24 Feb 1899
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Newspaper
Washington Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1899
Page
1
Editorial declares Centerville judge Fee as a candidate for the state convention nomination for the Iowa Supreme Court. It praises him as an excellent man and eminent jurist and argues the Republicans would not err in nominating him.
A 1901 state election issue in North Carolina aims to require literacy and poll tax receipts while preserving voting rights for older white male lineal descendants of 1867 voters. The piece denounces the amendment as a rotten scheme and notes potential political backlash and demographic consequences. It also mentions Alaska wealth prospects and Yukon valley agriculture as context for regional development.
Captain Ray reports from Alaska that gold regions lie 50 to 150 miles from main streams and require backbreaking travel. He discounts a current rush, noting few rich claims and speculative activity. With limited mining viability, wages barely cover living costs, urging caution for settlers and investors alike.
A London Telegraph account recounts Palgrave's tale of a camel that exacts ferocious revenge on a boy who struck it. After the boy led a load of wood, the camel stops, eyes the road, seizes the youth's head with its mouth and tears the skull, then resumes its march until others kill the animal.
In a Wit and Wisdom note, Lord Spencer seeks a short cut through the Northampton private asylum grounds on a half yearly directors meeting day. A gatekeeper refuses passage despite knowing the noble, who reveals his rank. The keeper jokes that Lords Spencer in that area are as common as autumn blackberries, leaving the earl to retreat.
Local notices chronicle business calls, injuries, and visits across Tipton Crawfordsville and nearby townships. Events include Baptist church additions, Epworth League lecture plans, birthday celebrations, weddings, farm sales, barn building, and moving plans. Multiple residents attend services, meet with friends, or relocate as spring approaches.
A mixed Oklahoma notes column praises cold winter contrasts and growing activity. It laments scarce snow, mentions ice stockpiling, and hints at future railway expansion and cheese fame. It records a new birth, a wave of Tennessee farmers moving toward Wynnewood, and spring land rush expectations.
A high army officer inspects a frontier post badly in need of repair where roofs let sky through and walls show aps. A sergeant warns the men to stand at attention as the general asks about ventilation. The colonel cannot reply before the sergeant quips that ventilation is bad, very bad, with holes everywhere.
Receipts and expenditures of the Independent School District of Washington Iowa cover Feb 22 1898 to Feb 20 1899 showing balances for the school house fund concentration fund and teacher funds. The text notes a forthcoming tax levy to cover teachers fund contingency fund school hay fund interest on bonds and new bonds with signatures A H Wallace president and J W Morrow secretary.
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