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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1912
Page
5
Community notices and ads show C S Lemmon selling a stove after 25 replies, local births and visits, theater listings at The Lyric, weddings and travel plans, farm sales and shop items like peonies and washing machines, with many residents visiting and reporting daily events.
A trainload of Burlington businessmen spent about an hour in our city this morning. They distributed Burlington samples and souvenirs and enjoyed the town’s activity. The five-car train arrived around 10 o clock after a Rock Island engine shuttled it, with Fischer's band leading the procession to the business district.
Mr and Mrs Henry Swift of Riverside were guests yesterday at the home of Miss Louise Wombacher. Mr and Mrs W J Brady and daughter of Jacksonville LL returned home this morning after a visit at the John Woods home at West Chester.
Auction notice for Mrs J W Ingham and D F Macon on September 28 at 2 30. Items include bedsteads couch morris chair two rockers dining table stands commode tables range cook stove Round Oak heater oil stove tank oven washing machine and many other articles.
Lemmon's Pharmacy features a show window exhibition of vegetables grown on the Geo H Paul Western Land Co tract in the San Luis Valley Colorado. Farm produce wilted from the Colorado state fair is shown to illustrate San Luis soil potential with items such as turnips potatoes cauliflower sugar beets cow beets table beets peppers cabbage sunflower squash eggplant parsnips and more. Will McClean supervised the tract and irrigation water was pumped onto the land.
Ernest Saucedo pleaded guilty to grand larceny and received five years in the Anamosa reform school with potential parole. Other defendants, including Mrs. Mattie Deatheridge and George Askie, pleaded guilty to assault and battery and keeping a gambling house respectively, with fines and costs. Waterhouse v Iowa Central Railway Co. settled for $100 to the plaintiff. court adjourned for the day. A list of criminal and civil cases for trial was prepared, with several civil calendar entries finalized and distribution reports approved.
Judge George H. Hutton of the Los Angeles superior court who presided at the Darrow bribery trial has withdrawn from the re election race due to health concerns. He will lead an expedition of the American Archaeological Society to New Mexico and Arizona to study ancient irrigation evidence of prehistoric cultures.
French mineralogist Henri Chagnoux says Colorado holds the world's largest radium supply, stored in its mineral districts. He just returned from Meeker, Colorado where he examined land believed to contain the metal and said he is evaluating commercial viability for extraction.
Last month to make the second payment of taxes as directed by J. A. McCoy, treasurer, under the tax notice.
Classified notice explains a newspaper want ad service promises effective sale of items by placing concise listings. It highlights reach of readers and simple instructions to submit brief details for faster sale.
Principal Loose announces five early games for the Fairfield high school eleven with a November 9 home date against Fairfield and an alumni contest prep. Keota, Winfield, West Liberty and others are on the slate as the team builds toward a strong season. Coach MacKachron held a light scrimmage as veterans and new players show pep and form.
A Philadelphia Record quip notes some people trade speed for value, preferring slower trains to express services in pursuit of better money worth.
W A Chapel of Verdi Iowa announces sale of his general store and relocation. He asks all debtors to settle accounts before October 1st and warns unpaid bills will be turned to a collector. He thanks patrons for three years of support.
Princess Maria Teresa sister of King Alfonso dies suddenly from an embolism in Madrid at age not quite thirty. She was married six years to Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria who became a naturalized Spaniard and serves as an army officer. The couple leaves three children: Prince Luis Alfonso Prince Jose Eugenio and a younger princess.
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