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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1901
Page
4
An odd ad note markets a pile cure product with a money back guarantee and a free sample. It claims cures for piles and promotes a gasoline machine purchase. Dr Darrow of Columbus Junction visits the city and orders a full outfit for a gas range installation.
Dr Charles H Utter of Panama Colombia recalls treating a sixteen year old girl with a deadly dysentery. After ineffectual medicines the physician used Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as a last resort. Within eight hours she improved and within a week was fully well. Stewart s Pharmacy and Cook Sherman offer the remedy.
Arthur Wade of north of the city leaves last night for an extended visit in Colorado Springs and Boulder. He will meet Mr. and Mrs. Port Quinn of Vinton in Denver, and together they will visit all the interesting points in the state. The ad notes a kidney cure with a refund guarantee.
J W Babb who has been visiting the Holden home in south Washington returned to Chicago this afternoon. His wife and children will remain for a week or ten days.
Leigh Wallace arrived back last night after a brief business trip to Muscatine.
F. E Stewart, agent for the Great Rock Island Route, advertises “pullman sleeper” trips and low fares to destinations including Colorado Springs, Spirit Lake, Okoboji, Colfax, San Francisco, Des Moines, and Louisville with dates in August and September. Special rates, first class service, and round trips noted, with reminders to inquire for details and schedules.
Chicago Aug 13 President Earling says the Milwaukee line will be built with contracts to be awarded tomorrow. The note came by telegram at 12 50 PM and cites O E Brown’s Brighton business trip as context. Local stock shipments, mentions of Claud Lemmon Ernest Lemmon, and social notices follow.
A Missouri Kansas & Texas passenger train was held up near Coney, 32 miles north of Dennison, by a five man gang who dynamited baggage and express cars and robbed the passengers. The amount stolen is not disclosed. The story is followed by unrelated culinary notes about lemon juice in cooking.
A folkloric summary describes diverse beliefs about rain or water on a bride’s wedding day. Breton and Greek traditions link tears or being drenched to a happy marriage, with the day before the wedding called the weeping day in some tales.
The Piggott diamond once valued at about $200000 vanished after Ali Pasha carried it in a green silk purse on his girdle. Wounded by Reshid Pasha, he ordered his wife poisoned and the gem crushed before Captain D Angias, ending the gem’s existence.
A distressed parent reacts as Frankie reports a fall into a canal while wearing new trousers. The scene captures a tense moment of worry and care as the child explains the accident to a protective parent.
The church will hold regular services next Sabbath with Rev. Mr. Schreckengast delivering the sermon.
Mrs Curtis Baker of Bookwalter Ohio recalls an infant neighbor saved from cholera infantum after she brought Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to the home. In two days the child fully recovered and remains healthy. She has recommended the remedy often and says it never failed. For sale by Stewart’s Pharmacy and Cook Sherman.
Century Magazine describes a rail mill where long iron strands are shaped by rolling between pressed rails. A small obstacle can derail a hot cabie, twisting it into a tangle. After rolling, rails are cut into 50 foot lengths by great buzzsaws with sparks flying during clipping. Rails are cooled drilled and sent worldwide, with grooves in the rolls determining final forms.
A report notes that India does not produce horses fit for military use, highlighting a shortage of suitable mounts and reliance on imports or foreign stock for cavalry requirements.
Mrs R O Anderson left this morning for a visit with her sister in Chicago. She was accompanied by her nephews Robert and Bayard Gibson who have been her guests for weeks. Master Vere and Dwight Davis visit their uncle H L White. Miss Alice Scott of Richmond guests in city. Richard Harvey of Baltimore visits brother A Harvey. Mrs C S Armstrong and daughter Rosalie of Oklahoma City were over Sunday guests at C M Stingon's. Aug 13 Will and Harry Dunbar Ed Humm and Edgar Myers camping at Bonaparte. E G Rebmel and wife visiting Mrs John Myers. Mrs El Myers visiting en route to Seattle. Mr Johnson the baker slightly under the weather.
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