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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
2
A vintage ad claims Dr King s New Life Pills end pain from over taxed organs including dizziness backache liver complaints and constipation. The product promises gentle but thorough relief and is guaranteed by Stewart s Store with a 25 cent price.
Mart White announces lease of room under Washington National Bank for five years with new furnishings and first class service. He invites local residents to visit the Globe Barber Shop, boasting three chairs and prompt service as part of a broader regional news item including a summer excursion rate notice from the Iowa Central Railway with fares to Colorado and Utah and stopover options.
Aaron Vanderbilt heads a New York Board of Trade and Transportation committee seeking a practical plan to revive American ocean shipping. The group invites free ships advocates, subsidy supporters, and tariff critics to explain impacts on coastwise trade, foreign commerce, and duties, aiming for nonpartisan, businesslike discussion and eventual policy.
The article describes how pharmacists precisely measure each ingredient in a prescription and mix them in exact quantities and methods. It invites readers to visit to gain confidence in the medicine obtained from the Prescription Dept.
In Justice Folger's court a three day suit in detinue involves Jno Strouse against Constable Ab Black and Justice Wm Singmaster over a suit of clothes claimed exempt under Iowa law. Attorneys Kellogg and Hanley represent Strouse. Eleher, Wilson, and Johnson represent the defendants.
Cowger Boger and Jones form a new city business to begin next Monday in the shop formerly James Cowger’s. They will offer blacksmithing woodwork and general repairs with a aim for a first class shop and broad patronage. Messrs Boger and Jones are former Washington Buggy Company workers and Cowger has long operated nearby.
Muscatine reports the arrest of Bert Sheppard of Oskaloosa in the Arthur Meade murder case. Meade was shot May 14 in a restaurant near the depot in West Liberty. Detectives doubt Sheppard’s guilt, noting no witnesses linked him to the crime and he has no prior record.
Miss Emma Stark of Lockport New York will return home Saturday morning after visiting her cousin Miss Ellen Reid.
An old allegory contrasts a girl alarmed by a grasshopper with a girl stepping on a snake. It parallels a man building a cyclone cellar yet neglecting to stock Chamberlain's Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel complaints. The remedy is praised as safe and reliable and sold by Stewart's Pharmacy Cook and Sherman.
Regular meeting of Washington Chapter No 98 Order Eastern Star set for Thursday evening August 20. Attendance urged for strong turnout. District meeting context referenced with score 50-31.
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