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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1912
Page
5
Local shoppers see a running feature of Vienna bakery stands offering jelly squares cream sponge drop cakes and penny candy while Chautauqua visitors browse The Fair for souvenirs. Notables like Dr Luella Shaw and Miss Effie Van Sickle appear among guests and attendees with updates on visits and purchases.
A bedtime story recounts the tale of Mrs Goat with three kids as a wolf in disguise tries to gain entry. The children alertly respond with the youngest guiding an escape via a rope ladder while the wolf is driven away by Mrs Goat and the children reunite for porridge and cake. Local notices follow about visitors and travel in Keokuk and surrounding towns.
Henry Johns, a bartender at 634 South State Street, was held up by a burly man who flashed two revolvers. The robber demanded half a dollar coins, then pocketed several more after pressing the till. A stranger entered, and Patrolman J H Loeck disarmed the assailant.
Notice states that due to repairs the gas and electric plant will not operate on Sunday August Sth. CO TOWA GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
Lumber yards announce early closings at noon on Thursday August 15 Friday August 16 and Wednesday August 31. A line reading 15406 ra appears unreadable.
A damaged excerpt references August 1 and the company LOWA GAS and ELECTRIC CO. It implies a public or regulatory action or notice but lacks complete details for specifics.
Advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internal treatment for catarrh claiming it reaches the disease in the blood and mucous surfaces. It asserts the remedy is non quack and prescribed by leading physicians with tonics and blood purifiers. Includes testimonials and Toledo Ohio supplier details.
In Marshall Missouri a dangerous joke near Smith's barn startled John McClevern veteran storyteller ex Confederate who was recounting Gettysburg scenes. A cannon cracker planted under his chair exploded and sent him flying into the air before he escaped with only minor injuries and loss of attire.
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