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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1902
Page
4
Charley Winters listed as seriously ill with typhoid fever after entering Morgan Park college weeks ago. Chas Stewart left the morning train for Chicago to bring him home as soon as possible. Local notices mention livestock sales and the Washington Buggy Co. in today’s Journal.
Mrs Catharine Ohogemach celebrated her 94th birthday born in Germany in 1808. She notes a year passes quickly and remains active with good eyesight and mobility though hearing is slightly diminished. She is believed to be the town’s oldest resident, about a month older than Mr James Cannon. Remember the baseball game Thursday.
A well attended evening gathering in the Academy chapel elected Mayor Hl Wilson as chairman and Editor Alex Miller as secretary to organize a Chautauqua movement for the city next year. A committee including Sam Youokie and Rev J R Logue will study the project and report details. The group aims to incorporate and arrange premier entertainments drawn from national offerings to benefit the city.
At the annual MFE conference in Keokuk Rev WO Thorne remains presiding Elder of the Muscatine District and Rev LB Sehreckengast will serve another year. J A Boatman takes the First MFE church pastorate at Ft Madison and a new Washington circuit forms including Nureta Pleasantville and Richmond.
Mrs. R. T McCall announces a Millinery Opening on Friday and Saturday this week at 8712 W. FF Brinton receives a letter from a friend in the American colony in Jerusalem describing changes and travel routes around the city. A party to Jerusalem may cost about 550 each. Cabbage offered at 5 cents per head. Fairy Play at Graham Opera House features Washington’s cleverest youths.
A cloak is missing with a request to apply at the Journal office. A Jersey cow is reported lost near Joe Parker’s property and advice to contact Clarence Coen at Tad Street 45 Ot ray. A pair of skeleton nose pieces is lost on East Main Street or North Avenue with a reward offered. A cabbage sale notes 40 heads averaging a price to the head, with items described as sold.
Up to September 30 the Iowa Central railway sells special low rate excursion tickets to Clear Lake every Saturday with return by Monday. The offer suits busy men seeking short inexpensive outings at the lake. Also note a new shipment at 100% Music Store of the song Please let me Sleep.
The Thirty-sixth G A R Encampment in Washington D C Oct 6 11 promoted with Iowa Central selling round trip tickets at reduced rates with outward by noon Oct 1 and return by Nov 4 Stop overs allowed and a chance to visit the National Capital The offer includes a $2500 reward to the first person locating a grave along the Rock Island System between Davenport Counce Bluffs and Davenport St Joseph Gr. Goodnow offers the prize and address at Grand Central Station Chicago Other local travel notes mention Mr and Mrs H H Heatty Mrs Abas Daggett and son of Kansas and Mr McMaster visiting Sigourney and Car son Crawford visiting Grand Island Neb and Alnaworth notes.
A discussion of changeling lore contrasts fairy substitution myths with modern medicine. The piece promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for female weakness and pregnancy related health issues, citing testimonials and urging readers to seek professional advice and his medical adviser.
A discussion of solid hooved hogs as a reversion to an ancestral type. The text links the concept to Darwinian ideas of natural selection and adaptation, noting how some hogs occasionally resemble primitive ancestors like elotherium, illustrating evolutionary tendencies within swine.
A Birmingham Age-Telegram item recalls Alexandre Dumas’s rise to wealth and a lavish Monte-Christo lifestyle, then shifts to a Wade Hampton anecdote about slave ownership. The Hampton story highlights vast slave numbers and distant recognition by those enslaved, illustrating power and disparity in the South.
A centuries old family talisman, a black stone set in a ring, is said to pass from head of the house to the next for four centuries. Frederick the Great reportedly found it in a sealed package with preservation instructions. Tradition recalls a giant toad delivering the stone to the royal court, while the ring’s golden setting origins remain undetermined.
A heated exchange reveals a Head Floorwalker instructing a customer to search through multiple counters for ribbons. The new Floorwalker questions the guidance and suggests precise, overly complex directions. The exchange ends with a sharp remark about doorwalking.
A light column contrasts male and female domesticity with comic definitions about staying home for war or alone. It jokes about a boy who loves books in a quirky dialogue, noting he cannot read but tears pages to make beats.
In a Washington Star excerpt a quip about Lord Charles seeking hair like the Duke of Wellington is shared. An old servant is told to sit as a lock is cut, followed by unrelated notes on silkworm eggs tolerance and typhoid mortality ranges. A dialog about vote buying is included in dialect.
The article notes a journey from Washington to California via the Pennsylvania Railway with a passenger price of 2080 for a tourist route. It mentions Louist Gar and a 7:10 pm departure, with changes of cars and advertised comfort on the Burlington route.
In a tense confrontation, the villain proclaims dominance and vows revenge while the heroine warns that indulgence is dangerous, citing a doctor’s warning. The villain exits in a rage, fading from the scene as the plot thickens.
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