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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1905
Page
3
Weather forecast notes showers and cooler tonight in Iowa with Saturday turning fair. The report comes from Washington D C and covers today and tomorrow.
Alf Burris and Willis Todd appear in Brighton for errands while Harry Payne arrives from the east. Mrs. Gray visits Des Moines with daughter, and Mrs. Strain travels to Knoxville for a funeral. Merchants advertise groceries and grooming products as area residents visit relatives, towns, and markets.
The Washington County Medical Society will meet on May 4 at City Hall to discuss local medical affairs and upcoming initiatives.
E H Wolfe of Bear Grove Iowa credits Electric Bitters with curing kidney trouble after two years of pain and suffering. He says the medicine also helps general debility and nerve trouble and keeps it on hand. J H Stewart, a local druggist, guarantees them at 50 cents.
A collage of humorous snippets from various newspapers includes banter about marriages, finances, and manners. Lines feature a brash suitor negotiating a daughter, a passenger complaining of delays, and quips about honesty and eloquence, all in a light, editorial cartoonish tone.
A humorous Chicago panel features Mrs Wiseum arguing she shopped early to dodge crowds while Mr Wiseum-Why asks about their fate. A jokey talk of the prettiest baby and a quip by Judy ends with a playful line about when to fire a shot.
A Yonkers Statesman excerpt quotes a minister and his wife in a humorous exchange about love and a minister's wedding fee. The parson retorts that blind love might err and sometimes overcharge at weddings.
A self-made man recalls to a busy associate how, twenty years earlier, as a poor boy, he was given a message to carry and is urged for an answer. The exchange highlights pride in his ascent and the persistence of his benefactor.
A judge recalls a remark about sentimentality as a woman admits she can cry over her old divorce papers, illustrating a moment of counsel and emotion in the courtroom.
In a Philadelphia Ledger fragment Smart Leigh praises Phake's Panacea, noting a relative benefited from the medicine. The old man's joy grows as he reveals he is the sole heir of an elderly uncle who used the remedy.
A Columbus Ohio resident reports a deep foot wound healed quickly by Bucklen's Arnica Salve after doctors failed. The ad claims relief from burns and lists J. H. Stewart's druggist selling the 25 cent remedy.
Beginning April 10 the Rock Island schedules excursions to Los Angeles San Francisco and California points at a special 55.65 round trip fare. Travel by any regular route with return by any route of choice. Contact agent H. W. Russell for details and reservations.
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