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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1908
Page
2
The funeral of Mrs Margaret Wallace will be held tomorrow Saturday at 2 30 PM at her residence. Rev W C Fisher will conduct and interment will be in the city cemetery. 200 pies at the Vienna for Saturday all kinds.
Local items list rail travelers and visitors including HH Benn and James Wilson on the Branch and Rock Island trains. Miss Martina Swift arrives from Pleasant Plain. Ezra Bush visits from Iola. Vienna bakery advertises doughnuts cakes and angel food. South Side Market lists a sugar cured ham at 124 cents. Various notices of visits relatives and upcoming sales at Vienna and South Side Meat Market. Dr. Wickham recovering. baby born to Mr. and Mrs. George Shaw. Keota and Keokuk mentions continue
Jesse P. Morris of Skippers Virginia recounts a spring 1906 battle with pneumonia and a fierce cough. He credits Dr King s New Discovery for rapid relief after two and a half bottles, calling it the best remedy for coughs and lung disease. Lemmon s Pharmacy sold it with guarantee 650c and 1.00, trial bottle free.
An advertisement touts a bargain sale offering 10 yards of calico or lawn for 25 cents with every bill of five dollars or more. It also features a variety of gloves, ladies neckwear, stockings, silk waists, and new silk waists in assorted colors and latest shades.
O S Woolever of LeRaysville claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured his bleeding piles twenty years ago and endorses it for sores boils burns wounds and cuts. Lemmon's Pharmacy sells it for 25 cents. Local ads note groceries pies and fresh baked goods at Johnson's and the Vienna.
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