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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1906
Page
6
A short animal tale contrasts a vain, handsome gobbler with a humble chick. The gobbler boasts of beauty and strength until the farmer arrives and kills him for dinner, leaving the chick reflective on vanity and fate. Also notes charity and monastic life reflections from period writings.
A girl asks if Mr Brown has heart disease, referencing a line from a new book about hearts never winning fair ladies. The mother responds she doesn’t know and questions why the child asks, mentioning the phrase and Mrs Brown.
A hen farmer states that eggs can usually reveal hatch outcomes. A smooth egg is likely to produce a hen, while a wrinkled egg at the point tends to yield a rooster. The general rule often holds though not always.
The Farmers' Mutual Insurance adjusted losses for M. J. Chandier, J. L. Stamp, J. L. Patterson, and others totaling 1000 160.00 dollars. A Washington plant move claims record in twenty hours to allow Chautauqua attendees to hear lectures and watch a Riverside Muscatine game afterward at the nearby field. Admission is 25 cents, or 10 cents for children.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, claiming constitutional cure through internal use. Proponents offer $100 for any case it cannot cure and invite testimonials from readers, with address in Toledo, Ohio. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
James Tobin traveled to Chicago with stock, Don Everett returned from Denver after weeks in the mountains, and Miss Ailma G. Ott visited Riverside to hear Bishop McCabe. The piece notes a fine peach harvest with large, free stone fruits from multiple local growers and a sample display at The Journal office.
Advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar stops difficult breathing instantly and soothes inflamed air passages for hay fever sufferers. The genuine product is in a yellow package and available at all druggists.
Wm A Cook spent Sunday in Fair Held. Ben Marshall rode the Muscatines train Saturday night. Chris Kant left for San Jose Ill for a relatives visit. Miss Kate Benz rode to Chicago Saturday night for a few days. Miss Maude Moothart went to Des Moines for a few days with friends. Miss Mabel Ctarrison arrived from Winfield visiting in the city. Logan Guyer, visiting here, left for Kansas City. Fred Mace returned home from Chautauqua. Glen Kirkpatrick Roy Hibbet and Hioward Hill from Winfield attended Chautauqua Saturday night. Jank Macon left for Assumption Ill to tend his ill mother. Mr and Mrs Matt Miller and daughters Vera and Wilma went to Des Moines to the State fair. Don’t miss the State fair. The Rock Island runs a daily 5 am train except Saturday, returns 10:45 pm. Round trip $3.50. 64-51 The Rock Island sold 55 excursion tickets to Des Moines on the special train this week. The low fare of 3.50 for the round trip applies all week. You should go.
Brotherhood of American Yeomen report dues paid to Dr. G H Pratt by August list. July saw 1647 applications recorded.
Frank Stewart advertises dry oak posts for sale in sizes 6c and larger. Contact information not provided.
A scientific writer describes indigestion as a nerve racking illness and asserts Mi-O-Na stomach tablets cure stomach disorders and thus improve overall health. The ad promotes a 50c box from Columbia Pharmacy with a guarantee and a recommendation to use one tablet before meals.
A Bear Grove Iowa man credits Electric Bitters with curing two years of kidney trouble and general debility. He claims the remedy healed stomach liver and kidney complaints, blood diseases, headaches and dizziness. Price 50 cents, guaranteed by Stewart's drug store.
Notice states cider will be made every Tuesday and Friday at the old Crone farm one mile north and four west of town. Wm Miller and Son advertise the operation for 59 61.
All banks in the city will close at noon today in observance of the Chautauqua event.
Frank Jones of Pikeville Ind reports high demand for Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and notes it has cured dysentery when other remedies failed. Available at Cook Sherman and Stewart's pharmacy.
The C K & P R R offers round trip tickets from Washington to Des Moines from August 23 to 31 at 3.50 dollars. Tickets valid for return until September 1. A special daily train runs August 27 to 31 leaving at 5:00 a.m. from Washington arriving 10:00 a.m. in Des Moines with return at 6:10 p.m. from Des Moines arriving 10:45 p.m. August 31. Agent H W Russel points.
One fare for round trip from Chicago plus two dollars for a fifteen day limit and one fare for the round trip plus four dollars for a thirty day limit to Canadian and New England points. Tickets on sale via Nickel Plate Road from Chicago September 5 and 19. Information from John Y. Calahan General Agent 107 Adams St Chicago LaSalle St Station the only depot on the elevated loop.
Through the Chautauqua management a section of seats is set aside for old soldiers on Soldiers' Day next Wednesday. Morning session lasts until 11:15, afternoon until 2:15, and evening until 7:15. If unused, seats will open to the public. Veterans urged to attend and show appreciation. By order of the committee. A White, Chairman.
T. C. Davis announces a music program modeled after the New England Conservatory. Courses cover piano harmony theory history and literature with fees of 50 cents for forty minutes up to the fourth grade and 75 cents for forty minutes for the last two grades.
Lumber yards will close at noon during the Chautauqua period starting Monday August 27 with Saturdays excepted. The notice lists the altered hours and dates for customer planning.
Eminence Kentucky editor and manager Major Hamm recounts a four year old attack and says Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed his wounds in ten days with no trouble since. The product is advertised as the quickest healer for burns sores cuts and wounds and is priced at 60 cents at Stewart's drug store.
For sale 30 cords of wood and 200 posts in English river township near Anthony Maliska. See me at the timber the first week in September. Joseph Soukup, 56 66.
Thomas McClean reports making cider six days a week at his residence in South Washington. The note lists the name and location with no additional details.
Summer diarrhoea in children prompts immediate care for any first loose stool during hot months. Use Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy then castor oil to cleanse the system. Rev M J Stockland of Little Falls Minnesota endorses the remedy for summer child disorders. Sold by Cook Sherman and Stewart's pharmacy.
Travel deal from Chicago to New York City and return for 18 dollars plus 2 dollars from Chicago on August 28 and 29 via the Nickel Plate Road. Return by September 4 from New York City. Three trains daily with modern equipment. Cinb meals priced 35 cents to 1.00, a la carte, Mid-day Luncheon 500 in Nickel Plate dining cars. Apply John Y. Calahan General Agent 107 Adams St Chicago. 2bw-aug27
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