Railroad Notes On Weather And Track Work
Wet weather threatens another slide in the big fill two miles west of Titus causing expense for maintenance. C W Mikesch passes through Ottumwa, Harrie Horne takes a layoff for a cold, A E Walker visits on Rock Island business. Rock Island switch engine to run every other day due to light business. Conductor George Payne to resume work tomorrow after injury. Burlington extra gang works toward Washington installing split switches near Havre, with a fence gang near Crawfordsville repairing right of way. RECEIVES CONGRATULATIONS You will soon receive congrats for improved appearance by Foley's Kidney Remedy which tones the system and aids kidney and bladder troubles. Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Milwaukee Track
Titus
C. W. Mikesch
Milwaukee Division
Ottumwa
Harrie Horne
A. E. Walker
Rock Island
George Payne
Foley
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
The Little Prospector opens at the opera house Tuesday
Manager Frank G. King presents Chic Perkins in a new four act western play The Little Prospector written for her by Edward Locke famed co star with David Warfield in The Music Master The mining west setting promises love adventure pathos and merriment with a top cast and lavish scenery slated for Tuesday the 28th
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Frank G. King
Perkins
Edward Locke
David Warfield
New York City
Golden West
Little Prospector
Opera
Many Articles Lost in Railway Mail Cars Report
Mail clerks find items from a needle to patent medicines dropping from packages in transit. Lists issued monthly show hundreds of loose articles including money, tools, soaps, medicines, and oddities found in railway mail cars. Matt Casey and Gib Bailey left for Ottumwa on a brief business trip.
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United States Railway Mail Service
Seventh District
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Bulletin
Matt Casey
Gib Bailey
Ottumwa
Dr King's New Discovery framed as cure for coughs and lung disease
Jesse P Morris of Skippers Virginia recalls a 1906 pneumonia scare with a severe cough. He credits Dr King's New Discovery with quick relief after using two and a half bottles, calling it the best remedy for coughs and lung disease. Sold with guarantee at Lemmon's Pharmacy, 50 cents and 1 dollar, trial bottle free.
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Jesse P. Morris
Skippers
Dr. King
Lemmon’s
Age of progress in medicine and science advertised
An aged advertisement lauds a French chemists discovery to separate curative elements from cod liver oil. It promotes a non oily cod liver extract named Vinci claiming superior body building, cures for chest illnesses, and a money back guarantee. Cook and Sherman, druggists of Washington Iowa, endorse the product.
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Vinci
Cook & Sherman
Washington
Iowa
Eight Mason City youths arrested for drunken disturbance
In Clear Lake on Sunday eight prominent Mason City men were arrested for intoxication and disturbing the peace and were fined eight dollars each on Tuesday. W L Moore and wife were taken into custody for allegedly dispensing liquor to the youths and were bound over to district court. Moore, a cigar maker, was accused of inviting the men to his business as they arrived by train. Mayor Hollister vowed no more boozing. The notice ends with an unrelated medical advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Mason City
W. L. Moore
Moore
Hollister
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. 3
Cheney & Co
Iowa Residents Told of New Patents Issued on 21st
Patent Attorney R W Bishop reports issuance of multiple patents to Iowa residents on the 21st instant. Listings include 885010 camera by I A Bell of Cedar Rapids. 885140 window ventilator and curtain fixture. 885288 gate. 885470 heating drum. 885496 latch with pivoted case. 885516 filter. 885541 hay elevator. 885545 telegraph-sounder. 885641 furrow opener. 885695 bague. Inventors span Cedar Rapids to Council Bluffs and Davenport to Scribner Nebraska communities.
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R. W. Bishop
Washington
D. C
Iowa
I. A. Bell
Cedar Rapids
O. E. Brown
R. G. Ping
Audubon
S. A. McHargue
George Halsey
Nevada
L. C. Leopold
Hancock
Joseph Polzin
Davenport
F. ¥. Sommer
Kalona
J. J. Thomas
Whiting
A. G. Christopherson
Scribner
Nebr
O. F. Orndorff
L. T. Rasmussen
Council Bluffs
Bague
M. E. Jewett
Keokuk
City of Washington Iowas Fireworks Ordinance Text
The revised ordinances of Washington Iowa forbid firing or exploding firearms or fireworks and throwing powder laden squibs into streets within city limits. The rule remains in effect and will not be suspended on the Fourth of July. Mayor J A Cunningham signs.
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Washington
Iowa
J. A. Cunningham
Sherbeck's pantatorium highlights ladies skirts and jackets
Special attention given to ladies skirts and jackets at Sherbeck's pantatorium. Wir
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Sherbeck’s Pantatorium
Latin School Oratorical Contest Friday Evening
J Caesar and M Cicero debate in a Latin school event Friday evening improving attendance. Governor Hughes though a great Greek and Latin student will not attend the Latin play but supports the endeavor. High school building at 8 o clock admission Lie 57 31
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J. Caesar
M. Cicero
Governor Hughes
New York
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Frank L. Wilson & Co
Lusitania
Clapeco
Arrow
Dougherty Bros. Clothiers and Furnishers
Washington National Bank
Washington, Iowa
Railroad Notes
Burlington
Havre
Crawfordsville
Death
Geo. Peck
South Dakota Lands
BD. A. Chalmers
Patent Report
Misses’ & Childrens
J. A. Harwood
the Good Shoe Store
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