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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1906

Page

4

Local travelers and visitors return home from Des Moines trip

Claude McCoy was a business passenger for Wyman this morning. Mrs. B. R. Marshall and children, Benjamin and Eunice, have returned to their home in Oskaloosa after a few weeks visit with relatives in the city. Mrs. J. Ek, Young and Mrs. Cline of Letts arrived last night from Des Moines where they have been attending the State fair. Mrs. Cline returned home this morning.

Claude McCoy Wyman J. Ek, Young Cline Letts Des Moines Blanche Guthrie Clara Trotter l'Jessa Stephens Ainsworth Burlington Billy D. C. Kilgore West Chester Carl Hedges Winfield Jennie Cook Hulsebus R. B. Crone Lewis Klein Jessie Anderson Myrtle Jacobs Crawfordsville Mary Feltus Cedar Falls G.T. Club Boz Allen Wayland Yard Bertha Berch Mt. Union Handy Home Chautauqua Park BE. W. A. Ashby Dee Work Pilotsburg Cavender-Martin

Mrs Harper and Gertrude Kendall Return From Pueblo Visit

Mrs. Harper and Miss Gertrude Kendall arrived home this morning from Pueblo Colorado where they had spent a few weeks.

Harper Gertrude Kendall Pueblo Colo

Mrs Killian and Donna Leave Visit for Table Grove Home

Mrs Killian and her daughter Donna departed this morning for their home in Table Grove after visiting her sister Mrs L A Brown and family.

Bucklen Arnica Salve Praised By Editor

Eminence Ky editor Major Hamm of the Constitutionalist recounts a severe attack four years ago and credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with a rapid ten day cure for piles. It is also described as a quick healer for burns sores cuts and wounds with a 60 cent price at Stewart's drugstore.

Hamm Constitutionalist Eminence Bucklen Stewart's

Mrs Kunath Leaves for Creston Iowa After Visit

Mrs J B Kunath starts for Creston Iowa this morning after a brief stay with her son J B Kunath Jr and granddaughter Clara. Walter Coates and family depart Adair Iowa after visiting Rev S K Coates with Maude Coates joining for a few days in Adair.

J. KB. Kunath Creston Iowa J. BE. Kunath, Jr Clara Walter Coates

Demand for Chamberlains Remedy Surges in Pikeville

Frank Jones of Pikeville Indiana reports the remedy for colic cholera and diarrhoea is in great demand and often cures dysentery when other remedies fail. It is sold by Cook Sherman and Stewart's Pharmacy.

Chamberlain Frank Jones Pikeville Ind Cook & Sherman and Stewart's Pharmacy

Billy Sunday Day Draws Big Crowds At Chautauqua

Billy Sunday the world famous evangelist drew the largest attendance of the year at the Chautauqua. Receipts reached about 1200 with an estimated 8000 on the grounds. Sunday delivered three talks on temperance and “Some Nuts for Skeptics to Crack” amid mixed reactions from the audience. The day featured musical and artistic performances by the Cleveland. Montgomery duo and a kindergarten exhibition followed by varied entertainments and lectures.

Billy Sunday Sunday President Crone Washington Washington County Iowa Mr. Sunday Clevelands Dack Montgomery Girls’ Physical Culture Club Noyes Ashby and Smith

A Little Outcast to Open Graham Opera House Season

The Graham opera house opens this season with the play A Little Outcast performed in a stylish production on the evening of September 5. Read the large bills for more details. Also note a Rock Island special rail fare to Des Moines this week with daily departures at 5 AM except Saturday and return at 10:45 PM, tickets valid through September 1.

Graham Opera House Des Moines Rock Island

Pribilof Islands and Unalaska Harbor Scene

Outdoor Life describes Unalaska and Dutch Harbor with warehouses docks and a Greek church as whalers depart for the arctic. The Pribilofs, famed seal grounds, lie two hundred forty miles north, with no landings without Treasury permits.

Unalaska Arctic Dutch Harbor Bering Sea Vladivostok Pribilof Islands Aleutian Islands Pribilof Secretary of the Treasury United States

The Pace of the Camel and Its Limits

The camel tops at four leaps from Jerusalem to Mecca and five miles per hour in ordinary travel. Sustained at seven miles per hour for two hours it risks ruin, and any excess leaves the animal kneeling and dying. A fire beneath its nose cannot revive it.

Mohammed Jerusalem Mecca Asia Times of India

Schurz Skewers a Pretender at a New York Dinner

Carl Schurz criticized literary pretenders who scorn politics. A wealthy dinner guest boasted that he would rather be a minor poet than a top statesman. Schurz challenged him, asking if he was truly a third rate poet. The exchange underlined Schurz’s disdain for hypocrisy.

Carl Schurz New York Picayune Mr. Schurz

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Pickard China H. F. Steck East Side Jeweler E. J. Carpenter Great Company of Artists Columbia Pharmacy J. E. Lemmon Prop The Doctor Soltau Prof W. CC. Wilcox Esther Wellman Cotter Lora Martin Lexington Johnson's Bakery Arch Munro John Mildes Muscatine Stewart Emma Schears Rev. Handy Rev. Schreckengast J. B. Crayne A. Knapp Frank Creath George Alexander Miss Houdek Ella Burnell Newton Cora Cubbins Chicago Kathryn Smith Richland Arthur Jones Mary Rugg Clem Gregg Vic Carr Loren Bidwell Jimmie Mamie Nettie Gardener M. C. Struble Wellman John Robert Chas. Kephart Silas Caldwell Harley Smith Baby John Ridinger Cook Henry County Washington, Iowa the Pribilof Islands McLaren JU. Smiths Cash Grocery
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