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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1905
Page
3
Special to The Evening Journal reports fair weather for Iowa with warmer conditions in the north portion tonight. Forecast covers today and tomorrow with fair skies tonight and on Tuesday.
Local residents and visitors share weekend trips and gatherings with reports from West Chester Richland Keota Wellman and Moline. Charles Gorham describes Kansas crops as good. Father F J Vaughan ill in Janesville after speaking at a Moline Chautauqua event.
In Sigourney Iowa Wood Adams attacked Mrs. C H White at the White hotel with a beer bottle, inflicting a head wound. Mrs White fled to Adams room and attempted suicide with a knife, receiving minor knife wounds. Adams was arrested and the victim recovers.
C L Melvin wanted in Iola Kansas for dynamiting saloons was arrested at Keystone twenty miles west of Cedar Rapids. He worked in a railroad construction gang.
The horseshoers of this county and Louisa county plan the first annual picnic at Columbus Junction on August 17. Louisa and Washington counties will contest on the ballgrounds and a daylong target shoot will be held. Blacksmiths from Muscatine county invited but not in the baseball game. All blacksmiths expected to attend with wives if any. The city blacksmiths are practicing for the baseball game and aim to be ready by the 17th.
Readers hear that catarrh is cured in all its stages by Hall's Catarrh Cure a constitutional remedy taken internally and acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The ad claims strong faith in its powers offering a hundred dollars if it fails and invites readers to send for testimonials and order.
A Journal reporter asks J E Lemmon how to price a cigar. Lemmon recommends the Wadsworth Bros Chico cigar noting Havana filler and solid ash. He claims customers favor the Chico and return for more at five cents, contrasting with a 25 cent Carolina cigar.
Mr and Mrs C B Millar of Mas spent yesterday with their sister in law Mrs J F Robertson to meet their new granddaughter Mar.
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