties at Johnson's and a county treasurer candidacy by D D Bolpine Marion Two. Train suspensions honor McKinley at 2 pm to 2:05 pm.
At the high school auditorium this forenoon exercises honored the departed president. Likenesses of Lincoln Garfield and McKinley were on display as Supt Pratt and the chorus recited the First Psalm and the Lord's Prayer. Rev Logue spoke on McKinley and the hymn Nearer My God to Thee followed. Judge Dewey also spoke. All sang the National Hymn as city schools adjourned at noon.
The four ward caucuses to nominate delegates to the county convention meet tomorrow at 8 PM in usual places. The note highlights the September sale at East Side Jewelers Lemmon & Lewis. A long obituary follows for Joseph Badger, aged resident who died after a lengthy illness, with details on his family and burial plans. The piece also mentions memorials for President McKinley with public sorrow across Washington.
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway nears finishing 140 miles of extensions in southwestern Minnesota. Six new towns Reading Wiilmont Lismore Kenneth Walters and Cunger grow as commercial centers due to demand for markets. The company plans to sell entire towns including unplatted land to private buyers and lists contacts Kilold Tros and H Brown as townsite agents in Sioux Falls.
The public is invited to attend memorial exercises tonight at the Knight Templars temple with special invitation extended to ladies.
A Chicago case splits a couple after Grace Snell Walker sues James C. Walker claiming his destruction of her unpublished novels spurred divorce. Separately, Harry Thurston is acquitted of murder after a lake body found a second man in Lake Michigan suggested an accidental drowning.
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