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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1903
Page
3
Special to Evening Journal notes rain tonight and tomorrow with cooler temperatures. Booking shows improvement in east and south portions Wednesday.
Numerous short items note travel and visits among residents. Geo England and Mrs England headed to Nira. Dr L Baird visited Fairfield relatives. Mrs Frank Stewart returned from Muscatine. Rev W G Thorne returned from Wellman aboard the Firefly. C F Wabnitz visited Letts. H I Shellebarger spent days on business in Letts. Mr and Mrs L D Higgins vacationing in Muscatine. W K R Beamer toured Eldon area. Clint Letts returned from Chicago. Geo Black returned to West Liberty. Mrs Lee Stewart visited parents Thos Dupuis. W Y Reynolds left for Albia. Dr James Watts noted as corn doctor. ads for corn removal at Civic Hotel. Mr and Mrs W A Smith visited in the city. Marion Anderson went to Oskaloosa to see Roosevelt. Nial VanSickle returned to Sioux City. Representative C J Wilson in Des Moines for banquet and military duties. Ed Hearne of Newark in town en route to Y M C A. national convention in Topeka.
Local notes recount piano tuner Chas Deutschmann visiting for weeks, with orders at Saling's Music Store. References to hotel plans, mule purchases by McElwain & Dennison, and new livery Haynes Scranton as well as residents returning from California. An Iowa farm story, a funeral in Mendota, and a Burlington snake tale conclude the Gazette item.
Mrs Win Smouse came back last evening from Kansas City where she accompanied Mr Smouse on a business trip. Mr Smouse is expected to return the latter part of the week.
Warning about colds and grip leading to pneumonia. Claims using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy under reasonable care avoids danger and proves faster than other treatments. Sold by Stewart's Pharmacy Cook & Sherman.
Cambridge Iowa April 2 The Methodist ladies held a handkerchief bazaar with a dainty piece donated by Miss Alice Roosevelt daughter of the White House Mrs Liszie Farrington wrote to Miss Roosevelt who sent back a handkerchief and note which raised six dollars in sales The note and handkerchief surpassed Mrs Roosevelt in Texas where the note was returned as not pretty enough Gov A B Cummins received a letter but gave no reply.
A called meeting of the Washington Prohibition Alliance is set at the home of Mr. Chas. Corvette on Thursday evening April 30 at ? p.m. Prohibitionists are urged to attend to discuss important questions.
The C R I P and P has signed a contract with Marquette Third Vein Coal Co of Davenport for 160000 tons of lump coal. Delivery starts at once with shipment rights for four months and storage at Cedar Rapids and other line points. The move aims to counter expected coal shortages this fall and winter.
The Des Moines News published a special Big Family Edition featuring portraits of large Iowa clans. Notable families include Kennebeck of Carroll with seven sons, the Stewart family of A Tingley with twelve sons, and the Penz family of Collins with eleven girls. The edition aims to inspire President Roosevelt with these enduring family portraits. George Blair traveled from Winfield for business matters.
Mercury based catarrh remedies can destroy smell and upset the system. Use prescriptions from reputable physicians only. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio is mercury free and taken internally. Sold by druggists for 75 cents per bottle.
Beggar Prince Opera company presents Olivette at the Graham Friday evening May 1. Only one performance remains before the Graham pause until September. Get seats at once for the comic opera show.
Our sale offers strong work shirts and overalls at 38c, a lighter shirt at 20c, and promises to dry clean or dye old clothes with guaranteed satisfaction. Lace curtains can be laundered to look like new.
Company D marched from the Armory to the Burlington station escorted by a martial band. About forty five men, led by Captain Harvey, will travel six days to join fellow units and attend President Roosevelt's Keokuk reception and the Louisiana Purchase exposition dedication in St. Louis.
The Rev. Arthur Fowler, formerly pastor in Muscatine and currently at Centennial Baptist Church Chicago, has accepted a call from a Baptist church in Bigin Illinois with 1200 members. He will preach at the First Baptist Church of Muscatine next Sabbath.
The 8S Club planned a small party for Miss Joel Matthews on her birthday last night. Members gathered at sister S. 5's home to celebrate with refreshments, a ten course lunch, and a birthday spoon presentation amid cheerful applause.
Grievance committees of the brake men and telegraphers meet officials in Oskaloosa. The union seeks higher pay, the company resists, and a strike may follow.
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