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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1905
Page
3
Special to The Evening Journal reports a forecast for Iowa: generally fair tonight and Saturday with rising temperatures.
A persuasive note promotes Wadsworth Bros. Chicos cigars sold by J. E. Lemmon in Washington. The ad claims a good cigar aids thinking and trades, touts flavor and steady ash, and pitches Chico at 5c as equal to any 10c cigar. Ends with 43-eod-31.
The Iowa Experiment Station releases a Spray Calendar outlining what to use for pests like apple worm and codling moth, how to prepare and apply it. The simple, profitable directions are free upon request to director F. Curtiss in Ames Iowa.
Capt. D. W. Harvey reports that Company D’s cadets earned 43.14 percent of a 50 point scale, effectively 87 out of 100, a remarkable showing given their limited drill space and surprising the cadets. The note hints at future growth for the store’s enterprise.
A jumble of short items notes visits by Lemley Mize and Wm Dupuis to Columbus Junction, Johnson selling bakery goods and seven loaves for 25 cents, and various travelers from Ainsworth Muscatine and Des Moines. It advertises pies cakes and candies at Johnson’s and Vienna, plus local services by Louis Baird and a Pitner light plant upgrade at Hoyle & Knotinerus. The Cedar Rapids Republican comment on meat pricing links it to farming costs.
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