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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1905
Page
5
The Steffy family Mrs. Daniel Steffy and Children express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kind acts and words of sympathy during their recent bereavement.
Public notice extols Electric Bitters as a great tonic for sick stomach liver and kidneys. Mary H Walters of 546 St Clair Ave Columbus Ohio describes long illness and relief after starting the remedy and eventual cure. Guaranteed at H Stewart's drug store at a price.
The speaker urges Marion T. Anderson to act now, stating that since life has been spared this year, the coal must be placed in early. The message emphasizes immediacy and personal responsibility in a terse moral appeal.
Daily notice of local events reports accidents and fatalities, births, and marriage announcements gathered from regional sources. It highlights community life with brief factual entries and keeps residents informed of local happenings.
A brief item notes improvements planned on land bought by an unnamed party. R. Harper accompanied him and stopped at Hedrick for a short visit with relatives during the trip.
Aug 14 social roundups report visits by Mr and Mrs Elmer Kephart at Wilmer Edwards Coppock. Norm Pratt and family visited Doc Moore. Ed Huff visited Ed Mayhew. Sam Doran attended Mrs Walter Greer funeral in Washington. Clayton Nicholson visited John Putman. Rain delays threshing but benefits corn yields.
Mrs. Isabel Cowie, living with her daughter, was injured in a fall while reaching for something at the refrigerator. Her right shoulder was dislocated. medical help restored the bone and relieved pain. Auxiliary items note cattle shipments to Chicago, travel to Sperry, and a farm move nearby.
Editor Heacock visits county seat. Mrs Kling from Chicago and Mrs Rothschild hostesses mingle with Chautauqua traffic. Johnson bakery shelves pies and drop cakes for Chautauqua patrons. Several locals travel, deliveries and farewells noted as events unfold amid weather damage and farm news.
Forty three years ago today Company C of the 19th Iowa Infantry answered Lincoln’s call for volunteers and left Keokuk at two in the afternoon. The roster lists officers from the county and a long list of privates and corporals.
J D Runyan of Butlerville Indiana claims his pains of indigestion and biliousness disappeared after using Dr King’s New Life Pills. He calls them a perfect remedy for dizziness sour stomach headache and constipation. Guaranteed at J H Stewart’s drug store priced 2 for 5 cents.
At Des Moines Iowa from August 24 to September 1 1905 the Iowa Central will sell round trip excursion tickets for ONE FARR return valid until September 2 1906. For rates timings and train details contact local agents. A Bucklen’s Arnica Salve ad copy follows noting its use on sores ulcers and cancers with claimed rapid healing.
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