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Newspaper
Washington Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1901
Page
8
Local items report travel and visits across Iowa and Illinois. Notables include J N McKelvy in Ainsworth, A Miller in Cedar Rapids, and Col Wm E Burkhimer visiting relatives after service in the Philippines. A daughter is born to Ea Swift. 408 attended Sunday school. various distances, moves, and small events are noted.
July offer for first class round trip transportation to Fort Scott Kansas for home seekers. Transportation costs ten dollars. Office located at residence on Green Street. L. D. Higgins.
The B. and N. W. offers a Fourth of July excursion to Brown's Park with a low round trip rate of 50 cents. The special service departs and returns on the holiday, inviting local riders to enjoy a wholesome outing at a reduced fare.
Round trip fare offered by B N W and B W Rys for travel to Oskaloosa Town during July 2 3 4 and 5. Two trains daily in each direction. For details contact E G Fox Agent Morell Law AGP.
Fishing season begins May 15 at Spirit and Okoboji Lakes in northwestern Iowa. Hotels and boarding houses offer reasonable rates. A transfer bus from BCR&N trains at Spirit Lake moves travelers to The Inn and Arnold's Park and back in time for trains. For rates and schedules contact BCR&N agents or Jnc. G. Farmer, AGP Cedar Rapids.
George Lennox Watson, famed naval architect, began in 1872 and designed vessels such as Clotilde and Vanara. He drafted Amer ica's Cup contenders Thistle Valkyrie II and III, and the Britannia cutter for the Prince of Wales, regarded as the finest of its kind in British waters, along with many great ocean steamers.
A downtown relative asks how he likes his vermicelli soup. Uncle Jerry from beyond the suburbs says the soup is good but removing all the strings is a bother. This quirky, wordplay filled note from a Chicago Tribune column captures homey humor.
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes that the new play is drawing audiences away as critics report declining attendance, with word spreading that viewers leave largely during the first act.
A reader's note warns Tommy to stay away from Harry Tucker described as a disruptive classmate. The speaker emphasizes Harry is always at the head of the class, highlighting a contrast between behavior and performance.
A verse fragment depicts universal sorrow as blues of unfulfilled desires. A thin man laments wasting away, a heavyset woman frets over her reflection, a childless man longs for offspring, and a man with seven sons would welcome no children. The tone is somber and satirical about social wishes.
John Shields & Son advertise brick and tile and coal products while local figures discuss politics, industry, births, and reunions. The item lists residents visiting from Des Moines and Chicago, a rotary engine patent, a mutual telephone exchange plan, and a July 20 reunion for Company H Seventh Iowa, with background on battles and veteran attendance.
The Twentieth Century Reading Circle boarded the Fox Flier to Coppock for an old fashioned picnic. A lady's parasol and a pocket book were found in the park and can be claimed by the owner. Local church events include a summer communion with several baptisms and nineteen new members. Major Davidson visited Muscatine. multiple graduates from Morgan Park Academy are noted. crossing improvements are considered for the Columbian block area.
Travel notice offers excursion tickets at one fare plus 82 for the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern lines to lands in Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota with 21 days limit. Information available from agents Illen Brooks Cedar Rapids Iowa and John G. Farmer A G P T A x Cedar Rapids IA dated June 18.
Dr W E Fordyce left Monday for Waynesburg Penn to visit his ill mother Mrs M C Mantz of Keota. He was in Washington Saturday night and departed Sunday morning for Battle Creek Mich. John Shields Son advertise Portland and Louisville cement. Office over Klein's store.
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