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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1903
Page
3
Special to The Evening Journal reports a partly cloudy night and Tuesday with possible showers in the eastern portion this afternoon or tonight. Central and eastern portions may be slightly cooler tonight.
Personal notes recount Miss Verne Mathers visiting in the city with friends, Mrs J W Rowan and others visiting Ainsworth, trips to Columbus Junction Keota and Marion, O E visits Coppock and Winona Lake, health workers from Davenport, and several to Palo Alto California with family groups and sororal outings.
Local residents visited the Columbus Junction Chautauqua over the weekend with many returning from nearby cities like Keota Chicago and Minneapolis. Notable travelers include Mrs Swearingen Wayne and editor Logan along with families and friends sharing reports of pleasant events and engagements.
A sensational claim asserts a preventative for death by self action has been found. The ad promises Electric Bitters as a tonic to strengthen nerves and the system, regulating stomach liver and kidneys. Stewart's Pharmacy guarantees satisfaction at 50 cents.
Des Moines August 21 29 excursion tickets on one fare round trip good to return August 31st. Summer attractions and exhibits promise to exceed prior efforts. For details contact agents. August 2.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a gentle but thorough remedy for dizziness backache liver complaint and constipation. Sold for 25c and guaranteed by Stewart's Drug Store.
Prohibition committee met in the Mayor's office to fix the county convention for September 4 in Centerville. A nominating panel of TV, BR, McCallum, DPD, LL Baird, R L Cherry and Ed Miksen was chosen along with a program committee headed by Rev Lackey, A Knox and Chas Corrette.
Seven teen civil engineers with the Rock Island railroad are surveying a cut off between Kidon Iowa and Trenton Missouri at Laredo Missouri. Chief Engineer Er Collins leads the party with a full equipment train and tents. The work could divert the main line from Centerville Iowa to Bloomfield Iowa.
An old allegorical plate shows a girl on a grasshopper about to step on a snake. The caption compares a man who funds a cyclone cellar to neglecting to stock Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for his family. Stewart’s Pharmacy Cook and Sherman sell it.
Milwaukee cut-off between Muscatine and Ottumwa will enable a passenger train to depart Kansas City at 6:46 p.m. and reach Chicago by 8:45 a.m. cutting trip time by almost two hours.
Iowa July weather report shows below normal temperatures but above normal rainfall about 0.9 inches. reports list highs of 100 at Thurman and Sigourney, lows of 40 at Chester, and average state temp 7.2 degrees below normal with Elkader reporting the day’s heaviest rainfall. local notes mention residents Calvin Kilgore, Mike Kenally, Miss Poll Buckley, Miss Ella Orris and Arthur Shields linked to trips and activities.
Mrs Elizabeth Cameron of this city marked her 91st birthday with a home gathering Saturday. Daughter-in-law Mrs John Cameron helped receive guests, assisted by Miss Emeline Warren and Mrs Sidney Slater. A prettily decorated house and a three course luncheon accompanied the afternoon, and guests presented many gifts while hoping she would celebrate more birthdays. Attending were Mesdames S B Kro Kaw, David Donaldson, Mary Barnes, Alex Gibson, Lafe Coop, Hughes, Fulton, and Alex Duff.
On account of a prospective enormous crop in Minnesota and the Dakotas, the Iowa Central Railway offers special one way tickets daily at very low rates. Applications to Iowa Central Ry agents for tickets. Liberal return arrangements available. August (year unspecified).
From August 1 to 14 the Iowa Central offers round trip excursion tickets to San Francisco or Los Angeles at 50.00. Tickets good for return by October 15, 1903. Allow one route out and another back with stopovers. See ticket agents for details.
An advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as essential for minor injuries and skin conditions. It claims quick relief from burns sores boils and piles and promotes Stewart’s Drug Store as the place to buy it.
One way rate with two dollars extra for round trip tickets on sale the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Return limit twenty one days from date of sale. See ticket agents of Iowa Central for rates or address A B Cutts G. P. & T. A. Minneapolis Minnesota.
A handkerchief social is planned on the St James school lawn on August 18 in the evening. Proceeds or details are not specified in the readable fragment.
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