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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
2
Milwaukee announces contracts let for a project to secure more property, with work to be performed locally and funded to advance infrastructure. Authorities indicate the city will manage the execution and oversee contractor responsibilities.
The Chicago colored boys beat the home nine 14 to 3 in a lively ball game. Highlights include Vogt’s center play, Wallace and Hardy’s speed on defense, and Bud Shearer’s second base hustle as the crowd enjoyed a fast, entertaining afternoon.
Fragmentary list shows band members or attendees with surnames Suterfield Johnson Wallace Arnett Smith Greeny Kittdnon Brown Moses and mentions unions, but no coherent event details or roles are clear.
Misses Grumbling return home after visiting Anna Harvey Grace Romig Sylvia and Eyla Dunbar Mrs Wilson from near Keota visits Jacob Blick with her children W K Myers leaves for Columbus Junction and Muscatine Kate Mauthe returns from Muscatine visiting sister Mrs W F Mikesch Henry Bettle comes home from Muscatine after a week with relatives.
The Prairie Flower Sunday school met at EB S Bishop's home on Tuesday for a day of picnicking. About ten o clock they gathered, 72 present, with dinner on two long tables in a tent. They played croquet sang and presented a literary program. Ice cream at four o clock. Attendees left content saying I am glad I was there.
Nice young veal praised as the very best at Todd Stuart's shop. Tangible claim highlights quality meat and local selection.
Panama Colombia physician Dr Charles H Utter reports a sixteen year old dysentery patient who worsened despite treatment until Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy was given. Within eight hours she improved and in one week was fully well. Sold by Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook Sherman.
A student predicts favorable conditions for an early wheat rise as planting prospects improve. The note appears amid sports and agricultural coverage with brief mentions of regional fisheries and league arrangements.
A Chicago bureau previews higher wheat prices within weeks noting a 500 million bushel export gap this year and lower domestic supply. The piece cites A A Moran on salmon fisheries growth, Pacific cannery output, and Alaska red fish supply. It covers freight routes plans and a bath-or-prison choice for Henry Fred amid disease spread in Rogers Park milk.
Mrs Curtis Baker of Bookwalter Ohio recounts giving Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to an infant with cholera infantum. After two days the child recovered and grew vigorous. The note cites local druggists selling the remedy.
A Kansas City mayor once drunk and on a fruit wagon was paraded through town as a joke by two journalist friends. A placard explained the stunt and the mayor failed to win re election. The item also notes a separate ticket sale at Wilson’s Opera House with a ten number course for two dollars.
An advertisement touts Smith's Sure Kidney Cure as the only guaranteed remedy with a money back refund if not fully satisfied after use. The text suggests a druggist will issue the refund if the consumer is unhappy with results.
Parties of five or more can obtain unusually low rates to Clear Lake Iowa via the Iowa Central Railway. A booklet and full particulars are available from the ticket agent or by writing Geo S Batty G P and T A Marshalltown Iowa to inquire.
J. H. Stewart advertises Rectol as a guaranteed pile cure with a 50 cent price. A pile pipe comes free with each package and a no cure, no pay promise is stated. Samples are offered free.
Burglars broke into an ice house Saturday night and stole 30 pounds of ice. The rest melted in the hot wind, with losses estimated at 742 dollars. A party seen around a small barrel of stimulante near the ice house that night is the only clue.
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