30 Aug 1894
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1894
Page
1
A quotation urges changing administration every six years with one term limits and voter eligibility by literacy. It proposes direct voting and restricting foreign residents from voting after twenty years. A tailor, Henry Knecht, advertises custom pants from $4.50 to $12 and suits from $17 to $35 located over Crail's store.
Finest and most complete assortment of watches clocks jewelry silverware guitars violins banjos mandolins mouth harps to be found in the city. The above is the store where everybody is to get a reduction of 25 per cent on every piece of goods for September only. Do not ask for credit as no goods will be sold only for cash.
Local items note Miss Dump Dickson on the sick list and Mrs. J. A. Young in Keota. Community updates include photographs at the kindergarten, travel notes, and arrivals from Canton and Chicago. A fire destroys the What Cheer Report office and a September jewelry sale offers 25 percent reductions.
L D Robinson offers a 25 percent cash sale with plain marked prices for September only. Mathew Porter of the north of town died this morning after illness, with funeral tomorrow at 2 PM at Elm Grove cemetery. The note also mentions social dress norms and rental notices for four rooms in Kerehner Building. Printing services advertised at the JOURNAL office.
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