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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1907
Page
3
Iowa City residents reel from the brutal murder of Mrs Lillian Kite Grant of Hyde Park. She was linked to Dr William Vogt’s family and sister to elocutionist Mrs J F Vogt of Seattle. Her daughter Edith drowned in Seattle Bay earlier this year.
Advertisement noting a Cole's Hot Blast heater promotion with savings on coal bills. Specifies 87-21 Geo. W. Stewart.
The Eldon gathering concludes with prize awards and addresses by Congressman D. W. Hamilton and G. A. R. Department Commander David Elmer. Officers named include President W. G. Crow and Secretary J. E. Hoaglund, both of Eldon.
A Sept 24 report from Dubuque notes Oelwein faces loss of its general shops and all workers due to a strike. The shops would split into four division hubs at Dubuque South Des Moines South St Paul and Fort Dodge, effectively erasing the city’s current shop presence.
Readable line notes second hand hard and soft coal stoves available at Geo W Stewart’s store offering practical heating options for homes and shops.
About eleven pupils attended the Winfield fair Wednesday with many more Thursday. The High school won the baseball game 7 to 2 and the Whites took the basketball 10 to 6. A. A. DeLong hit a home run. two by pitched ball. The score by innings favored the High School 7 to 2.
A community page records numerous visits and trips from Keota Ainsworth Morning Sun Crawfordsville and Ottumwa plus a visit by Col D J Palmer to Williamsburg for a veterans reunion. Portraits at Frey Studio advertise new offers as residents recount arrivals departures and short visits with friends and relatives.
Parker's Players opened a week at Graham with the Russian war melodrama For Her Sake to a full house. They bring full costumes and own scenery for realistic presentation. Tonight they stage Pardners for Life with sentimental parts and comedy. Tickets cost 10 20 and 30 cents with reserved seats at Lemmon's pharmacy. About 100 free tickets were given away.
Kansas City Kansas area camps reported strong results from a membership contest begun in 1906 and concluded recently. A promotion committee from each camp organized the effort, awarding prizes and hosting a theater party. Nationwide growth shows Indiana with 35,000, California 13,000, Ohio over 30,000, Oklahoma 18,000, South Dakota 15,000, and North Dakota 14,000 members in good standing.
The supreme tent reviews will occur every four years instead of every three. The amendments to admit social members were upheld under certain conditions at the supreme tent review.
Cedar Falls Iowa Sept 24 Mrs Elizabeth R Rice aged 82 died after years of suffering. Mother of Miss Sara Rice of the State Normal School she lived in Boone for twelve years before moving to Cedar Falls. She leaves two sons in Ouray Colorado and Palm D W Fahs Rev of the Presbyterian church and Dr Scott Smith Cedar Rapids conducted the funeral Saturday at 2 30 pm. The remains were sent to Osceola for burial Monday.
Notice states the ice wagon will run only on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays as ice supply is expected to exhaust in about two weeks. Signed 87 26 M T Anderson.
J. E. Lemmon the opera house manager has discussed with producer W. F. Mann a possible staging of Tempest and Sunshine this season. The deal appears favorable and likely to please theatergoers and readers of Mary J. Holmes works.
A historical advert notes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a staple medicine for acute throat and lung diseases including coughs colds and croup. It claims longstanding popularity and large sales and states the product is pleasant safe and dependable sold by Cook and Sherman.
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