02 Aug 1894
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1894
Page
1
Real estate and loan notices offer under value buys including a 120 acre prairie farm at low per acre price and several improved farms. A new two story modern eight room house with two lots is priced at 1600 with quick possession and easy payments. Trade options include two small farms for Washington property and a near square house and lot for a larger residence farther out.
Community notes list upcoming sports with Mt. Pleasant and Ottumwa in a two day baseball date. Also mentioned are local visits, sales at The Fair, and a choral musicale at the Christian church.
Kate Brown, a Pittsburgh based journalist, is in Hawaii writing about a popular isle and has covered Mexico. Her work is anticipated to rise above average as she progresses in her assignments and builds credibility with readers. Henry Knecht, tailor, now at Crail's store, offers custom pants from 4.50 to 12 and suits from 17 to 35. An ad promising butter preservation for 10 dollars led a farmer to trickery with a curt reply: Eat sey.
A local newspaper advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It claims to build the patient’s constitution and offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure, with supply through Druggists at 75 cents.
Real estate notice offering improved farms in Iowa on easy terms. Also listing choice well improved farms in Eastern Kansas and Western Missouri for exchange for a good person.
The notice lists poems A Is for Altgeld B Is for Breckenridge O Is for Coxey and D Is for Debs with one named Pants. A special sale at The Fair is announced for this week. The kindergarten lunch day is rescheduled to Wednesday and a kindergarten display call is advised. The Jackson Organ company meeting notes A Anderson as chair, reports plant purchase paid for, committees named, and adjournment set for Friday evening.
A man posing as a U S Express inspector entered a Wisconsin office, stole a money order book, then cashed forged orders at other express offices. He fled through Davenport and remains at large. Also an ad cites 10c Lombardo cigar offer and E N Foster endorsing Japanese Liver Pellets for constipation.
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